The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-15
OUTPUT Of GOLD
SHOWS A DECREASE
LOWEST RECORD MADE IN LAST
EIGHT YEARS-REASoNS
FOR DECREASE.

The gold mining industry or the
United States was again generally
normal in 1913. according TO n. D. Nc
Caskey of the United States geologi-
cal survey but early figures indicate
the smallest output since 1905, when it
was $SS 10000. In 1905 the produc-
ton increased to $94,373,S 800, in 1907
1t dropped TO $40, 435 700, in 1908 t
rose to $94, $4,000, in 1909 it reached
the high water mark of $99,673, 400 in
1910 it fell to sos,2s9,1o0. in 1911 it
rose to $96.890,000, and in 1912 it fell
again to s9S,4515 500. For 1913 tho pre-
liminary estimates of the geological
survey and bureau of the mint indi-
cate a domestic gold production of
sS8,501 023 a decrease of $5150.477
from the final figures for 1912
Big Falling Off in Alaska.
The decrease is to be ascribed main
~ to declines in the output from
Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota and
Utah. In Alaska the net decrease of
over $l,5O0,000 was due in part to the
exceptionally dry summer Of 1918 and
the consequent water shortage 70.
both placer and lode mining, especial
ly in the interior. and in part to fur
Their exhaustion of the bonanza de-
posits Of the, Fairbanks district At
Fairbanks in the Innoko- Iditarod re-
gion and on Seward peninsula the to-
tai falling Oh
and the sluicing season was less than
half the normal
To Mine on Big Scale.
On the other hand, the OUTPUT of thu,
Ruby district increased over $500, 900.
the dredging output of all Alaska in
creased about $45O,OOO, and the pro-
duction of most Of the Alaskan camps
was about normal In lode output
decline of 100000 is indicated, chiefly
from the Juneau district, but this dis
trlct contains the famous Treadwell
mines and preparations were being
made on vast scale for future pro-
duction from similar great deposits Of
low grade ores near by. This district
may eventually become the leading
gold producing district in the United
States and lift Alaska to first rank
in total gold output.
Nevada Also Declined.
In Nevada the gold output declined
about 10 per cent or over $4,000 900,
owing partly to decline in the aver
age grade of ore treated at the Gold
field Consolidated mill and partly to
falling off in the output from small
er districts. On the other hand, the
production of gold from placers and
Tonopah ores of Nye county increas-
ed somewhat and considerable out
put of gold was reported from Church.
Ill and Clark counties. In South Da-
kota the production of gold declined
nearly 100000 from the record yield
in 1912, but the yield was still above
the yearly average for the last decade.
The great Homestake mines and mills
were continuously operated, but with
decreased output
Utah and Montana. !,
In Utah. the falling off in gold yield
was over $s7500O and was due chiefly
to the exhaustion of the ore bodies of
the Mercur mines. In Montana the
gold yield decreased over 100000,
in gold derived from cop
per and silieeous ores. In Colorado
the net gold output declined only
about 100000 the losses being main
~ in San Miguel. Ouray, Boulder, Gill
pin, Mineral (Creede), and Park coun- {
ties, although these losses were large
ly offset by an increased output of
over $4,000 at Cripple Creek (Teller .
and increases in La Plata, t
San Juan, Chaffee, Summit and other
Gold production was about normal :
in Idaho and Washington in 1913 and ,
increased over s175;O0O in Arizona, !
nearly 100000 in California, nearly
100000 in New Mexico, and over
100000 In Oregon. The increased