The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
NINE PRODUCTION IN 1915 SHOWS
IscaeASEo OUTPUT IN MOST
MGYAlA.
With ttNs iaerssssd Average valus q
a1sesia. with the ExesVtisN q
silver. ths Net lneesass in
vsivs 10 Nearly
Stoy0o0.ooo.


the year Of sss.s3O.oOO in gold. T.
O8O.0OO ounces Of silver. 66.664.O 900
pounds Of lead lin terms Of iead in
lead bailion and lead in leaded zinc
oxide). 100000 pssaAs Of copper.
and 100000. 900 pounds OF zinc lin
terms Of spelter and sine in sine OK
ide). With . total value Of e43.lOO. 900
compared with elS.sS3.lO5 In gold.
s,796.065 ounces Of silver. 74.2ll.SSs
pounds OF lead. s.s3s.l73 pounds of
copper. aad sG,774.s60 pounds of zinc,
with . total value of t33. .460.126. in
1914. This shows an increase Of 81
$4,000 in gold. decreases Of l,7l6. 900
ounces Of silver. and 1850 900 pounds
Of lead. an increase OF 100000 pounds
Of copper. and 100000 pounds of
zinc. With the increased average
value OF metals. except silver, the
values show 4 decrease Of 1886. 900
for silver. an increase Of 100000 for
lead. An increase Of $4,000 for cop
per, and an increase of $s,0G5,0OO for
zinc.
Tho tonnage treated by the Globe.
Leadville. Pueblo. Durango and salida
smelters was approximately the same
a. In 1914. Increased shipments of
copper ore we're made from Rico to
plants In Utan and copper matte was
shipped from Ouray to Utah. Cyanide
precipitates and copper ore were
shipped to Omaha. Some Rico ore
was shipped 10 San Pedro. New Mex
leo. The mating plant at Ouray was
operated during the greater part Of
the year. The tonnage treated at the
United States Zinc Company's mag
netic-wet concentration mill and smell
ter at Pueblo showed a heavy IN
crease. The Western zinc oxide plant
at Leadville was placed in successful
operation in April and operated
throughout the year ON Leadville zinc
carbonates.
The gold output of Cripple Creek
(Teller County,, was 1s,539,245, an
increase Of $1.543,129. The yield was
also $sO7.32s larger than the 1908
yield. which was the largest yearly
output since 1906. Cripple Creek, to
the end Of 1915 has produced $272,-
$4,000. The Roosevelt tunnel con-
tinued to lower the water in the
mines, except In the Vindicator-
Golden Cycle. where electric pumps
are used. Several shafts were extend
ed to the depth of 1900 to 1000 feet.
Work on the extension of the tunnel,
stopped November 4, 1914. when the
Ell Paso plant was destroyed by fire
was resumed March 2. 1915. the tun-
mel then being 1927 feet long. To-
ward the end Of the year the tunnel
was approaching the Elkton property
and the flow was In excess of $4,000
gallons per minute.
The Golden Cycle cyanidation mill
at Colorado City and the Portland
cyanidation mills at Colorado Springs
md Victor were operated steadily
with an increased output. The STRAIT
tons Independence mill was included
In the sale Of the mine to the Port
land Company. The Union cyanida-
ton plant at Florence was idle and
the smaller plants In the district were
not as actively worked as heretofore.
The tonnage of smelling ore increased
appreciably. "he discovery of body
of exceptionally high grade ore in the
Cresson mine in December, 1914, re-
suited in a greatly increased output of
the district for the first quarter of
the year 1915.
Lake County. chiefly from Leadville,
but also including the Lackawanna
Gulch and St. Kevin lode districts and
the Arkansas River dredge district,
produced $2.2S1 900 in gold, 2,66O,OO
ounces of silver. 10000, 900 pounds of
lead, $4,000 pounds of copper, and
7l,000,0OO pounds Of zinc, with a total
value of $14.O0O,OOO, against $1,571,-
4ol in gold, 3,Sl0,S3O ounces of silver,
2G,7S4,6l5 pounds of lead, 2,3S2,9f0
pounds of copper, 7s,763,334 pounds OF
zinc, with total value of $9,O57,297
in 1914. Metallic gold was shipped
during the year from the Ibex ami
Third Venture mines. The output of
zinc carbonate was 10000 tons of 90
per cent zinc, against 113,SS1 tons of
24.3 per cent in 1914. The zinc sui
phide smelling ore and concentrating
ore combined was $4,000 tons of "a
per cent zinc, as compared with ILL.,
947 tons of 212 per cent zinc in 1914
Operations We're resumed In April at
the 50-ton zinc oxide plant. and it was
operated successfully during the year
on zinc carbonate ores of 16 per cent
or less The Pingree flotation plant
was operated on zinc-lead sulphide
oies 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 dredge, 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
guel counties produced $3,S9OOOO in
gold. 2,250.00a ounces of silver, 49,