Show an arizona zona mine mi ne output in in the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc from arizona mines in 1917 according to victor 0 heikes of the united states geological survey department of the interior had a total value of over an all increase of more than over the value of the output in 1916 this increase was due in part however to the greater prices of metals all of which except zinc were decidedly higher in 1917 in quantity there was a marked increase in gold a slight increase in recoverable zinc but decreases in silver copper and lead during the early part of the year arizona was producing copper at a rate decidedly greater than in 1916 but labor strikes at the main producing and smelting smelling sm elting localities considerably reduced the rate before the end of the year many mills were built among thern them a custom mill at chloride and a sampler at wickenburg construction was begun on the new smelter for the united verde extension company at jerome the capacity of the arizona binghampton Bing hampton mill was increased to tons a day gold the production of gold from arizona mines increased from in 1916 to about in 1917 As the production of copper ore and of lead ore was much less than in 1916 the increase in the output of gold can be credited to the san francisco district of mohave county and very largely to t the e united eastern property which during the year became the largest producer of gold in the state the gold road mill was idle and the vulture property was operated only a little production at the toni tom reed was upheld and considerable gold was produced from the copper chief mine in the verde district silver the mine output of silver decreased from ounces in 1916 to about ounces in 1917 a decrease of about ounces in spite of this decrease the improved price of silver which averaged cents an ounce brought the value of tile the output to about an increase from 4 in 1916 the decrease in quantity was due to decreased shipments of lead ore and copper ore copper the mine output of copper was about pounds a decrease of pounds or nearly 5 per cent arizona is still the leading copper mining state and produced more than twice as much copper as montana the value of the output increased from in 1916 to over in 1917 six of the large copper smelting smelling sm elting plants reported decreased outputs on account of labor troubles five others however greatly increased their copper production the hayden united verde consolidated arizona aud and calumet arizona cornelia property the new at the new leaching plant was started in june and produced more than pounds per month until the end of the year some copper matte was shipped from the great western smelter in tile the big bug district the international smelting smelling Sm elting company increased its capacity by adding a furnace lead the mine production of lead in arizona decreased from pounds in 1916 to about pounds in 1917 but as the price was better the value was only slightly less than that of 1916 which was most of the lead ore came from the warren district of cochise county and the Wall apai district of mohave county considerable lead ore was shipped from the bunker hill mines in the tombstone district zinc the output of recoverable zinc was about pounds in 1917 an increase of about a million pounds the two largest 1 producers were the union basin property 1 and the tennessee mine both in the walla pai district of mohave county the ari AI zona hillside property at hillside shipped considerable quantities of zinc ore for the first time and the properties operated by randolph gemmill at Cro Crown king also i made some shipments zinc was ship shipped ij from the duquesne property in santa cruz county smaller shipments were made from Wall apai district and from globe patagonia pearce tucson and casa grande the miu mill of the union basin property was burned in october the dividends for eleven months from arizona properties amounted to more ti than the main contributors were the inspiration calumet arizona united verde extension ray consolidated old dominion arizona copper magma shannon shattuck arizona iron cap arizona united grand gulch arizona commercial united eastern and consolidated arizona the copper queen is a dividend payer but published no figures |