Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-01-11
]. A. MCCARTHY. Publisher


United States Geological Survey, Department OF
the Interior The decrease general, but the
output OF copper and lead unusually small. as
result OF the poor market and lower prices for
these metals. No zinc ore was marketed
The output Of gold i'll Nevada decreased from
S5.5o6.72S in 1920 to about S5,3+00OO in 1921. The
output from the Tonopah district decreased from
05o,9So in 1920 to about SoS2,OO0 i'll 1921, &C
count Of labor strike which interrupted operations
from April to August The production OF the
Godfeld district also decreased from S155.7S0 in
1920 to about S1Oo.750 i'll 1921. The Elkoro mine
at arbidge the largest producer OF gold in 1921,
and the Tonopah Belmont and West End mines
ranked next The gold produced from copper ore
was much less than in 1920 on account OF the
closing Of the mill OF the Nevada Consolidated
Copper Company in April Other mines that
made an output OF gold valued al more than $780,
COO each were the Consolidated Virginia Round
Mountain, Tonopah Extension. Rochester Silver.
Tonopah Mining. Nevada Consolidated, Elko Prince
Gold Canyon. and Olympic \ large increase in
the output OF gold made by the Gold Canyon
Dredging Company. OF DAYTON which operated a
large drcdSe throughout the year. In Lander
County, the Iiomestake pacers produced consd-
cradle gold. In Clark county the 1echatticup
mine idle but rich shipped from the
Duplex mine There was much activity in the
Comstock district. especially in development work
but the output Of both gold and silver was slightly /
less than that OF 1920 The Rochester district up
held its production. though the Nevada Packard
idle part OF the year
The mine production OF silver decreased i'll quaint
ity from 7,745 0o3 ounces in 1920 about 6O55 900
The large mines OF the 1onopah district produced
about 1881 eco ounces OF silver i'll 1921 against
4Sl6O55 ounces in 1'20 The largest producers in
ID H.. Il
nopah Extension Tonorah Mining and Rochester
Silver Mines. Large quantities OF silver also
produced by the tronpah Divide. Lcadvillc Conso-
dated Virginia Nevada Packard, Comstock Leas-
ing, Montana Tonopah and lin Butler mines
Every effort was made. especially at Tonopah, toI
take advantage Of the Pttman price OF silver but
the strike at Tonopah and Divide prevented an in
creased output Rich silver ore was mined and
developed in many camps in 1921. The most
prominent Silver Horn. Lincoln Coutv: Ar
gentle. klondyke. fornsilver and Divide Esmer-
aida County and San Antoine. Nve County In
Barcelona district, Nye Count the Consolidated
Spanish Belt Silver Mining Company operated a
mill in November.
The mine output OF copper decreased i'll quantity
from 5055o,763 pounds in 1920 to about 5,0O0I
pounds in 1921. and in value from So, 502 900 to,
S1.056.0C0. The Nevada Consolidated mine at
Ely. in White Pine County. the largest pro-
ducer of copper, though the mining OF the grade
discontinued in April. The Ruth mine
produced large quantity OF iirst-cass copper ore.
which was placed IN stock at the smelter The
property OF the Consolidated Copper Mines was idle
and little copper mined in other parts OF the
state
The mine output OF lead decreased in quantity
from p 2o3,700 pounds in 1920 to about 7SO3,0O0l
pounds III 1921, and in value from Sl.7Ol 900 toI
about S35o0OO. The mines OF the Yellowpine dis
trict, Clark County. practically idle and the
Prince Consolidated mine in the Phoebe district was
active only about three months Most of the lead
ore came from the Bristol Silver. Prince Console
dated and Virginia Louise at Phoebe; the Eureka
Holly. Eureka Croesus and Richmond Eureka, at
Eureka; the Lcadvile mine Gerlach; and the
Spruce Monarch south of Tobar. Mill operations
were started at the Simon mine in Mineral county.
No zinc mined in Nevada in 1921 though
the production OF zinc was 1CooS.ObO pounds i'll
l9zo 1t was not profitable to ship zinc ore to
eastern shelters account OF II, high freight rate
and the decreased price of zinc. The CONSOLE
dated Copper Mines. Ely, and ii, mines at Good
springs, large zinc producers in ~ TO- were idle in
1921
The dividends declared by Nevada mining COM
panes tor the first eleven months of L 81 amounted
to Sh4lo,3@. The principal contrbut ors were the
lonopah Extension, Rochester Svcr. Tonopah
Belmont and Tonopah MINING ca rnDani IS