The Holly chieftain., 1915-12-31
Lake County, chiefly from Leadyills,

but also including the Lackawanna
Gulch and st. Kevin lode districts and
the Arkansas River dredge district.
produced $2.25l.OO0 In gold. 2.GGO, 900
ounces of silver. 20.00O,OOO pounds of
lead. 1.S40.000 pounds OF copper. and
100000 pounds of zinc, with a total
value Of $14.090.000. against S1,571..
451 in gold. 3.810.S3O ounces of silver,
2G.784,615 pounds of lead, 1889. go
pounds OF copper. 7S.763.334 pounds Of
zinc, with a total value of $685., ,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 %
per cent zinc, against 113.8S1 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, Is compared with ILL.,.
S47 tons of 21.2 per cent zinc In 1914.
Operations were 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. 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 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,S9O,OOO in
gold, 2.250,0o0 ounces of silver, 49,
100000 pounds of lead, 3,53O,OOO
pounds Of copper, and 100000
pounds Of zinc, as compared with 49,
9C9.S57 in gold, 2,515,437 ounces of
silver, 11.S6l,7 pounds of lead, g.
379.639 pounds of copper and 1,3S2, 1884
pounds of zinc in 1914 There were
Increases for gold of $1,000 in Dolores,
and $cS.500 in San Juan county, but
decreases of S51.4O0 in La Plata, s73,.
500 in Ouray and $25,SOO in San Mi
guel. There were increases for silver
OF $4,000 ounces in Dolores, but de-
creases of 10000 ounces in La Plata,
2.n00 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 decrease of 235,00O
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 2O0,-
600 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 a 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 mfddlings 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. $1,000 pounds of cop
per-an apprectable 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-
tion OF gold. Saguache county mines
were not as active as in 1914.
The Pitkin county (Aspen) yield
was 411,000 ounces of silver and 49,
100000 pounds Of lead-an increase of
10000 ounces of silver, but decrease
Of 4,350,000 pounds OF lead.
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.
&. Park county's placer output de.
creased, but the yield of the lode
mines increased appreciably, the total
yield being $153.0Oo in gold, $500
ounces of silver, $4,000 pounds Of
lead and 1900 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,
at the head of Mosquito creek.
Summit county's production was
$644.0OO in gold, 10000 ounces of sill
yer. 100000 pounds of lead and g.
100000 pounds of zinc, as compared
with $6GS,610 in gold, 67.009 ounces of
silver. 1,565,231 pounds of lead and s.
111,941 pounds of zinc "a small de-
crease for gold and silver, small In
crease for lead, but very large in.