Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-18
General Mining Ne,us Gathered From A Ouer the Country

generally active In 1913, especially in California and Alaska, where in- creased dredging capacity has been added fin the last two years, Other forms of placer mining have been somewhat on the decline.
 According to the estimates from the records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce the imports of 1913 comprised gold value at s63.96l,- 609. and the gold exported in 1913 was valued at sSs,60l 200. The excess of exports over imports was about s24, 4,eS9,5s1 against an excess of ira-. ports over exports of $f9,12S,930 in 1912, s2O,262,11O in 1911, and s447,696, in 1910. In 1909 the excess of ex- ports over imports was ssS,7g3,S55.
 The gold imported in 1913 was mainly fin the form of ore and b6l. lion, and the exports consisted chiefly of refined bullion and coin.
 Silver Production Bresks All Records
 The preliminary estimates Of the United States eological Survey and Bureau of the Mint indicate domes- tic silver production in 1913 of 67.-' 601111 fine ounces. valued at s4o.S64,. S71. This was the greatest output tthough not the greatest vaiue) since domestic silver production began, of the United States Geological Survey. It was the greatest value of domestic silver output since 1893. The final figures for 1919 t63. .766.SOo fine ounces shof silver, valued at $39,19T, ,50O)
 showed the output of that year to Lel the greatest in quantity up to that
 time, but the yield for 1913 gives an showed the output of that year 70 be the greatest in quantity'up' to that
 time. but the yield for 1913 gives an increase of 3,S3f.3l1 ounces over. that of 1912. The highest market value of
 the domestic silver produced in any
 one year was reached fin 1891, when
 1t was s57,630.00O for 5s,330. 900
 ounces, the average market price be-
 ing, therefore. 9S.s cents a fine ounce.
 In 1912 the average price was 6l.5
 cents an ounce, and in 1913 it was
 6O.5 cents. ,ttr
 The notable increase in production
 may be attributed chiefly to the rec,
 ord output and increase of over l.!
 50O,000 ounces from the siiver-lead
 ores of the Occur d'Alene region of
 Idaho and increases from the silver-
 lead and other mines of Colorado gem
 erally the silver-gold ores, principal ly of Tonopah, in Nevada; the ziuc
 ores of Oregon; and the copper, leaI.
 and gold ores of Arizona and Cali tornia. The chief decrease in silver production in 1913 was that of over | 1900, 900 fine ounces in Utah. mainly
 in the yield from the Park City and
 other lead ores. The output of sil-
 yer from the copper ores of Butte,
 Mont, and of the Lake mines of Mich
 igan, fell of in 1913, but the decline
 at Butte vas offset by greatly in-
 creased output from zinc ores. With
 the return of copper production to
 the high figures of 1912 and increaeed
 output of silyer-bearing siliceous. lead and zinc ores, the silver output of the
 United States may set new record for 1914; and with return of business prosperity and fair metal markets
 and prices the value of the silver
 yie'd should assume even higher rs uk. The average official New York , commercial price for silver in 1912 , was G1.5 cents a fine ounce. For Jan ], uary, 1913, the average quoted market , price rose to 62.9 cents, only to fall : in February to 61.6 cents and in |. March to 57.9 cents. In April the | nrfna apafn In E tg nd in ' May to GOA cents, but it dropped in , June to 59 cents and in July to 5s.7 cents. In August a rise began at 1. 59.3, reaching COG in September and i sos. in October. In November the price yas 59 cents and in December i 1t closed the year at about 57.S cents. , The average onicial price for the year [ 1913 especially indicated temporary . decline in business prosperity and the i markets were somewhat less favora- < be than in 1912. A, marked falling , of was also noted in 1912 in ship
 ments of silver to the Far East, those
 to China being less than half of tho l shipments for 1912 and those to lndis ] decreasing over 10 per cent
 The imports Of silver in 1913 wero Y valued at S36.062,674 as estimated r from the records of the Bnrea Of I Domestic and Foreign Commerce. The D exports during the same year wero
 valued at $63, ,62O,s2S or $2755S,l5A l in excess of the value of the imports v In 1912 the excess of exports over |. imports was valued at $26.56O,669. , The imports of silver in 1913 were ]. as usual, chiefly in ore and bullion
 and the exports were almost wholly i in refined bullion and coin.