Show NEVADA OUTPUT IN 1912 the total value of the mine output of gold silver copper lead and zinc in nevada in 1912 according to V 0 halkes of the united states geological survey was against in 1911 show ing au an increase of or nearly 13 per cent the total production of gold in 1912 was 1 ounces valued at a de crease of or 35 per cent less than the 1931 1911 production of the gold output ounces came from placers mainly in nye county ounces from ores ounces ounce s from copper ores and ounces from lead zinc and copper lead ores ores yielded I 1 over 93 per cent of the entire gold production from bullion in gold and silver mills was recovered ounces concentrates produced ounces and crude ore shipped to smelters shelters sm elters contained ounces the largest production of gold was from esmeralda county 59 in 1912 against in 1911 of this production the goldfield district yielded a decrease of or over 39 per cent from the output of 1911 nye county pro deuced in gold in 1912 against 3 in 1911 the tonopah mines yielded in gold a decrease of or j over 6 per cent less than in 1911 the corn am stock mines produced in galaj gold against in 1911 the silver production of nevada in 1 n I 1 J was ounces valued at against ounces valued at K in 1911 of the 1912 output j ounces or over 91 per cent came from sill lead or krefl cious ores cres ounces from and ounces from copper ores bul baj I 1 10 lion at ai gold and silver mills produced oun ounces concentrate it 1 contained and crude ore sent to smelters shelters sm elters ounces nye county produced ounces of silver in 1912 against 10 ounces in in 1911 of this output the tonopah district yielded ounces or per cent of the entire silver prodoc tion 0 oa 08 nevada in 1912 storey county comstock produced ounces against ounces in 1911 copper production increased in nevada from valued at in 1911 to pounds valued at in 1912 this increase was due to the operation of the mason valley plant which smelted smelter ores from the berin yerington ton district and other mining districts in nevada this imel tery and the steptoe plant in white pine county produced from the treatment of ores and concentrates pounds or per cent of the entire state production concentrates yielded pounds of copper and crude ore sent to smelters shelters sm elters produced pounds the production of lead in nevada in 1912 was pounds valued at against pounds valued at in 1911 an increase in quantity of about per cent the mines of lincoln and dark clark coun counties fies the largest producers yielded 17 pounds an increase of pounds over the 1911 production the mines of eureka county produced 21 pounds in 1912 and pounds in 1911 this increase is accounted for by the operation of the railroad lail road which was washed out in 1910 crude ore shipped to smelters shelters sm elters contained 6 pounds of lead concentrates pounds and old tailings pounds the zinc production of nevada was 13 pounds valued at in 1912 against pounds valued at in 1911 the entire production of 1912 was derived from dark clark and lincoln counties from ores shipped to smelters shelters sm elters containing 4 pounds and from concentrates containing pounds there were producers of gold silver coppy lead and zinc in nevada in 1912 compared with in 1911 the total quantity of ore sold or treated in nevada in 1912 was short tons an increase of tons |