The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-11
.NFyADA'S GOLD
AND SILVER OUTPUT

Gold and silver production from
Nevada mines in 1911 was increased
over the output of 1910, according to
". G. Hekes, of the United States
geological survey. The production of
ore increased from over 3,500,0O0 tons
in 1910 to nearly 100000 tons, large
ly from the Goldfeld district, Esme-
and White Pine counties. About $12,-
100000 in gold was produced in Esme-
ralda county. exceeding the output of
1910 by over $500,O0O The Goldfeld
mines yielded the larger part, but
considerable amount came from Silver
Peak. At Tonopah, Manhattan and
Johnnie, in Nye county, the output of
gold from deep mines was appreciably
greater than in 1910. Placer mines at
Manhattan and Round Mountain were
also active.
Silver bullion was produced in
larger quantity at Tonopah in 1911,
especially that contained in ore of
shipping grade, but the amount of
silver bearing concentrates may have
been less owing to the adoption of the
straight cyanide treatment The gross
value of the silver and gold output of
Nye countv was about $750,000 more
than in 1910.
Two new milling plants were con
structed in Churchill county, at Won
der and Fairview equipped for con-
l 4
ated part of the year. Tn Clark
county the production of gold and sill
yer was less, owing to the temporary
mill, at Searchlight. The Florence
fire n November The Goldfeld Con
solidated Mines Co. miled a daily
average of 900 tons of ore The Dia-
mondfield district has been revived bv
production of gold-silver ores at the
Goldfeld- Belmont. and in the Silver
Peak district the Pittsburg- Silver
Peak made large production of low
grade gold milling ore. At Jarbidge,
in Elko county, the Pavlak mine was
equipped with a cyanide mill and the
Clark Fletcher mill, also using eyani-
dation, was operated Eureka county
county mines at Seven Troughs, Ma
tonal and Winnemucca, had prosper
Gus year and their yield of gold will
aggregate over million dollars. Bull
ion shipments were temporarily dis
continued from the National mine
where work on the new milling equip
ment was begun in December. At
Seven Troughs the capacity of the
mills was increased.
In Lander county, at Austin, the
Manhattan company operates its Huff
electrostatie dry separators and ship
ped crude ore and concentrates Dis
eoveries of gold ore were made at Car
roll. in the Gold Basin district, 45
miles directly southwest of Austin,
and in the Awakening district, 30
miles northwest of Winnemucea. In
4 Lincoln county mines in the vicinity
of Phoebe Welded about $4,000 tons
4 of low grade ore, and several small
bullion shipments were made from mill
/ cleanings. The Bullionville failing
dump is being shipped dirtctly to the
smelter. The first operations of the
Mason Valley smelter, at Thompson,
! in Lyon county afforded a market for
cilieeous Nevada ores. In the vicinity
of Silver City numerous small mines
produced an aggregate of 1000 to
l 500 tons of ore month. which was
treated at local mills Tonopah, in
Nye county, has four cyanide mills in
operation, and the Mcnamara mill
and the new Tonopah Belmont 800
i ton mill were completed. Over $4,000
tons of silver ores, aggregating fully
100000 in value, were mined from
the Comstock lode in Storey county
during 1911. The Mexican mine
yielded large tonnage of shipping
ore, and mill for the treatment of
/ the low grade ores containing gold
and silver, associated with sulphides,
/ is under construction. Other pro
ducers were the Ophir, Consolidated
1 Virginia, Comstock, Belcher, Chollar,
i Crown Point. Gould 4 Curry, Yellow
Jacket and Union. In the Oseeola
district, White Pine county, the
Amalgamated mill was operated, and
mill is under construction for the
1 Boston Nevada mine.
! According to preliminary figures
compiled by the director of the mint
Nevada produced in 1911 $1S,96s, ,57S
/ in gold and 1861 ,57l fine ounces of
silver, valued at $,5,s5s, 1854, against
SIS, 200 in gold and 12,366,0 900
ounces of silver, valued at $6,677 600,
4 in 1910.
G. r. Squires, of the National Mer-
camille companv returned this morn