Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-01-07
government REPORT SHOWS NEVADA MADE
INCREASE IN SILVER PRODUCTION DURING 1912
TOTAL metal OUTPUT is OVER
THIRTY SIX MILLIONS AND BEATS
THE RECORD SET IN YEAR 1911

The total metal yield from ores
mined in Nevada during 1912, ac-
cording to preliminary figures by Y.
g. Heikes, Of the United States geo.
logical survey, was valued at nearly
S36,500,000 which is a little over
Z per cent greater than the value
for 1911.
The gold output forms the largest
part or 371a per cent, of the total
value; copper nearly 341a per cent,
silver slightly in excess of % per
cent, and lead and zinc each over
2 per cent. The Goldfield mines pro
duced more ore but less gold in 1912,
and this with decreased output from
the National and Seven Troughs dis
tricts was the principal cause of a
decrease in total gold production of
about 25 per cent from the yield OF
! $1S,193.397 in 1911. The mill at the
I National mine was burned early in
September, and work was delayed at
Seven Troughs by damage from a
cloudburst in July. The Goldfield
! Consolidated according to published
reports, was producing about 10000
| tons of ore a month, but the recoy-
cry from ore treated decreased from
| S25.0S a ton in January to $13.13 in
| September The Manhattan and
Round Mountain districts and mines
in the Fairview district increased
their gold yield in 1912 The An
rora and Rexal districts and the rev
district of Rochester, in Humboldt
county, are expected to add to the
future gold output The Nevada
gold output for 1912 is estimated al
about $13,50O,OOO
There has been steady increase
in the annual silver output of Nevada
since 1901 when production begaI
at the Tonopah mines. In 1912 tn,
producers of Tonopah inc feased thi
yield of ore from about 5000 tons t,
nearly 1900 tons weekly, but thi
. average silver content per ton de
. creased. The new Tonopah Belmon
mill at the mine began crushing Or
= in July, and a new 150-ton cyanid
= plant was erected for the West En-
: mine and operated the last half 0
: the year A new 10stamp mill a
the MacNamara mine had its inftia
p run in January The estimated
per cent increase in the silver out
S put of Nevada, from 1884, 80
. ounces in 1911 to about 13,S40,00
/ ounces in 1912 was due to lead or
+ shipments from Phoebe, in Lincol
;. county. There was much activit
+ in the Comstock district of Store
b county. The Yellow Jacket and Me-
e ican mills We're operated the entir
= year, and new cyanide plant wa
+ completed for the Ophir mine IN
t operated in October
An increase estimated at II pc
} cent in the production Of coppc
from 67,37751S pounds in 1911,
s. about 79,000,000 pounds in 1912
D due to the new smelter which star
e ed operations early in 1912 I
D. Thompson on copper ores produce
n chiefly from the Mason Valley an
r Nevada Douglas properties, in Il
5. Yerington district. High grade co
e per matte was shipped from til
IS plant to Garfield, Utah, for conye
It sion It is reported that convertet
e for the production of blister copp
d will be built in 1918 at Thompso
n The Nevada Consolidated mines
G. Ely produced daily from 10000
le $4,000 tons of low-grade copper or
1t which was concentrated and fhe
T. smelted at McGill. One unit of Il
to Nevada Consolidated concentrate
was devoted to the daily treatme
ir of about 1000 tons Of GirouX comp
er ores The labor strike Of 26 Ia
If curtailed production to some exte
he at these mines.
Mines in the Phoebe district Of Ii
coin county and the Yellow Pine
trict of Clark county furnished t
largest part of the lead productio
which is estimated to have incre3
ed from 3,263,657 pounds in 1911
nearly 100000 pounds in 1912. I
adjustment of litigation at Pioc
resulted in increased ore rroducti
N in that camp along with the 20
A pletion of a railroad spur to the b
u lionville failing dump, which Fl
nished from II to Is cars dai
About 300 tons of irol-margane
II. ore, containing small quantities
lead and silver, was shipDe da
from the Prince mines, and 100 TO
from the Day-Bristol mines. T
mines of the yellow Pine listr
produced an increased quantity
lead ore and concentrates. the la
90 est yield in the history OF the d
ng triet.
mt All records of zinc production
)w Nevada We're broken by the outI
he of the yellow Pine district in ~
,ly when nearly 12.000,000 pounds
by zinc Figured as speterl was .
ar duced This is an increase nf abe
nd 233 per cent over the production
ic. 1911, when only 3 54S,032 pounds
,te spelter was reported The eh
on producer was the yellow Pine ml
es. which is equipped with the oliy c
on centrator in the district The
ex- tosi and others also contributed
PEE Nevada mines produced a grea