The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-08-26
MINERAL OUTPUT OF NEVADA
Value OF Precious Metals OF State
For 1913 Shows Decrease From
That OF 1912.

lead and zinc from Nevada ores sold
or treated in 1913, according to V.
c. Heikes, of the United States Geo
logical Survey, was valued at $37,-
097.710, against $3S,358,732 in
1912. This is q decrease of ST.
261,022, or nearly 3.3 per cent.
The total recoverable production
of gold from Nevada ore sold or
treated In 1913 was 570,589.41
ounces, valued at $11,795.130,
decrease of $1,661,O5 or 12.2 per
cent, from the production in 1912.
Placer mines yielded 14,775.76
ounces, of which 12,600.33 ounces
came from the placers in Nye coun-
| ty. Dry or siliceous ores contained
511. 1.402.36 ounces; copper ores, 49,
109.9S ounces; and lead, zinc and
copper-lead ores. 5,301.31 ounces.
The dry or siliceous ores yielded
over SO per cent of the entire pro.
duction of gold Bullion from gold
and silver mills contained 467,-
549,S2 ounces; concentrates, 49,
127.37 ounces; and crude ore
shipped to smelters. 37,899.40
ounces of gold. The mines of Es-
meralda county continue to be the
largest producers of gold, yielding
S5.721,077 in 1913, against s7,014,-
$50 in 1912. OF this amount the
Goldfield district yielded S5,019,419,
decrease of $1,22O,328, or nearly
20 per cent less than in 1912. Nye
county produced s3,537,799 in gold
In 1918, against $3,123,935 in 1912.
Mines at Tonopah yielded $2,61S,-
844 in gold, an increase of $3s9,966,
or more than IT per cent over 1912.
The mines of the Comstock lode pro-
duced $S53,564 in gold, against
I$s55,494 In 1912. White Pine,
Churchill and Humboldt counties,
mentioned in the order of output,
each produced more than $4,000
ounces of gold in 1913.
In the last three years the output
,of silver from Nevada's mines has
been steadily increasing, from 49,
1S4,6O1 ounces in 1911 to 14,369,-
063 ounces In 1912 and to 16,090,-
0S3 ounces, valued at $9,718. 40 in
1913. OF the 1913 output, 15.245,-
541 ounces, or over "a per cent, was
credited to silicous ores, 313,779
ounces to lead ores, 241,756 ounces
to copper ores, and 176,411 ounces
to lead-zinc ores. Ores treated at
gold and silver mills were credited
with 11,923,597 ounces; concen-
trates, 2,135,714 ounces; and crude
ore sent to smelters, 1,902,52S
ounces. Nye county produced H.
634,033 ounces in 1913, against
10,21O,296 ounces in 1912. The
Tonopah district yielded 11,563,457
ounces, or 71.S per cent of the entire
silver production of Nevada in 1913.
This district yielded 10.144,9S
ounces in 1912. The mines on the
Comstock lode in Storey county pro-
aaeed 729,972 ounces, against $685.
$50 ounces in 1912 and 61S,006
ounces in 1911.
The production of copper in Ne
vada shows an increase from &c.
477,494 pounds, valued at $14, 1885,
787. in 1912 to 90,69S,751 pounds,
valued at $14,057,531 in 1913. In
creases were made in the copper out
put in White Pine county, princi-
pally at Ely, in Lyon conuty at
Mason valley, and in Esmeralda
county at Goldfeld. These three
districts produced from ores and
concentrates SS, ,369,410 pounds, or
ga per cent of the entire state
yield. Concentrates supplied TO-
049,254 pounds and crude ore sent
to smelters 20,610,52O pounds. The
largest part of the total increase is
from copper in concentrates. but a
slight decrease was made in copper
in crude ores sold or treated.
Nevada's record mine production
of lead in 1912 - 19, 1901 100
pounds, valued at 77,505-was
not repeated in 1913. the yield de-
creasing to 16,344,023 pounds, val
ued at $719,137. Lincoln and
Clark counties continue to be the
largest producers and together yield
ed 13,967,094 pounds, against H.
315,250 pounds in 1912. White
Pine county yielded 747,331 pounds,
against 1,015,99O pounds in 1912.
A small gain was made in Eureka
county, where the mining of lead ore
increased the output of lead from
230,71O pounds in 1912 to 49S,104
pounds in 1918. Crude ores of
shipping grade to the smelters sup
piled 9.757,899 pounds of lead, and
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