The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-01-18
MINING IN CALIFORNIA,
OREGON, SOUTH DAKOTA
TEXAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO
PRODUCTION OF SILVER
IN 1922.
California.

The output of gold silver copper
lead and zinc in California in 1922.
according to preliminary estimate by
Charles c. Yale of the United States
geological survey, was valued at $21, -
625.6OO, an increase of s67S,177 over
that in 1921. The yield of gold, how
ever. ($14.s45,OOO) was SS59,S22 less
and that of silver (S.1S1, 200 ounces)
was 44S02S ounces less than in 1921
The production of copper was 22,66O,-
500 pounds, valued at S3,OS6,5OO, an
increase of 10,917O96 pounds and ST.
521,6O1; that of lead was $500, 800
pounds, valued at 1856, 500, an in
crease of 5,1S6.524 pounds and $780,
2OS; and that of zinc was S,615. 900
pounds, valued at $2O6, 100, an increase
of 2,55s,169 pounds and S153,213.
Oregon
The production of metals in Oregon
in 1922 shows a decrease of $252OOO
as compared with 1921. The loss was
entirely in gold both silver and cop
per showing increases. The value Of
the gold produced decreased from
$500 in 1921 to 1901, $40 in 1922. IN
recent years the usual ratio of gold
production has been about 81 per cent
from placers and 46 per cent from
deep or quartz mines and the deep
mines have been decreasing their
gold output while the placers have
been increasing theirs. There are
more hydraulic mines in Oregon than
nf Ofhnr alacc hut Of
are small. In recent years the gold
dredges have contributed so per cent
of the placer gold and 40 per cent of
the total gold annually produced in
the state. Direct returns from the
four companies operating dredges in
1922 show a combined decrease in gold
yield for 1922 as compared with 1921,
of 30 per cent due mainly to scarcity
of water for electric power, which
permitted only hree-fourths of u full
years work. Several of the large
deep mines were entirely idle. and
others showed a production for the |
year.
South Dakota.
South Dakota had in 1922 an out
put of s6,ss6,OOO in gold and 12O, 200 |
ounces in silver, compared with &c. |
sos, 1877 in gold and 112,464 ounces Of |
silver in 1921, according to c. w.
Henderson of the United States geo.
logical survey, whose figures are
based on II months Of actual output
plus an estimate for December from
he Homestake and Trojan compan-
es in the Black Hills district The
mine paid a dividend of h
IS cents a share monthly for the first !;
10 months and increased it to so cents
| share in November, making a total
or the IL months of 1919 O6O The \
Iomestake mine and mills at Lead
This company's new South mill, with
% stamps of 1850 pounds each, rod
Mills classifiers, plates, dewaterers
nd settling cones, was completed and ,
ne unit placed in operation in Sep
ember. This mill will replace the old
Iomestake 22O-stamp mill, one of the
tx mills aggregating 1920 stamps. The l.
Iomestal1e is the largest gold mine
n the United States and one of the
lrge mines of the world.
Texas.
Texas mines produced 100000
unces Of silver in 1922. The Preside
line, at Shafter, which has been in
teady operation since 1885, contrib
ted the bulk of the output Several a
mall lots of silver ore were shipped a
rom prospects in the northwestern t
ounties bordering the Rio Grande. L