The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-02-29
THE PRODUCTION Of SPE[7ER

The United States Geological Survey has Just issued it's
annual advance statement OF speter production for 1911
This statement prepared by c. E. Sebentha gives the final
figures OF output made up from the sneer reports and is
not subject to change unless an error is discovered in these
reports Preliminary estimates of the production of zine
"copper" lead and some other metals in 1911 published
the Survey January These preliminary figures for speer
are shown by comparison with the final figures have been
IN excess OF about O5 per cent of the total production
The zinc ore mined in the United States is treated in
three ways being smeed to sper metac znc converted
into zinc oxide pigment exported from the country in the
form OF ORE The fures of speer production therefore do
not represent the complete output of the different
Missouri had usual the largest output although consd
eraby less than in 1910 the yield being 12540 short
compared to 1862 tons in 1910 and practically the same
1909 The states making the principal gains Cafor.
MIA, which made it's first important zinc output Colorado
which nearly doubled it's 1910 spete outputs Montana which
also nearly doubled it's outputs and Illinois and Wisconsin,
both OF which made good gains The total for these five states
100000 tons, compared with about $1,000 tons in 1910
Colorado ranked second in output of speter with Wisconsin
and Montana following If the exports of zinc and the
zinc in pigments made from from the Franklin Furnace
mine of New Jersey taken into account that state
doubt usual ranked second in the production of zinc
The production of spelter in the United States in 1911
from domestic 271 621 short tons and from orcgl
1905 TONS total of 286526 TONS compared to 25479
TONS 7O5 tons and $780, 1874 TONS respectively in 1910 gain
Of II 342 ons ga per cent The worlds output of spel
in 1911 743S5 TONS compared with SS34l0 tons in 1910
gain of 9O966 TONS 1913 per cent showing that the United
States did not make it's quota of the worlds gain This
countrys share Of the worlds production in 1911 9 pei
cent compared to 3O5 per cent 1870 and 3O per cent
1909.
Other tables given by Mr. Siebentha show the product
Of secondary speer from Dresses skimmng and old metal
the consumption of spelte and the imports and exports OF
dresses and speer The imports of zine showed
loss Of about Is per cent in zinc content compared with 90
In all these tables we'll those of speter production the
figures given for each year from 1906 to 1911 inclusive
in order that fairly extended comparison may be possible
diagram covering the period from 1906 to 1911 nclu
sve shows by the average weekly price of spe at
St. Louis and at London the average weekly base price Of
concentrates at Joplin and the average weekly sales Of zinc
concentrates in the Joplin region These show graph
icay the mutual relation of the London and ST. Louis prices
of speer and their relation to the price of concentrates III the
Joplin region and to the production in that region.
table of the zine smelling capacity of the country with
contemplated additions thereto for 1912 shows well the drift
of current zinc smeer construction from the failing gas fields
of Kansas to the coal fields of Illinois, with 544 reto1s at
the close of the year. will add S6 retorts in 1912 Oklahoma
with 49, $40 retors in 1911 will add 3S40 in 1912 Kan
with 3378 reorts at the close of the year plans ad
ditional retors and will probably in 1912 demosh Of
the smeers actively operated In PennsylN ania
1880 reorts will be added in 1912 and 1856 rorts ed
in West Virginia 1911. The total number of retorts at the
close of 1911 8501S to be compared with 932S retos at
the close of 1910 total of 1896 retorts is planned
for 1912.
copy of this statement may be had without charge by
addressing the Director United States Geological Survey
Washington d. G.