White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-11
NEVADAS ORE
RECORD FOR 1871
CoPPER AND SILVER SHOW
INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS
YEARS, WITH SLIGHT DE-
CREASE IN GOLD OUTPUT.

Nevada's output, of gold, silver,
copper, lead and zinc in 1911, ac-
eording to Y. C. Heikes of the United
States geological survey, was $33,-
952,529, against s3"4,152,14S in
1910, a decrease of $199.619. or less
than n per cent.
The production of gold in 1911 was
valued at $1S,193,3 1897, a decrease of
s6s5,467. There were increases in
gold in several districts including
Manhattan, but but large decreases
in National and Goldfeld. OF the
gold output, 10,1S1.05 fine ounces
came from placers, largely in the
Round Mountain and Manhattan dis
%tricts, in Nye county, 8~47,124.81
unees from siliceous ores, 2~1,841.27
ounces from copper ores, S95.66
ounces from lead ores, and small
amounts from zinc, copper-lead and
lead-zine ores. Silieeous ores yield
ed over ninety-six per cent of the
entire gold production. From bullion
in gold and silver mills was recovered
~729,252.33 fine ounces concentrates
produced 81, 097.61 fine ounces, and
crude ore shipped to shelters con-
tanned 59,569.92 fine ounces. The
leading county in production of gold
was E~smeralda, which yielded SILL
19S.602, mostly from the Goldfield
district. Nye county produced So
617.276, of which the Tonopah mines
yielded s~2,366,495. The comstock
mines of Story county produced
in gold, against s502,S43
in 1910. More than half the total
value of the state output of precious
metals Is that of gold.
The production of silver in Ne
vada in 1911 was more than In any
previous year, being 1~3.184,601 fine
ounces, valued at Sc. 1877. s39. against
1~2.479,S71 fine ounces, valued at So
73e,130 In 1910. About ninety
seven per cent came from siliceous
ores. Nye county produced 1O,e1S,-
263 ounces of silver. OF this out
put the Tonopah district yielded TO-
S6S.26S ounces. or 82.4 per cent of
the entire silver production Of the
state. Storey county (Comstock)
produced 61S,006 ounces.
Copper production increased in Ne
yada from 6~4,359.39S pounds valued
at sS,173,643. in 1910, to 67,377,-
SIS pounds, valued at $S,422,190, in
1911. The increase was practically
due to the mines at Ely in the Robin
son district, White Pine county,
yielded 67.033.547 pounds or
1919 per cent of the entire state pro-
duction.
The production of lead in Nevada
In 1911 was 3.263,657 pounds, val
ned at S146,S65. against ~4.S71,13o
pounds. valued at s214.329. in 1910.
a decrease of about 33 per cent.
Lead decreased in all counties but
Clark and Douglas. The mines of
Clark county, the largest producer,
~1,629,571 pounds. an in
of 319,SS7 pounds oye the
of 1910.
Crue ore shipped to smelters con-
all but 692,1S0 pounds of the
lead output of Nevada in 1911.
The zinc production of Nevada was
3,54S,032 pounds, valued at $202,-
23S, in 1911, against 2,707,071
pounds valued at $146,1S2, in 1910.
This was almost equally divided be-
tween a lead-zinc and a true zinc ore.
Concentrates contained 210,257
and crude ore 3.S37,775
pounds.
There were Gel mines producing
gold. silver. copper, lead or zinc in
in 1911, compared with COS
1910. or these, seventy-two we're
placer mines. The total quantity of
ore sold or treated in Nevada in 1911
was 4.132.721 short tons, an in