New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-29
MINES, MILLS AND MINERALS
State and General Developments


from otner properties III the district
7 The Cleave.and-W eathcrhead mil
was idle. The ore in this district i
} milled by concentration, shining, an,
: agitation, and %percolation in cyanid,
) solution. Most OF the product is re
fined silver-pold bars obtained iron
cyanide precipitates, the remainde.
consisting Of high-gradc ~silver-golc
concentrates.
Elizabethtown district, Colfa>
! county, was a large producer Of gold
its output having been a small guam.
r 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
%Sandoval county, work at the 100
ton cyanidation plant Of the CoSSark
Co., which began operations in Sep
TENDER, 1914, was carried ON during
nearly all the year l9l5, producing a
considerable output of refined silver
gold bars from cyanide p~rccipitatcs
This district had been inactive from
1904 to 1914, but had a record from
1904 I ol904 OF "A production Of $685.
coo in gold and $345,00 in silver. A
continuous output OF gold bullion
was made from the amalgamatiun
mill on the North and South Home
stake mines, at Whitcoaks. Lincoln
county. The yield of gold and silver
III 1915 from the ninos Altos district
fell OFF heavily.
Lord,burg district, Grant county,
welded $222,S+S in gold. }74.325 ounces
OF silver, and 5,S900SO pounds Of cop
per, Is compared with SlOl $50 in
gold. 232,647 ounces OF silver. and D.
6l4,67+ pounds Of copper in 1914 a
small output Of gold was made from
the Gold Hin district, north Of Lords
burg. With an increased production
OF concentrates aud an increase in
gold credit from I'll cent, in 1914
to 3.35 cents in 1915 per ton Of crude
ore treated, the output Of gold from
the Chino Copper Company'S opera
tons showed an appreciate in
crease. The rcOpcning Of the mines
and matte smcltcr of the Santa Fc
Gold and Gopher Company at san
Pedro, Santa Ic county, in Nav,
l9l5, which was in continuous opera
tion throughout the year. added a
considerable quantity of gold 10 the
output of New Mexico. Increased
shipments of pold-coppcr ores from
the Jarllla district, Otero county.
also contributed to the increase of
gold. ShIments OF pold-Silvcr ore
were made from the rcopcned camp
Of Stccplerock, Grant county.
Copper Production
Conner has aIyays Lcrn ,,t,,,hlo
metal in tho nroduction If Nd NV
IT,. mines IN 1oI5 ,hr ,;ctJ 81 ~
rs 80 nnrrd. ~ c,'".. Sro,u 10
vaI,r "a e12127ULI 81 r. .m,ai
tale n1tnnt If ~ ,mr,,Is vL;,L "'a"i
y,Iurd ~ $40 30 40 Cn, toin ,L'na
incrr,.nd -nrn,lrct;nn - H"o
brcn dine nr,mr;n,tir w. ,'
.nf fine Cbinn Connrr' TO rh;.L Inmn'S
w;tb .t.,m sLnp'ppis ~ mn'0i' INNS
Iny .raJn cn"unr dn',;9 'S".u,,
K;,, and r,iIIl.I ,Lc "ol, "'';"
a wrt onrrntrat,on fn,,t,dl n,
of live sections. In Iol5 his plan,
treated an average Of h520 tons Of
ore a day. the total output having
been 2.379.S00 tons, the LARGEST ouan-
titv treated in any ON, wear h, HIS
plant since il Lcu3n nn,rations rho
average content Of the ore treated
wa PISS uCr cent conner The to,,l
production Of concentrates wa. 159
4l4 tons, corresponding IL 4 ratio Of
concentration Of 1902 tons Of ore to
prducc ] ton of concentrates. The
total quantity Of copper contained in
concentrates was 6S,293,S95 pounds.
corresponding to an average couccn-
tratc Grade OF 2l.55l per cent in cop
per and a recovery OF 2S,6YX pounds
of copper per ton OF ore represented
an distraction 81 o6.iSS per cent Of
the copper content. The net cost Of
copper produced in lYl5 was ZIP
cents per pound as compared with 10
cents per pound in 1914. The net op-
Grating rofit amounted to $6.6SS.729
Dividends aid during the year l9l5
amounted to S2,o0D.SG0, and the sur
plus earnings were $4.}O4.124. The
total dividends up to and Including
lvl? aggregated O,GYI .pv5.
The Burro Mountain Conner CAS-
new lOOO-tun mill in tLr rurr,t
Mountain district. was NOT finally
completed and set in o,crgtior rutil
1910. but l~csscc>' >lipmcu,S ~ .rrh
ing ore aud shipment, of con,cn-
and opp,r pr~ccipitaree from
the cpmpanv'S cvpcrimcn,aI mill on.
Grafton, contributed an increased
Weld ~ conner IRON hi, d~i>trirt
\ ron.;d.rahI, ;ncr.a.oJ ,.;aH 80.
wa, n,aJo h, ~
nfart ~ do So, ~ caISS i"t GH
ncr Co ~ San pho S H,r I ~ Up
~ Which was onap
""N. Wa 'INldtCd 'HIy one