Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-16
CALIFORNIA METAL
MINES OUTPUT IN 1910
REACHES $25,000,000
SprcIai correspondence 10 the Herald


Washington. u, e., sept li--Tno
mIuy output of gold, silver copper.
head, ana zinc in California ir t9I'
according Co CHARLES q. Yale. of Un
United states geological survey. Nas
valued an Se5,l7i,67G "a decrease CO..
El.Nii.IgN from the corresponding
value for 1910, although the rroduc-
ton for 1870 Included uu zinc. The
total decrease WAS due mainly to "a
purtNlm,nt 100 the output of copper
because ol litigation over the smultur-
iuWv question.
Tho mime production of gold 300 i9li
was Sl9.13>,gUA, an Increase ri &13,-
46N. The output ct silver Vas L2,u,li5
fine ounces. valued at A652,33G. % de-
crease ui 5Gg,64O ounces loo quantity
and ui S3gu,3lO n value. TIN, pro-.
dusuuu ui copper was 3Gal6.I36
pounds. valued 90 Xl.13o.l1I u dee
.reusp coy la.HN162u pounds Boo guam
| ut, aud OF yl645.i59 u value The
output oi lead wus 3nN,lll pounds,
valued 1t Xt.,Hl5. 90 decrease ul Liza
>sG pounds aud tG3,fON. Thc output
uf Nue however none ot which was
produced leo 1910. was 3.S0T.U3j
pounds. valued at XlGu,uui
There were llNl properties report
/ eco productive u ifll, of Whie. 500
were deep mines ans asj we're pllC,rs
of various kinds Tin. elbows total
! increase OF lue pruddclHg mines Tor
1911 There were 5ee gold mines
producing. ~ silver mines, - silver
! lead mines. aud 80 copper mines in
lalI OF the placer producers lGp
| Wcro hydraulic properties 80 were
| drrdgrs. lll were driit mines IN au-
lent river graNcls, aud sl0 were sur
face or sluiciug minys. The drcdges
| were operated by % companies.
against ~ In 1910. There were 81
more deep mines ana "A NOR" paccrs
producing u 1917 than In 1870.
The deep mines of California pro-
ducvd e.ai4,lNs tons of orc in loll
an Increase OF 2i6,2o9 tons. OF this
OUTPUT ..4la.gI4 toms was sili,ouus orc
| Can increase OF i79.9iN tons), tai,2hl
/ tons copper ore Ga decrease of 222.-
sos tousl. zoos toms lead ore. and
| iG2b tons zinc ore.
The total average vain" from an ore
sold or treated iu lg1l was &5.ta q ton,
AGAINST gG.7l m 1910. At gold and
| silver mills In california in 1871 the
tonnage mIlcd was 2,l5G.95O short
toms, yielding Sg1Ug.33t in gold and
II1g.N55 ounces OF silver or total
leverage value of ft,A5 t ton, against
lY5.g5 in 1910. Of this acreage value
ls3.59 o. ton was recovered as bullion
in the mills 100 1871. The smelling
ores 53N,glH tons. produced AN the
copper aud ziuc. practically an the
lead. l.uUA.t5. ounces ct silver and
tG4l,la5 In gold. There were nlso
Iaig.usl tons of ola ana new Hilings
treated ln california in lsll, yielding
I8tul,sa5 iu gold ana fat5,5 ounce.
of silver
The plJccrs of california yielded
ISN.9N6.591 in gold and 39.5fi ounces
loi silver boz 1911. Ju increase of $50
lUS7 boa total value over the yield foi
!. llglO The drcdgcs showed uu Increase
in production cot Sll6.2o5 ana the hy'
drauug mincs am Increase ut t3H,HNs
but the output from driit and sluIciul
mines decreased The dredges pro-
duccd 3N.Nf per cent ot the gold out
pat of the state in l9li The to,a
dredgp output of california from 1899
when the production from this SQUIRE,
began and was only t.06,30e, to ut
end og 1917 has been ft7,9S5,23d,