Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-08-09
MINES AND M|N|Ne
INFORMATION

The high price Of silver and the
discovery Of rich goid-silver ore in !
the Divide region in Esmefalda Coo,
the Divide region, in Esnaefalda Co.
interest inNevada. 1t is not probable,
however, that the output Of gold and
silver in 1918 will be exceeded inloi9, I
and it is clearly certain that the out
put OF copper, lead and zinc win be
much less, according to v C.Heikes,
OF the United States Geoiosicaf Sur
vey, Department Of the Interior.
COLD.
Gold is found in all the counties in
the State, but most Of the output
comes from mines in Esnneralda and
Nye counties. The output from the
Goldfield district, formerly the larg-
est producer, has been rapidly grow
ing less from year to year. The pro.
duction in 1917 was$l, o00,082, and in
1918 it was only about 60 per cent
of that amount In 1919 the Cold
field Consolidated is being worked by
leasing company, and rich ore has
been opened up in the Florence mine
at Goldfield. The output OF gold
from Tonopah is not decreasing SO
rapidly. The district was credited
with $l,539,529 in 1917 and about 80
per cent OF that amount in 1918. There
was some improvement in the produc-
ton of gold from the Comstock re-
gion in 1918 over 1917, and it is hoped
that the total will be upheld in 1919,
| for the price of the associated silver
| is much better. In Elko county the
Elko Prince continues to be All inn.
portant producer, and the Elkorti
mine, at Jarbridge, became large
producer in 1918, and has prospects
| of greater yield in 1919. In Mineral
county the Olympic and Aurora
mines were productive, but the Au-
| rora was closed at the end OF 1918.
| Much gold comes from the copper
ore OF the Nevada Consolidated prop
| erty at Ely, but the shipments from
| this source were curtailcd in the first
hal3 of 1919
SILVER
| The output of silver in Nevada has
been decreasing during the last few
years. lp -l9lz it. was li,160960
eaneesr and 10 l9Aees ifs vas slaacnts 4
naiEaoa ounces less. Mines of the.
Tonopsi, district produced 8,734.726
ounces in 1916, 7,068.737 ounces in
1912. and about COOS, 600 ounces inl9l8
The Tonopair Extension mines arc
are maintaining good production, but
the Shipments from the district indi-
cate a. general decrease. The ship
ments from the Comstock district
nray improve somewhat in 1919, as
rich ore has been opened at depth.
The mis,es at Rochester produced
| 70o,87l ounces of silver in 1917 and
slightly more in 1918. There has
been decided boom at the Divide
| Camp, where much ore similar to that
at Tonopaa, has been developed.
1t is hoped that this discovery may
III the future offset the decreasing
gold and silver production OF other
camps in Nevada. At present from
2G0 to 400 tons OF milling ore is be-
ing shipped ejsch week
COPPER
The production of copper in Nevada
was l22,794,704 pounds in 1917 and
about l05.000O00 pounds in 1918.
There will be decided decrease in
the output of copper in 1919, as the
Mason Valley Smelter was closed
i'll February and the Nevada Consoli-
dated Co. curtailed its output about
80 per cent. The Mason Valley
plant produced about 100000 pounds
a month in 1918, and only 100000
pounds in January and February 1919.
The output of copper OF the Nevada
Consolidated was reduced from
100000 pounds month in 1918 to
less than 100000 pounds a. month in
1919. The shipments from Yering-
ton and Santa Fe districts were also
greatly reduced
LEAD AND ZINC
The output OF lead in Nevada de-
creased from 27,677, ,o28 pounds in 1917
to about 2l,00O.OOO pounds in 1918.
As the price of lead is reduced and
the shipments from the Yellowstone
district are smaller there will prob
prbaably be a decrease in 1919.
Heavy shipments continue from the
Prince Consolidated mine at Phoebe,
in Lincoln County, and the Virginia
Louise has become 4 considerable
producer.
The output OF zinc decreased from
23,3O7, 1868 pounds in 1917 to about
100000 pounds in 1919. Most of
the ore containing zinc comes from
the Ycllowpine district. where ship
ments of both lead and zinc ore are
only about half those of 1918. Zinc
concentrates were stored at the Vel
-lowpine property and new machinery
was BEING nlaced in The mill h,,;fs1;ru