Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-25
STATE 8 NE TAIL
OUTPUT SHOWS
GREAT INCREASE
Value of New Mexico'S Mine
Yield in 1916 Is "a per
Gent Above That of Previ-
GUS Year,

,pec. A. eossesroNosscs 70 MOANING JOURNAL
Washington, June 2i--The output
New Mexico mines in 1915, as report
ed by the United states geological sur
ynv had value of more than Sl9-
600 600. Charles w. Henderson Of
the Denver office Of the survey, gives
thc detailed production as $l461 ,005
in gold 2.00J,631 ounces Of silver,
7G.1Ss,36G pounds Of copper. 4,542,-
g6l pounds of lead and 2a.40l ,064
pounds of zinc Gin terms Of spe'Ter
and zinc in zinc oXidel. These fig
ures show IN increase of $2s9.S09 in
gold. 22S,0SG ounces Of silver. 17,4S0.-
44l pounds of copper, 2.77S.720
rounds Of lead and 7,000,672 pounds
of zine, The value of the metals ex-
oept silver, was higher than in 1sfI
The total being $19,3,9, 36S, against
$lf.04s.9S2 in 1914, an increase Of
$S,22q,i36.
The Mogollon district, socorro
county eighty miles from Silver City
Grant county, continued to be the
most productive district in New Mex
leo in output of gold and silver. The
production in 1916 was S509, 165 I'm
gold and 1901 .059 ounces OF silver in
custom mills were operated steadily
an ore from each company's mine and
from other properties in the district
The Cieaveland- Weatherhead mill was
idle. The ore in this district is milled
by concentration, shining and agita-
ton and percolation in cyanide solu-
ton Most of the product is refined
silver gold bars obtained from eva
hide precipitates, the remainder con
sisting of high grade silvergold con-
centrates.
Much Gold In CoIfax.
The lllizabethtown district, Colfax
county, was a large producer of gold,
its output having been a small guam
tity Of placer gold, considerable high
grade metallic gold, gold bullion and
concentrates from the stamp mill Of
the Aztec mine at Badly.
In the Cochiti Bland) district san
doNal county work at the 100ton
cyanidaton plant OF the Cossack com
pany, which began operations in Sep |
TENDER, 1919, was carried on during
nearly ali the year 1915, producing Il /
considerable output OF refined silver !
gold bars from cyanide precipitates !
This district hGd been inactive from |
1904 to 1914 but had record from /
1894 70 1904 of a production of $685., |
600 in gold and S345, 000 in silver. 4 /
continuous output of gold bullion was .
made from the amalgamation mill on |
the North and South Homestake !
mines at Whiteoaks, Lincoln county. |
The WELD of gold ana silver in 1915
from the Pinos Altos district fell off
heavily
Biz Yield in Lordsburg
The Lordshurg district, Grant coun-
ty, yielded S222,S 4S in gold S74,S2j
ounces of silver and 3 S90,356 pounds
Of copper as compared With S10f,- /
ESQ in gold, 232,6l7 ounces of silver
and 2,614,674 pounds Of copper in.
1914. a small output of gold was
made from the Gold Hill district,
north of Lordsburg With an increas-
ed production OF concentrates and an
increase in gold credit from 81 cents
in 1914 to 3.3j cents in 1915 per ton
of crude ore treated, the output Of
gold from the Chino copper com
panys operations showed an appre-
ciablc increase The reopening of the
mines ana matte smelter of the Santa
Ne Gold and Copper company AT san
Pedro, Santa Fe county, in May, 1915,
which was in continuous operation
throughout the year. added - cOnsd-
cradle quantity of gold to the output
Of New Mexico. Increased shipments
Of eold-copper ores from the Jarilla
district, Otero county. also contribnt-
ed TO the increase Of gold, Shipments
of gold silver ore were made from the
reopened camp of Steeplerock. Grant
county.
Corner R2nks.
Copper has always been a valuable
metal in the production of New Mex
leo mines. In 1915 the yield of TO-
7SS, S66 pounds of copper represented
a value of sl3,437,964 of the total
state output of all metals, which was
valued at 1929, 46S. Since 1910 the
Increased production Of copper has
been due principally to the activity Of
the Chlnn COnner compnnY. MhiCh u