Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-01-12
COPPER MAIN PRODUCT
NEW MEXICO MINING VALUES
TAKE A BIG LEAP.
For the First Time In Many Vears
Mineral output lie Equal to That
Of Agriculture and Horticulture.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Santa F6.-For the first time in
many years the value of the output
Of the mines in New Mexico equals
that Of New Mexico agriculture and
horticulture, for the total product OF
New Mexico mines in 1916 sums up
$4O,O00,00 BOO However, II live stock is
included in farming operations. as it
Is officially, New Mexico farm prod
ucts are still fifty per cent. ahead of
the mine products.
The United States Geological Sur
e places the output of New Mexico
mines for eleven months Of 1916, with
an estimate for December, as follows:
Gold $1,350, 900. silver 1900, 900 ounces,
lead 100000 pounds, copper 81,
400, 900 pounds, zinc &c. 500, 900 pounds,
valued in all at $33, 1853, 400, as
compared with $1,461, 1O5 in gold,
zoos, 631 ounces OF silver, 4,6O0,OOO
pounds of lead, 76,7SS,36 pounds OF
copper and 8 ,4O4, O64 pounds Of zinc,
valued in all at $~19.279,46S in 1915.
To this must be added a coal produc-
ton OF $1,000 900 and possibly So
100000 for clay, lime, building ma
%terials, gypsum and other minerals.
The preliminary figures compiled by
Charles w. Henderson of the Geologi-
cal Survey show decreases Of $111, 105
In gold and of 205,531 ounces of sill
yer; but increases of $167, 596 in sill
yer, 1871, 1874 pounds in quantity and
11,514,236 in value of copper, 2,557,-
500 pounds in quantity and 1863, 300
value in lead, and II, 095 1886 pounds in
quantity and S2,349,s96 in value of
zinc. The total value Of the five met
ais increased SAL 1916, 900, or nearly "A
per cent.
The Mogollon district, Socorro coun-
ty, continued to be the most produc-
dive 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 decreased
appreciably. The Socorro Fanny
and the Mogollon (Ernestine) mines
and mills were active. All the ore
was milled in the district b, concen-
t%ration. shining and agitation and
percolation in cyaniding solution, the
bulk Of the product being cyanide
p~recipitates, the balance being high
grade gold-silver concentrates.
The Elizabethtown district, Colfax
county, from the Aztec mine alone,
was also a very large producer Of
metallic gold, gold bullion and gold
concentrates.
The c k cyanidation mill, in
the Cochita district, Sandoval county,
closed in December, 1915, was started
up again in the spring of 1916 and
contributed a considerable yield Of sill
YER gold bullion. Gold bullion con-
tinued to be produced at the amalgam-
alton 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 its
tonnage shipped. The copper concen-
trates, OF the chino Copper Com
pany, containing as they do small
quantities of gold, contributed to the
gold yield. The continued activity of
the mines and matte smelter at San
Pedro, Santa Fe county, also added
an increased quantity OF gold to the
New Mexico yield. Shipments Of cop
per ores from the Jarilla district,
Otero county, carried ONE gold.
The yield of lead shows an appreci-
able increase. Lead ores were
shipped from the Central. San Simon,
and Pinos Altos districts, Grant coun-
ty, and Cooks Peak and Victoria dis
tricts, Luna county. Considerable tom
nages of lead carbonate ore was
shipped from Kelly, Socorro county.
Increased shipments of zinc carbon
ate and sulphide ores and zinc sui
phide were made in New Mexico in
1916. At Kelly, Socorro county, the
Kelly, Graphic and Juanita. The
Ozark mill was operated continuously
up to the time Of the fire in August.
The Kelly magnetic mill was operated
from May throughout the year. At
Hanover, zinc carbonate ores were
shipped from the Hanover mines and
others, and from June on zinc sui
phide concentrates were shipped from
the Hanover magnetic separation mill.
The Cleveland magnetic separation
mill at Pinos Altos was operated
steadily. A mill was erected in the
revived Steepls Rock district, Grant
county, and tome shipments were
made. Zinc carbonate ores were
shipped from the Magdalena, Hano-
yer, Cooks Peak, Florida mountains,
Tres HermanaB and Pinos Altos dis
tricts. Shipments of zinc ore and con-
centrates from New Mexico were 49,