Arizona republican., 1917-01-15

county, was again operated and made large contribution. The Inspiration mine was milling nearly 5O0,O tons in August and was producing ,0O0,- 900 pounds of copper, an output that made it one of the largest producers
 in the state. The Ray Consolidated,
 Miami, United Verde and United Verde Extension made great increases. The Swansea property, in Yuma county, made a larger output and a larger teaching plant was being con structed at Ajo, in Pima county. The mine production of lead in-
 creased from 21,7SS,96s pounds in 1915 to q record production Of over 2G,000, 900 pounds in 1916. The value of this output increased from $1,02l,- TSP to $l,76S.000, or seventy three per cent. The Copper Queen and Shat ! tuck Arizona mines, in the Warren district, and the Tennessee mine, in
 Mohave county, continue to contribute the largest part of the lead output. Two Zinc Shippers
 The production of zinc from the mines increased from 1S,220,S63 pounds, valued at s2,269,SS in 1915
 to about 20,9S0,000 pounds, valued at | S2.974,260 in 1916, an increase of nearly twenty per cent in value. The greater part of the zinc ore and concentrates was shipped from the i Golconda and Tennessee properties, in | Mohave county. There were, how ever, two new and important shippers ] of zinc ore-the Magma Copper Com
 pany in Pinal county, which opened l up zinc ore and constructed a concern : irator late in the year, and the Du- qucsne property, in Santa Cruz county. , Shipments were salso made from the
 Kingman Zinc Company near King
 man, the San Xavier mine in Pima
 county, and the Gernmili Randolph tail
 inGs at CroWnkmg. Possibly 2S. 900 ! tons ef-crude zinc ore and concentrates were shipped from the state during the 1 year.
 l Dividends paid 10 December first amounted to nearly s34,000O00 The
 contributors were the Copper Queen.
 Inspiration, Calumet & Arizona, United
 Verde, Ray Consolidated. Miami.
 Shattuck- Arizona. United Globe.
 United Verde Extension and Grand
 Gulch. Adding l. tah. Montana, Ne- vada and Idaho dividends to those of
 Arizona, We have Il total of over $1OO. =
 COG 0G0 in dividends paid out of the
 mines of these five western states in
 9 single year.
 These are some Of the impressive l facts brought out by the report of the geological survey to Secretary Lane. just made.
 "lndustrial lndepe endence" Never before" said Nil. Lane. has
 so large q draft been made on the
 natural resources of our country as during this year. and never before have the metals been extracted from
 these ores with less waste or utilized
 Co better advantage in advancing the general prosperity of the country. Even as written in the plain figures
 Of 1916 production the wonderful rec
 ord of our mines sets forth a degree Aof national industrial independence
 only hoped for a few years ago.
 Again copper stands out as the ! best illustration of how American
 mines can meet a world demand. The i output of nearly two Billion pounds ! Of the red metal is double that of ten ! ears ago and it's value k twice that
 of the copper produced in 1915. Add
 Go this the facts that in value copper ! now contends with iron for first place
 among the metals and that together
 the amount of these two metals pro-
 duced last year had q value of more
 than one billion dollars and we have
 measure of what this country can
 contribute in useful metals
 "The output pf zinc from domestic ! ores increased Last year s5.00o tons.
 which makes a new record for that metal, the total value of spelter from