The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-31

Lake County. chiefly from Iead villa
put also including the Lackavanns
0ulch and 81. Kelvin lode districts and
the Arkansas River drsdge district.
produced $2.2Sl 600 In gold, $500 600
ounces OF silver. 10000. 900 pounds Of
lead. $4,000 pounds Of copper. ana
100000 pounds OF xinc, with q total
value OF 3l+.000.0OO. against Sl.57l..
sol In gold. S.sl0.s3O ounces Of silver.
sC.7S+.6l6 pounds Of lead, :,3s2.sl0
pounds OF copper. 7S.763.334 pounds OF
sine. with total value OF s., O57. 297
IN 1914. Metallic gold was shipped
during the year from the Ibex ami
Ihird Venture mines. Tho output Of
sine carbonate was 10000 tons Of eo
per cent zinc. against 1881 tons of
24.3 per cent in 1914. The zinc sui.
phide smelling ore and concentrating
ore combined was $4,000 tons of "a
por cent zinc. ~ compared with ILL.,.
SA7 tons Of 2l.2 per cent zinc In 1914.
Operations were resumed In April at
the 50'ton zinc oxide plant. and 1t was
operated successfully during the year
on zinc carbonate ores OF lG per cent
or less. Tho Pingree flotation plant
was operated on zinc.lead sulphide
ores from Leadville and Red Cliff.
The water In the downtown mines
was lowered by electric pumps to near.
ly 700 feet at the Penrose shaft. The
Derry Ranch dredse. below Malta. be.
gan operations in October and from
thence on regular shipments Of bull.
lion were sent to the Denver Mint.
The San Juan region Of Dolores. La
Plata. Ouray. San Juan, and San MI.
suel counties produced $3.S90.0o0 In
gold. 2.250.0oo ounces Of silver. 49,
100000 pounds Of lead. 3.530.000
pounds OF copper. and 100000
pounds Of zinc. as compared with 3d..
969.857 in gold. 2.5l5.437 ounces Of
silver, 11.s6l.766 pounds OF lead, g.
379.G39 pounds Of copper and 1.3S2.334
bounds Of sine In 1914. There were
increases for gold Of $1,000 in Dolores.
and S6S.50O in San Juan county, but
decreases Of &51.40O in La Plata, 373..
500 in Ouray and $26.s00 in San Mi.
guel. There were increases for silver
Of $4,000 ounces in Dolores, but de.
creases Of $4,000 ounces in La Plata.
1000 ounces in Ouray. $4,000 ounces
in San Juan and $4,000 ounces In
San Miguel. Dolores county (Rico)
showed an increase Of 100000 pounds
of copper but q decrease Of $4,000
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 100000
pounds Of lead and 100000 pounds Of
copper. The Sunnyside mine Of San
Juan county made q 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 middlinss were shipped from the
Tomboy group in 1915.
Custer county produced $4,000 In
gold, $4,000 ounces Of silver, $4,000
pounds Of lead, 10000 pounds of cop
per-an appreclable increase
Fremont county continued to yield
an appreciable quantity of copper and
heavily increased its zinc yield. Gar.
field county made an increased yield
of gold. Operations at the Bonanza
mine, Summitville, Rio Grande coun'
ty. resulted in an appreciable produc.
ton Of gold. Saguache county mines
were not as active az in 1914,