Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-27
MINING VALUES
Of NEW MEXICO
TAKE A BIG LEAP
For First Time in Many Years
Mineral Output of State Is
Equal to That of Agriculture
and Horticulture.


SPECIAL coRHEspoSpGHcE TO MORNING JouFHAE
! Santa Fe, Dec. 26.-For the first
! time In many years the value or the
output OF the mines in New Mexico
equals that of New Mexico agriculture
| and horticulture, for the total pro
| duct of New Mexico mines in 1916
sums up $i0,O00,O00. However, If live
stock is included in farming opera
/ tions. as it is officially, New Mexico
I farm products are still 90 per cent
ahead of the mine produels'
! inc nlteo 9totea seo'Usio"i SUI rey
places Ihe uhput vi Nc" 49, ,ith az,
/ ior eleEeh IloI,"s isl,,, Va sdIio,,,s,
/ esullate IoI Dcce'l1ei' d. iV1 S60 @00
Holu $Lo'U,V,Tn%G ooo ,,,,,a, oor,,or
ounces, ioad "iVo,oOo po"''U oc s0n 606
/ 9lfVV'VVo PouuuS' ~ii'e ga" sea too
pouHus' NaIueu III an a, a. o., ,,JS 80
/ aS coii ii,aIcu WIN S''lIVl1,0' eo6 oon
z'oVo' o'l ounces oi oer ,,I,, ~
|pouhuS VI iCa", &C. ,,,,5 5s 80 girc
.oppei auu s,o 90 IeS ~ ,oiE
valued lh az at &i''5 ''foo ~ 49, iIioi
10 lhls III usl pe o auuou +" 'o"' - e.
loh OF $hVVV'Voo anu poSSi,DS -
OoV,Voo Tor cIay' NM, pu''u,,,s I,sorais .''5
Icflals' gypsum anu o'''ei iliiio, tiNi 90, To-
Inc preliminary Isules I'm IN p'II 'I'ia,.i
Charles W. HENDERSON VI 'lie sVUiI5 ~
.aI SUI s"O" od- ~ GO - ~ af au
| IN gold ana "l Eoo''9L ouiCes 1os " an an
Vefi bul increases oi ~ ',o'o a., ,,1 81
yer, l4'ollto"f pouH"a ~ Pu'l'1 -
~ l'ol4'@'o III Nalut vi 'op5'' SOFA 9oo
b59 pouHus III qu@nu'S an" 30
Value IN leau' ana ia'Voc'%o0 pUui'uS aF
IN quanIity ana $Z'o1',o'o III 49, s,,,a ~
zinc. me lo'al Nal"e ano oon Vi e,.o ,...
metals Increased @l4'l'V'oV0' VI "e"i
ny "a per cent
MogollOn Dtstrict Rlch.
The Mogollon district, Socorro coun- |
IT, continued to be the most product |
i've district in New Mexico in output |
of gold and silver There was a great !
deal of new development work in the |
district in 1916 but the yield decreas- !
ed appreciably The Socorro (Fanny) I
and the Mogollon (Ernestne) mines /
and mills were active. All the ore I
was milled i'm the district by concen-
.tration. shining and agitation and |
percolation in cyaniding solution the
bulk of the product being cyanide pre-
cipitates. the balance being high
grade gold-silver concentrates.
The Elzabethtown district, ColtaN
county, from the Aztec mine alone,
was also a very large producer of
metallic gold, gold bullion and gold
concentrates
The CossacI cyanidation mill, in the
Cochita district Sandoval county, 4
closed in December, 1915, was started
up again in the spring of 1916 ana
contributed a considerable yield of sill
ver-gOld bullion. Gold bullion con"
tinued to be produced at the amalga-
nation mill on the North and South
Homesteak mines at Whiteoaks, Lin
coin county. The Lordsburg district
Grant county, which has been steadily
increasing its shipments of siliceous
gold and silver bearing copper and {
dry ores, again greatly increased It's Z
tonnage shipped The copper con- S
centrates Of the Chino Copper COM c
pany containing as they do small S
quantities of gold, contributed to the
gold yield. The continued activity Of S
the mines and matte smelter at San o
Pedro, Santa Re county, also added o
am increased quantity of gold to the a
New Mexico yield. Shipments of cop il
per ores from the Jarilla district a
Otcro county, carried some gold. "
Conner Main Product.
The nrincipal metal produced i'm Y
Now Mexico is conner ana since 1910 ii
tbc Weld has been chiefly from the a
chino Conner companys low grade f;
1onosits at Santa rita The ore is e
niiIed at Hurley In large wet-con- c
,entration flotation plant During
lQ1G the largest tonnage in the his
'orv Of the company was treated and
he gross output was 75.50O, 600 H
,ounds The Rurro Mountain Conner II
,omponv's new concentrator began al
,nerations in April and started run OF
,ing at ful capactty June 1915. m
\Iurb deyeIonment worl, has been fl
lone ot This nropertv and the reserves al
,re Sufficient TO suppIv the mill for rw
,oore The santa Fe cola and CopDet la
,o,nnanv,s 125-ton mating pIant at W
,an pedro added n considera man an
ity to tbe conner output Conner Tbl
,re, were also Skinned from the Organ d
~ -.s..,
where Tho pbeIns-D Dodge romnan,y n1s
ocured "a larro area which If has bpen u
during 1915 This district
viii nroduce NH five metals A largo =
onn.,ga ,f low GRADE conner ore Win -
nIritc ganpuo was shinned from tbe 3
,norhc mine Uacbita
The weld Of lead shows an annre.
iohIa increase Load ores Wara 3
hinned from the Central san simon
nd pinos Altos districts Grant coun.
Y and cooks peak and Victorio dis
ricty Lima countv ConsiderahIoM