| Show COLORADO DISTRICTS IN 1913 the golden cycle and portland cyana cyan dation mills at colorado springs were operated steadily with an increased output cyanide mills in the district also made an increased yield the standard chlorination chlorin atlon and plant at colorado city was idle but the union plant at florence was oper ope abed part of the year on old tailings the tonnage of smelting smelling sm elting ore from cripple creek cree decreased slightly leadville output declines lake county chiefly leadville but for 1913 including the lackawanna gulch district produced in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and 98 pounds of zinc with a total value of as against in 1912 the output of zinc carbonate was tons of approximately 27 per cent zinc against tons of per cent zinc in 1912 the production of zinc sulphide shipped varied little from the tons of 24 per cont cent zinc in 1912 the zinc car bonate ore was treated at smelt eries in kansas oklahoma and wisconsin and the zinc sulphide was treated at the empire zinc companas comp anys magnetic separation plant at canon city at the western chemical companas comp anys wet concentration and magnetic separation plant at denver at the united states zinc companas comp anys magnetic plant and at pueblo and at the zinc oxide plant at coffeyville Coffe kansas the san juan region of dolores la plata ouray san juan and san miguel counties produced in gold 2 ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper and ap proximately oooo pounds of zinc compared with in gold ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper and I 1 pounds of zinc in 1912 there was an in crease for gold of in do dolores lores coo in la plata in san juan and a decrease of in ouray and of 2240 in san miguel county there was an increase for silver of ounces in dolores in san juan and in la plata while there was a decrease of ounces in san miguel county dolores county rico made a large increase in the yield of copper lead and zinc but the production of lead fell off heavily in san miguel and ouray counties the yield of gold bullion in boulder county decreased one half and there was also a decrease of 2000 ounces of gold in ores smelted smelter smelt ed but the silver output inar increased eased ounces and the lead pounds increase in chaffee county chaffee county produced in gold ounces of silver pounds of lead and pounds of copper and a considerable quantity of zinc a heavy increase for all the metals clear creek countes coun tys output was in gold ounces of silver 42 pounds of lead pounds of copper and ap proximately pounds of zinc an increase for all the metals excel except t zinc gil output decreased about coo in gold and ounces of silver al lowing for bullion produced in clear creek county mined through the newhouse tun nel lead output of aspen the pitkin county aspen yield was ounces of silver and pounds of lead an increase of ounces and of pounds respectively creede mineral county produced 52 in gold ounces of silver 3 pounds of lead pounds of copper and pounds of zinc which is an appreciable decrease for gold and lead but an increase for silver copper and zinc the output from hinsdale county showed a decrease of pounds ot lead owing to the closing of the gold links mine at ohio gunnison countes coun tys output of bullion ore and concentrates showed a very heavy decrease for gold lead and zinc production also decreased but there was an appreciable increase in silver output owing to the opening of mines at whitepine White pine me and on italian mountain the output of gold bullion from dredges and pocket mines at breckenridge summit county increased and gold in smelting smelling sm elting ore from kokomo kokomos breckenridge and montezuma showed in increase for the county of while silver lead and copper yields also increased but the yield of zinc decreased owing to the closing of the wet mill of the wellington county during the latter part of the year although the magnetic plant continued to td be operated the output of eagle county from red cliff and from eagle a new producing silver district in 1913 was 42 in 0 gold ounces of silver 1000 pounds of lead and oo 0 pounds of zinc park countes coun tys output of silver lead and copper copper increased more than balancing an appreciable decrease in gold |
