The Raymer enterprise., 1914-01-01


rado minea tor eleven months Of 1913
with an estimate lpr December, ac-
cording to preliminary figures by
Charles w. Henders1n. Of the United
States Geological Sur Sey. shows a pro
duction Of 1896. 900 = gold, s,15o, 900
ounces Of silver, S5.5Op 900 pounds Of
lead. 7.634,ooo Of cop16r. and 12s. $780,
900 pounds Of zinc n terms OF spell
ter and zinc in zinc o4ide). with to-
tai value Of 336.200. 600 compared with
$37,320.ss6 In 1912. xhis shows AIDE
crease Of 100000 in aDld, an inepease
Of 100000 ounces of silver, an In
crease Of l0.aoO,ooo POUNDS of lead. an
Increase of 5O0.Qo6 pounds OF copper,
and decrease d e.b4o.0oo pounds OF
zinc The heavieet decrease in value
was sl.7se. 600 for zinc, and there we're
Increases OF $4,000 for silver and
s377 900 for lead.
Hpe tonnage trseted by the Globe.
EeadylIle. ~ and Salida smelters
showed an appIeciable increase for
the year. An increased tonnage was
also shipped to the Murray. Garfield
and Midvale plants in Utah. Cyanide
precipitates were shipped to Omaha.
The United States Zinc Company's
magnetic plant and smelter at Pueblo
was operated steadily.
The output OF Cripple Creek
showed an increase Of s176.o00 in gold.
The RSeaexat tunnel continued to low
vex11e wsaer level gradually. In the
vindicator and Golden Cycle mines
electric pumps were Installed. Lower
leyelswere opened duhng the year.
The Golden Cycle and Poftiand eya-
nidation mills at Colorado Springs
were operated steadily. with an in
creased output. Cyanide mills in the
district also made an Increased yield.
The Standard chlorination an1 cyanid,
at,on plant at Colorado City yas idle,
but the Union cyanidation Hlant at
Florence was operated part OF he year
on old tailings. The tonnage smelt-
ing ore from Cripple Creek decreased
slightly.
Value Of LeadsiIIe Output Declines.
Lake county (chiefly Leadville, but
for 1918 including the Lackawinna
Gulch dlstrict) produced 1891. .46 In
gold, 100000 ounces Of silver, 2Q00,-
900 pounds Of copper, 2s.O0d,000
pounds of lead and 9s,O00,OOO podhds
of zinc, with total value Of $l0,0Q0.-
900. as against $l1, ,7s0.131 In 1912. The
output Of zinc carbonate was $1,000
tons OF approximately 27 per cent zinc
against l42,7S2 tons Of 29.2 per cent
zinc in 1912. The production Of zin6
sulphide shipped varied little from the
104,l4s tons of "a per cent zinc in
1912. The zinc carbonate ore was
treated at smelters in Kansas. Okla
homa. and Wisconsin and the zinc sui
phide was treated at. the Empire Zinc
company's magnetic separation plant
at cahcn city..eh the western Chem
icai Companys wet Concentration and
magnetic separation plant at Denver.
at the United States Zinc Companys
magnetic plant and smelter at Pueblo,
and at the zinc oxide plant at Coffey-
vile, Kans.
The San Juan region Of Dolores. La
Plata, ouray. San juan and San MI
guel counties produced s4.116.0O0 in
gold, 2.S47.0o0 ounces Of silver. 21.165,-
900 pounds Of lead. 3,630.000 pounds
OF copper. and approximately S,0O0.-
900 pounds Of zinc. compared with s.
l15,s45 in gold. 2.562,096 ounces Of
silver. 2O.752,15e pounds Of lead. g.
000.t7s pounds Of copper and 6.S75,07s
pounds of zinc In 1912. There was an
increase for gold Of $1,000 in Dolores,
$i63O0O in La Plata, s115.000 In San
Juan; and a decrease Of $4,000 In
Ouray and Of $224.000 in San Miguel
county. There was an increase for sill
yer Of 10000 ounces in Dolores. 200,-
900 in San Juan, and 1000 in La
Plata, while there was decrease Of
$4,000 ounces In San Miguel county.
Dolores county tRico) made large