Show california LEADS IN GOLD the yield of gold from california mines 1914 as reported by charles G yale of the united states geological survey was which with the exception of 0 that in 1883 was the largest production since nce 1864 the total value of the mine output of gold silver copper lead and zinc was 25 so that the value of 0 the gold recovered amounted to 80 per cent of the total value of the five metals the mine production of copper was pounds valued at that of silver ounces valued at that af lead pounds valued at and that of zinc was pounds valued at the number of producing mines was of which were placers that yielded gold and silver valued at this output from placer mining was more in 1914 than in 1913 and was exceeded in 1914 only by that from alaska the placers produced 44 per cent of the output of gold from california in 1914 and the 60 gold dredges operated produced 86 per cent of the placer gold and 38 per cent of the gold derived from all sources the gold recovered by dredging amounted to or which the field near marysville marksville Marys ville yuba county produced that near oroville butte county and that near folsom sacramento county dredges operated in calaveras talaveras Cala veras merced placer shasta siskiyou you stanislaus and trinity counties recovered dredge mining was first started in california in 1896 and the total quantity of gold recovered by that method of mining up to the end ena of 1914 was the total quantity of ore sold or treated in in 1914 was tons and the average value per ton of all metals recovered was of the ore treated tons was siliceous gold ore from which there was an average recovery of a ton in gold and silver there was tons of ore treated at gold and silver mills which yielded in gold and in silver or an average value of a ton the ore smelted smelter amounted to tons of which tons were copper ore silver lead ore tons lead ore and this smelting smelling sm elting ore yielded metals valued at or an average of 1254 12 54 a ton nevada county which produced the most gold had a yield of or more than in 1913 other counties that produced over in gold were amador yuba sacramento butte calaveras talaveras Cala veras and shasta shasta county was the largest producer of copper with an output of pounds and it also made the largest production of silver ounces inyo county supplied all the zinc and pounds of lead out of a total state production of 23 pounds the largest gold producing camps were grass valley including nevada city in nevada county where the deep mines yielded and in silver in gold sutter creek camp jackson and at the mine production was 2 where the deep in gold with s silver ilver valued at the most brodu productive active metal camp in an ass the state was at kennett in shasta county from the mines at and near kennett there were recovered metals valued at of which 0 was for copper |