The border vidette., 1922-01-14
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
Output of Arizona Mines During 1921
 TwentJ-Six Million Dollars.

1o-l, dCCOIdib tO IuS SN' lul9 9 eS of V. c. Heikes, of the United States Geological Survey. De partment of the Interior, was bout S26. OOO,OOO, decrease from $114, 628, 584 in 1920. As most of the copper smelting plants were closed after March or April the output of copper | was less than one third of that of 1920. No zinc was marketed, the output of lead was abnor mally reduced, and the output of gold and silver was only half that of 1920.
 | The gold produced by mines in Arizona decreased from S4, T86, 122 in 1920 to about S3,O46, eco in 1921, largely because of tue closing of the copper mines but partly because of the smaller output of gold ore. Operations were continued at the United Eastern and Tom Reed proper 1 ties, in the San Francisco dis. 1 trict, Mohave county, but the output was somewhat less than in 1920 The United Eastern Go. produced about 50 per cent of the gold output of the state in 1921. Of the copper proper ties the Calumet & Arizona, Un- ited Verde, the Copper Queen mines were the largest prOduc CTS of gold. though they were actively operated only about l three months of the year.
 The mine output of silver de 1 1920 to about 2.17O. .OOO ounces in l 1921. As most of the silver is associated with copper ore the | decreased output of silver was due to the decreased mining of copper. The largest producers l of silver were the Calumet & Arizona, Bunker Hill, United | Verde. Copper Queen, United Verde Extension, Magma, and Common wealth mines. There was much activity at Tombstone, even after the closing of the smelters at Douglas. as arrange ments were made to ship the ore to El Paso, Texas. Much silver ore was also treated locally in l milling plants. The c. O. D. mine near Kingman, operated 8 new mill, and was producer of considerable silver-lead ore.
 The mine output of copper de creased from 558. .256, BOP pounds in 1920 to about 163, ,O87, coo lbs, in 1921. The value, of the out put decreased from $1O2, ,719, 16O in 1920 to about $2O, 565, GOO in 1921, owing to the curtailment of production and the decrease in the average price of copper from IS. 40 cents to 12 50 cents a ! pound. The Consolidated Ari zona smelter was idle through out the year, and by May all the copper smelling plants of Ari, zona were idle and most of the mines were forced to close. The Miami Copper Co.,, however, con tinued to make concentrates at the usual rate, and the Ipterna
 tional shelter resumed opera tions late in the year to treat the accumulated material. The teaching of copper ore was con tinued at the New Cornelia plant at Aio. The Copper Queen and Calumet & Arizona companies mined and shipped to Douglas a reduced quantity of copper, ore after the smelling plants were closed.
 The mine production of lead
 in Arizona decreased from II, 599, 765 pounds in 1920 to about
 5,182, eco pounds. in 1921. The
 value of the .output decreased
 from S1, ,167 ,981 to about S238, fCO0. No shipments of lead ore
 or concentrate were made from
 the Shattuck mine, which was
 the largest producer of lead. iu
 1920. Much silver lead ore, how
 ever. was shipped from the Cop
 per Queen mine, especially from
 Septe Der to the close of the
 year. and the Bunker Hill Co.,, ,at
 Tom bstone, shipped much lead
 ore as well as silver ore to Fl
 Paso, Texas.
 As the demand for zinc was
 poor and the price decreased tC
 about o.11 cents a pound, DO zinc
 ore was shipped from mines in
 Arizona. The Arizona Hillside
 property in Yavapai county was
 idle
 The dividends paid by Arizona ] mining companies during the