Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21

AlleI a ItCOfO ploAuClOn or Htut- O00,O0O in lgl3 the mining industry in the State ol Arizona started out the year 1914 with a steady increase. which bid fair Go makes another record for that year The declaration of war. however. in the European countries put an uncertainty into the business, for @ period of from 30 to 60 days, production almost ceased with the larger producers and did cease and fail to start with the small producers. Even though many of the mines start ed within two months after curtailing operations, it was several months and in fact way towards the end of the year before production was back 10 normal As has since been proven. it was not at all necessary to have the mines shut down, but the conditions at that time indicated that there would be great lessening Of the amount of copper exported, and for a period this was true, as the exports on copper de- creased from 926.OO0,OOO pounds in 1913 10 about S5O.OOO,OOO pounds In 1914 With the curtailmg of the ex- ports, it was evident that unless the mines and smelters could operate on their surplus and retain their stocks they would be forced to shut down Itwas considered that even this meth od was unsafe, as the market for this excess stock was not certain AL though many of the mines retained their organization, and merely cut down Co the lowest operating capacity it took considerable time to get them back to normal conditions.
 The Arizona mines in 1914 yielded gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc, val ued at S5g,9.956,O29, against S7O.S75,- OPT in 1913, a decrease Of S1O,9lS ,99S Other states suffered similarly The production in Montana was the small est in many years. in fact the smallest since 1898. In Michigan the produc- ti0n in 1913 was below normal because or labor troubles. SO that in 1914 there was a slight increase of 5,OOO.OO0 pounds Nevada, California and Ten neasee decreased in about the same proportion as did Arizona.
 The gold produced in Arizona In 1914 amounted to 2O2166.62 ounces. valued at S4179 l55. an increase Of Sl55.244 or this output. S3O14O came from placers, S3.OO2,7O2 from dry or silicious ore and S1.O51,O14 from cop per ore The largest production of gold was from Mohave County-S1,- I S91 214 in 1914. against $LS74547 in 1915 Gold production from ores amalgamated amounted 10 $259 O63 and from ores cyanided S2l57O8O. Concentrates contained S3lS166 and ores shipped to smelters $1,4lO.6O6
 There is very considerable unre- corded production from placer gold as many of the gold placers of the state are worked in a small way by the MeXicans and Indians who do not make any report on the same The declaration of war did not influence the gold mining other than to stimu- late il, as the demand for gold did not decrease.
 Silver production from Arizona ores and placcrs increased from 3.948,O9l ounces, valued at S2.3S4647 in 1913 to 4377.994 ounces valued at S2,421O31 in 1914 Of this amount 2.GO4,37l ounces came from copper ore, 1,133- 976 ounces from dry or silicious ore, and 493 .2G6 ounces from lead ore Bullion recovered from gold and silver ores. principally by cyanidation, yield ed 6l7O49 ounces of silver in 1914; concentrates produced 423,9 ounces; and crude ore shipped to smelters con tained 32SO.66 ounces. Cochise coun- ty mines produced 2,753, ,953 ounces in 1914 against 2127l91 ounces in 1913. and Yavapai County 7S6.917 ounces in 1914, against 854049 ounces in 1913.
 In as much as practically all of the silver of Arizona is produced in con justion with the gold or the copper, this was influenced by the European war but little
 The copper output from Arizona ores. principally from crude ores and concentrated, decreased from 4O7923,- 4O2 pounds, valued at $63,22S,127 in 1913 10 393.O17.40O pounds. valued at s52,271 ,3l4 in 1914, but Arizona conin- ues at the head of the list of copper producing states The concentrated produced contained 158,SS5, ,3O6 pounds Of the output in 1914, and the crude ore shipped to smelters amounted to 233O47,075 pounds Cochise County Warren or Bisbee district, being cred. ited with the principal part, produced 155.420.SS7 pounds of copper, against lG51O3.854 pounds in 1913. Greenlee County, with copper Mountain and Greeulee districts of the Clifton-Moren- ci region the principal producers. yielded 65,55S 5O1 pounds of copper, against 69.466.56 pounds in 1913. Yavapai County including the Verde district produced 3&,O57952 pounds of copper against 3s,7l9,973 pounds in