The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-05
SMALLER COPPER OUTPUT
IN MONTANA LAST YEAR
GOLD PRODUCTION ALSO DE.
cREAsED-REcoRD YIELD
or ZINC.

The total value OF gold. silver cop
per. lead, and zinc produced by deer
and placer mines IN Montana in 1915
was somewhat over $50 100000 de-
crease from tCi75tGl5 in 1912. over
per cent according e. preliminary
estimates Of Y. G. tIcikes. Of the Unit
cd States geological survey. Metal
prices were slightly less than those of
.jl2. but there VAS also a large de-
crease In copper Yield ana consequent
ly In gold These We're ia part offset
by record Increase In zine produce
zion and silver output from zine ores.
The gold yield decreased nearly -
per cent, the minc figures being $3,-
1926 in 1912 ana S3.19f. 200 in 1913.
There was no great change in tho
placer output hut a decrease is noted
m gold from copper ores and from
-iliceous ores. Tho North MoCcasm
mine In Fergus county was success.
fully operated by the Barnes King
Development company and an ave-
rage OF 1000 tons Of SO ore was
treated per month. The Ruby GuIch
mine IN Blaine county was productive
until August :. when the cyanide
plant burnet In Deer Lodge county
the Southern Cross mine, owned by
The Anaconda Copper company. was I
producing The latter part OF the year |
An increase OF nearly I per cent |
was made iu the silver output Of the |
state. the miuc nsurcs being 1871, !
t5S ounces ion 1912 and 100000 |
ounces in 1913. \ decrease of about
10 per cent in silver hy an unusual
increase in silver from lead concen-
trate ana zinc rcsidues from the Butte
a superior mine which made not
able record the last half Of the year
over IL per cent of Tho total value Of
The state output was that of silver
The new concentration ana cyanide
plant OF the Butte Central az Butte
was idle after a few months opera
ton and results did not affect the
cold and silver output.
Coppers Decline Per Cent
The copper output declined about . :
per cent from 3O9,72SS73 pounds. ac- !
,ordng 10 mine reports, i'm 1912 10 II
2No,G5N,0oo pounds in 1913. This last
was about 30 per cent less than the /
output Of Arizona. the leading cop
Der producer in 1913. The average
price OF copper decreased from lG.-
cents in 1912 10 about 1887 cents i'm :
1872, ana il is presumed that no er-
forts toward record output were
made by the larger smelling establish /
mcuts. According 10 monthly printed t
the Anaconda Copper COM c
pang was making an average OF % '
01r. 600 pounds per month and the q
East Huptc Copper company about il
Il25.ogo pounds per month. The Feb d
'uary production Of Butte WIS low on
recount of cold weather and fires in
ne West Colusa nine, which inter.
uptcd work in tho Mountain View n
nine. The October yield was notably al
"w since the fires were drawn at the u
anaconda smcltor 10 clean out tho
'uus The East Butte company is d.
asst gctuug ONT ot debt by making pl
100000 pcr month. ana plans to en- 20
urge The plant, according To- the press. 81
me of Ihc features OF the year i'm
.Iuutana Was the teaching of low grade or
upper ores at Butte AT tho Bull re
.harEor operator. were experiment. az
ng and hJilding a l,a, h,.g plant. Al pl
he Butte and Duluth property the %
rc was qulrricd. crushed treated by a;
upWrie acid and the metal electro. pa
lraIiy ureaipualcd. Loaohng is also 10