Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-05
OUTPUT Of SILVER
AND GOLD BIGGER
LAST YEAR
Production Of Copper, Lead
and Zinc in New Mexico in
1911 Shows Decrease, Says
Geological Survey.
Especial CSrrssDosSsses 's enc usssisI

Washington. Aug 5.--lThe value of
tho mine output Of gold. silver. cope
per. lead and zinc loo New Mexico Ia
1911 according to Charles W. Hen
dersOn. of the United states geological
survey. Was Sa.5Oi.Sf3, as against
tg.G9l.Os0 In 1910. an increase FOR
1911 OF $500
The production Of gold showed an
Increase OF S2sc.3St In value: the out 10
put uf silver an Increase Of s2sg, 1853
Ia value. Tho output az copper show
cd decrease of t1s,se1 Ia value. the
production ~ lead J decrease OF $50.
6S7 In value. and tho production of
alnc dccrcaso of 5000 100 value.
SOcorro county, chiefly lruIn thu 81
llcrouH ore Wlncs at Mugullon, yielded
t53t,253 in gold. or ~ per cent ~ The
total state Yield There were also In
creased gold yields IN Colfax, Grant.
Luna and sierra counties. chiefly from
slliceOus and copper ores Placer gold
amounted TO tls.7lf. az aHtinst t26.
094 In 1919.
Or the silver Yield. Socorro county.
chiefly from the MoEollOn district.
produced i.i0s.stj fine ounces. ar So
| per cent Of thu state yield. Gran,
county. chiefly from slllccous. copper
and lead ores, furnished 22l.SS2
ounces, these two counties combined
Yielded Us per cent ~ tho total silver
yield
Tho copper output OF the state came
almost entirely from Grant county.
chiefly from Santa Rita Hanover ana
J Lordsburg. tho county Yield being
4 a q 20
tho total Yield The output from
Grant county was isj.AG6 pounds leN'
than In 1910. other decreases were
In Otero and SJcorrO counties. Cop
per has always boon an important
metal In New Mexico. tho recorded
output from iSt5 10 1911 having bcca
s6,3s0,203 pounds For 1919 rnd for
many. years u, come. copper yin no
doubt surpaS In value the present
total output OF New Mexico, through
the operations OF the chino Copper
company at santa Rita. which was
treating 1900 tons per day OF 2.2A
per cent copper ore early In 1919, ana
will have It's 6.000-ton mill completed
during 1919.
OF the lead production the Magdl-
ieiS. district sOcorro county. pro
duced the greater part, with an output
OF 2.i23.05s pounds Grant county
yielded Ggf.2tT pounds. Concentrates
contained l.i6s.T6s pounds OF lead.
and crude ore sent 90 smelters .t03.
f54 pounds
The mines producing zinc In New
Mexico In 1911 are az Kelly. Socorro
county. and IN Plnos Altos and Cen
trial districts. Grant county, The yield
decreased IN both counties.
Tho number Of productive mines In
New Mexico In 1911 was i05. OF
Vii IA 20 we're placers. as against los
IN 1910, Of which 20 we're pl0ccrs
The average total recoverable value
/ per ton ~ ORE produced decreased
from si3.S9 IN 1910 90 til.b4 In 1911
There were e3e,6ga short tons % ore
from New Mexico sold or treated in
1911, an increase over the output Oi
1910 81 40.S3t tons OF this total,
iOe.ii3 sons went 10 RmalEsmatine
and cyaniding milis. bs,s32 tons "a
mills for concentrating only. and 49,.
96f tons went crude 10 umclterss
OF the &i5s,Sae Ia gold and 7fi,0it
ounces OF silver IN bullion produced
IN New Mcxico In tSt1. tho cyanide
process yielded t27e,t1g In sold and
I69,60s ounces OF silver. the remain
der being recovered by amalgamation