The Keota news., 1918-01-25

q COLORADO City. and the Portland
cyanidatjoa mill. a4 Colombo Springs
and Victor. were operatsd steadily.
The yield from the snail cyanide
plants oe the Cripple Creek district
was not 20 large - usual and the ship
msnts Of smelling ore directly to
smeltsrs fell off considerably.
Lake County. chiefly Leadvilie. but
including also the Lackawanna 0ulch.
Sugar Loaf. 81. Kevin and the Wort
man lode districts and the Arkansas
River dredgs district produced @l.-
1os.0o0 in gold. 3.14o.ooo ounces OF
silver. 30.000.000 pounds Of lead. T.
177.000 pounds ol copper. ana $780,
900 pounds Of 1ine. having . total
value Of 1lo.7o0.o00. against @1.71o..
40 In gold. 3.ssl .2sl ounces Of silver.
1851. .67S pounds Of copper. 31.71s.3s2
pounds Of lead. and 7e.7Ss, ,$67 pounds
Of zinc. having . total value Of $ls.-
0Sz. z.059. In 1916. Shipments Of man
ganeDe-iron ore. manGanese-silver
nuxing ore. lead carbonate. and zinc
carbonate ores contfaued in increas-
ing quantities from The Downtown dis
trict, unwatersd In 1915. Some zinc
carbonate and sinc sulphide ores were
shipped from the Fryer Hin district.
also unwatered IN 1916. and consider.
able iron-sulphide ores were shipped
from the unwatesed Carbonate Hnl
district. The output Of zinc carbon
ate from the Leadvills district de-
creased heavily. The output OF sinc
carbonate ras es.s00 tons Of lS.6 per
cent. q compared with S5.s13 tons
Of -11.s3 per cent. in 1916. The zinc
sulphide smelling and concentrating
ore was 10000 tons Of 7l.7 per cent.
against 1895 tons ol 1886 per cent
in 1915 The Derry Ranch dredge. b.
low Malta, continued operations dur
ing the year.
The San JUan region Of Dolores.
La Plata. OuEay. San Juan and San
Miguel counties produced sass. 900 In
gold, 3,6S6.000 ounces OF silver. TO-.
$4,000 pourAs OF lead. s.746.00o
pounds Of copper and e.700. 900 pounds
Of sine, valued In all at 4S.l00.000.
against S3.ol1.17s In gold. 1.z24.311
ounces Of silver. 1e,345.76S pounds Of
lead, 3.077.lo9 pounds OF copper. and
6.3sl, 100 pounds Of sinc. with . total
value Of @7.lo7.1s4 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 70 over 1!00o.000 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, 0ilpin and Clear Greek
counties produced $685. 900 In gold.
s6s,00O ounces Of silver. $4,000
pounds Of copper. e.33s.ooo pounds Of
lead. and $500. 900 pounds Of sinc. -
compared With el.ool.lss in gold.
ssl,Sls ounces OF silver. l.1l3.76s
pounds Of copper. 6.eSl, 80 pounds Of
lead and 3.571.s7S pounds Of sine In
1915. Boulder county produced $780,
900 lees gold ana 1900 less silver.
also less copper and lead. Clear Greek
county increased it, output OF silver.
lead, copper and sinc, but decreased
considerably it, output Of gold. The
production Of gold In ollpin county
there was IN increase In the output
OF lead, and for The first time IN years
there was IN output OF sine.
In Chaffes county the output OF
gold. lead. copper and sine fell OH.
but the output Of silver increased.
The output Of Pitkin county (Aspen)
was $4,000 ounces Of silver and 1a,-
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