The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-01
MINE INDUSTRY
n AMERICA IS
ON THE INCREASE
Wonderful Gains Made in the
Production of Copper and
Zinc in 1915; Gold and Sill.
yer Show Advancement.

'NfF 0Nh - q" ANf W. 80
usual estimate OF mineral production
Tor 1915 IN the form of a separate
statement for each of the more I'M
poftGnt mineral products.
A review OF these statements com
firms Secretary Lanes comment OF last
Juiy To the effect that the mining re-
vivll j. In FUN swing In the western
states alone the metal production
how an increase Ia value OF more
than $40. 100000 over the CORES
bonding figures Tor 1914: and the
Years increase IN output for the priu-
cipal metals measured i1 value h. mor
than s25O.o OO. goo. Moreover It is not
unreasonable to expect hat whea he
!ull returns for all mineral products
are complied they Will shoH that 1915
wa the CouatrNs most productive
year In the mining Industry. The to-
taI may even reach two and one-half
billion dollar.
In the response TO hettcred condi-
lions the production figures Tor cop
per. iron and zinc show the largest in
crease.
COpysr llcat~ M Records.
Tho copper mines passed ali records
for previous years. the 1915 output
having "A value of t23s. 600 .000, or ss8,-
0OO. 900 more than the value of the
production for talt The statistics and
estimates received place the output II
blister and Lake copper al 1865. 0oo.-
oO0 pounds or more than l2u, zoe, 0u0
pounds In excess OF the largest pre-
vious production and eighteen per cent
above last years figures. only twice
In The history OF copper mining has
there been a Iarger increase IN guam
tity OF metal produced.
Large incr,a-c In Iron.
The total sh pmcnts Of irun ore from
the mines ne the United states IN 1915
are estimated Ia nave exceeded 51.-
000. 900 gross tons, a. Increase over
1914 Of more than 81 per cent. Based
on the same Price as received IN 1914
this represents an increase !n total
value OF about S21 $4,000. The ia-
crease IN pis ron Is estimated AZ
~G.5Du.l0O tons. with a total 'ncreas" in
value of pig iron production of more
tina iIZ0. Uo0. 600.
Lin ~. ord Nl-o Irokcu.
Tn, output Of 1iu tspclterl made
from domestic ores was lhrser tina
c,vr before. being about $4,000 tons
worth s1gO. 900 900 as compared with
ai84is tom in 1874. an Increase OF
nhout $1,000 Ions or nearly - pcr
cent ir quantity and o. s>5,N0n ono Or
value. Production was increased dur
ing the later half ot the year rs me
production during the first hall Wa
at the rate Of as oO0 tons annually
and AT the rate pf 10000 tons during
the last half
The output OF refined PIG lead from
DOMESTIC ores was about IlHsNNN tons
worth about Sis.t 90 600 or 90 per cent
In value. Tho production OF %anticun-
ial lead was .p.1i0 tons a. compared
with 1855 ions 90 lHli an %laorols"
uf &.S.2 tons or 20 per cent 10 puah'
t.t, ana an Increase iu value 49, ucnf-
is g.. 600. O00
Gold and silver I~ncrca>'>.
The annual preliminary estimates
on tho production 81 gold and SILVER
in The United states. made Jointly hy
tho United States geological survey and
the bureau 81 the mint. are not yet
complete. but early figures based "I
reports from the mines indicate an
lucr,a.. in mine production over that
% 1914 % over - 0ou. 900 in gold,
princlpalr rom Colorado California
Aiaskn. Montana. md Idaho, and or
increase IN mine production oi si1Ntr
OF fully 1000 900 ounces chiefly from
Montana. C,ah, and Ariz"na This in-
crease in gold production may bring
isl5 up 10 the record year of 1908
when tho gold output OF this country
was nearly 500, coo goo.
Quicksilver also Nas had It's hcst
wear in 1915. The quantity increased
% per cent over 1914 but the value
of the output more than doupled oW-
tng 10 the much higher prices. The
estimated production was 2p.ssl iiasks
of Is pounds each, valued at the aver
az, price for ,he ycar-the highest ~
Tho last forty years-at S~,sht,--', IN
value. this domestic production was
the highest since 1881 and IN quantity
the larges, since 1919.
small Changes In al
The production Of bituuin0us coal
and anthracite IN 1915 IL estimated 20
have Increased between iour and hNe
million short tons. or less than one
per cent. Tho quantity of oituminous
coal mined increased about Ga million
tons and hat OF agthracit" decf"hsci
over two million short tons. owing
mainly to steady demands Tor export
coal and for G Sc In steel maNlns me
output In Pennsylvania, West virginia
Kontucks. and Alabama Increased over
last year. but little change " recorded
IN other eastern states The region
west OF ohio. including the Mississippi
Valley shows a general decrease COL
orado being the only western state 90
show nettcfment
Con, cctod with the coke Industry
was the completion during the last
summer OF u number Of large plants
for The recovery of ben2ol from by
produ,i coke-ovcn vas This gives the
United states its first output Of tins
material. 30 important H- a raw ma
teriaI % the manufacture of high cN'
plosiyos ana chemical dyes and the
amount OF his product Will bee report
ed later,
Pr, lm.nary estimates Of the total
nutput OF petroleum. loo IN" United
states in 1915 indi,at, q slight m
crease over the corresponding output
in 1874. n is believed b a the total
petroleum yield Of the United states
IN 1915 amounted TO .9iioo coo par
irols. q which quantity % is also "sli-
mated mat 2s1.400. 600 barrels were