El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29

lead; 59,SO7.s25 pounds Of copper, and
1 1S.4O5,S92 pounds OF zinc in 1914.
! The preliminary figures, compiled
I by Charles W Henderson, show an in
crease of S32S, 200 in gold; 700
I ounces of silver; 21S6 GOO pounds of
/ lead; 12,674,0O0 pounds Of copper, and
I 6,237,0OO pounds of zinc With higher
I values for metals except for silver
the total value was S1S,277, 900, against
sl1,049,sS2 in 1914, an Increase of 81
226.66O
MogOIIOns in the Lead.
The Mogonon district continued to
be the most productive district in New
Mexico in output of gold and silver.
The production in 1915 was $512, 021 in
gold and 1884 ounces of silver, a.
compared with S629. 102 in gold and l.
410,327 ounces OF silver in 1914. The
Cleveland and Weatherhead mine and
custom mill were idle the entire year,
but the SocOrro and Ernestine mines
and custom mills were operated stead
lily on ore from the companys mines
and from various other properties in
the district All the ore is milled in
the district by concentration, shining
and agitation and percOlation in cy-
anide solution, the bulk of the product
being cyanide precipitates. the balance
being high grade gold-silver concen-
trates- There was a smaller quantity
Of concentrates shipped in 1915 than in
1914 An important producer of gold
was inc GllLduEluAOWn LneEt
being a small quantity Of placer gOld
and an important quantity of high
grade metallic gold. gold bullion, and
concentrates from the Aztec mine at
Badly.
In the White Oaks District.
Continuous output of gold bullion
was made from the amalgamation mill
on the North and South Homestake
mines at White Oaks, Lincoln county.
This district has yielded a large guam
tity Of gold. While the yield of me-
talIic gold in 1915 from the Pinos Altos
district was not equal to that of 1914,
some high grade shipments were made
early in the year and work was active
in the district on the baser metals
Lordsburg Doubles Output.
+The Lordsburg district, Grant coun-
ty. nearly doubled its shipment Of sill
ceous gold and silver bearing copper
and dry ores from fissure veins. The
yield OF this district in 1914 was s101,-
OS0 in gold; 232. 647 ounces Of silver, and
2.614,674 pounds OF copper. small
weld of gold was made from the Gold
Till district, north Of Lordshurg. With
an increased output Of concentrates,
the small gold content OF the concen- /
trates of the Chino Copper company in |
amounts sufficiently large in 1914 to |
be credited under their smelling con-
tract with 2-71 cents per ton of orgi- /
nal crude ore, or L cent per pound of
copper produced. showed an increase
Increased shipments Of goId-copper !
ores from the Jarilla district Otero 4
county also contributed to the gold in /
crease.
Copper Output Increases.
Copper has been an important metal +
in the production Of New Mexico. The
output from 1S45 to 1910 was 90, 323,163 3
pounds, and the total output to the end /
Of 1915 is 31S,027,7eS pounds Since 1910 I
the increased production was due prin- /
eipaily TO the activity Of the Chino Cop 4
per company, which mines with steam /
shOvels a large acreage of low grade 1
copper deposits Santa Rita and mills, I
the ore at Hurley in a wet-eoncentra-
-flotation plant of five sections. !
During 1914, this plant treated $500 /
tons day, calculated on the actual
running time, and in 1915 a larger daily
tonnage was treated. The gross out
put in 1914 was 56.S41,9 pounds In
1915 the gross yield for the first three
quarters was 4S,763.64s pounds and the
yield, partly estimated. for the fourth
quarter is 20,641, 900 pounds. a total for
During the third quarter an average Of
EST average treated by the mill since
the beginning of operations.
The yield Of copper ore from the 4
LOrdsburg district was nearly doubled |
and ORC Grande also contributed an in I
creased yield. The resumption Of op-
srations in May. 1915, Of the Santa Fe
Sold and Copper aeOmpany's mines and
i25 ton mating plant at San Pedro.
operated only one month in 1914. added
4 large quantity Of copper to the out