The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

silver. 1l.SGl,766 pounds of lead, 3,
379,639 pounds of copper and 1,3So,s
pounds OF zinc in 1914. There were
increases for geld Of $3.7OO In Dolores
and $GS.5O0 in San Juan county, but
decreases of s5l.40O. in La Plata, $73,-
800 in Ouray and $25.S00 in San Mi
guel. There we're increases for silver
Oh $4,000 ounces in Dolores, but de-
creases of $4,000 ounces in La Plata.
1000 ounces in Ouray, $4,000 ounces
In San Juan and 191 900 ounces In
San Miguel. Dolores county tRico)
showed an increase OF 100000 pounds
OF copper hut decrease OF 235, 900
pounds CT lead. Ouray county's yield
o: lead and copper showed little
change. San Juan showed an increase
or j 100000 pounds of lead and 200,
900 pounds of copper. and San Miguel
county showed an increase OF 100000
pounds of lead and 100000 pounds OF
copper. The Sunnyside mine OF San
output of zinc concentrates in 1915,
and the Smuggler Union mine of Tel
luride began shipping zinc middlings
III large tonnages in January, 1915. Nc
zinc middlin2s were shipped from the
Tomboy group In 1915.
Boulder oounty's production was
$1G5,O00 in gold. 26i 900 ounces OF sill
yer, 100000 pounds of lead and TO-.
900. pounds of coppcr-an increase OF
$4,000 in gold, decrease Of $4,000
ounces of silver, an increase of 294,-
900 pounds Of lead. and an increase
of $4,000 pounds OF copper.
Chaffee county produced 1922 900 in
gold, 235,o00 ounces of silver, $685.
600 pounds OF lead. 900, 900 pounds OF
copper and 100000 pounds of zinc
a slight decrease for all metals. ex-
cept zinc, for which there was an in-
crease of 100000 pounds.
Clear Creek county's output was
$4,000 in gold, $4,000 ounces of sill
YER. 2.370.000 pounds of lead, 100000
pounds of copper and 100000 pounds
of zinc--an increase of $4,000 In gold
and 10000 ounces of silver, 100000
pounds of copper, but decrease of
G2.OOO pounds of lead, and an increase
OF 100000 pounds of zinc.
Gilpin county's output was $559.0O0
in gold, 10000 ounces of silver, 544.-
900 pounds of lead and 100000 pounds
of copper. including ore mined
through the Argo tunnel
The Pitkin county (Aspen) yield
was 1000 ounces of silver and 49,
900, 900 pounds of lead-an increase OF
10000 ounces of silver, but decrease
A 1r
Creede Mineral county, produced
$3",4OO in gold, 3OS.00O ounces of sil-
yer, 100000 pounds OF lead, $4,000
pounds of copper and 100000 pounds
of zinc-an increase of $4,000 for
gold, decrease OF 100000 ounces of
silver. but an increase of 100000
pounds of lead and 100000 pounds of
zinc. The tonnage, of crude ore
shipped from Creede decreased, but
idle in 191D increased the yield OF
lead and zinc A considerable guam
tity of zinc concentrates has been
stored. tF'N
Hinsdale county's production was
not large, but showed an increase for
silver and lead, and an improvement
in activity in considerable contrast to
a practical idleness in 1914.
With the revival of gold mining at
Ohio City and the discovery and op-
GRAFTON since July of large deposit
Of zinc carbonate at the Doctor mine.
in the Elk Mountain district, with
shipments of zinc sulphide from
Gunnison county yielded
$55. 900 in. gold. $4,000 ounces of sill
yer, 100000 pounds of lead and 1,S0O,-
900 pounds Of zinc--an increase of
$4,000 in gold, a decrease OF 10000
ounces of silver, decrease OF $4,000
pounds of lead, but an increase OF
| 100000 pounds of zinc. Shipments
Of copper ore began in October from
the old Vulcan property at Vulcan.
The dredge at lineup. moved in 1914
from Riverton, Wyo., and operated for
a time in 1914, was idle in 1915.
Summit county's production was
eG44, 900 in gold, 10000 ounces of sill
yer, 100000 pounds of lead and g.
100000 pounds of zinc, as compared
with $66s,G10 in gold, G7,009 ounces of
silver, 1,5C5,231 pounds of lead and s.
crease for. gold and silver. small in
crease for lead, but a very large in
crease for zinc. The four dredges at
produced about the
same yield of gold as In 1914, and the
zinc shipments from Breckenridge in
creased heavily. Some lead and zinc
shipments were also made from Ko-
komo and Nontezuma.
Eagle county produced $4,000 In
gold, $4,000 ounces of silver, ,232 900 |
pounds of lead, 10000 pounds of cop
ger and 10,500,000 pounds of zinc. as
against $51,215 in gold, 127.OSO ounces
If silver, 1,177.3s5 pounds of lead, 2S,
los pounds of copper and 7,522,O9S |
pounds of zinc in 1914, an increase for |
Ill metals. particularly for zinc. All |
he ore came from Red Cliff, the |
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