The border vidette., 1911-09-30
WE LEAD IN COPPER.
Production of Gold, Silver, Cop
 per, Lead and Zinc.

| The total value of the mine
 output of gold, silver, copper,
 lead, and zinc in Arizona in 1910, according to V. c. Heikes, of
 the United States Geological
 Survey, was $42, ,731 ,519, against
 S44 ,O53, ,O23 in 1909. The decrea-
 SC in value in Arizona, as in California, was due mainly to
 the decrease in the prouction of
 copper.
 The total production of gold
 in Arizona in 1910 was 152, 35O.- 5S fine ounces, valued at S3, : | 149, ,366, an increase in value of
 S411 ,S66. Of this output, ,257.- | 27 fine ounces came from placerS, 95, 395.O7 ounces from Sileceous
 ores, and 52, TOY. 40 ounces from
 copper ores. From bullion in
 gold and silver mills were recov-
 cred S4,173.85 fine ounces, con- centrates produced 9, ,955.76 fine
 ounces, and crude ore sent to
 smelters contained 36, 443. 59 fine
 ounces. The largest production
 of gold was from Mohave Coun-
 ty-S1 ,145 ,O22 in 1910, against
 S356, 5o3 Tn 1909.
 Arizona's silver production in
 1910 was 2,566,5 52S fine ounces,
 valued at S1, ,3S5, 1925, against 2,6O1, 161 fine. valued at S1 352 ,6O4, in 1909. Of this out put l., ,334, 363 ounces came from copper ores, 40, 126 ounces from siliceCus ores, and 119, ,O34 ounces from lead ores. Bullion at gold and silver mills produced 59,S12 ounces of silver in 1910, concen- trates produced 96, ,S94 fine oun- ceS, and crude ore sent to Smelt- CTS contained 2,4O2, 229 ounces. Ccchise County produced l POS, 274 fine ounces of silver in 1910, against ,434, 39O fine ounces in 1909, and Yavapai County, 699, TOP ounces in 1910, against 578, 5SO ounces in 1909.<
 Copper product decreased in Arizona from 3O3, ,S99, 461 pounds, valued at S39, 5O6, $50, in 1909, to 297, ,491, ,131 pounds, valued at $37, ,781, ,376, in 1910, but Arizona still ranked first among the cop per producing States in the coun- try in 1910. Concentrates pro- duced 59, ,425, ,O5S pounds of the output and crude ores sent to smelters produced 237, 774 ,349 pounds. Cochise County, which | includes the great Warren or district, produced 145, 31O,623 pounds of copper, against | 14O, ,81O,472 pounds in 1909. | Greenlee County, embracing the 1 former eastern portion of Graham County and including the famous Clifton MOrenci copper region of Copper Mountain and Greenlee produced 72, ,878,O94 pounds of copper, against 71, S25, 75O pounds, in 1909. Yava- f, pal County, including the Verde district, produced 40, ,S24, 556 l pounds of copper, against 37, 125, ,964 pounds in 1909, and Gila County, including the Globe dis trict, produced 31 ,33O, 222 pounds of copper in 1910, against 39, 451 ,896 pounds in 1909.
 The production of lead in Ari- zona in 191Owas }, ,696, 998 pounds, valued at SIS, ,668, against B. O98, ,OS3 pounds, valued at S133,- 21S, in 19C9 Cochise County, in which are the Tombstone mines, produced l, JIG, ,416 pounds, fol lowed by Mohave County, with 40, ,O91 pounds. Increased out put in 1910 was made from Mo have and Santa Cruz counties. produced 300, -26S pounds of lead in Arizona in 1910 and 2,393, ,61O pounds were in crude ores sent to 
 The zinc production of Arizona was ,, ,484, ,899 pounds, valued at S296, 184, in 1910, against 3,977,- 237 pounds, valued, at S322, ,771, in 1909. Mohave County, mainly from Union Pass camp, produced ) ,474 ,O46 pounds of zinc in 1910, against 3,264,121 pounds in 1909. Cochise County, which produced 713, 116 pounds of zinc in 1909 from the Tombstone district, produced none in 1910.
 There were 373 mines produc- ing gold, silver, copper, lead, or zinc in Arizona in 1910, aganist 268 in 1909.
 The total quantity of ore sold or treated in Arizona in 1910 was 3, ,914, 969 short tons, decrease