El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-01
MOG0LL0H MINES
INCREASE YIELD
Lordsburg and White Oaks
Districts Also Increase
Output.

TASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. l.
w Large gains were made in the
w production of the precious and
scm1-precious metals IN New Mexico in
1913. according to preliminary esti-
mates bv Charles W. Henderson, of the
United States geological survey.
THE mine production of gold showed
an Increase Of $100 GEO over the OUT
mt of s784,446 in 1912; that of silver,
an increase of loo, 600 ounces over nc
nroductfon of 1,536,701 ounces in 1917
lead, a decrease OF oVo'Ouv P9uituS i Il
the Weld of 5,494018 pounds IN ISL
conner an increase of 20,OOO,OOO pounQS
over the yield of 34,O3O,9b4 POUNDS IN
1912. and zinc (figured as speIIer OF
zinc in zinc oxide, an lncLea a. ~
s. 900, 900 pounds over the output o. 10
566, 637 pounds in 1872. -t.o-
Despite lower average yearly prices
for. copper and zinc, the total VaIue OF
the output was l,bzo,OVU, an lhcI ease
for 1918 of over $4,000, zoo.
IToroIIOn District Has Big Gain.
The M0golIon district, in Socorro
county. which in 1872 yielded o. per-
cent Of the state ylelo OF BoLd anu =
1ercent OF the silver yield, showed an
Increase of s1OO, 900 in gold and ZlO,OgO
ounces of silver. in output OF GOLDFISH
yer bullion, concentrates, and ore
The GOLD and silver bearing slliceous
and COPPER ores Of the Lordsburg as
trict also cOntrlbuted heaNiiy 10 INC
output of gold and silver ill.,.
An Increased yield of gold and silver
was made from the White Oaks dis
trict, Lincoln county. :. 81
The FlizabethtoWn district IN Col
fax county, continued as the most I'M
nortsnt placer-producing district ana
Also shipped an increased tonnage OF
ore. Co.,
The greater part of the producIlon OF
conner comes from the operations OF
the Chino Copper company, Wll SL,,+s
mining a low grade deposit al 9e-Ll.e1
Rita by steam shOvels- This ore Is G0a 80
centrated at Hurley. where the 29o9gg99
ton mill was operated steaully- IN -
the gross production OF copper IN -
centrates and ore was 29,3llsybb POUNDS,
while in 1913 the yield Of copper was
snDroxfmately 53,671.OO0 pounds.
Conner in LSrdsburg District.
The Iordsburg district also produced
q considerable quantity OF copper a5lu
copper ore was also snlpptSu II IN 1913
Burro mountain district Where IN 1919
active development work was done, N
Guiding the completion or a faliIOs.u
from Whitewater, and where a mil IS
sneIter at San Pedro, Santa Fe county,
also contributed to the copper ylelo
The lead output of New Mexico comes
chiefly from crude ore from the CeIlIIeI
district, Grant county; from leau ~ Z
and concentrates from the Magdalena
district, .S0cOrrO county; ana from ore
rom The Victoria district Luna county,
formerly an important producer OF
Lead and Zinc.
Mines producing zinc in 1913 IN New
Mexico were in the Magdalena district
Socorro county: in the Cooks and VIC
torio districts Luna county; and IN the
Hanover and PinOs Altos disIrlcls'
Grant county.
The Magdalena district is the most
productive, the shipments Of both zinc
Concentrates from the mills and OF zinc
carbonate showing an increase. The
wet concentration and magnetic mill
of the Tri-RulliOn company, closed IN
July. but the new wet concentration
and acid fiOtatiOn mill of the ozark
company commenced production IN
March and had a heavy output from
August throughout the year, and the
shipments Of zinc carbonate from the
AmbrOsia, Juniata, Ozark, and I'll
Bullion mines increased Zinc ore and
concentrates as marketed from New
Mexico increased from 21,9S8 tons or
35.9 percent zinc in 1912 to 32,lS9 tons
Of 20 9 rarcnuf in 1913