The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01
ARIZONA IS THE
FIRST IN COPPER
Smaller Last Year,
but Prestige Was Not
in Danger.
HElKES REPORT ISSUED
Over Forty-two Million Dol
lars Value of the
Production.
IElKES REPORT ISSUED

The total value OF the mine output Of
gold, silver. copper. lead and zinc in Ari-
zona In 1910. according To V. G. Heises
OF the United states geological survey.
was s42.7S1.519. against s44.o5S o2S In 1909.
The decrease in value in Arizona, as In
California was due mainly 10 the de-
crease in the production of copper.
The total production OF gold In Arizona
in 1910 was l52,$5o6,s fine ounces; val,
ued al S3.1 1856, an increase In value OF
S4l1 .s6G or this output. 1.257.27 fine
ounces came from plecers. 95,359,o7
ounces from siliceous ores, and 52:7oI 40
ounces from copper ores From bullion
In gold and silver mills were recovered
s4.i12.S6 fine ounces. concentrates pro-
duced o.955.16 fine ounces, and crude ore
ounces. The largest production OF gold
1910 against S356,3s3 In 1909.
Silver Production.
Arzona's silver production in 1910 was
2,5e8,52S fine ounces, valued a, $i,SS5.-
ued at Si,352.6o4. IN 1909. OF this out
put 1,934.3s5 ounces came from copper
ores. li0.l26 ounces from sillceous ores,
and ll9,03i ounces from lead ores. Bul-
59.Si2 ounces Of silver in 1910 concen..
trstes produced 96. S9i fine ounces, and
crude orc sent TO smelters contained =
402220 ounces. Cochse county produced
1,20S,2Ii fine ounces Of silver In 1910.
against / 1,45i,3s0 fine ounces In 1909, and
Yavapai county, 69o.7o2 ounces In 1910,
against 5Is,5So ounces in 1909.
Copper production decreased in Ari-
zona from S03, 500. i6l pounds, valued at
$50, o,506,93O IN 1909. TO 2o7 49l l5l pounds.
valued at SS7.7Sl.S76, in 1910. but Arizona
duclng states in the country In 1910.
Concentrates produced 59,425,06S pounds
of the output and crude ores sent to
smelters produced 237.77d,2i9 pounds.
,l..l, ,l,tl,a t1an
Warren or Bisbee district, produced 49,
310623 pounds OF copper against l40,-
Sl0,412 pounds In 1909. Grcenlce county:
embracing the former eastern portion Of
Graham county and Including the famous
Clifton Morenci copper region of Copper
Mountain and Greenlee districts. pro
duced l2,S7s,oot pounds Of copper, against
II .S25.750 pounds, in 1909. Yavapai coun-
ty, including the Verde district. pro
duced 40.S24.556 pounds of copper. against
37.125.964 pounds In 1909, and ella coun-
~. including the Globe district, produced
3l,3S0.222 pounds Of copper in 1910,
against 3o,45l.s96 pounds in 1909
Lead Decreased.
The production of lead in Arizona in
1910 was 2.696.99S pounds valued at s11S,
66S against 3.09S,OS3 pounds. valued at
s133,2lS. IN 1903. Cochise county, In which
arc the Tombstone mines, produced l.
176.416 pounds. followed by Mohave coun-
ty, with 740.091 pounds. Increased output
in 1910 was made from Mohave and Santa
Clun counties. SoHCe! dtSs PIpduESu
300.26S pounds Of lead in Arizona In
1910 and 1896 pounds were contained
in crude ores sent to smelters.
The zinc production Of Arizona was
5.4Sf.S99 pounds. valued at S2o6, lSi, In
1870 against 5.977 sc37 pounds. valued at
S322771 in 1909 Mohave county. main
" from Union Pass camp produced g.,
47+.046 pounds OF zinc in 1910. against
5.264.121 pounds in 1909. Cochise coun-
ty, which produced 1915 pounds OF zinc
In 1909 from the Tombstone district, pro-
duced none In 1910.
There were 373 mines producing gold,
silver, copper, lead or zinc in Arizona in
1910, against 26S in 1909.
The total quantity OF ore sold or treat
ed In Arizona in 1910 was 3,9l4,o69 short
tons, a decrease of 1886 tons.