The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-02
Colorado Metal Pro-
duCtiOn in 1914.
Ereases in Output # all
Metals Except Gold.

for eleven months of 1918. Wi b
an estimate TOR December. accord.
ing to preliminary figures BY Chas.
w. Henderson, of the United
States Geological Survey, indicates
a yield of SIG, 800, 900 in gold,
$4,000 cunces silver, 1889,
900 pounds of lead 6.677 900
pounds of copper and 10000, 900
pounds of zicc Gn terms of spell
ter and zinc in zinc oxi1e) with a
total value of $50, 300, 900 compared
with S18. I46, ,ol6 in gold o,325 ass
ounces of silver 81 ,s97,773 pounds
OF lead 7,227,82o pounds of cop
per, and zig, 346,429 pounds of
zinc, with a total value of S35. $50,
5S5, in 1913. This shows an in
crease of 81, i,713,"oo i'd gold and
decreases of 5S3, 900 ounces in
silver I2,34S,ooo pounds in lead
$4,000 i'll copper, anl 20, $50. 900
pounds ir zinc In addition to
the decrease III quantities of sill
yer and the base metals, the
falling off in average value for
these metals caused d decrease III
value Of $3.50, 900 for silver. 921
900 for lead aud $500 900 for
zinc.
The San Juan region of Dolores
LaPlata, Ouray, San Juan and
San Miguel counties produced
S3.77I, 900 in gold 7,47o,ooo oun-
ces of silver, IL ,82 1000 pounds OF
lead, 2,49o,ooo pounds of copper
and approximately 100000
pounds of zinc. compared with
$4,o71, ,oS3 in gold 2,76o,o77 onn-
ces Of silver, <2I.74o.5o2 pounds OF
lead, 3,373. .935 pounds OF copper
and 6,S67. 40 pounds of zinc in
1919. There we're increases for
gold OF $50, 900 in Ouray county.
and of $40 $50 in Dolores, but de-
creases of $4,000 in San Juan,
$42 900 in San Miguel and Of
Io2, 900 in LaPlata. There were
increases for silver of 1877 900 oun
ces in San Miguel aud 90. 900 oun-
ces in Ouray but decreases of 1856.
900 ounces in San Juan. $4,000
OF. in LaPlata and 80, ,oc o ounces
10 Dolores. Dolores County (Rico)
San Juan county aud San Miguel
county all showed heavy decreases
for lead, copper and zinc;
Lake County, chiefly from Lead
vile but also from the Lackawa n-
ma Gulch and St Kevin districts,
produ ced l,554. 900 in gold. $500,
900 ounces of silver 27,- 100, 900
pounds of lead 2.47o. 900 pounds
of copper and $4,000, 900 pounds
of zinc, with a total of 5000. 600
against i,o23, ,63,, in gold, $500,
3I8 sounces of silver, 1926, 1S3
pounds of lead. 1,e23.o87 pounds
of copper and o3,S42,s57 pounds
of zinc, with a total value of
$o,o1e.433 in 1918: The output
in 1913. The output of zinc car
Donate was 900 tons of 24.7
per cent zinc against I35.76o tons
of 27.4s per cent zinc in 1913. The
zinc sulphide smelling ore and
concentrating ore combined in
creased from 81, 7o4 tons of % per
cent zinc in 1913 to ia 900 tons of
72 percent zinc 1914.
n The gold output of Cripple
Greek (Teller County, was $l2.
o4s, 900 an increase Of I,143,ooo
This is the largest production for
any one year since 1908. Cripple
Creek to the end of 1914 has pro-
duced 759, 900, 900 in gold The
Roosevelt tunnel continued to low
er the water level gradually, ex-
cept in the vindicato- and Golden
O. Gle mines where electric pumps
installed in 1913 are used.
Eagle Connty's output was
A5. 600 10 gold nc, 900 ounces OF
silver, I 100 900 pounds of lead,