Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-19
PRODUCTION OF LEAD
AND ZINC FALLS OFF
Rcord for 1918 Shows n Decrease
Of Nearly one Hundred
Thousand Tons.
IMPORTS SHOW INCREASE
Oklahoma. Kansas Operators iook
for n Runy season aud for
BETTER i'ri,vs.

the mine output of lead and Elnc In
mo United states In 1918, according
10 statement complied by G. u.
Hicbenthal of the United states geo
logical survey. department of tho In
terror, from the reports ana r-ii-
mates 10y prOdurvra OF foreign ana
domestic commerce. The output OF
soft lead by the mines uf the MiHslH'
sippi valley and eastern states Was
about 2bO. 600 HhoN tons. ana that of
orgontiforouA lead by mines ~ the
western states was about $4,000
tons. total ~ 6G3O0O tonH com
pared To 2fg,0sG tons ana 3is,liO
tons respectively ana a total of b5l,.
l66 tons IN 1911. ~ decrease Of
nearly 100 600 tons The dcCrense In
output OF domestic lead waA partly
made up from hn Increase In inl'
ports OF lead In ore and bullion, par
tlcularly from canada ana Mexico,
which are estimated at ltiO0 tons
and $500 tons. respectively, against
b,ss7 tons and o2,ssi tons In 1917.
The recoverable kinc content of
ore mined In 1918 was about G2f. 900
tons compared With 7ii,iy2 tons IN
1911. Tho output Of the eastern
states was 127,0OO tons. OF the cen.
trl states about 2p7 7.ooo tons. and OF
tho western states about 100000
compared with ibb.iss tons. si0,t7i
tons and stb.6ba tons by tbose divl.
SonH In 1917. Tho output Of tho
central states fell Off prop0rtfonately
leas than that Of tho other sections.
Montana apparently had tho largest
output with 10000 tons. ana Now
Jersey and Oklahoma were next with
about 100000 tons. The imports Of
sinc IN orc fell of from 73.t70 tons
In 1917 TO $4,000 ton. In 1918. Tho
rins content OF imports from Mex
leo decreased from tbsp7 tons In
1911 to 1900 tons In 1918.
Itcsinrd Icad.
Tho production OF primary do
nestle desiivsrixcd lead In 1913 was
about $4,000 short tons, Of soft lead
about 2i0.b00 tons, and of dcsilvcr-
inedised soft lead absut <T.000 tuns.
making q total output from domestic
ores OF about B<i,6O0 tons of refined
lead, compared with btp,sss tons In
1917, made up 6 l0is1s tone OF
dcsilverised lead. is1,7ssb tons of
soft lead and Bs.<si tons Of dssilver-
lssd soft lead. Ths output OF lead
smsited and refined from foreign ore
add bullion wac about es,boo TINS.
compared with sa.Sis tons In 1917.
The total Of lead smslted or refined
tn the United States was thus about
sss.ooo tons. compersd with si1.ii<
%.n Hn: !" ~. a r.: n: ssSSs2,o" o. tom. cn
against is.s<1 tons In 1919. The
exports Of lead and foreign origin
wsrs about $4,000 tons and of lead
u domestic origin sbout $500 tons.
CONS pared with <1.iso tons and Sc.
toe tone respectively. In 1917. The
quantity of lsad available for oon-
eutuptton IN this country wao about
B<0.0ee tons, compared with sib.-
eeo IN 1917. In both years soms Of
The available lead was thipped
abroad for use ofthe American en-
peditionary forcA but such ship-
n,sats are not rsoordsd ~ sxportA
Ths. average price OF lead ~ New
York was ~ cents q pound. ~ com-
gar.d with an avsr~ss value Of 90
sprltsr ryuAsctio~.
The production of primary speitsr
from domestic orss IN 1918 wpp about
$1,000 tons. and from foreign ores
about $500 tons. . total Of bfb.soo
tons. compared with ss<ysf tons Of
domestic ores ana a<,s7e foreign.
and = grand total. Of esS,57s tons IN
1917. OF the output oS domestic
speiter over $4,000 tons consisted of
sleutroiytio ppcitsr. including some
tha, yAsrsfinsd from prime western
TNs srporss OF spel,sr made from
foreign ores was about $4,000 Sons
and Of the spsitsr from domestic
ores 1880 tons, compared with ss.-
Of domestic spsltsr IN 1917, The de-
:. grease In exports and the incrsasN In
hpparent consumption Ia accounted
Tor by the shipments for uss Of the
American expsditionary foroc, which
are not recorded M exports and
hence appear ~ domestic consump-
ton.
Al tho end Of November fss,oss
retorts wore In operation at pisnts
having n total of $4,000 retorts
The average quotation for prime
western \spslter at It, Louis wAs .
cents . popnd, compared with 40
cents a pound Ia 1917,
In his report OF tho purchass os
noW-ferrous metals by the unhed
b'ates navy during ths fiscai year
that ended on June 80, isis. I, Ia
shown by Rear Admiral McGowun,
head Of the bureau Of supplies and
accounts. that tho amount Of sinc
used was <b.si0,tas pounds with q
total value Of Ss,ss7.sSi.
Mining Situation Cleartus.
Tho mining situation In the Kan
sss- Oklahoma field ID apparently
clearing somewhat At tho present
time. and operators generally are
anticipating a gradual tightening up
OF prices In the very near future Al
this ume n IN belicved there N less
than ono weeks production OF sino
ore In tho bins Of ths operahora
In late November ther~ was q
strenuous effort made to curtaii the
production of zinc. but tho OPERATOR
were unable 90 get together and at
one timc. within the past weeks.
there was n surplus OF som ~ hing
hke 5000 tons OF ore In tho bins
Approximately as3Oo tons were
taken by the ore buyers during De.
cemher aa against n production of
approximately 1000 tons. u is be.
licved. whom thu week started, that
The ore on hand would be practically
cleaned ug when the week enda
The lcW prices offered, tho holt
days and bad weather werc perhaps
the cause Of tho curtailu,eut of PRO
duction during D~ccmber In this
Held. Some of the mos, important
mines closed down for the hon-
days.
THsc Devil Lost Out.