The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-03

this district IN 1914 gave way TO
ftnos Altos as the principal placer
district. The Lordsbufg district.
Grant county. with heavily Increased
shipments Of s%iliceous gold and silver
bearing copper and dry ores from
fissurc veins, doubled its gold output
ana increased It's silver yield over 80
per cent. During 1914 gold was found
lon the concentrates Of the chino cop
per company in amounts sufficiently
large To- be credited under their smelt-
INK contract with 2.11 cents per ton
of original crude ore treated or o.
cent per pound of copper produced.
amounting iu the aggregate To e ton-
siderable quantity " gold. decrease
of over ouo-half in the output OF gold
copper ores from the Jarllla district.
nenr progrnnde. Otcro county, did not.
however. decrease the Yield OF gold In
the same proportion. as the average
content In gold was higher In 1914.
The mines and matte smelter Of the
Santa Re Gold a copper CO., at san
Pedro. santa Fe county (roopcned In
July. 1912, after being idle since
1900, were operated for only one
month In 1914 as compared with iOM
months In 1913 so that there was a
decreased output OF gold from
this district. The districts OF sierra
county made only n small production.
The Cuchiti CBlandD district, Sanduval
county. inactive since 1904, hut with
"a record from 1894 tol904 OF n pro-
duotion of $685. .O00 In gold and x345A
600 In silver, was rcopencd in Decem-
Der 1913, and In september. 1914. an
lO0-ton c%yanidation plant was in
stalled and operated throughout ths
year on one-half capacity. with SONS
output OF gold-silvor cyanide precipi.
tatos.
Copper has been an important
metal in the production Of New Mex.
leo. The output from iStb 10 1910
was 82,323,lG3 pouucs and the tota.
output 60 the end of 1914 was 2fG..
O27,1aS pounds. Since 1919 the in,
creased production Is due principally
To ne output Of the Chino Cope
company, which mined with stenn
shovels % large acreage OF low-grade
copper deposits nt santa Rita and
miled the ore at Hurley IN "a wet
concentration plant of five SECTIONS.
An average Of 5.s25 tons "a day was
treated In 1913. or $500 tons "a day
calculated on the actual running time
Tho company reports that the ore de-
veloped during the year equals the
amount treated during the year. ana
the ore reserves are still an.0oo.u 900
tons OF t.7a per cent copper. The
output In 1914 was 5G,Sf1,a77 pounds
During the first months the plant
was operated at practically fun ca
pacity ana was producing copper al
the rate of oyer 10000. 600 pound
per annum. During the last fiy'
months tho production was reduced
90 practically hall capacity OWING q
conditions resulting from the Euro
ae0n war. The copper output q
Lordshurg. Grant county. incrcase'
90 per cent but did NOT equal that %
the record year. igi2 The mines an,
l2b-ton mating plant at san Pedro
Santa Fo county. were operated onll
one month as compared with 10 Z
months In 1913. The output of cop
per from the Jarilla district decrease,
60 per cent. The Burro Mountaii
Copper company in the nurro noun
tain district, operated lis bO-ton OK
pcrimental mill, with results ~ goo'
as To Justify the resumption Of thi
construction of "a mill having a 81
pacity OF 1000 tom "a day.
h yield OF lead decreased appre