The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-17
INTERESTING DATA
ON 1919 NEVADA

The value OF the gold. silver. cop
per. lead and zinc mined In Nevada In
1918 was about sss.sa&.o0o. according
to the preliminary figures complied BY
Victor c. Heikes Of the United states
geological survey. department Of the
interior. This II . decrease Of over
s24.ss4.l2a. or more than SO per cen,
from the output of 1918. when the
mines produced sas.s2s.i24. The de-
crease was general. but in point OF
value the largest decrease was that In
copper. which amounted to. more than
s1s. .ii<.0o0.
The gold output of Nevada decreased
from es.sls.s37 In -siS to about 94.7ls,-
900 In 1919. q decrease Of about - per
cent The Goldneld Consolidated has
Tor several years held the record of
being the largest gold producer In Me-
vada. but in 1919 the company ceased
SEPARATIONS and the property was turn
ed over TO a developing company. The
output of gold from the Tonopah dis
trict also decreased notably. amount
ing to only about s75s.000. against 81
2s7.7i5 In 1918. The Elko mine, ut Jar
bidge. was the largest producer of gold
In the state. Other gold mines that
had an output of more than $500, 600
each We're the Nevada Consolidated,
Fairview-Round Mountain. Florence
Goldfisld and Consolidated Virginia.
The White Caps. Round Mountain, Elko
Prince. Tonopah Belmont, Tonopah Ex-
tension. Ophir Silver and Olympic mines
also produced considerable gold. There
was decided decrease in gold from
the Seven Troughs and Rochester dis.
tricts. The mines Of the Comstoch
district were active, though their out.
put OF gold was somewhat less than IL
1918, when they produced 351s,154. In
Clark county the Techatticup mine
produced much gold a. well a. silver
The mine production of silver de.
creased in quantity from l0,O00,5s.
ounces in 1918 to about 7,l77, 900 ounce.
In 1913 and In value from $40, ,OOO,5s9 e
about S7,s82,000. About 3,635,000 ounces
OF silver was produced In the Tonopal
district. where the principal contribu
to-s were the Tonopah Belmont. rono
peh Extension. Tonopah Mining ane
West End mines. Large quantities I.
atlver also were produced by the Ne
vada Wonder. In Churchill county, an.
the Rochester and Nevada Packar.
properties. in Pershing county. Small
er outputs were made by the yellow
Pine, Prince Consolidated, Elko Prime.
nnd several properties in Virginia CITY
Ehr Comstock district produced abou
E24v.". ounces. and several properttr
=. Jichester produced about $3.50,
ounces. The Tonopah Divide Afin;ns
COMPANY, Company. In the Divide DIS
trict, siirped ore to a custom mill an,
nr"cuccd considerable silver and gold
The mine output of copper decrease,
In quantity from 116,316,441 pounds IL
1918 to about 51.000.O0O pounds in 1s1.
and in value from s2s,73O,1sl to abou
ss,e1s.oo0. The Nevada Consolidated a
Ely. in White Pine county. was tn,
largest producer and contributed NOR,
than 3.500,O00 pounds of copper ,
month. and the Consolidated Copper
mines. in the same county, made ,
notable though greatly reduced PRO
duction. The Mason Valley smelter
at Thompson. In Lyon county. was op
Grated for only two months and tn
shutdown there resulted in a decreas
OF more than 100000 pounds Of COP
per per month. In this region tn
bluestem mine was large producer
but the Nevada Douglas was idle mos
OF the year. A comparatively smal
output was made in Mineral and Lyo,
counties.
The mine output Of lead decreased /,
quantity from 23,31s.534 pounds in 1871
to about 12.55s,000 pounds in 1919 an
in value from s1.655.474 to about s71S.
O0O The Prince Consolidated mine a
Phoebe remained the largest lead pro
ducer of the state and the Virgins
Louise, Combined Metals and Blacl
Metal mines. in the same district, ship
ped considerable ore containing leat
In Clark county the Yellow Pine min
made lead production second only I
that OF the Prince Consolidated and tn
kGoodsprings Anchor Mining Compan
shipped rich lead concentrate. A
Eureka the Eureka Croesus and Eu
reka Holly companies shipped muc
lead ore. but at Ward. in White Pin
county. the Nevada United mine had
smaller output. The Groom mine. \
Lincoln county. large shipper in 1s1,
was idle.
The mine output Of recoverable zin
decreased in quantity from 16,724,75
pounds In 1918 to about s,1S2.0O
pounds In 1919 and in value from 81.
521,s53 to about $5ss.s73. A large par
Of the output came from the Yellow
pine district. in Clark county, thous
there was distinct decrease from thI
region. The Consolidated Coppermine
in White Pine county made large shin
ments of zinc ore. resulting in q pro
duction considerably greater than tina
Of 1918.
Incomplete dividends declared b
Nevada mining companies for the firs
eleven months Of 1919 amounted I
S3,3N,1SS. The principal contributor
were the Nevada Consolidated, Tono
pah Extension, Tonopah Belmont, TO
nopah Mining. West End Nevada Won
der. Nevada Packard and Fairview
Round Mountain companies.
Mrs. Pitts Entertains Five Hundred
Mrs. William H. Pitts entertained tn