The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-27
METAL MINING IN
EASTERN STATES

The value of the mine output of
gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc in
the astern or Appalachian states in
1913 according to H. ID. McCaskey
| of the United States geological sur
vey, was $13,753,557, against 3d.
47O,276 in 1912 and $11,7S7,942 in
1911. The figures for 1913 repre-
sent the production of 80 mines, of
which As were gold placer mines
(many of them small), 8 zinc mines,
and z copper mines. The total re-
covery of gold was less, but the yields
of silver, lead, copper and zinc ere
larger in 1913 than in 1912.
The gold output from all mines
was S,O17.33 fine ounces, valued at
$165,733, a decrease of 2,745.91
ounces in quantity and of $56,763 in
value from the production Of 1912.
The silver output, recovered entire
ly as a %by-product in refining the
gold and copper produced, was ILL.,
214 fine ounces, valued at $67,173,
an increase of 1851 ounces in
quantity and of $7,S12 in value. OF
the gold output in 1913 the placers
yielded 1866 ounces, against 774.S3
ounces in 1912, and the quartz or
deep mines produced 6,892.O9 ounces
against 9,3O2.99 ounces in 1912. The
copper mines produced 443.50 ounces
in 1912 and 391.59 ounces in 1913.
1918, there were 27 in Georgia, II in
Mouth Cor01ino on6 A in South Corn-
lima. There were 1888 short tons
of siliceous pres sold or treated from
Appalachian gold mines in 1913, of
which 11,1S6 tons were from North
Carolina, 4,06S ions from Alabama,
2,614 tons from Georgia, and 1,01O
tons from South Carolina.
The output of siliceous gold ore in
1913 was about $4,000 tons less than
in 1912, and the gold from deep
mines decreased about 2400 ounces.
The average recovery of gold Tin
Guiding nominal recovery of silyer)
per ton of siliceous ores treated in
the eastern states in 1913 was $3.50.
The average in Alabama was $2.74,
in Georgia $2.51 and in North Caro-
lima $1O.S3.
The copper production in 1913 was
~19,964,299 pounds, valued at 3d.
O94,533-an increase of 69S,7S4
pounds in quantity but a decrease of
$S4,349 in value. OF the total output
~19,39O,750 pounds came from the
Ducktown district of eastern Ten
nessee. from 652,253 shorc IONS of
pyrite copper ore treated. The re-
mainder was chiefly from Pennsyl-
vania, where, at the Cornwall iron
mines, magnetic separation of large
tonnages of magnetic ores results in
the recovery of copper-bearing pyrite.
Vermont and Virginia also contribut-
ed to the copper output, while Mary
land and North Carolina, which were
producers of copper in 1912, report
ed no OUTPUT of copper in 1913.
The production of lead was 1872
600 pounds, valued at $71,S08, an in
crease of 1,O7O,974 pounds in guam
tity and of $46,562 in value. The
production was derived from the
lead-zinc mines of Wythe county, Va.
The zinc output, figured as spelter,
was 1874, S9S,400 pounds. valued at
$~1O,354,31U, an increase of 40,19S,-
537 pounds in quantity and ~$370.O19
in value. OF the total production,
16S,244,0O0 pounds, valued at So
421 ,664, came from the zinc mines at
Franklin Furnace. N. j., and over
IL, 600, 200 pounds came from east
ern Tennessee. About 5,4OO 900
pounds vas produced in Virginia, and
smaller quantities in North Carolina
and New Hampshire.