The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-03
DECREASE IN METAL
81 MINING IN STATE
Loss fol 1919 Believed
Due to low Prices and
High Cost Of Labor

Yhe oulpul Of ire mlrep Of New
MFxIcn ~ u meniha Of 1919 and
fho raIiHnfeai output FOR December.
~ reported ~ charles W Henderson,
e. he United Ntates Geological sur
tNf. Departhteat Of the Interior,
Amounted 20 1tet,oeo N gold. Ios.see
oancea - sIlghr. assoc. 900 pounds o.
Iria t1.1eaopn pounds OF copper end
Je0t.0op pd4rda 81 zinc. np ROM
rlrsa with tNse.e91 in gold. Te4.a2l
tlaneoa Of aItef. $3.50. 1t0 pounds Of
lad. ~a4.1tt,th2 poonds Of copper.
and e4.o1n.4s4 pounds Of zinc IN
1918. Tte%t preliminary figures
saoeo ounces o. silver s.6oo.ooo
f,hnas q LEAD. f~G.ooo.ooc pounds Of
es1pcf. and $4,000. coo pounds OF
xanc. Al M mines except silver
mines mncrrf frum low pfirce Of
hpllal. and inkrcAaed prices Of labor
me dcorenSe IN The ou,pu, Of ali
lbfariung. Mille % the MoEoiion dis
tfict sacorrq county, produced tie9.-
gcn n weld lriid d1O.o0O ounces of
S silver a. cunlrarcd with fi1e.7io IN
euld and 5osthoe ounces ct silver In
19ia IN 1ata the Mogollon Mines
s~eppenys ~ was operated steadily.
soIbrany'a mli was closed April 4.
Ind operationh were not resumcd dur
inr the ypaf. The output OF gold
from tha AEiec mine. ut Badly, Colfnx
Jcounly. was nft % large In 1919 IS IN
1919. rhe ailiQnicnia 81 gold-bcaring
Enlceous coprtr orns frcm fordFburg
decrease In The shipments Of gold
bsarina ~ifpn-copper ores from Oro-
Esando. Tho San Pedro coppor-mnt-
ting plant We idle and was diaman-
lied during tbc year. Very little gold
or silver ore WA shipped from Pinos
Altos. The Whitesaks district con-
singed 70 produce gold from anal
~RasnatinG mHta
Copper has long been an import
Sat metal fgoSuet OF New Mexico.
and since optrntlcua were begun by
the Chino Copper company al Santa
Nita N tho tcEinninS OF 1910. tho
states output ol thir metal has been
large. Tie large decrease IN the out
put o. copper IN 1918 IL therefore
particularly Impressive. for the total
autput - oniH y little ihore than half
that IN 1918, In 1919 the Chino Cop
per compant's output was ~t3.es1.ooe
pounds, as compared with s~9.3f0,972
pounds IN 1915. Beginning In jan
uary. 1913, with an output less THIN
the average monthly output In 1919.
this company curtalled operations 10
MNAkAk ~ |LN viz "a - - -
Ing the rest Of the year, The Burro
Mountain 0ranch OF the Phelps Dodge
company, which In 1918 produced
b1.fts tOnA OF concentrates ayerag-
ing as per cent copper. was even
more seriously affected BY the drop
an the price OF copper ana suspended
milling operations early in the year
ana did mt resume. The copper
mating plant at San Pedro was not
IN operation In 1919 and was dis
mautled. The IS Mining company
AZ lordshrrg, made a large Increase
IN shipments Nv 1919. but shipped
crude ore yyntirely that year. as com
pared with concentrates and crude
ore In ISIS. The copper ore ship.
heavily.
The shipments or lead ore from
Rev Mexico decreased heavily. Hard.
~ any lead ore was shipped from
D Organ mountain district. and the
ehipmentH from the Central district
GRAFT county, and the Aagdaleua dis
fricf, hocofrO Courty, were less thar
~ 1913. AZ were also the shipments
from THE leea productive Cook Peak
and Nictofso district. Luna county.
The otisut Or zinc sulphide and
zine carbonate ores nkew'-e decreaH.
ID heavily The Ozark mill. at Kelly
vas operated only Ia an experimental
-Arf "'N tHN RtNftlAHh Hiys NJ iinVa
Altos. VAS operated for only a short
Tina The Hanover mill was not op.
Grated 20 W full capacity. Much les,
carbonate zinc ores were shipped
from Hanover. Kelly. and Cooks Peai
than IN 1913. The Republic com
psuy at Hanover, shipped a conHid-
cradle quantity OF high-Erade Kins
rllphide ores, The Grubnau Kinc o..
ide plant, at waldo. Santa Re county
built In 1911 continued oneraflon,
ate ores.
No Ennf In Tho Hrlii.h isle. /.