The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-02
VALUE OF STATES
NINE PRODUCTS IS
2S MILLION YEARLY
Report Of Geological Survey for
1918 Shows Decrease Over Pig.
ures for Last Year, for All
Metals.

The output Of the mines Of New
Mexico fur the first ~ months 0f
tDlF and the estimated output for
ncccmbOr. as reported Ly Charles W
u,ndern . VI the United States Geu.
logical survey. department OF the IN
terror. amounted 10 fdsi.0 900 In gold.
sfs ouncts of silver. 100000 ppundf
Of Lad. e~s,sz0o09 pounds Of copper
aud $4,000. Neg pounds ~ ., soyerahlt
zine. valued In an ~ t2s,s25.ooo a.
compared with ~fi.OGT.9Go M gold,
itEf.tsG ounces Of silver. 9.s0i.0oo
pounds Of lead. toi.tes.00 pounds Of
copper and ao.2C0.0 900 pounds 81
zine with q total value n fafsss. fGt.
in 1915. These preliminary figures
this show decreases Of $4,000 ir
gold. $4,000 ounces In silyet. $4,000
pounds lu lead 1000. zoe pounds in
copper aud 100000 pounds in nnc
The decreased output o. gold and
silver wrre general throughout The
state Mills oil the Mogoiion district.
socorro county. yielded tiit,sts iu
gold and $4,000 ounces Of silNer
compared with te5s.G2e in gold AMI
sss. uou ounces silver 100000 poundt
district In 1919 yielded ~ts1J.ots 20
gold aud iUQA.fS3 ounces 81 silver
H. 1915 the min % the Mugolion
Mines company wa operated steadily
but the new mili % the socUrro Min
iur q Milling company. built 20 re-.
place ihai destroyed hy nre on oc'
iob.r 90. 1917. WIS put in operation
be- Aurrsf Hnd mn until OCTOBER ],
when operations we're suspended ur
account OF the influenza epidemic
miilluE WIS resumed November IS
Tho output OF sold from tho Aztec
minr at nHidt ColuN county, was not
~ large o. iu 1917 The 4 "i
gold bearing ulirtuua copper Ore 9t
t~ordahurs WIS less han ln 1917, a.
waH a'sa inc Weld 81 tho roli bear
inH copper ores Of ororrundc
The San Pedro copper. mating plant
m Hlntu lr county VAS operated f1i
anlf three months Boz 1919 The pro.
duet ~ this plant rnrrics both gold
and s.iNsr Tho gold production from
tI"nH Altos decreased aud there wlH
only a small yield OF sold from White
tnhs Lincoln county hut q small az.
iiuru Geo ths gold output WAS made
hY the new HmuirH nation mills -
Iafsofs nud NoEai aiHo in Lincoln
county
COPPER tho principal mct,l product
uf Sew Mtkltu. is produced Boo Hrt-
rfit DISTRICTS Tho greater pant OF
81 uHiput comes from the Chino
copper ,Umplu'a Tow gfnds Cuppff
deposits at santa itita The ore b.
INN|NfA gu lNNNNNNH ~ q NNNAf VIZ NNNN
csutrarur.l iuintion plant IN tPti
pounds compared with sJaaf.is2
pouuiH iu 1915 Tho nurro Noun
tam tupprt cumpani'a operations ai
Tyrone Ntur continuous ThiH cuui.
pHuNH concentration mill began oper.
niipns ai rrll opacity June Z. 1919
purinE thr ycar d fiotsiion plant wss
SET iu operation ~ Tho Eighty -Fls,
mine shipments Of copper ore from
tho NaHdnlenn distrirt Socorrn IN
~ which hal been large IN 1918
vor, less iu 1911 The Apache mino
~ ilFchI'Hs thc prorrnndo district tn
pttrn county. nuu In GaroCItp dis
irlt'. near irh1lls also contributed
some copper
Lead ores were shipped from tho
Central tui Stssplernrk districts
Grant ouuty, aud The Cooks Peak aud
Nicturto districtH Luna county con.
siderable quantities OF Lead carbonate
ef to De- shipped from Kelly Socorro
e." 'tY, and duuuH u part ct the wear
lr was shipped from the Organ
mountains district bona Ana county
Tho lead smrltcr ~ pemtug destroy.
Cd by Tire 100 october. 1917 was not
rebuilt.
decreased shipments 81 E,u car.
houutr % zlnc sulphiiss ores we're
made iu 1915 ~ Kelly. Sororro
county, the principal producing mines
were Tho Kelly, Graphic ana Junnitp
The 0HHfk min vas operated steadily
hui tho kell, mill was not in opera
ior A. Hanover Eiur carbonate owes
were shipped from tho Empire zinc
Mines uWi others N zinc aulphids
concentrates wcfp shipped from th,
Hanover magnetic separation mill
The cleveland magnetic separation
mill ~ ritos Altos. was ops rated
steadily but 90 70 reduced Nicld o.
S0ufrwhsr fNn carlisle mill. boz iI,
StpyplcHnrk district, Grant county.
wns agn|n set lu operation, and Nh,
lrnl concentrates were shipped. but
'nn zinc concentrates we're stored
Sulphius ores ln considerable uuHnNs
tics we've shipped FROM too Nruuhu,
mime - Ununtrr and several lots of
girr ~ulph dr concentrates were shin.
ped froW mo isnrlN Mountain mill
~ t,rrilDs Zinc ,trhouutH ore.
we've sh|pprl fruW IIs MarlulruH
li1uo,.f and looks poHk disirictf
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