| Show m A AI I NEVADA ADA METAL ET AL IN 1914 j 4 The production of or gold old silver sll copper copper cop cop- 1 per er lead and zinc from Nevada ores sold or treated In 1914 1 according to Victor C C. HeIkes of ot the United States geological geologic survey sUr was valued at 2 Tho output of or recoverable gold old from Nevada mines in Hilt 1911 was ounces ounce valued at and of this amount per cent was derived from dr dry or siliceous ore The Tho placer gold output was ounces ounce of or which 04 ounces came camo from placer placer placer pla pla- mines in X Nye e county count The Tho dry or siliceous ores contained ounces of hold gold copper ores i ounces and lead zinc and lead copper-lead ores contained ounces Bullion I from gold and sliver silver mills contained I ounces concentrate concentrates 41 ounces and crude ore shipped to smelters ounces The mines of ot Esmeralda count county produced nearly one half of or the total gold or 5 and the Goldfield district yielded 4 U- of this total Nye county count produced produced produced pro pro- In gold the district yielded tho the mines of or ortho tho Comstock lode produced in ingold ingold gold and Humboldt Mineral WhitePine White WhitePine Pine and Churchill counties In the tho order or- or or order der named each produced more than ounces of gold For three years prior to 1911 1914 the silver output of Nevada had been I I steadily increasing but hut on account of or ortho tho the low lov prices of tho metal In the last N M 1 half halt of ot tho the year car 1911 S. there was onas a n. slight decrease In silver The total output output out out- put was ounces ounce valued at Of OC this total yield 14 4 ounces or t per cent was credited to siliceous ores ounces to lead ores ounces to copper ores Oles and ounces to lead- lead zinc ores Ores treated at gold and silver sil sil- sil ver Vor mills were credited with ounces concentrates with ounces and crude ore tivi with ounces Nyo X e county producer produced ll-I ll ounces the Tonopah district produced ounces or per cent of or the entire silver production of ot Nevada e tho the Comstock lode or Storey Store county count yielded yield yield- ed only ounces but Churchill county's counts output was wa ounces In 1911 In 1 Nevada Xe produced pounds of or copper valued at a decrease from tho production of or the preceding year The Tho greater part of the copper or pounds came carne from concentrates and pounds were from crude ore shipped to smelters Tho The mines at El Ely were I operated at a reduced rato rate and the Mason Iason Valley Valle smelter smelt r was idle d during I a a. good part of the year ear The Tho lead output of or the Ule state was 1 12 pounds valued at Clark and Lincoln counties continued to outrank all others In the tho production of lead the combined output of or these two counties being pounds White Whito Pine count county yielded pounds and Elko county pounds The yield of lead from concentrates was pounds and that from crude crudo ore pounds The zinc ores of or Nevada produced pounds of or recoverable zinc figured as spelter valued at 2 Clark county produced pounds of at the entire zinc output tho remainder remainder remain remain- der coming corning mostly from Lincoln count county county coun coun- t ty although small email shipments were mado made from Eureka county durin during tho the year yea I Tho The greater part of ot the zinc material material material ma ma- is oxidized From crude zinc ore shipped pounds were re recovered recovered recovered re- re covered and from tram concentrates 6 pounds were recovered There were producers of oC gold silver copper jea lead and zinc in Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- eada e- e vada ada In 1914 1 Of or the tin total of short tons of or ore sold or treated 1 tons were treated ted In gold Sold and silver mills principally principal cyanide mills milts tons were concentrated large largely copper oro ore concentrated and tons represented crude ore shipped to several smelters The largest largest largest larg larg- est part of ot the total tonnage or 2 tons represented copper ore tons were ere siliceous ore 16 16 tons lead ore tons zinc ore ore tons lead copper-lead ore and tons zinc lead ore |
