The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-06
METAL MINING IN THE EAST.
Production Of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead,
and Zinc Increases to Nearly
Ola nnn OOn


The value of the mine output OF gold,
silver, copper, lead and zinc IN the east
ern or Appalachian states in 1913, ac,
cordng TO H. O. McCaskey, OF the United
States Geological Survey, was $500
557, against $I3, 470,276 in 1912 and Sli,.
1877 ,942 in 1911. The figures for lol3
represent the production OF 30 mines, OF
which AZ were gold placer mines tmahy
of them smalD, nine zinc mines ana
seven copper mines. The total recovery
of gold was less, but the yieids OF ~
yer. lead. copper and zinc were larger III
1913 than in 1912
The gold output from all mines was
SOl733 fine ounces. valued at Sloo,I33,
a decrease of 2,745.9l ounces IN quant''y
and OF S56,T63 in value from the prouuc'
ton OF 1912. The silver output, recoV'
cred entirely as a by-product IN rehnlng
the gold and copper produced was III
Oh fine ounces. valued at SB7,l1o, an
increase of l4.69l ounces IN quantity
and of 1882 in value. Of the gold out
nut in 1918 the placers yielded 1880
ounces against 774s3 ounces in 1912,
and the quartz or deep mines produced
6. $4,000 ounces, against 9,3O29S ounces
in 1912. The copper mines produced
443. 50 ounces in 1912 and 39l.59 ounces
in 1918. OF the AZ producing gold plac-
ers in 1913, there were y in Georgia,
liz in North Carolina, and four in South
Carolina. There were 1883 short tons
of siGceous ores sold or treated from
Appalachian gold mines in 1913, of which
lI.ls6 tons were from North Carolina,
4O6s tons from Alabama, 2,6l5 tons
from Georgia, and l,0l0 tons from South
Carolina.
The output Of slieeous gold ore in
1913 was about $4,000 tons less than in
1912, and the gold from deep mines de-
creased about 2,400 ounces.
The average recovery of gold tinclud-
ing nominal recovery Of silver per ton
of siliceous ores treated in the eastern
states in 1918 was $3.50. The average
in Alabama was 1914, in Georgia SOL
and in Sorth Carolina Sl0.83.
The copper production in 1913 was
10. 064 900 pounds, valued at S3,094, 533
an increase OF 69S.7s4 pounds in guam
tity but decrease of S84.349 in value.
OF the total output l9,390,750 pounds
came from the Ducktown district OF
eastern Tennessee, from 652,253 short
tons of pyritic copper ore treated. The
remainder was chiefly from Pennsyl-
yania, where, at the Cornwall iron mines,
magnetic separation of large tonnages
of magnetic ores results in the recovery
Of copper bearing pyrite. Vermont and
Virginia also contributed to the copper
output. while Maryland and North Caro-
lima, which were producers of copper in
1912, reported no output OF copper in
1918.
The production Of lead was l632,00O
pounds. valued at s7l sos, an increase
of l,070,974 pounds in quantity and OF
S46,562 in value. The production was
derived from the lead-zinc mines Of
Wvthe county. Va.
The zinc output, figured as spelter,
was 1874 SOS 400 pounds, valued at Sl0,-
354 $40. an increase of 40,l9s.537 pounds
in quantity and $4,000 in value. OF
the total production, l6s,244,000 pounds,
valued at sg,42l .664. came from the zine
mines at Franklin Furnace, n. j., and
over 100000 pounds came from east
ern Tennessee. About 100000 pounds
was produced in Virginia, and smaller
quantities in North Carolina and New
Hampshire.