Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-07-22
1920 GOLD
 OUTPUT INCREASED
 COPPER DECREASED

The metal output of Arizona will probably be less in 1921 than for many years, according to V. c. Heikes, ot the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. In Jan uary, February and March copper was
 being produced at the rate of about 35, ,OOO, ,O0O pounds a month instead or
 about 46,O00,000 pounds a month as
 in 1920. In April, however, the mar ket for copper was so poor that most of the large producers of copper stopped mining and smelting ore. AS
 copper is the metal produced most
 largely in Arizona, the production ot
 the associated metals will be cores
 pondingly decreased. The'copper pro
 duced in Arizona amounted to 55S,-
 256 1902 pounds in 1920, valued at
 s1O2,719, ,16O, against 53S, 1O0,S44
 pounds in 1919, valued at $100,O86,757.
 Under present conditions it will be
 surprising if Arizona produces 2OO,-
 OOO .OOO pounds of copper in 1921. The
 nlant of the Consolidated Arizona
 Smelling Co. at Humboldt was closed
 in December, 1920, and the smelters
 at Douglas, Clifton, Hayden, Miami,
 and Globe were closed in April or
 May. 1921. In the Verde district the
 limited Verde Extension smelter was
 closed in May and the United Verde 1 ssmelter was being operated to oniy .f.part capacity. .. :. ..~.
 The value of the output of gold in
 Arizona in 1920 was, ,$4,7s6,122, an in
 crease from $4,506,413 in 1919. In
 1920 the United Eastern and the Tom Reed mines at Oatman produced about ] 5s per cent of the total gold or the
 State. In 1921 these mines are keep
 inc up their remarkable records, SC
 that the probable decrease in the out
 put of gold in Arizona will be que largely to the closing of the copper
 mines and smelters. The copper ore'
 of Douglas and Jerome contain con,
 siderable gold and Silver, but those o' Ray, Miami, and Clifton contain httif
 of these metals.
 The output of silver in 1920 wa WI
 5.355 1903 ounces, valued at S5'eS''zA'
 an increase from 5,266,6O5 ounces valued at s5,S98,5 ,598, in 1919. A larg decrease in the output of silver can D 2, expected in 1921, as most of the sli yer produced in Arizona comes iron copper ore and lead ore, the productlo .. of which has been greatly reduced , The price of silver has stimulate nroduction at several of the old sll !, yer camps, especially at Tombstone :. in Cochise county. The shipment c
 ore from the Bunker Hill mines ,. Tombstone continued during the firs , three months of 1921, but later tn Q output was continued during the flr' f three months of 1921, but later tf
 output was, reduced owing to the elo' e ing of the smelters at Douglas. 0 June arrangements were made ft d shipping this ore to El Paso, N D. Much silver ore and tailings were als s being shipped from the Common f wealth mine at Pearce. d . The output of lead in 1920 was l4 ( 355. .929 pounds, an increase from II e 2O3,o7S pounds in 1919. The price a lead decreased from cents poul Y in 1920 to about 4.6 cents early 'r 1921, The Shattuck Arizona Mimi
 Co.,, which shipped much lead co " centrate to Fl Paso in 1920, was Id - early in 1921, and the output of le' 'r ore from other properties was sma .p J. The Arizona Hillside mine, in Yav ,s pal County, the only producer of zl n 70 ore in 1920, was idle in 1921.
 s Dividends were paid in the i'll e e five months, of 1921 by the Unit ~ss = Eastern, Phelps Dodge, Miami, Cal ~ met & Arizona, United Verde, a ND United Verde Extension companies