Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-01-12
NYE COUNTY QUICKSILVER
WILL Be AN |MPORTA',,II
IN THE RETURNS ] ia

silver in 1913, according TO preimi
nary figures collected by II. ID. Nc
Caskey of the United States geologi
cal survey from the individual FRO
ducers, was 1861 TASKS of Il
pounds each, valued at the estimated
average San Francisco domestl,
price for the year of 1898, at STA.
054 A comparison of these figures
with the final published survey fig.
ures for 1912 shows decrease of
1888 TASKS and of $279,SS7. This is
the lowest recorded output since
1860 and the lowest except in lhree
years since 1850. when the CONNER.
cial production of quicksilver began
in this country. There were 90 mines
reported productive in 1913, however.
against 20 in 1912. and. outside Of
CALIFORNIA especially, new prospect.
ing and development were active.
and the output in two of the three
producing states increased in 1913.
and gives promise of further increase
N 1914. As was indicated in. the
preliminary review of the quicksilver
industry published by the survey one
year ago, the reported gradual de
cline in output from some of the
larger ore bodies especially in Cali,
fornia, and unfavorable market condi.
lions resulted in the decrease for
1913.
The output estimated by the sur
vey for California in 1913 was 1896
TASKS. valued at $605.525, decline
of 5l2S TASKS and of $257,509. This
was the smallest recorded production
of California since 1860. when the
production was estimated at 10000
TASKS of 1874 pounds each, valued al
S5S5,50O, and except for 1860 the
value of the output in 1913 was the
lowest since the commercial mining
Of quicksilver in that state. The de
decrease was due mainly to falling
off In yield from the important Quad
alupe and New Almaden mines. i'm
Santa Clara county. and it may be
noted here that the increased output
for 1912 over 1911 was to be credited
chiefly to the Guadalupe mine There
was also decline in Sonoma county
in 1913, from the Culver Baer and
Cloverdale mines, where the loss
nearly equaled the output for 1912.
and there were small decreases in
Trinity and San Benito counties. The
famous New Idria mines of San Be
nlto county have declined slightly in
output for the last two years. but re-
nam the largest producers in Amer.
Ca and produced nearly the entire
output of the United States in 1913.
IN Fresno, Napa, Santa Barbara and
Lake counties there were gains
chiefly in the Helen mine of Lake
county, and in San Luis Obispo COM
y there was notable increase i
he Oceanic mine, where, 1t is undeUI
stood, considerable ore bodies hav
1eeen developed No new furnace
we're reported to have been erect,P
n California in 1913.
No production of quicksilver
exported from Oregon, Utah or Was
ngton in 1913, nor from any of the
states or Arizona in 1912, ut an o. 2
tut of metal was reported i'm h. 80
,farioona ana vo.aa. 49,, epre
arizona in 1913, in the Quartzite w
rict and in the Mazatzal mountai ...
respectively. Development work ''''
'een under way at the latter local
,snaoiaiI, H. -. cen
ho.a - s, oys.
,i,irr 49, he
a,ort wa aa' :, Oe asa.,,' anu TOUR b.
lower claims at the close of
ear In Nevada there was an act
iecline in output of nearly so
'ent from that of 1912, but more
crest and activity in quicksilver + ~ =
a,q 49, '''s go" 80 c
eXtrj
'rable development work was done
american, Coronado aud Eldones
anyons, a number OF promising
inds were reported. plants ,ened
'rected or improved aud a fmallmrt d
,at Is reported from several with
iucers, In Mineral county umpo, prete
'ew finds We're reported ia the coil
Mountains, 10 miles east IL AWas
considerable number Of locat salo
we're made. and development
ias heen IN progress IN Nye e,ler @
he Mercury company continued ~int
laetlou near lone, though with 'pe g
'reaAed output, and tbs Nevada
aahaf company teak over che