Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-27
METAL PRODUCTION
Of NEW STATE
Il MILLIONS
Increased Nine Output Of Gold,
Silver Copper and Zinc;
Decrease in Lead; Total
Gain Is Three Millions.

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Wnahiumun. Dec. 90 Large gains
were made in the production of the
precious and semipreclons metals in
Now Mexico r. 1919. according n
preliminary estimates by Charles w
Henderson, Of the United states goo-
ogicu survey The mine prcdur-
tiOu N gold showed an Increase OF
500, 900 over the output 0f gtsfffG
in 1912. that Of silver an Increase II
10000 ounces over the production
OF l.53G.70t ounces in 1912. lead A
decrease OF 100000 pounds from the
Yield az b.fgLois pounds in 1915
copper an Increase OF 20.0000O)
pounds over the yield of ai.030.9Gf
posnds Ia 1919; and zine Figured 1s
speitef OF zinc boz zine oxide). an ln-
crease of S.g00.000 pounds over thc
output of l3.5G6.G97 pounds in 1912.
Despite lower ayera4e yearly urIe
Tor copper and zinc. the total value of
the output was f1iG20,000, IN in.
ele8se for 1913 OF over 100000
The Mogollon district Doc socorru
county. which IN 1912 yielded G7 per
cent of tho state yield of gold ana 10
per cent Of the silver yield. showed
an increase of 100000 ln gold and
100000 ounces of silver in output ofI
gold-alver bullion concentrates and
ore. The gold ana silver bearing
silieeouH and copper ores of the
l.ordsburg district also contributed
heavily 10 the output of gold md
silver An increased yield of gol
and silver was made from the White
oaks district. Lincoln county rhol
Ell2abothtown district, iu Cclfar
county. continued az the most im
portapt placer-rroducing district ana
also shipped an increased tonnage 1f
ore.
The greater part of the production
of copper "1inoa from the optrauon9
OF tho Chino copper company
which Us mining a low-grade deposit
at Santa Bita Dy steam shovols This
ore b concentrated at Hurley, whore
the a.0o0-ton mill was operated
steadily. Ia 1912 the gross produc- /
ton ct copper in concentrates urd ore
was 2g.87I966 pounds, while in
1913 the yield Of copper was approx |
mately 53,6fi,t00 pounds. The Lords /
burg district also produced q consid- |
erable quantity of copper, and cop |
per ore was also shipped from the /
Burro Mountain district where inI
1913 active development work WAS
done, including the completion of "a /
railroad from Whitewater, ana whore /
i min Is IN prospect The copper
mines aud smelter at san Pedro, |
SANTA he county, also contributed 10
HE copper yield.
The lead output Of New Mexico |
comes chiefly from crude ore from
.he Central district, Grant county,; /
from lead ore and concentrates from |
me Magdalc1a district. socorro |
county. and from ore from the Vlc-
Iorio district Luna county. a few |
small shipments We're made from the
organ district, Dona Ana county
formerly am Important producer Of
lead
Mines producing zinc i'm 1918 In
New Mexico we're In The Magdalena
district. socor-o county; in the Cooks
lnd Victorio districts. Luna countr,
ana IN the Hanover and Pinos Altos
districts, Grant county The Mag
lalena disric. is the most productive,
HE shipments Of both zinc coneen-
rates from the mills ana Of zinc car-
Donate showing an ncreasc. The
wet concentration and magnetic mill
ol the Tri-Bullion company closed In
July, but the now wet concentration
and acid flotation mill of the Ozark
comptny commenced production In
March and had 70 heavy output from
August throughout tho year, and the
of zinc carbonate from the
mbrosia, Junata, ozark and Tri
Bullion mines increased Zinc ore
and concentrates as marketed from
New -IeXico increased from 2t9SS /
TONS of 1858 per cent zinc in 1912 tc
ls.1Sg tons of 1913 per cent in 1913.