The Elbert County tribune., 1916-12-29


with total value Of $15.60o 900.
against s2.246,162 in gold, 2.571,O ,Oo2
ounces of silver. 2o,957. .404 pounds OF
lead. 1,S03,423 pounds of copper, and
72.4s3.l7S pounds of zinc. with total
value of slS.S39. .401 In 1915. The sew
eral ambitious drainage operations by
pumping already have resulted in ship
ments OF manganese-silver ore from
the downtown district, and of zinc car
Donate from the Fryer Hill district,
and the Carbonate hill drainage will
unwater zinc sulphide ores already
partly developed. The output of zinc
carbonate was 100000 tons of 21.5 per
cent, against S2,592 tons OF 224S per
cent in 1915. The zinc sulphide smelt-
Ing and concentrating ore was -115 900
tons OF Fl per cent, as compared with
1855 tons of 22.09 per cent in 1915.
The Derry Ranch dredge. below Malta,
continued operations during the year.
Ihe San Juan region of Dolores, La
Plata, Ouray. San Juan and San Mig
uel counties, produced s3,000,0O0 in
gold, 100000 ounces of silver. 16,000.-
600 pounds of lead, 100000 pounds of
copper, and 100000 pounds of zinc,
valued in all at s6,900.000, against 49,
S34,521 in gold, 2.27S,201 ounces of sill
yer, 14,314,36 pounds OF lead, 3,517,462
pounds of copper, and 1,3S2,334 pounds
OF zinc. having a total value of $6,210,-
4s4 In 1915. San Miguel county main
tainet its yield of over 81, 2,000, 900 gold
and 100000 ounces of silver; the
of In, nNI
creased but the output of the other
metals decreased. San Juan county
produced less gold but made gains in
the yield of all the other metals. La
Plata county's gold and silver yield
decreased considerably. The heaviest
decrease (s722,00 for gold, 10000
ounces of silver and $4,000 pounds of
copper) naturally was shown in Ouray
county, where the Camp Bird mine
and mill were closed down in August
to await the completion of the low
level adit 10,700 feet long, which will
cut the Camp Bird 450 feet below the
present deepest workings and 500 feet
below workings of the next most inn
portant section. The adit has been
driven several thousand feet in 1916,
but Will not be completed for twenty
seven months from the time work on
1t was begun. The Wanakah copper
was idle in 1916.
Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek
counties produced s1,OOO,000 in gold
$4,000 ounces of silver, 5,500,000
pounds of lead, 100000 pounds
of copper, and 100000 pounds
of zinc. as compared with sl.249,s94 in
gold, 790.065 ounces of silver, 4.00S, ,744
pounds of lead, 1,o94,012 pounds of
copper, and 1.516,032 pounds of zinc in
1915. Boulder county maintained its
1915 yield except for gold, there being
decrease of s35,OOO for that metal
Clear Creek county's yield for all met
ais increased somewhat. and Gilpin
county maintained its 1915 yield
Chaffee county's gold, silver and
lead output fell off, but its copper and
zinc yield increased The Pitkin coun-
ty (Aspen) yield was $4,000 ounces
of silver, and 16.600,o00 pounds OF
lead. an increase of 121.OO0 ounces of
silver, but decrease of 200 900
pounds of lead.
The yield of Creede Mineral coun-
ty) showed improvement over 1915, as
did also Gunnison and Hinsdale coun-
ties.
Summit countys production was
100000 in gold. 100000 ounces OF sill
yer, 100000 pounds of lead, $4,000
pounds of copper, and 10000 pounds OF
zinc, as compared with $680,144 in
gold, Ga .223 ounces of silver, 1,916,29S
pounds of lead, and s.597.411 pounds
of zinc in 1915. The four dredges at
Breckenridge produced about the same
output as in 1915, and the shipments
of zinc from Breckenridge increased
heavily. There was a revival OF min
ing at Kokomo, Robinson and Monte.
yuma.
Eagle county made the largest out
put since mining began at Red Cliff,
in 1879 The output OF zinc was 30
10000 pounds, as against 11,141 ,750
pounds in 1915. The Eagle NJ. & M
Co.'S magnetic separation wet concen-
traticn mill was actively operated ON
ore from the Iron Mask mine, and
large quantities Of zinc-lead ores were
shipped from the Black Iron mine. The
Brush creek silver district was also
active again.
Lode mines in Park county made an
appreciably increased output, particu-
larly of gold. but the placer output de
creased somewhat. The London mine.
at the head of Mosquito creek. was the
principal producing property.
Custer county mines were more ac-
tive than they mad been for several
years, and with the commencement OF
shipments from the Rawley tunnel,
Saguache county's yield promises to