The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-17
The Golden Cycle cyanidation mill,

at Colorado City, and the Portland
cyanidation mill. at Colorado Springs
and 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, bu.
Including also the Lackawanna Gulch.
Sugar Loaf. st. Kelvin and the Wort
man lode districts and the Arkansas
River dredge district. produced ST.
20S.000 in gold. 2,24O,O00 ounces Of
silver, 20,OoO,OOO pounds of lead, g.
177,000 pounds Of copper, and $780,.
600 pounds OF zinc, having a total
value of $l0.7OO,00o, against $780,.
44O in gold 1881 ,2Sl ounces of silver.
2,621,675 pounds OF copper, 2l,719,392
pounds of lead, and 76,7S5,567 pounds
OF zinc, having q total value Of $l6,-
0S2,059. in 1916. Shipments of man
o"AAssS-hoh oiV, uduSdHest-sllNei
fluxing 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 we're
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 Leadyille district de.
creased heavily. The output of zinc
carbonate was 6S,500 tons of 1876 per
cent, as compared with S5,513 tons
OF 21.52 per cent. in 1916. The zinc
sulphide smelling and concentrating
ore was 10000 tons Of 217 per cent,
against 1925 tons OF 20.96 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 $2,5SS,000 In
gold. 2,556,oOO ounces of silver 2O.'
$4,000 pounds of lead. 3,745,00O
pounds of copper and 100000 pounds
OF zinc, valued in all at $S,100,000
against $S,041,275 in gold, 2,224,3ll
ounces Of silver, 16,345,76S pounds OF
lead. 3,O72,l99 pounds Of copper, and
5,364, ,209 pounds Of zinc, with a total
value Of $7.107294 in 1916. The San
Miguel County mills maintained their
production Of gold, which was about
$4,000, 900, and increased their produc
tion Of silver to over 100000 ounces
but considerable quantities Of the ore
treated in these mills came from oper
ations in Ouray county along the
strike Of the veins.
Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Greek
counties produced $soS.000 in gold
$4,000 ounces of silver, 100000
pounds Of copper, 6,336,000 pounds Of
lead, and 100000 pounds of zinc, a:
compared with S1,00l, ,4S9 in gold
SS1,51S ounces OF silver, l,243,75(
pounds Of copper, 5,6Sl.392 pounds o.
lead and 2.572,575 pounds Of zinc II
1916 Boulder county produced $50,
900 less gold and 10000 less silver
also less copper and lead. Clear Creel
county increased its output Of silver
lead, copper and zinc, but decreased
considerably its output Of gold. Tht
production OF gold in 0ilpin county
there was an increase in the outpul
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 13,
$4,000 pounds Of lead, an increase o.
II 900 ounces of silver, but decrease
OF nearly 100000 pounds Of lead. The
output Of zinc from this county, how
ever, increased approximately 300,
900 pounds.
The production OF Creede (Minera
county fell off considerably, as die
that Of Gunnison county.
Mining was very active at Red Cliff
Eagle county, though the yield o.
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, 620,O0(
pounds Of lead, 10000 pounds Of cop
per, and $4,000, 900 pounds Of zinc, al
compared with s673,S9l in gold, 120,
207 ounces OF silver, 1851 pounds o.
copper, 1,6S8,637 pounds of lead, ant
13,940,94S pounds Of zinc in 1916.
The output from the mines Of Gus
ter county was the largest for seyera
years, and there was also a consider
ably increased production from tht
Kerber Creek district of Saguacht
county.
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