Gunnison news-champion., 1917-01-05

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~ yialA e IN the ethar metals. La
Plata eesaayS osld anA silver Yield
deersassa esasidssahay. Ths hsavisst
decrease (t1n.eoo Ter gold. $4,000
ounces oe silver and SSoyooo pounds e
copDesl naturally vas shown in OuSay
coanty. where the Camp Bird mine
and min were closed down in August
70 await the completion Of the low
level adk 1e.7oo test long. which VIII
cut The Camp 1lrd 80 eDet below the
present dssosst voskings and 900 test
below voekings oe the next most i'm.
portaAt section. The adit has been
driven several thousand feet In 1915.
but VIII NOT - completed for twenty
seven months from the time work ON
II was begun. The Wanakah copper
mating plant at ouray. active in 1915.
was idle In 1916.
Boulder. Gilpin and Clear Creek
counties produced Sl.0o0.o0o In gold.
$4,000 ounces Of silver. $500. 900
pounds Of lead. 100000 pounds
OF copper. and 3.6oo.ooo pounds
Of zinc. ~ compared with e1.249.S94 in
gold, 7e0.065 ounces Of silver. 4.00S.744
pounds Of lead. 1.0e4.o12 pounds Of
l SS>rv>>, >uA k1R nee ~r..u 4. - .su> q
1915. Boulder county maintained IL
1915 yield except for gold. there being
. decrease Of $4,000 for that metal.
Clear Creek sounty's YEA for an met
ais Increased somewhat. and 0flpin
county maintained its 1915 yisld.
ChafSee county's gold, silver and
lsaA output fen OH. bat IT. copper and
| xinc yield increased. The Pitkin coun-
ty (Aspen) yield was $4,000 ounces
OF silver. and 1e.60o.o0O pounds Of
lead. an increase Of 49, 900 ounces Of
silver, but q decrease Of 100000
pounds Of lead.
The yield Of Creede (Mineral coun-
| W showed Improvement over 1915, as
did also 0unnison and Hinsdale coun-
ties.
Summit county's production was
3660.000 in gold. 100000 ounces OF sill
yer. 100000 poundo Of lead. 1900
pounds OF copper. and 10000 pounds Of
zine, ~ compared with S6S0.144 in
gold. 64,313 ounces Of silver. 1.916.29S
pounds Of lead. and s.se7.411 pounds
Of sinc in 1915. The four dredgss at
Breckenridse produced about the same
output a. in 1915. and the shipments
Of sine from Breckenridge increased
heavily. There was q revival Of min
ing at Kokomo. Robinson and Monte
xuma.
Eagle county made the largest out
put since mining began at Red Cliff,
In 1879. The output Of zinc wes 2S,-
100000 pounds. as against 11.ll1.75o
pounds In 1915. The Eagle N. 4 N.
Co.'S magnetic separation wet concsn.
tratioa mill was actively operated on
ore ftum ~ Iron Mask mine. and
large quantities Of sinc-lead ores were
shipped from the Black Iron mine. The
BrusA creek silver district was also
sstivs again.
Lode mines In Park county made an
apprecdably increased output. particu-
larry of gold. but the placer output de-
creased somewhat. The London mime,
at the head Of Mosquito creek. was the
principal producing property.
Custer county mines wsre more 20.
tive than thsy had been for several
ysafs. and With the commencement Of
shipmsnts from the Rawley tunnel.
Sagnaahe county's yield promises d
show increases. Development work IN
the Pla&oro district. Conejos county.
seems to promise production in 1917.
During the past year. Colorado bank
deposits have increased s1l.217.023.