Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-09-01

mills contained 4S9,919.37 ounces con-
centrates, Al ,6S6.3S ounces; and crude
ore shipped to smelters 55,37O.O9 GUN
ccs. The mines of Esmeralda coun.
~ produced nearly one-half of the to-
tai gold OF S5,226,367 and the Gold.
field district yielded SOS, 21O OF this
total. Nye county produced S3,377,-
262 i'll gold; the Tonopah district
yielded $2,64S,S33; the mines of the
Comstock lode produced S4S4,3S7 in
gold, and Humboldt. White Pine, Min.
cral and Churchill counties in the or.
der named, each produced more than
5000 II of gold.
For three years prior to 1914 the
silver output of Nevada had been
steadily increasing. but on recount of
the low prices of the metals in the last
half of the year 1914 there was a
slight decrease in silver. The total
output was 1~5.455.49l ounces valued
at $S,5i6.SS7. OF this total yield H.
I2i,O9i ounces, or 95.3 per cent, was
70 - " 'lll'IOUS OltS, sSO,JOO Oun-
cos to lead ores; 1918 ounces TO
copper e and 115.13S ounces TO
!ead-Zinc ores. Ores treated at gold
and silver mills were credited with
12.100,49 ounces: concentrates with
l1,2l,3iS ounces; and crude ore with
1~.600,315 ounces. Nye county pro-
duced ~1l,424,769 ounces; the Tonopah
district produced 11,3SS.452 ounces, or
73.1 per cent of the entire silver pro-
duction of Nevada; the Comstock lode
or Storey county yielded only 27S,5 Q
ounces. but Churchill county's output
was 1.545. 92G ounces.
In 1911 Nevada produced 60, 1885,
$50 pounds of copper, valued at S.
ll1.l9S, a decrease from the produc-
ton of the preceding year. The great
cr part of the copper, or $685. $50
pounds came from concentrates, and
.lO,5551,OOO pounds were from crude
ore shipped 10 smelters. The mines
mt Ely were operated at q reduced
rate and the Mason valley smelter was
idle during a good part of the year.
The lead output of the state was
12,SO9,655 pounds. valued at S499,577.
Clark and Lincoln counties continued
to outrank all others in the produc-
ton OF lead, the combined output of
these TWO counties being 1913, O9S
pounds. White Pine county yielded
9l5.602 pounds and Elko county $780,
S2G pounds. The yield of lead from
concentrates was 3,937,126 pounds and
that from crude ore 8,794,246 pounds.
The zinc pres of Nevada produced
l2,sS0.232 pounds of recoverable zinc
figured as smelter, value at 1861, 1892.
Clark county produced 1852, 149
pounds of the entire zinc output, the
remainder coming mostly from Lin
coin county although small shipments
We're made from Eureka county dur
ing the year. The greater part of the
zinc material is oXidized. From crude
zinc I shipped, 6,116,S9S pounds
were recovered, and from concentrates
6,S63 pounds were recovered.
There were 731 producers of gold.
silver. copper, lead and zinc in Ne
vada in 1914. OF the total of $4,522,-
O22 short tons of ore sold or treated
1,461,577 tons were treated in gold and
silver mills, principally cyanide mills;
2,76S,103 o n were concentrated
largely copper ore concentrated; and
261 ,O1S ton represented crude ore
shipped TO several shelters. The larg-
est part of the total tonnage, or g..
SS2,121 tons lead ore; 9,49O tons zinc
ore; 3,702 tons copper-lead ore; and
16,O75 tons lead-zinc ore.
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