Show COLORADO FORECAST FOR 1916 during the calendar year 1915 colorado mines produced in gold ounces of silver pounds pound S of I 1 lead ead pounds of copper and pounds of zinc having a total value of 43 42 as compared with a value of 33 in 1914 during the first six months of 1916 according to returns received by the united states geological survey the output indicates a 15 per cent decrease in the yield of gold very little change in the production of silver a small increase for lead an in crease of 30 per cent for copper and a small increase for zinc As the average prices for silver lead copper and zinc are much higher than in 1915 this output rep resents a considerably increased gross value cripple creek annually produces 60 per cent of the states output of gold but in the first six months of 1916 the production there fell off appreciably from that of 1915 which was the largest since 1906 the san juan region has not maintained the output of 1915 which was in gold and 2 ounces of silver the production having fallen off in la plata ouray and san juan counties although there was an increase in the production of gold and silver in san miguel guel county the idleness of the vanarah wanakah Van akah mine and smelter and the gradual decline of the camp bird mine caused a decreased output of all metals in ouray county lake county has not maintained its gold production of 1915 which was 2260 but has increased its yield of silver lead copper and zinc and the gross value of all metals produced in 1916 promises to exceed greatly the output of 1915 eagle countes coun tys yield of gold showed a decrease but operations at red cliff and at eagle showed an increased production of silver lead copper and zinc summit county dredges have not yet produced the proportion they did in 1915 but increased shipments of lead and zinc ore and concentrates have been made from breckenridge and montezuma clear creek county showed a decrease for gold but an increase for silver lead and copper and gilpin yield showed an increase for copper only mineral county showed improvement which may be expected to continue with the higher price of silver and the maintenance of milling OP orations erat ions resumed after a period of idleness |