White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-01
OUTPUT FROM
NEVADA MINES
NINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD. SILL
YER, COPPER, LEAD. AND ZINC
IN THE STATE OF NEVADA IN
1910 BY COUNTIES.

gical Survey, was $34.152,14s, as
against s3O,072, 1882 in 1909, showing
an increase of $4,O79,216, or over
1876 per cent.
The total production of gold in
1910 was 913,265.o5 fine ounces,
valued at S,S7S,s 64, a gain of So
63s ,9O1, or IA per cent, over the
1909 production OF the gold output
7.S54.70 fine ounces came from
placers (mainly in Nye county, } $780,
1898 ounces from silieeous ores,
q, 230.S7 ounces from copper ores,
and 3,99S.55 ounces from lead, zinc,
leopper-lead, and lead-zinc ores.
Siliceous ores yielded over &c per
cent of the entire gold production.
From bullion in gold and silver mills
were received 7~2S,13e.67 fine ounces,
concentrates produced 7~6.696.62 fine
ounces and crude ore shipped 10
smelters contained 1oo.574.06 fine
ounces.
The largest production of gold was
from Esmeralda eounty-$11. 994,-
ass in 1910, against S10,S41,597 in
1909. OF this production the Gold
field district yielded S11.1S7.15o. an
increase of ~s1.75S,sSs. or 49, per
cent. over 1909. Nye county pro-
dueed ss.661.967 in gold in 1919.
against s2.945,942 in 1909. The
Tonopah mines yielded s2,S0S.7o2
in gold, an increase of s9O3,341, or
CAS- per cent over 1909. The Com
stock produced 5o2,s43 gold against
s556,621 in 1909.
The silver production OF Nevada in
1910 was ~12.479,s71 fine ounces.
valued ar 6.7s9,1S0. against To-.
9S1 .061 fine ounces. vanued at So
71o.152. in 1909. OF the 1910 out
put 11,763,012 ounces. or "a per
cent. came from silieeous ores. 5SS,-
2S2 ounces from lead ores, and 1o7,-
S65 ounces from copper ores. Bull
lion at gold and silver mills pro-
dueed 6.51s.976 ounces. eoneentra-
ties 2.577,203 ounce and crude ore
sent TO smelters contained $50, os7
ounces. Nye county produced To-
55o.So3 ounces of silver in 1910. as
against ~S.246.496 ounces in 1909.
OF this output the Tonopah district
yielded 10.422.s6s ounces, or SS.5
per cent of the entire silver produe-
ton Of Nevada in 1910. Storey
county (Comstoekl produced SEQ
716 ounces. against 501.625 ounces
in 1909.
Copper production increased in Ne
vada from 57.964.477 pounds. values
at $7.5S6.e42. inI909. to 64.s5e.-
sss pounds, valued at ~sS.17S.e43. IN
1919. This increase vas practical
~ due to the mines al Ely, in the
Robinson district. White Pine county,
which yielded e3.s14.1s7 pounds. or
99.S per oent OF the entire state pro-
duction. Concentrates produced
~ee.4S2.77S pounds and crude ore sent
to smelters produced l.92e.61e
pounds.
The production OF lead in Nevada
in 1910 was 4,s7l.130 pounds. valued
at s2l4.s2s. against s.s4o.7sl
pounds. valued at s423.154. in 1909,
a decrease oil about so per cent. The
mines of Clark county. the largest
producer. yielded 1,S09.6s4 pounds,
an increase of s63.777 pounds over
the 1909 production. The mines of
Eureka county produced only ga
sol pounds against 4.346.535 pounds
in 1903. a decrease of 3,6T3.734
pounds. Crude ore shipped to smell
tiers contained all but 19o.s32 pounds
of the total lead output Of Nevada in
1910.
The zine production of Nevada was
2,7o7,o7l pounds. valued at s146.-
1s2, in 1910. against s.O1S.352
pounds, valued al ~s423.154. in 1899.
The entire 1910 production was de-
rived from Clark county from ores
shipped TO smelters.
There were Sos mines producing
gold, silver, copper. lead. or zinc. in
Nevada in 1910. compared with All
in 1909. The total quantity OF ore
sold or treated in Nevada in 1910
was s,655,775 short tons. an in
crease Of s7s.lss tons.
The mine production Of gold. sill
yer. copper. lead. and zinc in Nevada
in 1910. by counties was as follows:
churchill-ore treated, 1,l64 tons:
gold. s4S.os2; silver. 1854 hne
ounces: copper. 2.417. pounds: lead.
s1,eo2 pounds; total value, sISe,
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