The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-29
NEVADA OUTPUT Of
METALS LAST YEAR
increase in Gold, Silver and
Lead, but Lcad-Zinc
Decreased.

The sotsl value of the mine output OF
gold. silver, copper. Iced and zinc In
Nevada in 1910. according 10 Y. c.
Hslkes OF The United States geological
survey WAS $&i,l5g I3s. az against $50
O7@.a3e in 1919, showing an increase cf
Si.079 ZIG. or over 1875 per cent
Tho total production of gold IN 1910
was 1iS, 90. % fine ounces. valued at SlS,
s7s.s64 gain of S2.6@S. o0l or II per
cert. over the 1909 production. OF the
geld output T.S5l.I0 nne ounces came
$50. 1898 ounces from sIlIceous ores 81.
23o,S1 ounces from copper ores, and g.
1855 ounces from lead, zinc. copper
lead and lead-znc ores Slliccous ores
Welded over 96 per cent of the entire
gold production From bullion in gold
and silver mills were recovered I2S. 1896
fine ounces. concentrates produced IS.
Ge6.62 rine ounces. and crude ore shipped
TO smelters contained loo,67ios hne
ounces.
The largest, production o., gold Was
1910. against slo,3s,297 in 1909. OF tbs
production the Goldhold district Yielded
sll. .l31l5O, an increase OF sl:753.sSs, or
S Peg Gsn S sS Sgsr SS 1903 gold NS c0n sio
against s2,a45.9!2 IN. 1909. The ronopah
mines Welded s9c9o37o2 In gold. an in
oreosc OF $003.341. or $40 per cent. over
1909. The Comstock mines produced
S502.s;S In gold against S556,G2l IN 1902
SHE silver production Of Nevada IN 1910
was 19,479.sIi nne ounces, valued at So
T3a l30 against 0gS1 .0sl fine ounces
valued At s5,71o,152. in 1909. OF the 1910
output ll16a,012 ounces. or "a per cent.
came from siliceous ores, 5s@2s2 ounces
from lead ores and 'oI'@S6 ,S ounces sTGr IRON
mills produced 6,5ls.976 ounces. concen-
trates 2,57I2o% ounces, and crude ore
sent TO sn'elters contained 3@S0.o3
ounces. Nye county produced 1o,5So'So"
ounces OF silver in 1910. as against s.
246 400 ounces In 1909. OF this output
the Tonopah district yielded l0,i22,S6a
silver production of Nevdaa IN 1910:
storey county (Coms,ocS) produced
S20,716 ounces, against 5oi.G25 ounces i'll
1909
copper production Increased in Nevada
from 81 964,i71 pounds. valued at ST.
5S6.ai2 IN 1909, to 1888. sos pounds. va.
was practically due 10 'he mtGes nt ely
in tic Robinson district White Pine
county. which yie1ed 6a,9ld 1871 pounds.
or 99.S per cent Of the cn,iT" state pro.
pounds and crude ore sent TO smeiters
The production OF lead in Nevada in
1910 was a.STl,13o pounds. valued at
sci 500 against o.Sio,79l pounds. valued
30 per cent The mines OF Clark county.
the largest producer, Welded l,SO9.6S4
mounds. an increase OF S63.I7T pounds
over the 1909 production; The mines nes eSI OF
pounds, against S46 5s5 pounds In 1909
decrease Of 3.s73.734 pounds. Crude
ore shipped TO smelters contained all
but 100 o32 pounds of the total lead out
put Of Nevada In 1910,
The zinc production OF Nevada was
2707.o7i pounds. valued at slt6lS2: In
1910. against 3.0l3852 pounds. valued at
sl62.72i. in 1909 The entire 1910 pro-
duction was derived from Clark county
from ores shipped to smeiters.
There We're COS mines producing gold,
silver copper. lead. or zinc, in Nevada
i'm 1910. compared with Az in 1909 The
total quantity Of ore sold or treated In
Nevada In 1910 was 3.s55TI5 short tons
an increase OF 61316S tons