The Winslow mail., 1913-01-18
ARIZONA METAL PRO-
DUCTION IN 1912
Largely Increased Mine Output Of Cop
per and Zinc. Smaller Increases
in Gold and Silver, and g De-
creased Output of Lead
Estimated :.

ing, especially in the mining OF
copper ore, and the preliminary
total value of all metals is esti-
mated at more than S65, 600, 900,
AN increase of more than 500, 600, :
600, or 49 percent, above the pro-
duction for 1911, Of this total
value. the copper output repre-
scnted over $5S, 900, 900, gold
So, 500, 600, and silver $1,000, 600.
The production of gold increas-
ed only about 3 percent, giving
All output of oyer170, 600 ounces.
The two main sources were cop
per-ore and ores amalganated or
cyanided. Precious metal bullion
came principally from Mohave
County, where great increases
were made in output by the oper-
ators of the Tom Reed and Gold
Road mines, particularly the lat
ter.
Silver came mainly from cop
per ores and production increased
to about 3, 300, 600 ounces in 1912,
or about 2 percent. Lead ore
from Cochise and Mohave coun-
ties also contained considerable
percentage of silver. The ore of
the new copper producers, Miami
and Ray, contains SO little gold
and silver that it is not a relative
ly important source for precious
metals.
Arizona led all other States in
the production of copper. The
output has grown from 199, 600, :
900 pounds in 1904 to about 359,
GOO, 600 pounds in 1912, an in
crease of II percent over the 1911
record. The value of the product
was increased by over $13, 600, 600
ON account of the price of copper
being higher by about 3.75 cents
q pound in 1912. The greatest in
creases were made at the Ray,
Miami, and Copper Queen mines,
while substantial increases were
made by the Arizona Copper,
Detroit, Shannon, and Old Domi-
Mon companies. In production
there was little change at the
Calumet and Arizona, where con-
struction was progressing on the
new smelling plant equipped
with roasters to reduce sulphide
ores now found on the property.
A new plant was also in course
of construction at the Arizona
Copper Go. S property at Clifton,
and the American Smelling and
Refining Go. S plant at Hayden
was completed and working III
June on Ray concentrates. The
output was much less from the
Consolidated Arizona smelling at
Humboldt. and the plant at
Swansea was active only part of
the year. The Pioneer Smelling
Co, i'll Pima County, operated q
small mating plant for time,
and the United Verde Copper Co.,
made arrangements for the build
ing of q large new plant near .Je-
rome. In Santa Cruz County the
Il. Il. Il. mine developed into an
important producer of copper ore.
The lead output for 1912 was
about 100000 pounds, q de
crease of 81 percent from that Of
1911. 1t was, however, much
larger than the production of any
of the last eight years except
1911, which was unusually high.
No lead smelters were operated
in the State. Lead ore from the
Copper Queen and Shattucl< Ari-
zona mines and lead concentrates
and orc from Mohave County
were shipped to El Paso. Tex.
and Needles, Cal.
Smelter productions increased
about SO percent over that of
1911 and was about $500, 600
pounds i'll 1872. From the Col
conda mine at Union Basin zine
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