Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-10


of the Interior. produced ss,7soooo in
gold, 5,40O. 900 ounces OF silver. 2O,6Oo,ooo
pounds of lead, 3, 100000 pounds of
copper, and 100000 pounds of zinc,
having a total valuo of Sl3,6Is,SOO as
compared with the total value OF S2i,
S9S,974 in 1920. These figures show
decrease of $7s6,300 for gold, 1856
lead, 343 900 pounds for copper, ana
As, 3s0, 900 pounds for zinc.
The Leadvillo and Durango lead
copper snelters did not operate all
their furnaces. The Pueblo lead-cop--
per smelter continued operations until
the flood of June when the plant was
closed. The United States Zinc COM
pany's zinc oxide plant at Blende was
operated until June 3, when 1t closed.
but 1t was rcoponed in December TO
treat stock ore and small shipments
from Leadville. The Ohio Zinc COM
pany's zinc plant and the Empire 1ino
company's zinc ovide plant (new IN
1920 and its zinc-lead-pyrite separa-
tion mill. all at Canon City, were idle.
The River 8. e.. r. company's mating
and volatilizatiion plant for the treat
ment OF zinc-lead-coppero ores at FLOR
ence was idle until December, when It
reopened on stock ores. The WeSern
Zinc Oxide company at Leadvtlle op-
early part OF tho year and then closed
until November. Tho General Chemi-
cal company's sulphuric acid plant at
Denver used Colorado pyrite-silVcr
ores during tho first half OF tho year.
and afterward used birthstone,
Teller County Cripple Crecl0. after
the setback OF 1920, experienced RI
vlvnl In 1891. owing to the return o,
many former lesseec, who commenced
operations on dumps and began to de-
velop former producing properties, but
the results wore not apparent in the
output. which was $4300.cO0 In gold In
1921, as compared with S,s23,ses In
1920 Tho Golden Cycle roast-cyani-
dalton mill at Colorado Springs was
operated continuously, IS was the
Portland Independence cyanidation-
concentration min at Victor. The Lin
coin cyanidation mill near Cripple
Croek was operated for time.
Ieadvtllc, ono OF tho oldest and m lost
persistently producing districts In
Colorado, which mines many kinds of
ore and shows great fluctuation in
production according to changes In tho
prices OF metal. was affected sertously
by tho low prices of lead and zinc. Tho
lhe1 eold-silver mtno WAS operated
continuously but with reduced forces
Tho Yak mine continued development
and made shipments OF silver-iron orc
II Is proposed TO equip the old Yak
mill building with new machinery, In
Guiding that for flotation to treat tho
lead zinc-iron sulphide ores OF the
Yak properties Tho Penrose minc
continued operations, The new drain
age adit to open Canterbury Hill made
some progress In 1921. The A. v.
smelter operated three furnaces thru
out the year. but tho Western Zinc
Oxide plant was idle part OF tho year.
Shipments of silver ore wero made
from the Sugar Loaf district. Tho
Derry dredgc at Box Creek. below
Twin Lakes, a staady producer since
1915. was operated only a few months.
San Miguel county materially in-
creased its output of gold and silver
At Telluride there was persistent de-
ve,opment OF milling ores and steady
operation OF tho Smugglcr Union mill.
which was augmented by tho compile
tion OF the concrete flotation mill to
take place OF the one destroyed by f!rc
In 1920. Tho Tombcy's flotation mill
(uew In 1890 was operated steadily.
and tho Liberty Bells sysnidation mill
continued operations until November.
when tho mill was CLOSED and final
cleanup made. The Belmont-wagncr
property, near Telluride, also contri-
buted to the output of San Miguel
county and operations were resumed In
the Ophir distrlct-
Three dredgcs at Breckenridge and
small hydraulic operations yielded
500 900 in placer gold, as compared
with a37i,o0 from four dredses in 1870,
but tho zinc minc OF tho wellington
company. for many years the principal
producing property in Summit county,
was idle in 1921. Some development
work was done at Eokomo.
After several years testing OF placer
t~1
Fairplay, Park county, on tho hull of
a dredge. and an order was placed for
machinery. to be delivered In the spring
of 1922. Tho London mino continued
to ship gold orc from the upper levels,
and q cross-cut tunnel 1000 feet lower
than tho present workings was almost
completed by the end of 1921.
The production of San Juan county
was very small, owing to tho low price
OF load and zinc. Tho Sunnysido mine
and mill, which made heavy output
OF lcad-silver- gold and nc-silvcr-gold
concentrates in 1890. was Idle In 1921.
Production in Ouray county was
confined chiefly to tho operations Of
tho Atlas. Mountain Top, Hidden
Treasure, and Barstow mines.
Gilpin and Clear Creek counties both
showed decreases in production. At
Black Hawk the old Polar Star ANAL
gamation mill was operated intcrmit-
tently on gold ores. and tho Midwest
mine shipped silver ores, The milk at
Idaho Springs were not active. The
Burleish mill at silver Plume was op-
Grated successfully on dump ores. Some
small shipments of lead and zinc con-
centrates were made from tho Wasatch
mill.
Development work in tlnsdale
county silver mines continued opera
ton.
The Hope company. a local organza-
tiou at Aspen, on Castle Creek, after
driving n cross-cut ndtt for eight
years, struck the contact at depth
of 200 foot below tho surface and
shipped several cars OF good grade
silver ora. The Park company, in