Show colorados colorado mining operations and metal production for 1926 shows up well and future most assuring the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc from colorado mines in 1926 in terms of recovered and estimated recoverable metal was in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc according to chas W henderson of the U S bureau of mines these figures are to be compared with in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc in 1925 and in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper 47 pounds of lead and pounds of zinc in 1924 compared with the 1925 figure gold shows a decrease of silver an increase of ounces copper an increase of pounds lead an increase of pounds and zinc an increase of pounds at estimated average prices for metals in 1926 the value of the output of these metals was silver copper lead and zinc these values added to that for 6 gold old gives a gross value of output for 1926 of as compared with in 1925 and with for 1924 operations at mines of cripple creek the cripple creek district in 1926 produced ingold in gold as compared with in 1925 the decrease of about can be credited to the idleness for two months of the cresson mine which in the third quarter of the year produced only tons of 15 to the ton as compared with an average of tons each month of 13 and upward to the ton during the rest of the year during july august and sept september anber the cresson shaft was being bared this two chomg comportment artmont shaft and single drum hoist can handle to tons a month the portland gold mining company made an increased production of what is called its higher grade ores and in addition its 1200 ton cyanide concentration mill at victor was operated at more nearly full capacity on the lower grade ore from fil filling fillina linh reject from the picking belts and dump material production was also steady at the various properties of the united gold mines the stratton leasing company drove about feet of cross cuts and drifts on oil the 2100 foot level of the findley mine adjoining the american eagles and shipped ore until december 1 when 65 men were laid off and a campaign of diamond drilling was begun on stratton estate mines on globe hill other producing mines were the ajax elkton el paso empire lee forest queen gold sovereign last dollar midget queen and rose nicol three cars of ore were shipped from a new strike on the north slope of mineral hill from the plutocrat claim ore treatment at canon city and florence at canon city the empire zinc companas Comp anys magnetic separation and flotation mill was operated steadily on zinc and zinc lead ore from stock on hand from the companas comp anys eagle mines at gilman supplemented only when necessary by fresh shipments from this mine and occasional cars of zinc lead ore from the leadville deep mines the empire zinc companas Comp anys zinc oxide plant also at canon city was operated steadily on zinc concentrates zinc sulphide ore and zinc carbonate ore from the companas comp anys mine at hanover new mexico and zinc carbonate from leadville this companas comp anys output of zinc concentrate and zinc oxide was approximately the same as in 1925 and had the mill been run entirely on current shipments from its mines or had stocks been replenished from the mine at the same rate as milling was done colorado mines in 1926 would have been credited with a 20 per cent increase in production figures for recoverable zinc received at smelters shelters sm elters from colorado sources do show an increases for 1926 of 20 per cent the river smelting smelling Sm elting refining companas Comp anys fuming and matting plant at florence was operated for ten months on complex ores and concentrates from leadville garfield bonanza cotopaxi cotopaxa and aspen colorado and from bauer utah at use ilse custer county the ton jigs and table concentration mill at the terrible mine ran at somewhat less than the average for 1925 on the ores of this mine at westcliffe West cliffe a new shaft was sunk on the mine to feet brief mention along the line from january to july remodeling of the mill was done at the rawley mine at bonanza and from august on lead copper silver concentrates were shipped to leadville the cockmon 6 o bonanza mill at bonanza was operated part of the year and development work was continued at garfield the rogers roger 1 s lead company reopened in july the great monarch and marshall tunnels and soon after began shipping zinc lead ore left there many years ago later in in the year lead carbonate ores were also shipped from th this is mine the madonna mine at monarch was reopened in in 1926 at whitepine White pine gunnison county zinc lead ore continued to be shipped from the akron mines companas Comp anys group and the morning star mine was reopened small shipments of ore were made from pitkin at aspen pitkin county zinc lead ore was shipped from the woody creek district but in the down town district of aspen the various properties held under tinder lease and option and operated during 1925 reverted about april 1 1926 to the original owners and the operations for the rest of the year were confined to small groups of local lessees lessels les sees mining and shipping Z continued from the park hope and newman tunnel groups at rifle gar garfield field county the 25 ton vanadium plant was operated steadily and two new units were added brin bringing by december 1 the capacity up to tons a day at gilman development work continued at the replacement ore bodies of the eagle mine of the empire zinc company and zinc ore was shipped only as needed by that com banys mill at canon city some silver iron sulphide ore was also shipped from this mine to salt lake smelters shelters sm elters Lead villes revival is substantial at leadville development and reopening of the car and graham park mines resulted in the mining ana shipment of tons of zinc lead iron sulphide ore and it the cc addition silver iron sulphide and zinc carbonate orr orea 7 nines mines were reopened for mining about july 1925 after an ill idleness for part of the area from Oci october ober 1918 and part from april 1919 hil i between september 1923 and july 1925 over six 1 tho front lion gallons of accumulated water were in working work nry of this group the un unwavering watering in pumps were stalled at both the greenback and pyrenees Pyre nees shafts shaft bei lie he program for this consolidated g group has only ties gun while mining is being continued in those proper eppg nees now accessible crosscutting cross cutting will connect the pyrenees Pyre ayr ryr where ane shaft with the mikado marian R A M properties much proved ore was left at the time of closing 6 in april 1919 the production of this group in 1926 was over two times that made in 1925 some 45 mines in all were operated at leadville Lc adville in 1926 some work was done at the dolly B fortune and resurrection reached through the yak adit lessees lessels on the ibex and golden eagle mines continued to ship some specimen golland gold and siliceous gold ores zinc lead sulphide and zinc carbonate 0 ores res were also shipped from the ibex the western zinc oxide plant operated entirely on local low grade zinc carbonate ores was idle for three and one half months in the spring and early summer because of shortage of ore of this character this plant purchases zinc carbonate ore carrying as low as 14 per cent zinc most of the zinc carbonate ore came from carbonate and fryer hills the colorado zinc lead companas Comp anys ton selective flotation mill was ready for full capacity operation july 1926 and gave a market for zinc lead iron ores carrying in combined zinc and lead several points less than that demanded by the lead zinc oxide plants of the middle west and the east the arkansas valley lead bullion and lead copper matte smelter was operated continuously part of the year with four furnaces but with only two furnaces at the end of the year one car of ore was shipped from the canterbury drainage adit and driving was contin continued fied slowly during the year this adit dut cut another fault again bringing the cambrian transition and white limestone beds above the adit level other silver lead zinc producers I 1 at climax or fremont pass the climax molybdenum companas Comp anys mill capacity was gradually increased from 10 tons a month in january 1926 to tons in december at kokomo kokomos where reopening of caved crosscut cross cut adits adias and mine workings was begun in november 1925 development by august 1926 had opened up much pyrite and some low grade zinc lead iron sulphide but plot not sufficient to warrant building a mille mill at montezuma summit county several hundred tons of zinc lead sulphide ore was shipped to utah flotation plants from the bell mine idle for twenty years when reopened in in 1925 the saint john mine was also reopened and a 50 ton flotat flotation ign mill built on the property the abe wellington zinc lead mine was operated steadily as were the two wellington mills one a jig and table concen tra tion mill and the other a roast m magnetic a agne tic separation mill with wital a tnt increased production of zinc and lead concentrates cen lead carbonate ores were shipped from the detroit and wellington adalma at alma some lead silver ore was shipped from the rus russia sla mine on mt lincoln and gold silver copper lead zina fmc ore was shipped from the home sweet home the mineral basin or weber group was the scene cene of some development work the building of cabins and a 25 ton con e ga iian flotation mill lessees lessels continued wo work rk at the until march clear creek and gilpin county operations at silver plume clear creek county the east butte flo f i n mill was operated part of the year on oil ore from the aives ives pelican zero group the watrous flotation mill and the wasatch jigs and table concentration mill were operated ate part of the year some development work was done at the e ste stephens chens mine above silver plume and at the aie capitol near ear georgetown the nelson leasing company operated its tenton ten ton mill at empire some development and mining was ivas done at lawson and dumont and at freeland at idaho springs on chicago creek just above the jackson dig diggings aings gings of 1859 a surface disc discovery overy of freebold fre free egold gold and sylvanite sylva was opened for feet in length 90 feet in depth and from varying widths of mineralized schist after picking and screening cars of gold ore were shipped directly to the golden goiden cycle mill at colorado springs an adit is being driven to cut this fissure assure about fifty feet lower the sampling works at idaho springs handled 25 per cent more ore in 1926 than in 1925 from clear creek and i gilpin counties several min mines e s were reopened at russell gulch and shipments of smelting smelling sm elting and milling ore were made the newhouse adit idle for five years was cleaned out and put in working order so that a drift and raises could be made from the adit le level vel on the kansas burroughs group on quartz hill one of the original objects of the newhouse adit was to drain quartz hill gilpin county but the ground was found to be too tight and no drainage has ever been brought about although diamon diamond adrill dd drill rill holes have been tried without success the rose city 50 ton selective notation flotation mill formerly the iron city mill at black hawk was operated the greater part of the year on galena ores of gilpin county the gilpin eureka stamp amalgamation mill was operated on ores from the eureka mine in boulder county the fairview Fair yiew mining company operated its flotation mill at cardinal on ores from the boulder county mine and lessees lessels shipped silver ore from the caribou there was a renewal of mining for tungsten at nederland and tungsten and production was made from the tungsten products company mines formerly the vasco and from the mill otherwise mining was very inactive in boulder boulde r county and the sampling works was nearly forced to close in the san juan region at la lake ke city there were several shipments of zinc lead and lead copper silver ore and much building construction and development work was done activities in south southwest region silver ore shipped from creede carried ounces of silver as compared with ounces in 1925 at sum mit ville rio ria grande county from the little annie mine a large producer in the seventies several lots of specimen gold and one car of smelting smelling sm elting ore brought returns of about in gold in san juan county the sunnyside Sunny side selective flotation mill treated tons daily and made an increased production of lead and zinc concentrates the ore of this mine averages ounce gold 37 ounces silver 4 per cent lead 04 per cent copper 45 per cent zinc and 10 per cent iron in order to keep as much gold as possible out of the zinc concentrate cen a zinc lead middling was made which was sent to the reed coolbaugh sulphating sulp hating plant at durango where the zinc was recovered as zinc sulphate and the residue went direct to the lead furnace of the dur durango ango smelter several other mines were operated in the vicinity of silverton and much development work was done at the shenandoah mayflower and north star group in the red mountain district on the county line between san juan and ouray county copper ore and zinc lead ore was shipped from the san antonio lessees lessels made their annual summer mill run at the barstow and zinc lead ore was shipped from the imogene at ouray much development work was done in the sedimentary formations adjacent to the town and lead silver ore was shipped from the bachelor pony express and mineral farm very 11 little it tle work was done in them the sneffels els district ouray county but in the upper san miguel district lust over the county line in san miguel count county y the smug iler aler union mi mine n e made an in increased creased production at the tomboy mine there was a continuation of the pulling dulling of 01 old td sto pes which have been milled fo for severa several 1 I 1 years at a profit but in N november the general manager reported that the mine would most probably close at the end of the year zinc lead ore was shipped from the black bear to selective elective flotation custom plants in utah at ophir producing mines were the carbonero and san bernardo at rico development begun in 1925 continued throughout the year with shipments of zinc lead ore to utah and lead silver ore to durango on november 1 the newly built to ton selective notation flotation mill of the international smelting Sm elting etting company was set et in operation zinc concentrates going to bartlesville Bart lesville okla and lead concentrates to durango some ore had been held at rico preparatory to the starting of this mill producing companies and mines in this district were the falcon lead company rico mining reduction company rico argentine company international smelting smelling Sm elting company ind union carbonate mine the mines of la plata county produced only a few cars of gold silver ore but there was some development work and much remodeling and repairing of camp build digs 1 and mills in the county |