The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-09
NEVADA MINRRAL PRO-
DUCTION DECREASES

The value of the gold. silver. copper. |
lead and zinc mined In Nevada In 1919
was about 23,s34. 900 according to pre-
liminary figures compiled by Victor
C. Heikes. of the United States Geolo-
gical survey. department Of the In
terror. This Is a decrease of more than
so per cent from the output of 1919
when the mines produced S4s.52s.124.
The decrease was general. but in point
of value the largest decrease was that
IN conner which amounted to more than
e1s.114.000.
The goldSoutput Of Nevada decreased
from Ss.Sls,s37 in 1918 to about N.1ls.
600 in 1919, a decrease of about 20 per
cent. The Goldfield Consolidated has
for several years held the record OF
being the largest gold producer In Ne
yada, but in 1919 the company ceased
operation and the property was turned
over to the developing company The
output of gold from the Tonopah ais
trict was also decreased notably
amounting to only about $75s,OoO
against sl.2s7.745 in 1918.
The Elkoro mine, at Jarbridge was
the largest producer Of gold In the
state. Other mines that had an out
put of more than 100000 each were
the Nevada Consolidated, Fairview,
Round Mountain. Florence. Goldfield
and Consolidated Virginia. The White
Caps, Round Mountain. Elko Prince
Tonopah Extension. Ophir Silver and
Olympic mines also produced consider
able gold. There was a decided decree
ase in gold from the Seven Thoughts
and Rochester districts. The mines OK
the Comstock district were active
though their output of gold was some
what less than in 1918 when they pro-
duced S51s.154. In Clark county the
Techatticup mine produced much gold
as we'll as silver.
The mine production of silver de-
creased in quantity from 10,OOo.599
in 1918 to about 7,177.000 ounces In 1918
and in value from $1O.000,5ss to about
S7.sS2.OOO. About 3,o35,000 ounces OF
silver was produced in the Tonopah
district, where the principal contrib
utors were the Tonopah Belmont, To-
nopah Extension, Tonopah Mining and
West End Mines. Large quantities Of
silver also were produced by the Ne
vada Wonder. in Churchill county ant
the Rochester and Nevada Packard
properties in Pershing county. Smaller
outputs were made by the Yellow Pin'
Prince Consolidated, Elko Prince ant
several properties IT Virginia City
The Comstock district produced abou
100000 ounces and several propertie
at Rochester produced about $500
ounces. The Tonopah divide Minini
company in the Divide district shippe
considerable silver and gold.
The mine output of copper decrease
in quantity from 116.316,441 pounds 1
1918 to about 51.O0O.000 in 1919 and i
value from $2s.73O.161 to about $s.6l6'
900. The Nevada Consolidated at Ell
in White Pine County was the larges
producer and contributed more tha
3,5OO,O00 pounds of copper month
and the Consolidated mines In tn
same county, made notable, thoug
greatly reduced production. The Maso
Valley smelter, at Thompson In Lyo
county. was operated for only tw
months and shutdown and there result
ed decrease Of more than l,ooo,O'
pounds Of copper per month. In tn
season the Bluestone mine was lars
producer but the Nevada Douglas
was idle most Of the year. A con
paratively small output was made
Mineral and Lyon counties.
The mine output of lead decrease
in quantity from 23.316,534 pounds
1918 to about 1255s.000 pounds In 10
and in value from $1,655.474 to abo
$718,O00. The Prince Consolidated
Phoebe remained the largest lead pr
ducer of the state, and the Virsini
Louise, Combined Metals and Bla
Metals mines in the same district shi
ped considerable ore containing lea
In Clark county,the Yellow Pine mi
made a lead production second only
that of the Prince Consolidated a
the Good Springs Anchor mining col
pany shipped a rich lead concentra
At Eureka the Eureka Croesus a
lead concentrateEureka Holly col
pnies shipped much lead ora, but
Ward, in White Pine county the Ne,
da United mine had smaller outp
The Groom mine in Lincoln county
large shipper In 1918 was Idle.