The Keota news., 1914-01-02


RADIO mines for eleven months Of 1913
with an estimate for December. &C
cording to preliminary figures by
Charles W. Henderson. Of the United
States Geological Survey. shows pro
duction Of $18. 1895. 900 in gold. 9.150.0OO
ounces OF silver. S5.50O.0O0 pounds OF
lead, 7.G34.0o0 Of copper. and 29.6s0.-
ter and zinc in zinc oxide). with q to-
tai value Of $36. 200 900. compared with
$37 1920, 1896 in 1912. This shows a de-
crease Of 5000. 900 in gold. an increase
OF 9CO,0OO ounces Of silver. an In
crease Of 10000 900 pounds Of lead, an
increase Of 100000 pounds OF copper.
and a decrease OF 2.540,0O0 pounds OF
sine. The heaviest decrease in value
was 81. .72e.0OO for zinc. and there were
increases of $4,000 for silver and
$377 900 for lead.
Leadville. Pueblo and Salida smelters
showed an appreeiable increase for
the year. An increased tonnage was
also shipped to the Murray. Garfield
and Midyale 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 $4,000 In gold.
The Roosevelt tunnel continued to low
er the water level gradually. In the
vindicator and Golden Cycle mines
electric pumps were installed. Lower
levels were opened during the year.
The Golden Cycle and Portland cya-
nidatior 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 cyaaid-
alton plant at Colorado City was idle.
but the Union cyanidation plant at
Florence was operated part Of the year
on old tailings ThedonnaGe OF smelt-
ing ore from Cripple Creek decreased
slightly.
Value Of LsadvilIe Output Declines.
Lake county (chiefly Leadville. but
for 1913 including the Lackawanna
Gulch district) produced 1881, ,416 in
gold. 100000 ounces Of silver, 2.000.-
900 pounds OF copper. 2S.OO0.000
pounds OF lead and 9S.OO0,0OO pounds
OF zinc, with total value OF 100000
900, as against $11. .7S0.131 in 1912. The
output Of zinc carbonate was $4,000
tons of approximately q per cent zinc.
against 14e,7S2 tons bf 29.2 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 shelters 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 ut Denver.
at the United States Zinc Company's
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 $4.116.00O in
gold, 2,S47.00O ounces Of silver. 21.165.-
600 pounds of lead, 3.630.00O pounds
of copper. and approximately S.OO0.-
900 pounds Of zinc. compared with $4,-
115,345 In gold. z.562,096 ounces of
silver. 20.752,156 pounds Of lead. g.
600, ,17s pounds OF copper and 6.375.07s
pounds Of zinc in 1912. There was an
increase for gold OF $1,000 in Dolores.
eiso non Il, Ia Plata 4116O10 In San