The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-04
EASTERN METAL PRODUCTION.
Total Output Of Gold, Silver, Copper,
Lead and inc Shows Increase in Value
of al 500. 600.

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Lead and inc Shows Increase in Value
of si,soo,ooo.
The total value of the mine output Of
gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc IN
the eastern or Appalachian states in
1912, according to II. d. McCaskey, OF
the United States geological survey, was
$l3.470276, against $ll,Ts7,942 in 1911
and Sl0,l27 ,304 in 1910. The figures for
1912 represent the production of %
mines, Of which 80 were gold placer
mines, many OF them small.
The total gold output from all mines
was l0,763.24 fine ounces, valued at
1922 ,496, an increase over the produe-
ton of of 1911 of 3,053.72 ounces in
quantity and of 1888, 1926 in value. The
silver output, recovered entirely as a
by-poduct in refining the gold, copper,
and lead produced was 96,523 fine
ounces. valued at S5036l, a decrease Of
! ,5s2 ounces in quantity but an in
crease of SO ,065 in value. OF the gold
output in 1912 the placers yielded 7T4.s3
ounces, against l,447,2S ounces in 1911,
and the quartz or deep mines produced
9 10000 ounces, against 5,699.64 ounces
in 1911. The copper mines produced
$50. 80 ounces in 1911 and 1880 ounces
in 1912, and the lead mines produced
24l .92 ounces in 1912 OF the so pro-
dueng gold pIaeers in 1912, there were
% in George % in North Carolina, and
5 in South Carolina. There were 1888
short tons of silceous ores sold or treat
Ia min in
of which l435S tons were mixed in
North Carolina, and 1855 tons in South
Carolina, chiefly from the well known
lola and Halle mines, which are the
two largest gold mines east of the Black
hills. The average recovery of gold lin
Gliding nominal recovery of silver per
ton Of siliceous ores treated in the cast
ern states in 1912 was 1913. The aver
age for North Carolina was Sl0y62 aud
for South Carolina the remarkably low
figure of Sl.34.
The copper production in 1912 was 49, !
265,945 pounds. valued at $3lTS,s $50
a decrease of 339,44l pounds in quantity |
but an increase of ST2s.20s in value. OF |
the total output ls,4s3.l73 pounds came |
from the Ducktown district of eastern
Tennessee. from 603.229 short tons of /
pyritic copper ore treated. The remain
Ter was chiefly from Pennsylvania,
ghere, at the Cornwall iron mines, mag
letic separation of large tonnages of
magnetic ores results in the recovery OF
copper bearing pyrite. Maryland. Nir
,inia, and North Carolina also contrib
tied to the copper output.
The production of lead was 56l ,o26
POUNDS, valued at 81, 246, decrease of
1915 pounds in quantity and of Sl2,-
~ in value. The greater part of the
was derived from the lead
inc mines Of Wythe county, Va, as
isual, but an output of $1,000 pounds
vas also reported from North Caro-
ina.
The zine output, figured as spelter, was !
~ 500 1868 pounds, valued at S9.9S4, POI, 1
decrease Of 1861 ,695 pounds in guam
ity but an increase of 1901 ,252 in value. |
# the total production, l39,5l0.00s /
ounds, valued at S9.626.l9l, came from !
be zinc mines at Franklin Furnace, n. I
:, and over 100000 pounds came from
astern Tennessee. Nearly 500 900
omds was produced in Virginia, and |
mailer quantities in North Carolina /
nd New York. Il