Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-01-26

Jim Butler, Tonopah Extension
and West End. Much gold cam
from the Elko Prince, the Auror;
Consolidated atAurora. theRounc
Mountain placer and quartz pro
perties. theRochesteT district, anC
the mines at Manhattan. wher,
there was renewed activities. A
the WhiteCaps mine a large ore
body is developed from FIVE levels
The new mill, with rooster. wa:
active during the last part of the
wear. making a considerable out.
put. The War Eagle, Big Pine
and Union Amalgamated mill:
were also operated, and large
amount OF placer gravel was treat
ed by twelve operators. Bullion
production from Seven Troughs
district decreased. as did the piac-
err output from the Battle Noun
tain district of Lander County
but the mills in Eldorado Canyon
in Clark County. were unusually
active. The National mine, a
large producer in the past, was I'M
productive in 1917 About one
sixth OF the the gold came from
copper ore and lead ore, mainly
from copper ore.
The production of silver de
creased from l3,S37,525 ounces in
1916 to about II 1914, 900 ounces in
1917. The price OF silver which
averaged about 81 cents an ounce.
gave this output a value OF 1920
900, which is slightly more than
the value of the output in 1910.
The principal silver producers
were the mines at Tonopah, the
Nevada Wonder, the Rochester
Mines Co, Nevada Packard, Elko
Prince. Comstock properties, Vel
low Pine, and Nevada Hills. With
the improved price it was possible
to treat lowgrade ore, especially
at Tonopah, where the silver out
put decreased to about 100000
ounces from S.734,726 ounces in
1910. The Tonopah Belmont. To
nopah Extension each produced
more than 100000 ounces OF
liver as well as considerable gold
The Mexican mill at NirginiaCity
reated custom ore. largely from
he Union Consolidated mine. but
he bullion output OF the district
was much less.
The copper production OF Ne
ada increased TO nearly 10000
100 pounds in 1917, an increase OF
nearly 100000 pounds over that
II the previous year. The value
If the output increased from SIS
$3.50 to about S32,0O0,0O0. The
main copper producer, as former
". was the Nevada Consolidated
1t McGill. The company was mil
ing over 100000 tons of ore a
month and shipped a hrst-claSS
product. The production from
he smelter was somewhat less
han inl9l6.but the loss was more
han compensated for by the OPP
ration OF the Mason Valley plant
n Lyon County. \ large part OF
he ore treated came from the
Bluestone mine, large quantities
II copper ore were shipped to 9TH
r copper plants, especially from
he Yerington district in Lyon
County, the Santa Fe and Silver
Star districts OF Mineral County.
md from the Robinson district in
he vicinity OF Ely. The Copper
canyon Mining Co, in the Battle
Mountain district, made a large
output. The Consolidated Copper
Mines Co. at Ely, contributed a
arge quantity OF both crude ore
and concentrates. The mill was
-cmodeled and improved. and to-
ward the close OF the year treated
more than 600 tons a day
The production OF lead incrcas
ed from 25,627,27S pounds in 1910
TO over 28,0O0,OOO pounds in 1917.
The value of the output increased
from S1,708.072 TO about S2.537,-
800. The principal lead-producing
districts are the Phoebe OF Lincoln
County particularly the Prince
Consolidated Mine and the Yellow
Pine district OF Clark County. The
Bullion and Goodsprings Anchor
properties, in the Yellow Pine
district increased their output OF
lead. Considerable ore was min
ed at the Groom DrODprty IN