The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-13
ARIZONA HAS GOOD
COLD-S|LVER YEAR
Geological Survey Has Its Pre-
lirninary Figures Ready
for 1914.


1911 increased slightly and tho silver
output considerably over the yield OF
1910. according To V. c. HcIkcs. Of the
United states geological survey The
greater production of gold was attribut-
able 10 tho mining Of sillccoIs lead ores.
and copperlcad ores as the total gold
output from copper ores remained about
the same as In 1910. The principal pro-
ducers Of siiceous gold orea wore the
Tom Reed, Gold Road, North Star. Tiger.
Congress and Eulture minos. In MohaVo.
una. Nayapai Snh Maricopa counties.
There is promise or an increased output
from the dry pl5ccrs near Qua riZsitn,
in Yuma county, and from the vicinity
Of Greaterville, in Cocrise county.
Placer mining was revived ON Frisco
river, In tho Clifton Morenci district of
Grccnlcn county. The drcdgc6 In Yava-
pal county. ON Lynx creek and ncar
Kirkland, were not successfully operated
were erected on Colorado river. one In
Arizona and the other near Pa.h?eah,
Utah. Both plants are said 10 be operat-
Ing and producing.
Increase in Silver.
The Increased output Of silver de-
ponds mainly on the Increased produc-
tiun Of copper and lead ores. Al the
old copper producers at BiShee. Clifton,
Globe and Jerome maintained an out
put which combined made nearly the
same yield Of ore as in 1910, The mines
of tha Consolidated Arizona aud the
two new producers. the Miami and RAY,
largely made up for the idleneSs of The
Imperial and the curtailed output of soy
crai other properties. However, there
was a large increase in lead oulput
due 80 the greater yield of lead ore I'm
the Warren district of cochisn county
and the Zine and lead ores Of Mohave
county. The largest silver producers OF
recent years have been tho Common
wealth and Tombstone mines. The out
put OF both diminished In 1911. The
commonwealth is in the hands Of new
owners and tho Tombstone is worked
by lesSces.
Near Paradise iO0-ton concentration
mill was started in November, The
Vuture mine, in Maricopa county, has
been in successful operation. New mill
equipment was ordered for the Big Blue
mine and the Monarch mine. the lat
Tom Reed and Gold Road mines, in
Mohavo county, produce gold bearing
ore. Which Is treated In cyanide plants.
The former averaged nearly $4,000 I'm
its twenty stamp mill I'm 1911, and the
latter. with a better grade of ore than
formerly, averaged nearly the same
amount from the treatment of about 600
the Frisco mill. recently built provides
for fine grinding and cyanldation.
Figures for Year.
Two other gold mills tine Gold Crown
and Ruth, were operated. In Todd
Basin the ORC Plata mill is under con-
ST truction. The new owners OF the
Southern Belle mine, in Pinai county,
have ordered l00ton min. The Hue
babi mine, on Santa cruz river in Santa
Cruz county, was recently equipped With
a tube mill and cyanide plant Large
bodies Of low grade ore are reported 10
exist i'm this mine The Congress mine
and mill, in Yavapai county, were closed
after being operated tho first three
months Of 1911. AT tic Monica and
Rincon gold mines preparations we're
made Ia operate. The Tiger mine and
MILL near Grown King. were operated
steadily. producing gold bullion and lead
Grading was commenced
for the cyanide mill the Nenezia
mine, In Crook canyon. In Yuma county
the Stafford Lane mill, near Vicksburg.
was In regular operation. and also the
North Star, at Kofa.
According Ia the preliminary figures
prepared By the director of the mint.
which do not include statistics Of eS
ports. the production Of gold In Arizona
in 1911 was valued at s2.954,7s0 and that
of silver was l.594.42s fine ounces. val
ued at sS16,935. Final figures for 1910
gave for Arizona s34l3,2o0 worth of
gold and 2.656, 700 fine ounces Of silver,
valued at Sl,J3d. 100.