The Elbert County tribune., 1914-01-02

WaSnlngtOn.-1he output OF Colo
RADIO mines for eleven months of 1913
with an estimate for December. ac-
cording to preliminary figures by
Charles w. Henderson. of the United
States Geological Survey, shows pro-
-duction OF $18,395. 900 in gold, 9,150,000
Gu5ces Of silver. S5.500.000 pounds Of
lead, 7.G34,0o0 of copper, and 12s,6s0,-
900 pounds of zinc lin terms of spell
ter and zinc in zinc oxide), with to-
tai value of s36.200, 900. compared with
s37,320, ,996 in 1912. This shows de-
crease of 100000 in gold, an increase
OF 100000 ounces OF silver, an in
crease OF 10,300.00O pounds of lead, an
increase of 100000 pounds of copper,
and decrease OF 2.540,000 pounds of
zinc. The heaviest decrease in value
was s1.732. 900 for zinc. and there were
increases of $440.000 for silver and
s3i7,000 for lead
The tonnage treated by the Globe,
Leadville. Pueblo and Salida smelters
showed an appreciable 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 $176,o00 in gold.
The Roosevelt tunnel continued to low
er the water level gradually. In the
Vindicator and Golden Cycle mines
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levels were opened during the year.
The Golden Cycle and Portland cya-
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 and cyanid-
alton plant at Colorado City was idle.
but the Union cyanidation plant at
Florence was operated part of the year
on old tailings The tonnage of smelt-
ing ore from Cripple Creek decreased
slightly.
Value Of LeadviIIe Output Declines.
Lake county (chiefly Leadville, but
for 1918 including the Lackawanna
Gulch district) produced $9S1,416 in
gold, 100000 ounces Of silver 2000,-
900 pounds of copper. 2S.000.000
pounds of lead and 9S.000,000 pounds
of zinc, with total value of 100000
900. as against $11. 1.7so.1S1 in 1912. The
output of zinc carbonate was $4,000
tons of approximately 81 per cent zinc,
against 142,7S2 tons of 292 per cent
zinc in 1912. The production of zinc
sulphide shipped varied little from the
104,14S 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 Canon City, at the Western Chem
ical Company's wet concentration and
magnetic separation plant at Denver,
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 s4.116,000 in
gold, 2,S47,000 ounces of silver, 21,165,-
600 pounds of lead, 100000 pounds
of copper. and approximately s.000.-
900 pounds of zinc, compared with s4.-
115,345 in gold. 2,562,O96 ounces of
silver, 2O,752,156 pounds of lead, 81
0O0,173 pounds of copper and 6,575,O7S
pounds of zinc in 1912. There was an
increase for gold of $1,000 in Dolores
100000 in La Plata, $115,0O0 In San
Juan; and decrease of 900 in
Ouray and of s224,000 in San Miguel
county. There was an increase for sill
yer of 100000 ounces in Dolores, 200,
900 in San Juan, and 71,000 in La
Plata, while there was decrease oi
$4,000 ounces in San Miguel county
Dolores county (Rico) made large