Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-01-09
NEVADA OUTPUT
OF QUICKSILVER ).
NOW INCREASING
NUMBER CT DISTRICTS IN STATE
HAVE DEPOSITS OF
ciNNA5AR

There were 33 mines and prospects
producing quicksilver in 1914, of
which 23 were in California. In 1913
there were "a producers, of which IS
were in California. The estimated
output for California in fSl4 was
11,469 TASKS, valued at 1851, 9s1,
against a production of 1851 tasks,
valued at s627,22S in 1913. The out
put in California In 1914 was the
smallest since 1860. The chief pro
ducers in 1914 were the New Idria
mines of San Benito county, the
Oceanic of San Luis Obispo county,
the New Guadalupe and New Alma
den of Santa Clara county, the st.
John of Solano county, and the Helen
of Lake county. Among smaller pro
ducers were the Cloverdale, Little
Panoche. Acachuma, Los Prietos. Al
pine, Reed, Aetna, Dat Hill, Herman
DEE, Little Bonanza, Summit, Wall
Street and Knoxville The output of
the famous New Idria, New Guada-
lupe and N0w Almaden mines again
showed decreases, but the Oceanic
and Helen rsnes were slightly more
productive man in 1913 and the re-
vived Dat Hill and st. John mines,
working old material under new man
ayers, made relatively large increases
in yield. From present information
the production of California will not
Immediately regain the average out
put of 21.36l TASKS for the period
1902-l913.
No production of quicksilver has
been made in Oregon, Utah, or Wash
ington in recent years, but nominal
output has been reported from both
Maricopa and Yuma counties in Ari-
IONA in 1913 and 1914, in the Mazat-
zal range and in the Quartzsite dis
trict, respectively The production
from both localities greatly decreased
in 1914.
In Nevada there has been some
active prospecting and development
of quicksilver ores In recent years,
and the output increased in 1914. In
Humboldt county the Ruby mine,
which produced in 1913, made no
output in 1874, but the Goldbanks
property in Pleasant valley, new
development, made a substantial
yield, and the Dolbear mine, near An
telope Springs, also new, was active
ly operated, In Mineral county the
claims near Nina were some.
what further prospected but have
made no output to date. In Nye
county the production of the Mercury
mine, near lone, was greatly reduced
in 1914, but the Nevada Cinnabar
(old Shoshone). upon
which new Scott furnace was com,
pleted. made large yield. On Bare
near Beatty, the Telluride
and Herman claims made small
output. In Storey county nominal
recovery OF quicksilver was made
from metal lost during old operations
at the Comstock lode
The combined output of quicksilver
in Arizona, Nevada and Texas in 1914
was 5000 TASKS, valued at $249,s51.
against 4,622 TASKS, valued at $780,
943 in 1913.
The domestic quicksilver market
was unfavorable and the prices very
low during the first seven months Of
1913, but upon the outbreak of the
European war the prices jumped and
producers in a position to profit were
encouraged to make their maximum
output. The average price for the
year will therefore be about $49-the
highest since 1890. The total pro-
ductive capacity of the quicksilver
mines of this country as at present
known is by no means unlimited, and
although high prices may bring spurts
of activity and new ore bodies may
at any time be discovered, the pres
ent improbability OF excessive impor-
tation indicate high prices throughout
the war. at least.
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