The Dolores star., 1915-12-31

silver. 11.S61.76s pounds Of lead, a.
s7s,e3s pounds Of copper and l.5Sa, ssA
pounds OF zinc In 1914. There were
increases for gold OF $500 In Dolores,
and $6s.5o0 in San Juan county. but
decreases OF s51.4Oo in La Plata. $751;
800 in oursy and 3e5.so0 in San Nj
suel There were increases for silver
OF $1,000 ounces in Dolores, but de-
creases of $4,000 ounces in La Plata.
1000 ounces in Ouray. $1,000 ounces
In San Juan and $4,000 ounces In
san Miguel. Dolores county (Ricol
showed an increase Of $4,000 pounds
OF copper but q decrease Of 23s. 700
pounds Of lead. ouray county's Yield
o. lead and copper showed little
change. San Juan showed an increase
OF 100000 pounds Of lead and e00..
600 pounds OF copper. and San Miguel
county showed an Increase OF e60. 900
pounds Of lead and $4,000 pounds Of
copper. The Sunnyside mine Of Ban
Juan county made . greatly increased
output Of zinc concentrates in 1918,
and the Smuggier Union mine OF Tel.
luride began shipping zinc middlinss
In large tonnages In January. 1915. No
zinc middlinzs were shipped from the
Tomboy group in 1915.
Boulder county's production was
$16b.o00 in gold. $4,000 ounces Of sill.
yer, 100000 pounds Of lead and TO-.
600 pounds Of copper-an increase Of
$4,000 In gold, . decrease OF $4,000
ounces Of silver. an increase Of c94.-
600 pounds OF lead, and an increase
OF $4,000 pounds Of copper.
Chaffee county produced 1921, 900 in
gold, 235.000 ounces Of silver, $685.
900 pounds Of lead. 100000 pounds Of
copper and 3,670.000 pounds OF zinc
q slight decrease for all metals, sx-
cept zinc. for which there was an In
crease Of 100000 pounds.
Clear Creek county's output was
$4,000 in gold. $4,000 ounces Of sill
YER. 100000 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 a decrease of
$4,000 pounds of lead, and an increase
OF 100000 pounds Of zinc.
Gilpin county's output was $569, 900
in gold. 10000 ounces of silver, 544,-
900 pounds Of lead and 100000 pounds
OF copper, including ore mined
through tho Argo tunnel.
The Pitkin county (Aspen) yield
was 411.000 ounces OF silver and TO-
100000 pounds of lead-an increase Of
10000 ounces of silver. but decrease
OF 4.350,OOO pounds Of lead.
Creole (Mineral county, produced
$3H,40O in gold. 100000 ounces Of sill
yer. 100000 pounds of lead. $4,000
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 a large deposit
Of zinc carbonate at the Doctor mine,
in the Elk Mountain district, with
shipments of zinc sulphide from
Whitepine. Gunnison county yielded
5000 in gold, $4,000 ounces OF sill
yer, 100000 pounds Of lead and 1,800..
900 pounds Of zinc-an increase of
$4,000 in gold. a decrease Of $4,000
ounces Of silver. a decrease of $4,000
pounds Of lead. but an increase Of
1 200, 900 pounds Of zinc. Shipments
Of copper ore began in October from
the old Vulcan property at Vulcan.
The dredge at Lineup. moved in 1914
from Riverton. Wyo.. and operated for
a time in 1914, was idle in 1915.
Summit county's production was
S644,00O in gold, 10000 ounces Of sill
YER, 100000, pounds Of lead and g.
10000 pounds of zinc, as compared
with $66S. $40 in gold, $1,000 ounces Of
silver, 1866, 231 pounds of lead and s.
111,94 pounds of zinc-a small de-
crease for gold and silver, small in
crease for lead, but a 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 $4,000 in
gold, $4,000 ounces Of silver, 1882 900
pounds of lead, 10000 pounds Of cop
per and 1O.50O,0 900 pounds Of zinc. as
against $51,245 in gold, $4,000 ounces
Of silver. 1,177.as5 pounds Of lead. 2s.-
los pounds of copper and 7522,O9s
pounds Of zinc in 1914, an increase for