The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-19
Tungsten Mines Venlable Founders
of Fortunes Under Present Rates

III, hroflcuou of TUNGSTEN ores in
ihc United STATE. during 1875 broke
the record and apparently equiv
aient ln about idl short tons of con-
centratca ,arryiuE 60 per cent OF
tungsten uI,il tWO-3l. aud was
valued at more than 10000 n0. These
npuies are based Oh preliminary re-
turns to the United states sociological
survey. The largest previous output
of tungsten ore was ln 1910, when
f,Sgi tons was produced.
Conditions aud prices in the tung
stem market were unsettled ana some
what anomalous, Although the price
in the llfcr part Of 1914 WAS 50 or
more u unit. 60 per cent ore was sold
in the early part of 1915 as low a.
$3.50 90 unit. so that tungstei. mining
aid not start Very briskly. Early iu
the ummer however. floods of orders
for hIgh-spccd stcci-, tU hc used lu
cutting shells. rife burr"ls. ,i,. an
embargo was declared hy the British
government on Inc export 81 tunvstoL
ores from any pntt ct the British pos
sessions. D. there was soon a. c0uu-
tr,widc scramble fut utnHsten ores.
q lNNA ~ NN NHfN NHH-A H"NL is
to WHICH the pril. Df tungsten would
rise, ana Some operators contracted
Tor ORES ~ Prices which in ordinary
years would be hgh Dat which were
soon oN,cvd'd us several hundred p'r
cent. Tungsten motll was also cone
tractvd for ut uricce much below tn1se
aitcrWard reached Ina the fan the
prices of tungsten reached unhcard.
OF heights. Si5 per unit was paid FOR
numerous lots, 500 Ior umc aud even
higher prices were reported. The
prices moved upward so rapidly ans
unexpectedly that strenuous tuugstcr
prospecting did not follow 1t unco
but early la the fan "a large number
~ men were in thc Hold looking FOR
deposits.
The mining activities Iro dcsStncd
hy Fr1nk l.. Hess ln aonc detail The
output of the Boulder tColor,dob ncld
was Tor various reasons not increased
az had been hoped Many properties
had hscu worked los lcasing. 80 that
there was no development OF ore bod
les, loo tho ore had been removed ~
iaat as 1t was exposed, ana 1t b. re-
ported that ia the Courcr mine, whose
shaft was sunk below IA" SOh-foot
lowell ore development was %li.appoint-
ing. sinking said To nave boon
continued. The output 81 ne district
was estimated by the Houidcr County
Metal Mincra' association JH cqniVa-
lent % $50 tons OF 90 per ont conccn-
traies.
IN the Atolia California field
there were great cNolupmcnts. The
Atoiia Mining co. .s reported 10 have
employed more than 500 men, ana
man, mon worked tEo desert sands
ia the vicinity for foa scheclitc, =.
j. Dsdlck discovered rich or east OF
the Atoiia Mining Co.'S property ana
made large profits. ON ana near the
baltic claim "A number of me- worked
the gravel OF "A shallow pulch for
scheelitc and the sands ON n sun
shine and other claims are also re-
ported to have been worked at a
profit several gold mines plso pro-
duced some schc.iite. The Consull-
dated COLD Mines. In Randsburg, had
found water ~ IA depth Of about 500
feet and this has been piped to the
Atolia Mining Co.'S min, abou five
miles distant. Formerly water was
hauled on the railroad for "A distance
of about fifty miles. The company
i reported to have erected a new mill
20 treat is tailings.
Several discoveries Of tungsten ores