The Dolores star., 1918-01-18

The Golden Cycls cyanidation mill.
q Colorado City. and the Portland
cyanidation mill. at Colorado Springs
ana Victor, were operated steadily.
The yield from the small cyanide
plants OF the Cripple Creek district
was not SO large As usual and the ship.
ments Of smelling ore directly to
smelters fell off considerably.
Lake County. chiefly Leadville, blu:
including also the Lackawanna Gulch.
sugar Loaf, st. Kelvin and the Wort,
man lode districts and the Arkansas
River dredge district. produced 81.
100000 in gold. 2.240,000 ounces of
silver. 100000. pounds OF lead, q.
l17,ooo pounds Of copper. and $780,.
600 pounds Of zinc, having total
value of $10.700,0OO, against $1,720,.
40 in gold, 1881 ,2S1 ounces of silver.
2,62l,675 pounds OF copper. 21,71s. 1892
pounds Of lead, and 76.7S5 ,567 pounds
OF zinc. having Q total value of $16..
os2,oS9. in 1916. Shipments of man.
sanese-iron ore, manganese-silver
huxing ore. lead carbonate, and zinc
carbonate ores continued in increas.
ing quantities from the Downtown dis
trict, unwatered In 1916. Some zinc
carbonate and zinc sulphide ores were
shipped from the Fryer Hill district,
also unwatered in 1916. and consider.
able iron-sulphide ores were shipped
from the unwatered Carbonate Hill
district. The output Of zinc carbon.
ate from the Leadville district de.
creased heavily. The output OF zinc
carbonate was 6s.5O0 tons Of 1876 per
cent. as compared with S5,513 tons
OF 2l.52 per cent. in 1916. The zinc
sulphide smelling and concentrating
ore was, 10000 tons OF PIT per cent,
against 1925 tons of 2O.96 per cent
In 1916. The Derry Ranch dredge. be.
low Malta, continued operations dur.
ing the year.
The San Juan region OF Dolores,
La Plata. Ouray. San Juan and San
Miguel counties produced $685. 900 in
gold. 2,556,000 ounces OF silver, 90.
$4,000 pounds of lead. 3,745,OOO
pounds of copper and $1,000 pounds
OF zinc. valued in all at $500. 900,
against s3,041,275 in gold. 2.224.311
ounces Of silver, 16.345.76S pounds OF
lead. 3,072,199 pounds Of copper. and
5.364, 209 pounds of zinc, with total
value OF $7.107,294 in 1916. The San
Miguel County mills maintained their
production Of gold, which was about
$4,000, 900. and increased their produc'
ton of silver to over 10000 ounces,
but considerable quantities Of the ore
treated in these mills came from oper.
atoms In Ouray county along the
strike Of the veins.
Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Greek
counties produced $808.000 in gold
956.O0O ounces Of silver. 100000
pounds of copper, 6.33G.OOO pounds OF
lead. and 100000 pounds Of zinc, as
compared with $1.001,4s9 in gold
881,51S ounces of silver. 1,243.756
pounds of copper, 1851, 1892 pounds OF
lead and 2,572,575 pounds of zinc in
1916. Boulder county produced $50,
900 less gold and $4,000 less silver
also less copper and lead. Clear Greek
county increased its output OF silver
lead, copper and zinc, but decreased
considerably its output Of gold. The
production OF gold in 0ilpin county
there was an increase in, the output
of lead. and for the first time In years
there was an output Of zinc.
In Chaffee county the output OF
gold, lead. copper and zinc fell Off
but the output OF silver increased
The output of Pitkin county (Aspen)
was $4,000 ounces of silver and 49,.
1000 pounds of lead. an increase OF
II 900 ounces of silver, but q decrease
Of nearly 1900, 900 pounds of lead. The
output of zinc from this county, how.
ever, increased approximately 300,
900 pounds.
The production of Creede Mineral
county, fell off considerably, as did
that Of Gunnison county.
Mining was very active at Red Cliff
Eagle county, though the yield OF
zinc was somewhat less than In 1916
Some shipments were made from the
Brush Greek district.
The output from both lode and plac'
er mines in Park county decreased.
Summit county produced &623.000 in
gold. $4,000 ounces Of silver. 10000
pounds of lead, 10000 pounds OF cop
per, and 10000, 900 pounds Of zinc, as
compared with $673.S91 in gold, $780,
2O7 ounces Of silver 1881 pounds OF
copper, 1,6S8,637 pounds of lead. and
13,340.948 pounds Of zinc in 1916.
The output from the mines Of Gus
ter county was the largest for several
years. and there was also a consider.
ably increased production from the
Kerber Creek district of Saguache
county.
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