Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-27
LOrdsbwg New Mexico Friday, July r. 1917
Mine Output Increased

Figures Of mine production for the
first SIX months of 1917 indicate an
appreciable increase in the output oe
lead and copper in New Mexican
mines but a decrease for gold, silver,
aud zinc, according to reports receiv-
ed from Charles w. Henderson. Of
the Denver office of the United
States Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior. The Mogollon district
Socorro county, which annually pro
duces a large part of the gold and
over half the silver of the state, has
not increased its output, although the
district has been the scene Of consid-
cradle development work The Eli
zabethbown district, Colfax county,
continued to ship large quantities of
gold bullion and concentrates, but the
Whiteoaks gold district, Lincoln coun-
ty, was idle, and the silver output
will be considerably affected by the
idleness of the Cossak, cyanidation
mill in the Cochiti (Bland) district,
Sandoval county. Several operators
of the gold-copper district of Oro-
grande, Otero county, seem to have
left that district, but other operators
seem to have taken their places. The
output of siliceous and copper ores
carrying gold from Lordsburg district
has been larger during the first six
months of 1917 than for the CORES
ponding period in 1916. The Santa Fe
Gold & Copper Co.'S mating plant,
at San Pedro, was operated continu-
ously.
The Burro Mountain Copper Co.'S
table cOncentration-fiotation mill, in
the Burro Mountain district, Grant
county increased its output. The Chi
no Copper company which in 1916 pro-
Guced from crude ore and concentrates
combined total of 75,5l1 900
pounds of copper, produced 19.225,11l
pounds of copper during the first
quarter of 1917, and if the company
maintains this rate throughout the
year, it will produce nearly 80,000,000
pounds of copper. Considerably in
creased shipments of copper ore were
made from the Magdalena district,
and the shipments of lead ore from
the Magadalena have also increased.
The high prices for copper are also
stimulating shipments from the Ma
cimiento district, Sandoval county,
and from the Scholle district, Tor
rance and Valencia counties, and from
other copper deposits, in the "Rcd
Beds" of New Mexico
Development by the Phelps Dodge
Co. of a large area in the Organ
Mountains district, Dona Ana county,
does not seem to have progressed as
yet far enough for production, but
before the end of the year the district
may yield a considerable output Of
all five metals. Shipments of zinc
carbonate and zinc sulphidc concen-
trates from the Magdalena, Hanover,
Cooks Peak, Florida, Tres Hermanas
and Pinos Altos districts were less for
the first six months of 1917 than for
the same period in 1916, but with the
resumption in April of concentration
at the new Graphic mill at Magdalena
built to replace the one burned IN
August, 1916, the production of zinc
concentrates during the rest of the
year may equal the record of 1916.
The OUTPUT of gold, silver, copper,
lead, and zinc from New Mexico
mines in 1916 was 81 $3.50, SOC in gold,
] ,756,512 ounces of silver, 100000
pounds of lead, 92,4OO, 900 pounds Of
copper and 35,9OO,OOO pounds Of zinc
(in spelter and in oxide), having a
total value of $3O,615,491, as compar-
ed with $1,461, ,105 in gold, zoos, ,531
ounces of silver, 4,542,3 pounds of
lead, 76,788,36 pounds of copper and
25,404,O64 pounds of zinc, having a
total value of $19,279, ,468, in 1915, an
increase in value of SO per cent.