Show e j 1 j MET t tj METALS lS MINED 11 EAST OF of i I What hat States Are Doing That I Are Not Rated as Real r Mineral States I The mines of or the eastern or Appala Appalachian stan chian Ian states state Including Vermont Yermont New 11 i i Hampshire New Jersey Virginia North J p Carolina South Carolina Georgia Ala Alabama Alabama bama Jama and Tennessee Tennee produced during the i Calendar year far 1907 gold sliver silver copper 1 road read and amI zinc to ft a 1 total value of ot s t i ll II the states named produced ed one or more mort moretons i tons of or the tho metals anti and the output came camp lIi from producing mines mIne of or which SO iO O fi were wore placers i Gold The he gold production of or these eastern t 4 I States tates amounted to fine tine ounces n J j i having a value alue of or Z JOe an increase of or orG G j over the value of ot the production in I ir 1 1006 i Tho The most notable increase In gol goM 2 4 production was In Georgia a gain of or n I I 8 s in value of or output being reported I P largely largel as the result or of activity In th l J t Franklin JJ mine Increased ased was alsa abo al alI I Shown by II the reports Alabama North Carolina and ind VermOnt Ver onto l but ut the th lither ather gold states sUlt of or the south 4 1 Showed a decrease e In 1997 1907 1 1 Silver Silvert t r The Tho sliver silver output of the Appalachian States tates in 1907 wa was fine fino S val fled cd at Wi 16 tho average value of silver per Ter fine ounce for the til year helm being 66 cents c ceuti t ts i As ts s compared with the value of the pro in 1904 the figures show a decrease Of Or S1 31 31 1 Tills Tl los lus 10 In lue waA Chiefly by b the tho th low of or f copper and nOlI the I decreased production of that metal in Uie I tatter Atter part of 1097 in North orth Carolina aa as Q 4 the greater part of the sliver silver r product of ot 3 the ilio Appalachians is recovered re from cop con connor CO COper per nor ores All A II the other state however r Showed slight gains due partly to In n greased copper mining at the prevailing l good prices In the earlier r part l of the Year I and AmI partly to the increased output of 01 o ot t gold Comparatively little silver was re from lead ores oris in 1007 1907 and a no noros il j ros re rich enough in silver sher to be he classified 0 I as silver sliver ores orts have been en mined In this sec see section don tion of ot the country for many years cars carsi 4 i l Copper CopperI J I The copper r production of the eastern 1 states In the last lut calendar year amount amounted f ed 1 to pounds valued 1 at the aver average avers r s age no price for tor the year of or 20 O cents per perc c i 1 f pound at This production was wasas a al l as us usual chiefly from front the tile famous fa mOils Duck Ducktown Ducktown DuckI I town mines of o Tennessee but Alabama Georgia Maryland North Carolina Ver Vermont Vermont Vermont mont and Virginia all aU contributed North Carolina and Vermont Yermont each producing I more than oooo pounds As compared I with the production of 1906 1006 the tho total pro production 1 of ot copper ropper in the eastern states in InI I 1107 showed an increase of ot 7 pound pounds 1 valued at lit The ores yielded an average of 9 pounds of o copper to the theton th theton ton toni 1 i i Lead LeadA i A total of or HO 1 9 pounds of lead valued I at was produced in New Hampshire Georgia and Virginia in 1907 1901 the state last I Ij 2 j named d furnishing the bulk of o the tile output I Zinc J The spelLer spelter production of the eastern 1 i states tates in 1907 amounted to pounds i valued at nt As figures for tor the I production vf f this metal were not ob oh obtained k tamed from the tho mines In 1906 comparisons C cannot be made The zinc ores yielded I an average of o OO 2 pounds of metal to the theton theton I ton and the thc average price of spelter for forthe forthe p the year real was wall 59 cents per pound The Thereat I great reat bulk of the zinc production was wasI from the famous mines at Franklin Fur Furnace FurI I I nace N J 3 but the southwestern exten eaten extension I sion slon of ot o the Virginia zinc belt into Ten Tennessee Tennessee 4 was vigorously prospected during the year ear and production was reported i from a I number of mines |