The Winslow mail., 1913-07-12
VALUE OF MINE OUTPUT
HEAVY METAL PRODUCTION IN
STATE OF ARIZONA.
Advance Final Figures of United
States Geological Survey Show In
crease in 1912 of $23, 900, 600.
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Bisbee.-The total value of the mine
output of gold, silver, copper, lead,
and zinc in Arizona in 1912, according
to V. c. Heikes, of the United States
Geological Survey, was $67,0,J, ,784,
against $44,157,223 in 1911. This large
increase in value was due mainly to
the increase in the production of cop
per.
The production of gold in Arizona in
1912 was 181, 10000 ounces, valued at
S3,762,310, an increase in value Of
$331,807. Of this output, 2,082.35
ounces came from placers, 112,067.77
ounces from dry or siliceous ore, and
57,50786 ounces from copper ore From
bullion recovered in gold and silver
mills 102,244.72 ounces were produced,
concentrate yielded 10,276.48 ounces,
and crude ore sent to smelters con-
tanned 67O86.8S ounces. The largest
production of gold was from Mohave
county-$1, 1,S99,131 in 1912, against ST.
547663 in 1911.
Arizona's silver production in 1912
was 3,490,387 ounces, valued at $2,146,
5S8, against 3,276,571 ounces, valued
at $1,736,583, in 1911. Of this output
2,378,593 ounces came from copper ore,
373,255 ounces from siliceous ore, and
599,110 ounces from lead ore. Bullion
produced at gold and silver mills
yielded 45,660 ounces of silver in 1912,
concentrate produced 387,159 ounces
and crude ore sent to smelters con-
tanned 2,982,049 ounces Cochise coun
ty mines produced 1,962,644 ounces of
silver in 1912, against 1,946,319 ounces
in 1911, and Yavapai county produced
74S,872 ounces in 1912, against. 1884,
744 ounces in 1911.
Copper production increased in .Ari-
zone from 306,141 ,538 pounds, valued
at $38,267, ,692, in 1911, to 65,038, $40
pounds, valued at $60,231, ,377, in 1912.
Arizona continued to rank first among
the copper-producing states in 1912.
Concentrates produced 135,666,375
pounds of the output, and crude ore
sent to smelters produced 224141,37S
pounds. Cochise county, which in
cludes the great Warren or Bisbee dis
trict, produced 147654, ,661 pounds OF
copper, against 132,290,007 pounds in
1911. Greenlee county, embracing the
Copper Mountain and Greenlee dis
tricts of the Clifton Morenci region,
produced 76,848,299 pounds of copper,
against 70,926,330 pounds in 1911.
Yayapai county, including the Verde
district, produced 34,043, ,005 pounds Of
copper against, 36,103,649 pounds in
1911 and 40,824,556 pounds in 1910.
ella county, including the Globe dis
trict, produced 63,969,423 pounds Of
copper in 1912, against 49,226,341
pounds In 1911. In Pinal and ella
counties the so-called low-grade schist
and porphyry ores yielded 76,848,299
pounds of copper, against 30,666,515
pounds in 1911. The copper output of
Greenley county is largely from the
same class of deposits
The production of lead in Arizona
in 1912 was 6,S06,443 pounds, valued
at $306,290, against 10,274,552 pounds,
valued at $4G2,355, in 1911. Cochise
county is credited with 3,776,867
pounds, valued at $169,959, the largest
part of which was derived from the
copper mines in the Warren district
Mohave county followed, with 1887 ,031
pounds. Increased output was made
in 1912 from Yavapai county, but
there was decrease in Santa Cruz
county. Concentrates yielded 1,731, PAP
pounds of lead in Arizona in 1912, and
5,075,201 pounds were contained in
crude ore sent to smelters.
The spelter production of Arizona
was 8,758,243 pounds, valued at $6O4,-
319, in 1912, against 4,562,9S4 pounds,
valued at $260,090, in 1911. Mohave
county produced, mainly from the I'm
ion Pass and Chloride camps, S,304,462
pounds of spelter in 1912, against A.
1862 pounds in 1911. Productions
of zinc were also recorded in Yavapai,
Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise coun-
ties.
There were 444 mines producing
gold, silver, copper, lead, or zinc in
Arizona in 1912, against 397 in 1911,
and the total quantity of ore sold and
treated was 6,840,082 short tons, an in