The Elbert County tribune., 1914-07-24
we.tsrn New.psper un.on Sew. sery.ce.


washington.-The output Of Colora
do mines during 1913. according to
Charles w. Henderson Of the United
States Geological Survey. was $1S.146.
BIG in gold, 9,825.255 ounces of silver
87,620,364 pounds OF lead; 1926, ,269
pounds of copper, and 119.346,4 ,429
pounds OF zinc Gin terms Of spelter and
zinc In zinc oxide). with a total gross
value OF recovered metals of $35.449,-
29s. as compared with s37,320,9G6 in
1912, a decrease In value for 1913 of
sl,S71 66S. or per cent. There was
decrease of sdf1.6i6 in gold. an In
crease OF 1,1l3,lS5 ounces OF silver an
increase of 12,37s.097 pounds of lead.
an increase of l90,966 pounds of cop
per. and a decrease Of 12.S76,3S3
pounds of zinc. The heaviest decrease
In value was s2,439,974 for zinc, but
there were increases of s5S2.031 for sill
yer and s469.394 for lead.
The tonnage treated by the Globe.
Leadville, Pueblo. Durango and Salida
smelters from British Columbia, Can
ada. Colorado. Idaho, South Dakota,
Utah, and other states, including a
considerable tonnage of zinc residues
from Kansas and Oklahoma zinc smell
ters, showed a small increase for the
year. An increased tonnage from Col
orado was shipped to the Garfield
Midvale. and Murray plants in Utah
Cya.ide precipitates and ore were
shipped from Colorado to Omaha. The
United States Zinc Company's mag
netic Plant and zinc smelter at Pueblo
was operated steadily on zinc-lead
ores from various counties In Colo
rado, and also from Arizona, Idaho.
Montana, Nevada, and Utah. The
Western Chemical Company's sui
phuric acid, magnetic separation, and
wet concentration plant, at Denver,
was operated steadily, as was the EN-
pire Zinc Company's magnetic separa-
tion plant, at Canon City, both treat
ing chiefly Leadville leaG-zinc ores.
The Sutton, Steele and Steele dry con
centration and static electric separa-
tion plant was operated throughout
the year on many tests lots and later
on custom ore purchased from various
districts in the state
Cripple Creek produced 60 per cent
of the total gold yield OF the state,
with yield of $10,905,003, as com
pared with s11. .00S.362 In 1912. The
output for II months from Cripple
Creek seemed to indicate production
for IL months of $11.1S4.000. but the
severe storm Of December 4th SO Grip
pied transportation facilities that the
December yield fell off heavily. There
was an increased yield of gold bullion
from custom cyanidation plants at
Colorado Springs and from the cyan
idation mills in the district, the de-
creased yield being due to decreased
-tfsnnage of smelling ore. The Roose-
Welt tunnel continued to lower the wa
tor and Golden Cycle mines electric
pumps were installed. Lower levels
were opened in various properties.
The Golden Cycle and Portland cy-
anidation mills at Colorado Springs
wer operated steadily. The Portland,
Stratton's Independence, Ajax. and
several other cyauidation plants In
the district were operated continu-
ously. The Standard chlorinatioD and
~ pant dt 0OiCTduO lily
was idle but the Union cyanidation
plant, at Florence. was operated part
OF the year on old tailings. The pub
lie report of the Portland company for
1913 shows total Of 17S,162 tons of
an average assay value of s295 per
ton was treated at the Portland com
pany's Victor mill. with satisfactory
net earnings. The Stratton's Inde-
pendence report shows a recovery or
7S.4S per cent on ore averaging S3O7G
per ton. the cost of working the mill
being s1.46 per ton.
Lake county (chiefly Leadville, but
for 1913 including the new Lacka-
wanna district, In addition to Big En-
glish gulch and Sugar Loaf districts)
produced s1.023,631 in gold, 3,400.31S
ounces of silver (Which represents SO
per cent of the state yield. 1,923.9s7