The Raymer enterprise., 1915-12-30
silver. 1l.sc1.75s pounds OF lead. q,
379,639 pounds of copper and 1882 1884

OF copper but decrease Of 235.000
pounds Of lead Ouray county's yield
| OF lead and copper showed little
change. San Juan showed an increase
OF 100000 pounds OF lead and 200..
900 pounds OF copper, and San Miguel
county showed an increase of 10000
pounds OF lead and 100000 pounds Of
copper. The Sunnyside mine Of San
Juan county made greatly increased
output Of zinc concentrates in 1915,
and the Smuggler Union mine of Tel
luride began shipping zinc middlings
in large tonnages in January, 1915. No
zinc middlings were shipped from the
Tomboy group In 1915.
Boulder eounty's production was
$l65.000 In gold, 264, 200 ounces Of sill
yer, $4,000 pounds of lead and TO-
900 pounds of copper-an increase OF
s6G,000 in gold. decrease of 5000
ounces Of silver. an increase Of 294,-
600 pounds Of lead. and an increase
OF $4,000 pounds Of copper.
chaffee county produced s322,000 in
gold, 235,000 ounces OF silver. $685.
600 pounds of lead, 100000 pounds of
copper and 3,G70.000 pounds of zinc
slight decrease for all metals, ex-
cept zinc, for which there was an in
crease OF 100000 pounds.
Clear Creek county's output was
547,0 900 in gold, $4,000 ounces Of sill.
yer, 2,S70,000 pounds of lead. 100000
pounds OF copper and 100000 pounds
OF zinc-an increase OF $4,000 in gold
and 10000 ounces of silver, 10000
pounds of copper. but decrease of
G2.00O pounds Of lead. and an increase
of 100000 pounds of zinc.
Gilpin county's output was s559.OO0
in gold, 10000 ounces OF silver, 544,-
900 pounds OF lead and 10000 pounds
OF copper, including ore mined
through the Argo tunnel.
The Pitiiin county (Aspen) yield
was 41l,000 ounces OF silver and 49,
100000 pounds of lead-an increase OF
10000 ounces of silver. but decrease
OF 4,351.O00 pounds of lead
Creede Mineral county, produced
$35.400 in gold, 30s,000 ounces of sill
yer, 100000 pounds OF lead, 10000
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
the operation Of the Humphreys mill
idle In 1910 increased the yield OF
lead and zinc A considerable guam
tity Of zinc concentrates has been
stored.
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
Whitepine, Gunnison county yielded
$4,000 in gold, $4,000 ounces Of sill.
yer, 100000 pounds of lead and 1,SO0,-
900 pounds of zinc-an increase of
$4,000 in gold, decrease of $4,000
ounces Of silver, a 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 Tincup. moved in 1914
from Riverton, Wyo.. and operated for
a time in 1914, was idle in 1915.
Summit county's production was
s644,000 In gold, 10000 ounces OF sill.
yer, 1,1G0,0oo pounds OF lead and g..
oo0,00o pounds of zinc. as compared
with sG6S.Gl0 in gold. 67,009 ounces OF
silver. 1,5G5.231 pounds of lead and s.
111,941 pounds of zinc "a small de-
crease for gold and silver, a small in
crease for lead. but very large in
crease for zinc. The four dredges at
Breckenridge 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 Montezuma.
Eagle county produced s9S,000 in
gold, l72,000 ounces Of silver, 1,232,O00
pounds OF lead. G0,000 pounds Of cop
per and 10.50o.o00 pounds OF zinc, as
against s51,2i5 in gold. 127,0SO ounces
of silver, 1,177,Ss5 pounds of lead, 2s,.
105 pounds Of copper and 7,522,O9S
pounds Of zinc In 1914. an increase for
all metals. particularly for zint. All
the ore came from Red Cliff, the
Brush Creek district being idle.
Park county's placer output de-
creased. but the yield of the lode
mines increased appreciabiy, the total
yield being sl53,000 in gold, $500
ounces of silver. $4,000 pounds Of
lead and 11.)00 pounds of copper-the
most important item Of interest being
an increase OF $4,000 in gold. due
mainly to activity at the London mine,