Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-02
OUTPUT VALUE IF ARIZONA MINES DOUBLES OVER
 LAST YEAR
Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold and Silver Production in 1915 Approximated at Over Eighty Million Dollars.
ARIZONA STILL LEADS
 IN COPPER OUTPUT
An Increase of Forty-eight per cent is Noted from 1914 When Over Fifty-nine Mil lions were Outputted.

The output of gold. silver, copper, lead, and zinc at mines in Arizona in 1915 was valued at SSs.55l ,00O, ac- cording to the United States geologi- cal survey, an increase of nearly AS per cent from that of 1914. which was s5s, ,956,O29. There was very little change in the output of gold. but there were notable increases in the other metals, especially in lead and zinc. Increased prices madela difference of nearly s26.OOO.OOO in copper, s40O,00O in lead, and over s2,0O0.0O0 in zinc. These figures are the estimates of V. yey.
 The output of gold in Arizona mines increased about l per cent from that of 1914, which was s4,179.155. Gold production from copper ores increased as every effort was made to market copper bullion when the price ad- vanced, but gold from siliceous ore de- creased, three of the largest produc- CTS of the state having a combind decrease of about thirty per cent. of gold and silver bullion. The Common wealth mine, at Pearce, was also a large producer, though the main value of the bullion was in silver. The dis covery of gold near the Tom Reed mine at Oatman was of interest in 1915. There was considerable activity in the camp, where large body of gold ore is said to have been opened at the United Eastern property, east of the Tom Reed property. n August about 20 tons were being shipped daily to the Gold Road mill, and later in the year preparations were made for the building of 200-ton mill
 Silver Mines Record.
 record production of silver was made from Arizona mines in 1915. the output increasing from 4,S77 .994 ounces in 1914 to about 5,45S,000 ounces in 1915, or over "A per cent. The value of this output increased to about S2,71S.00O. The greater part of the silver, as formerly, came from the copper ores, but the increase in the shipments of silver-lead ores also contributed to the increase. The sil- yer production from zinc ores and lead-zinc ores is not great, but sili- ceous ores in Cochise county supply a material percentage. The Common wealth mine at Pearce was treating approximately 10000 tons of ore month, making bullion containing principally silver. At the Tombstone property, operated by the Bunker Hill Mines company, ore and tailings were being treated by cyanidation toward the end of the year. Work was re- stunned atthe McCracken silver mine in the Owens district of Mohave coun- ty, for which mill is planned.
 Arizona Leads in Copper.
 Arizona is the leading copper pro ducing state of the country and had an output of nearly 45o,O0O.0O0 pounds in 1915, an increase in quantity of nearly 57,0OO,000 pounds and in value of narly $26,0O0,000. In the latter part of 1914 many of the copper mines had been closed or worker on a 50 per cent basis. As the price of copper increased in 1915 from 1860 cents a pound in January to 1875 cents in June, mines and smelters took advan tage of the rise in price and toward tn end of the year were producing at more than the normal rate. Great increases were made at the smelting plants at the Calumet and Arizona, Copper Queen, United Verde, Hayden, International at Miami. and Consolida- ted Arizona at Humbolt. The new plant of the International s. & R. Co. was started in the middle of the year and treated concentrates from the Miami Copper company. The new smelter of the United Verde was blown in May IS and the old shelter closed August 21. On account of floods in April, the Old Dominion plant did not increase it's output for the pear, and on account of the strike in the Clifton -Morenci distirct in September the output of the Detroit Arizona Cop per and shannon smelters was great
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