The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-16

OF rich gold-silver ore In
tho Divide region in Esmeralda
county have added materially to the
interest in mining in Nevada. 1t is
not probable, however. that the out
put of gold and silver in 1918 will
be exceeded in 1919. and it is
nearly certain that the output of
copper, lead and zinc will be much
less." according to v. c. Heikes of
the United States geological survey
in his report on midyear conditions
of metal mining in Nevada.
The report of conditions in full
follows:
Gold is found in. all the counties
of the state. but most of the output
comes from the mines in Esmeralda
and Nye counties. The output from
the Goldfield district, formerly the
largest producer. has been rapidly
growing less from year to year. The
production in 1917 was $1,900,0S2,
and in 1918 it was only about 50
per cent of that amount. In 1919
the Goldfield Consolidated is being
worked by leasing company, and
rich ore has been opened in the
Florence mine, at Goldfield. The
output of gold from Tonopah is rot
so rapidly. The district
was credited with $1,o39,529 in
1917 and about so per cent of tAat
a:nonn, In 1918. Tnere was aorie
Improvement in the production nf
sold from the Comstock rcgion in
1913 over 1917. and it is hoped that
the total will be uphei in 1879. for
the price for the associated silver is
mach better. In Eiko county tn
Elko Prince continues to be an i'm
portant producer, and the Elkoro
mine, at Jarbidge, became large
producer in 1918, and has pros
poets of a greater yield in 1919. In
Mineral county the Olympic and
Aurora mines were productive, but
the Aurora was closed at the end
OF 1918. Much gold comes from
the copper ore of the Nevada Con-
solidated property at Ely, but the
shipments from this source were
curtailed in the first half of 1919.
Silver
The output of silver in Nevada
has been decreasing during the last
few years. In 1917 it was 1863
969 ounces and in 1913, it was
about a million ounces less. Mines
of the Tonopah district produced
s,734,726 ounces in 1916, 1905
7s7 ounces in 1917, and about g.
OOO, 700 ounces in 1918. The To-
nopah- Belmont, West End and To-
nopah Extension mines are main
tanning good production, but the
shipments from the district indicate
a general decrease. The shipments
from the Comstock district may i'm
prove somewhat in 1919, as rich
ore has been opened at depth. The
mines at Rochester produced 799,-
S71 ounces of silver in 1917 and
slightly more in 1918. There has
been a decided boom at the Divide
camp, where much ore similar to
that at Tonopah has been devel-
oped. 1t is hoped that this dis
covery may in the future offset the
gold and silver produc-
tion of other camps in Nevada. At
present from 200 to 400 tons of
milling ore is being shipped each
week.
Copper
The production of copper in Ne
yada was 122,794,704 pounds in
1917 and about los, 100000 pounds
In 191SZ There will be decided
decrease in the output oY copper in
1919, as the Mason Valley smelter
was closed in February and the
Nevada Consolidated company cur
tailed it's output about 80 per cent.
The Mason Valley plant produced
about 100000 pounds month in
1918. and only 100000 pounds a
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