The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-20
QUICKSILVER IN 1911.
Estimate of Production by the United
States Geological Survey.

/ States Geological Survey.
Preliminary figures collected by H. d.
! McCaskey of the United States geologi-
cal survey, from the individual pro-
/ ducers show that the domestic produe-
| tion of quicksilver IN 1911 was q ,s2l
! TASKS of rs pounds each, valued, at the
average San Francisco domestic price
! for the year of S46.0l, at Sl,003,984. A
| comparison of these figures with the
| final figures published by the survey for
| 1910 shows gain of l,220 TASKS and
of $45,S3l in value. There We're p
mines producing in 1911, of which 10
are in California.
The production for 1912 win probably
show little change in the aggregate
from that for 1911, but there may be
slight tendency toward increase. The
present producers, however with few
exceptions, can probably not materially
increase their normal output.
Increased Output in California.
The production of quicksilver in Cali
fornia in 1911 was 1871 TASKS, valued
at SSS,2l7, q gain Of 1920 TASKS and
S70,733 compared with the output of
1910. This increase was made notwith-
standing the completion OF the cleanup
at the old Napa Consolidated mine in
Napa county and the falling off in out
put of several other producers, and is
due chiefly to substantial increases in
production at the New Guadalupe and
New Almaden mines in Santa Clara
county. The New tdlla mines, of San
Bcnito county, the largest producers in
the western hemisphere, continued their
! nvl,v Hal
the quicksilver yield of the country in
Igll.
In Solusa county there was nominal
output from the Alanzanita mine. In
Lake county, the Helen mine yielded an
increas ed production, but there was a
falling off in output as a result of the
final cleanup at the Great Western
mine In Napa county the Etna and
Knoxville mines both increased their
production, but the cleanup at the Napa
mine had been completed in 1910 and
for this reason there was considerable
decrease in output for the county. IN
San Benito county there was decrease
production from the New Idria mine
and an increase from the Esmeralda
properties, the net result being a falling
of for the county output in 1911. In
San Lnis Obispo county also there was
decreased output but in Santa Barbara
there was small output. all an in.
crease from operations at the Los Priet-
os mine In Santa Clara county there
was a marked increase in production
from both the Guadalupe and New Al
MAIDEN mines and small production
from the Comstock. In Sonoma county
there was increased production from both
the Culver Baer and Cloverdale groups,
but in Trinity county the output from
the Altoona mine decreased.
Production in Other States.
There was no production of quick
silver in Arizona, Oregon, Utah, or wash
ington in 1911. In Nevada at the Ruby,
Nevada Amaden, and Shoshone mines
development work only was done, but
the Mercury Mining Co. completed the
erection of a 25-ton Scott furnace on
its claims near lone and produced quick
silver toward the close of the year. In
Texas some prospecting was done on
the Maria and Mariposa and other
claims. The Chisos mine was actively
developed and continued important pro-
duction. The total output from Nevada |
and Texas combined in 1911 was $500 |
TASKS, valued at Sl23,767, against COM
bined output of 1890 TASKS, valued at
Sl57 ,669, in 1910.
Market and Prices.
Owing to the breakup of the ar
between most of the do |
nestle producers and the selling COM
pany for the marketing of the output, |
prices fiuctuated considerably in 1911, |
owing principally to the discovery of |
the absence of reserve stocks and limit |
ed domestic supplies, and to independ-
ent sales by the larger producers. FIRE.
quently the demand considerably out
ran the supply and prices rose sharp |
~. The average domestic price fer
the year was $46.0l at San Francisco, |
against S465l in 1910, S45.45 in 1909,
$44l7 in 1908, and $3.50 in 1907.
Imports and Exports.
Exports OF quicksilver from the United |
records of the bureau of statistics of |
the department of commerce and labor, I
at 22.T00 pounds, valued at $4,000. In |
1910 the exports were l44 237 pounds,
valued at sol OF. This notable decrease
in exports and Che equally notable in-
crea Sc in imports were due chiefly to
the lack of domestic supplies for con-
and the consequent temporary
rise in price. According to figures of
the bureau of statistics the imports for
the first six months of 1911 were 36l,-
lao pounds, valued at 100000. AL
though it is not expected that the final
figures viii show an equal rate of i'm
portation for the remainder of the year,
the total imports for 1917 may be esti-
mated at 100000 pounds, valued at
$4,000, against imports of only 667
pounds, valued at 1881, in 1910. Quick
silver from Mexico is reported among
the imports for 1911.