Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-30
ZINC AND GOLD DECREASE
SILVER AND LEAD EXPAND
DURING 1878 IN COLORADO

The output OF Colorado mines for
eleven months of 1913 with an esti
mate for December according to pre-.
liminary figures by Charles w. Hen.
derson of the United States geologi-
cal survey, shows production of
$685. OO in gold, 9,150,000 ounces
of silver, S5,5O0,OOO pounds Of lead
7634,00O pounds of copper and 1879,
$4,000 pounds Of zinc lin terms Of
spelter and zinc in zinc oxidel, with
total value of $36,20OOOO, com
pared with $S732O,996 in 1912 This
shows a decrease Of 100000 in gold,
an increase of 100000 ounces of sill
yer, an increase of 100000 pounds
of lead, an increase Of 100000
pounds of copper, and decrease of
2,540,000 pounds of zinc The heaviest
decrease in value was $1,732,0OO for
zinc, and there were Increases Of
100000 for silver and $377 900 for
lead.
The output of Cripple Creek show
ed an increase of $4,000 in gold.
The Roosevelt tunnel continued to
lower the water level gradually In
the indicator and Golden Cycle
mines electric pumps were installed
Lower levels were opened during the
year.
Lake county (chiefly LeadyilIe, but
for 1913 including the Lackawanna
Gulch district produced ssS1,416 in
gold. 100000 ounces of silver, 2,
100000 pounds of copper, 2S,000,00C
pound of lead and 9S,O0O,O0O pounds
Of zinc, with total value of $40
100000, as against $l1,780,131 in
1912. The output of zinc carbonate
vas 10000 tons of approximately 81
per cent zinc, against 142.782 tons OF
29.2 per cent zinc in 1912. The pro
duction of zinc sulphide shipped va
ried little from the 104, las tons of q
per cent zinc in 1912 The zinc car
Donate ore was treated at smelters
In Kansas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin
and the zinc sulphide was treated al
the Empire Zinc sulphide company's
magnetic separation plant at Canon
City OF the Western Chemical com.
pany's wet concentration and mag
netic separation plant at Denver, a.
: the United States Zinc company's
magnetic plant and smelter at Pueblo
and at the zinc oxide plant at Coffey
Vile, Kan.
The San Juan region of Dolores
La Plata, Ouray, San Juan and San
Miguel counties produced $4,11600C
in gold, ?, $4,000 ounces of silver
21,165,0OO pounds of lead, $500, OO(
pounds of copper and approximately
100000 pounds of zinc, compared
with $4115,345 in gold, 1852 ,O9t
I ounces of silver, 20.752,l56 pounds o.
lead 3000,173 pounds of copper anC
J 6,375,073 pounds of zinc in 1912
; There was an increase for gold o
= $1,000 in Dolores, 100000 in La Plata
$4,000 in San Juan; and decreas,
of SCI 600 in ouray and of S224,O ii
San Miguel county. There was al
increase for silver of 105. 900 ounce.
in Dolores, 100000 in San Juan anC
1000 in La Plata, while there wa.
a decrease of $4,000 ounces in Sar
} Miguel county Dolores countyi
D (Rco) made large increase in tn,
d yield of copper, lead and zinc, bu
the production of lead fell off heavil,
in San Miguel and Ouray counties
IS The yield of gold bullion in Boulde
county decreased one-half and Their
y was also decrease of 1000 ounce
Z of gold in ores smelted, but the si
2 yer output increased 100000 ounce
Z and the lead 100000 pounds.
Z Chaffee county produced $4,000
Z in gold, $4,000 ounces of silver, 2
4 100000 pounds Of lead and 10000
4 pounds of copper, and a considerable
\ quantity of zinc, heavy increas
4 for all the metals. Clear Greek coui
4 tvs output was $495,000 in golr
q 424,700 ounces Of silver, 4,290,0O
y pounds of lead, $4,000 pounds {
copper, and approximately 100000
pounds of zinc, an increase for a
u. the metals except zinc Gilpin cou
~ TVS output decreased about $4,000
u in gold and $4,000 ounces of silve
las allowing for bullion produced in Clei
Creek county mined through the Me-
house tunnel
W. The Pitkin county (Aspen) vie
y was 591 900 ounces of silver and L
us' 100000 pounds of lead, an increase
100 $1,000 ounces and Of $4,000
''' pounds, respectively.
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