The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-26
CALIFORNIA PRODUCES
$26,3S3,946 IN METALS
There Was an Increase in 1912, Accord
ing to Figures Just Issued in U. S.
Geological Survey.

The mine output of gold, silver, cop
per, lead, and zinc in California in 1912,
according to Charles G.. Yale, of the
United States geological survey, was
valued at $26,383,946, AN increase OF
81 200 ,269 over the corresponding value
for the year 1911. The increase is due
mainly to gain in yield of gold from
copper and silver, and increased output
of zinc. The greatest gain was in the
value of copper and was due to an adj
vance in commercial value of the metal,
as the quantity produced was materially
less in 1912 than in 1911. To less de-
gree, the same may be said of silyerJ
and the zinc quantities and values also
increased.
The mine production of gold in 1912
was valued at $l9,7l3,47s, a nominal
decrease of $25,430 from 1911. The out
put of silver was 1900, 1876. fine ounces,
valued at $7905s4, an increase of 2969l
ounces in quantity and of Sl26,24S in
value. The production of copper was
80, 45l ,672 pounds, valued at S5,519526,
decrease of 1854 AGA pounds in guam
tity but an increase of S9S0,009 in value
The output of lead was | ,l44,73l pounds,
valued at S5l ,5l2, which is decrease of
253,3 $3.50 pounds in quantity and OF SILL
403 in value. The output of zinc was
4 ,345 ,50l pounds, valued at 5000 SAG, an
increase for the year 1912 of l,538,556
pounds in quantity and $l38,845 in value.
There We're l,04l metal mining prop
critics reported productive in 1912, OF
which 532 We're deep mines and 500 plac-
ens of various kinds This shows to-
4 nf ,N,sr,d.tat,ao, IN
1912. There were 4T0 deep gold mines,
IL silver, "a copper, rs silver lead-zinc,
and ! zinc.
OF the placer producers, l4l were ny
draulic mines, % dredges, l46 drift, and
l57 surface or sluicing mines. There
were "a less deep and 70 less placers
producing in 1912 than in 1911.
The deep mines OF California pro-
duced 2,64l ,497 tons of ore in 1912, a
decrease of 1924 tons. OF this out
put 2,225, 429 tons was siliceous ore, and
6,472 tons zinc ore, 974 tons lead ore,
and 6,472 tons zinc ore. The siliceous
ore output decreased 709lS tons, the
copper ore decreased 1860 tons, the
lead ore decreased ,034 tons, and the
zinc ore increased l,s47 tons.
OIeS IlVtu Larger RCtu1Hss
The total average value from all ore
sold or treated in California in 1912
was 1911 a ton, against S5.49 a ton in
1911 and S67l a ton in 1910 At gold
and silver mills in California in 1912
the tonnage mhled was 2,077 800 short
tons, yielding Sl0,37l ,347 in gold and
3O7 .3O6 ounces of silver, valued at $685.
oq3. or an average value in gold and
silver of SIS. 0s ton compared with S4.64
in 1911 and S5.25 in 1910. OF this aver
age value SALT was recovered as bull
lion in batteries and on plates IN mills.
The smelling ores, 456,735 tons, pro
duced all the copper and zinc and prac-
tically all the lead, az we'll as 955,O69
| fine ounces of silver, valued at 1851 1865,
and $500 ,532 in gold. There were also
| treated l07 ,462 tons of bid taibngs,
yielding S103,936 in gold, an average OF
96 cents ton, and 81 29s in silver, an
average of cent ton.
Nearly 100000 from Plaeers.
| The placers of California in 1912 yield
ed Ss,645 1868 in gold and 1862 ounces
of silver, valued at S2l .926, a decrease
| of $3.50 .s95 from the placer output OF
1911. The hydraulic mines showed an
increase of gold output of Sl4,9l6, the
dredges decrease of 1926, 500, the drift
| mines a decrease of sol ,90s. and the
surface plaeers decrease of s26.64e in
gold. The plaeers produced 1896 per
cent OF the placer gold, The total gold
dredge output of California from 1899,
when only s206,302 was produced, has
been $55,415,l9l, including the 81 ,42I ,95l
obtained from this source in 1912.