El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-31
Gold Production of the Year
Falls Off in Arizona and
the States New Mexico
Makes Good Showing.


Washington, D. c., Jan. SIN pre-
lirninary review of the gold and silver
industry in the United States in 1910
the United States geological survey
shows decrease in output from 1903.
The value of the production of gold
in the United States in 1910 fell below
that of the record output of 1909, which
was nearly 500, 1000. 900. Preliminary
statistics compiled by the director of
! the mint indicate that in 1910 the
value Of the total production of gold in
the United States Cncluding Alaska
and the insuiar posse sions) was $685.
/ o55.214, decrease OF $3,61s,1S6 from
the value of the output in 1903. which
was 500. $1,000.
Important increases in production are
| indicated for California, Nevada. and
Arizona, and, smaller increases for New
Mexico, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Utah, and Washington. Decreased
output of gold is noted for Alaska
Increase In Production of silver.
The production of silver in 1910 in
the United States as indicated by fig
ures compiled by the director of the
mint was Sc, 4sS, e95 fine ounces. an in
crease over the production of 1909 OF
| 1717195 fine ounces. This increase, of
borne out by final figures. must be
| credited to increased production of sill
yer from dry and silioecus gold-silver
ores, from lead ores and to a smaller
degree from zinc ores, as 1t is known
that the production of copper. the ores
of which supply nearly a third of the
| silver output of the United States, was
somewhat decreased in 1910.
! In Arizona.
|. The director Of the mint estimates a
! gold production of $3.375, 256 in Arizona
! in 1910, against s2,626,S00 in 1909, and
| an output of S2,S35,641 fine ounces OF
j silver in 1910, against 2.523,600 fine
ounces in 1909.
Copper in Arizona in 1910 greatly ex-
| ceeded that of Montana but fell below
] that of 1909, but was nearly 297 eco, GEO
pounds. which shows that the large
shelters were doing steady work. The
! copper ore mined in Arizona supplies
| about one-third of the states usual
| gold output and two-thirds of its aver
age silver production. There were
marked changes in the gold output of
l the state, which were due almost en-
| tirely to activity at the Gold Road and
| Tom Reed mines, in Mohave county.
! The final figures viii probably show a
larger, production of gold than for any
| year since 1905, when the total was
| $4,000 ounces. The silver production
! was over 100000 ounces, or more
| than the output OF 1909.
Cochise County.
| In Cochise county the Copper Queen
| plant was producing at the rate of
! 5000 600 pounds of copper a month in
January, 1910. exclusive of that derived
from Mexican ore. In the later part
of the year this record was not upheld.
| and in December work was started on
two new reverberatory furnaces and
| McDougan roasters. At the Calumet
| & Arizona smelter more than 100000
| hounds a month was being turned out
1 although the plant was not run at full
| capacity. During the period of cur
| tail1nent in the later part of the year
! the blast furnaces were enlarged to a
! total capacity of 5000 tons a day. Ship
! ments from the Shattuck mine in
creased, from three to five cars of II
| percent ore being sent daily to the Cop
| per Queen smelter. The 290-ton mill at
the Commonwealth mine at Pearce was
| DESTROYED by the fine in April, but in
| November another cyanide and leach
ing plant of rs tons capacity was in
operation.
ella County.
In ella county the Old Dominion
smelter turned out more than 2,225. 00O
pounds of copper a month, which IS
somewhat less than its full capacity
The Arizona Commercial Copper COM
pany operated its mating plan for four
months, treating eco tons or more
day. In May the plant was closed and
development continued at the mine
The operators of the Warrior mine:
shipped at the rate of 100 tons a day
to Ell Paso end Globe, and the Superior
and Boston Copper company was. ship
ping so tons of percent copper ore
L. An IN 1sraI- amount of work was
done by churh drill as well as by drift
ing on large low grade copper deposits
Graham County.
/ In Graham county the Shannon, Ari
IONA copper, and Detroit plants were