The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-12
VALUE OF METAL
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National mine, a large producer In
the past, was unproductive in 1917.
About one-sixth of the gold came
from copper ore and cad ore, main
ly from copper ore.
The production of silver decreased
from 13,S37,525 ounces in 1916 to
about 11,394,0O0 ounces in 1917.
The price of silver, which averaged
about 81 cents an ounce, gave this
outut a value of $9,229,000, which
is slightly more than the value Of
the output in 1916. The principal sill
YER producers were the mines at To-
nopah, the Nevada Wonder, the Ro-
chester Mines comany, Nevada Pack
ard, Elko Prince, Comstock proper
ties, Yellow Pine and Nevada Hills.
With the improved price it was
possible to treat low-grade ore, es-
pecially at Tonopah, where the sill
SOC, 1000 ounces from S,734,726
yer outpat decreased to about z,
ounces in 1916. The Tonopah Bel
mont, Tonopah Mining and Tonopah
Extension each produced more than
1000, 900 ounces of silver, as we'll as
considerable gold. The Mexican mill
at Virginia City treated custom ore,
largely from the Union Consolidated
mine, but the bullion output of the
district was much less.
The copper production Of Nevada
increased to nearly 110,0OO,OOO
pounds in 1917, an increase of
ly 5000, 900 pounds over that of
the previous year. The value of
the output increased from $25,858,-
1876 to about $~3,20O,000O. The
main copper producer, as formerly,
was the Nevada Consolidated. at Nc
Gill. The company was milling over
800 900 tons of ore a month and
shipped a first-class product. The
production from the smelter was
somewhat less than in 1916, but the
loss was more than compensated for
by the operation of the Mason Valley
plant in Lyon county.
A large part of the ore treated
came from the Bluestone mine, large
quantities of copper ore were
shipped to other copper plants, es-
pecially from the Yerington district
in Lyon county, the Santa Fee and
Silver Star districts of Mineral
county, and from the Robinson dis
trict in the vicinity of Ely. The
Copper Canyon Mining company, in
the Battle Mountain district, made
a large output.
The Consolidated Copper Mines
company at Ely contributed a large
quantity of both crude ore and con-
centrates. The mill was remodeled
and improved, and toward the close
of the year treated more than 600
tons a day.
The production of lead increased
from 2~5,637,278 pounds in 1916
to over 2S,000,0 900 pounds in 1917.
The value of the output increased
from $1,76S,972 to about $2,537,-
900. The principal lead producing
districts are the Phoebe of Lincoln
county, particularly the Prince Con-
solidated mine, and the Yellow Pine
district OF Clark county.
The Bullion and Go~odsprings An
Choir properties, in the Yellow Pine
district increased their output of
lead. Considerable ore was mined
at the Groom property, in south
western Lincoln county, at the Ham
burg property near Phoebe, at the
Union Mines company and at proper
ties in the Eureka district of Eureka
county.
There was a decrease in the pro-
duction of recoverable zinc from
32,443,189 pounds in 1916 to about
2S,5OO.0O pounds in 1917. The
value of this output decreased from
over 81, 700, 900 to about $2,613 900.
The Yellow Pine property, in the
Yellow Pine district, in Clark coun-
ty, continued to supply the largest
quantity of zinc produced by n
mine in the state. The PotOsi mine
of the Empire Zinc Co. was also
a larger producer. Zinc was also
produced by the Nevada Zinc Min
ing company, in.Elko county, Lone
Mountain district in Esmeralda oun
ty and Ely in White Pine county.
The dividends declared by Me-
vada mining companies in 1917
amounted to over $11,U0O,000. The
largest was that of the Nevada Con-
solidated, which paid over $4,000
900. Others were the Tonopah Bel
mont, Tonopah Mining company, Jim
Butler, Yellow Pine, Nevada Hills,