Tombstone epitaph., 1919-01-26
PAGE SIX
ARIZONA NINE OUT
PUT FOR THE YEAR 1918

The outpu; OF god silver. copper
lead and Inc from Arizona mines in
1918. according 20 the estimate OF Vie
tor c. heikcs. Of the United States
Survey. Departures: OF the Interior
had a total value CT about sa05.5O0. 0c0.
an increase of sS.sOo.o9o. There were
decided increases in both the copper
and the gold in Arizona during the
close TO the production OF 1917. but the
lead was only half as much. and the
zinc ;el! 10 very small production.
Arizona was fortunGte in being prac-
fically free from strikes and all the
smelling plants were active during
the year
The production Of gold from Ari-
IONA mines increased from s5.o53.la5
in 1917. 20 sbou, s5.55l.oco in 1915.
This was an increase of about $500
900 in spite o: the increase in the COS;
of supplies AMI the difficulties in pro
curing men for labor A large part %
the gold was obtained from the smel;-
ing % copper ores. the tonnage Of
which was increased markedly dur.
ing the year. bu; nearly half CT Ari-
1ona's total soli CU'.-, was Cue 20
The cyanidation of gold ores in the
San Francisco district, OF " have
county, Wac,;n as the Oa;,nan region.
The United Eastern remained by far
the largest : Did producer o: the state.
and tie Tom Reed cona-uei 10 sup
ply notable gold output The Gold
Road i.@e YVES not productive, and
;hc cu:pu; q: The Copper Chic: n tn
Verde di-.ri-; fas much less.
The mine ou;pa: Of silver decreased
slightly. from 6.s2S.912 ounces in
1917 II about 6,,.7.g1l ounces in 1918.
On auc1un; Of the increase in the
price o: silver the value OF the out
put Increased from s5.75i.7ii to about
s6.56e.oJo |; IS probable that The
sigh; decrease in quantity resulted
from deere e IN shipments Of lead
ore. which contains considerable sill
yer The increase in the copper out
put came partly from ores which con
tain little or no silver. such as the
New Cornelia. at Ajo.
The mine outpu; OF copper increas-
ed from 712.l66ssl pounds in 1917 TO
nearly 10 100000 in 1915 In spite Of
This increase OF nearly 65.0"o, goo
pounds n quantity. the value of the
Ouipu. decreased from slSi.4z1.56l in
1917 - little over 1892 100000 in
1918. a. the average price OF copper
decreased from 27.3 cents = about
si.15 cents a pound Aside from the
steady operation OF the copper plants
of Arizona two OF the main features
contribu,sl 10 the llr-e- copper pro
dnc.;on were The blowing in O: til
new c0.Ter smelter 0: the United
Verde Extension company a: Verde
near jerome. and the continuous OF
GRAFTON uf the teaching plan; CT the
New Cora-,ia Al Ajo. Another decii-
ed increase resulted from The hterna-
iional plan; a; Miami. which treats
concentrate from the aspiration
property In Greenlee county the
plants OF the Shannon. Arizona Copper
and Detroit returned to normal out
puts after the strikes OF 1917.
Ike mine production OF lead in Ari-
zora decreased from 23.465.ii5 pounds
in 1917 to less than 13.cC0.G10 pounds
IN 1918 The value Of the output de-
cerased from s2.O1s.O2s 10 abou; $3.50
900. One OF the main reasons for the
decrease in leas as well as in zinc. was
the idleness OF the Tennessee mine in
Mohavp county As there were very
few shi- --sz.s OF zinc ore or lead
zinc org. re lead from residues was
considerably less. Most OF the lead
came from the Copper Queen and
Shattuck-Ari properties in Co
chise county.
The output OF recoverable zinc de-
creased from 20.ss4. $50 pounds in
1917 to about 1900. 900 pounds in 1918.
The value decreased from over 81
sOo. 900 to about S15l.000. The Co.
Fonda mine. in the wallapi district
Mohaye county. formedy a large pro-
e1ucer. xas closed. and the Tennessee
smine. which produced lead-zinc mill
ing ore, was practically worked out
and sold 70 the Schuylkill Mining
company. which owns adjoining grond.
considerable zinc shipments came
from the Duauesne property. in Santa