Arizona republican., 1914-09-13

a new record, Secretary Lane an nOunced. This was an increase Of more than $2OOOOO,OOO over the pro- duction of 1912 and of $500, 900, 900 over the 1911 output. @ Nevada's Mine Production for 1913
 Was $37,os7,71o
 The United States Geological Sur vey has published it's annual report of the output of metals. gold, silver lead copper, zinc and lead, in Nevada in 1913. The total output was valued at s3zO97,71O, which is a loss of S.3 per cent, or S1,261,022, from the previous year, when the total pro- duction was s3S,35S, 732
 The total recoverable production of gold from Nevada ore sold or treated in 1913 was 570, ,5S9.41 ounces valued at s11,795,130, from the production of 1912. Placer mines yielded 14,77576 ounces, of which 12,60033 ounces came from the placers in Nye county. Dry or siliceous ores contained 511.- 402.36 ounces; copper ores, 39,1O99S ounces, and lead zinc and copper lead ores, 5,3O1.31 ounces.
 The dry or siliceous ores yielded over S9 per cent of the entire pro- duction of gold Bullion from gold and silver mills contained 467, 7,549. .S2 ounces; concentrates, 49,127.37 ounces, and crude ore shipped to smelters 37,S99.40 ounces of gold
 Zinc Ore Up to $50 a Ton
 JOPLIN, Mo.--The prices of zinc ore were 50 cents to S1.00 higher per ton than for the previous week, $49.O0 (a) 50.5O. basis of 50 per cent me- tallic zinc, being paid. Virtually every carload lot brought $50O0 Only one carload lot was reported at $50.50. Lots running high in metallic zinc commanded a premium and sold as high as $53.O0, with spelter quoted at $500.
 East St. Louis operators hope for continued high prices. Many pro- ducers are holding their ore for still higher prices. Calamine is in good demand at s23OO (a) $24OO basis of 40 per cent metallic zinc, with prem ium grades selling as high as s2900 Lead ore sold for $4600, basis of 80 per cent metallic lead.
 How the Miners Wife Got Ahead oi the Superintendent Bisbee-or Globe
 The superintendent of the mine Ot course owing to the recent slump in copper had to pay off a large force of men and those that were un- married had to go first. Still the force was too large, so a few of the married men were also added to the list, but only those without children or one or two in family were let go.
 who came home and told his wife the condition of affairs. Well, she says, I will go down and see the supe myself, and down she went and found him in the shaft house and related to him her little story and appealed especially for the re- tention of her husband, on the grounds of the very good and i'm portant reason of there going to be an increase in the family. The supe looked out of the shaft house door and reviewed the topography of the country and concluded from general appearances that there was no req son to doubt the assertion and with sympathy in his heart concluded to retain the womans husband at work When the superintendent reached home in the evening he related his good deeds to his wife but on getting to the point of describing the req sons. it was too much for her and she went into convulsions of laugh ter. She knew the miners wife and also knew that the configuration had been assumed for the occasion