The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-01-06
hEpADlS MINERAL RE SOURCES
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Enormous Production.

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IN gka trf,nanea oy fHH HnrnEafan
a@I sH lowering ti1@ @rien pf he
heIteT nHetalA especially eaEgaT She
sa.8ae 0f she saeaai nW pas - Sps ssiR
ID faE3 wss FS7.ASs eea and the
easl8nase fag 1914 hy " L. Hss~es,
N tAu Gitaaieri@al Suvves. ID 4 rs.
so 9aa sar iFaike@ stas#s that
thare was Al GaRr&s8 sseeaas in
esann@s proaMafs9a In NagasAA. es peel
Ny 3aFfne she lasi thiTa NJ the
YEAR. considerable fsaigns uT in
leaa And gsne and srAtfss saa aasas
Is gnsA eRa SILVER
TIE output uf xcld raBw Aented
ahna' 40 per eent nf the setaa value
fa iQ8s there WINS a gaereAs of 4
Ha# rHHa. fran sIH.TaA,15n IL about
sitsaE9, v8A ewing pars2s y the
s@Hssneat paspas of eoPres ta and
favtfg 60 3 decrease IN peesifstion ot
aiiiEe@aa prNp although s9ny goin
sRRpS anernaaed sheer pfeduction
ffe s5nidGgla Isssrrt was b. far the
largest EnSa producer ia Eve atate,
~ IN i9Fmer s@ars 'Fka 30ldfield
easasaliaatea 80. treated or 33G,~
eae tons 81 ore. hw1 ftM yield de-
essae8 Wy cvnr IA mstissn dollars,
THIS Ma& Qfs8s1 in nMve Ag atfer pro
tEseeseN sraEa ashag fainss near by,
especially taat ef the Jumbo Exten-
s4aa CO. ahieh wna rl llin end
shipping -raAa lg9a 70 a06 ans g
aaEta gh. ore heine Fre ed Ut Bon
nls Clare tAa fkrSs EM8 the year
HnR laseg Il session aE she Gold
fsai7 Consolidated g4aus The Cold
ftess Etereaee aad t'iamondfield
N'ere aReG aettrs preaIesrs. At tha
ei@sp os th@ yeaf nTpn sing strikes
ware lNaae il sha gnrsB. At Tone
aAh saG Eela naasul g.eraased from
.AssH1R.N#1 fs 1919 u E2.eG0, 600 In
1919 En eae ResFv1t~ and Wonder
stgtrlSta ssharehNs county. there
nEs Il eltenf snaraasr IN gold psia.8
eihalfS az lAe Nevada Hills and Ne
eaAa wonder nsna@ At Round
M7mnsatB q slight Increase WAS re-
corded, @ag al 10tA National and
ssFsa Trcaghs msrhsd increases
were ia@sSe. II Mineral County the
Aasesa Consolidated property was
aogwigaG w the sioidfield Cen
esdtsa@tses &c. tAe new nali WAS
ens pae&esA ana a>Rsiderghle pro
Isnrt1an @Ag YagorGe AT Manhat-
tan pro@aet7nn decreased about 90
slsr ewEs. EeaT a.sils were active for
part ct tbs yesa. The Zig pima
Commercial msaas. Manhattan Con-
eaiseas1G and M lfe Caps were large
Ysaa@ggrE a neA 2O0-ton mill Tor
fae EslS Fimx .as eompletea in Ds-
rssnhar Al i5uEShorn, In Eureka
enaAty, a 5aas1n yanide plant was
active ae Aasi and JarhidEa. ann
nem tsRNsaasp plant were erected al
nailfrUw @Aa 81 alt. al Blair taa
piffeh@vg Silver eak na.ll Was Ia
aaHtiamnns 2ssrahDI, producing
gnld hclsIea. principally by amalga
aaSsson
TIE ellv@ aa9sV. decraaHed fScm
1850 @sG eauaeea In 1919 To about
lS.S8e.e0s eaaess In 1914, or only
Rheat ffve per cent although th@
fiaee psr aiAucH WAS raueh redi.1,~si-
Fas vgsae aees9 nsed from sgsiS.-
s1n CO ala = e&,3t&,G3V The
Tnaapah 49, ari; u,s-. 1aaout H.
50 saA ~ -. from $1,000 tons
- - rst 11.563.437 ounces in
f#Ha Tis largest output came
fnau fae Jeaopah Belmont. Tono-
Hsa Hin.ra. TonOpah Extension,
west EIa'. aid Jim Butler mines.
Tie rest 81 he silver came largely
from a.. Nevada Hills and Nevada
NazdeF at.pes. in Churchill county
ard fFof1 tae Comstoek district,
storey vogHty The output from
the Tor lstosA. however. was consid-
erabiy fecreased Much silver ore
Raa sa pred from the Rochester dis
trict. witch produced 701,407 ounc-
e II 1913 The greater part of the
Nevada silver output continues TO
come frou silieeous ores eyanided.
At Virginia City the work of un-
watering he mines at the 2.700-foot
level waB accomplished Tube mill
and ciassifiers were added TO the
conc entration plant of the Yellow
Jaes 81 60. and cyanide plant was
plar aed for the Silver Hill mine
0a account of the market depres-
sior. the copper production was re-
du, ed ose-third in Nevada. or from
80 9fs.751 pounds in 1913 to about
so b61. 600 pounds in 1914. Most of
~ : came from the Nevada consoli-
ds tau and Giroux mines at Ely.
7 ,ey we're producing at the rate of
oeer 100000 pounds of copper a
month from January to August, but
latsr reduced the output about so
i,er cent. About 100000 tons of
ere was concentrated and smelted.
At the Mason Valley plant two con-
veriers were added. and blister cop
PEE was shipped instead of matte as
formerly, The plant was closed in
August, and its total output was
thereby reduced to one-halt that of
1913. The Goldfield Consolidated
property at Goldfield, was also an
Important producer of copper
Lead production decreased near
" 16 per cent, from 16,344,023
pounds In 1913 to 1874, 900
Ihunds in 1914. The two main
1fnps we're Phoebe, in Lincoln
COUNTY, and Yellow Pine, in Clark
;eunty In 1918 the former pro-
duced 7,6Se,s1s pounds and the lat
ter 6.204, ,065 pounds. There was
decrease at both points.
The recoverable spelter output
A a. n