| Show new mexico co production produs on in n 1918 the output of the mines of new mexico for the first eleven months of 1918 and the estimated output for december as reported by charles W henderson of the united states geological survey department of the interior amounted to in gold ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper and 25 pounds of recoverable zinc valued in all at as compared with 1067 in gold old ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper I 1 and 30 I 1 pounds of zinc with a total value of in 1917 these preliminary figures thus show decreases of in gold ounces in silver pounds in lead pounds in copper and pounds in zinc the decreased output of gold and silver was general throughout the state mills of the mogollon district socorro county yielded in gold and ounces of silver compared with in gold and ounces in silver in 1917 this district in 1916 yielded in god t gold and ounces of silver in 1918 the mill of the mo mogollon ollon mines company was operated steadily but the new mill of the socorro mining milling company built to replace that destroyed by fire on october 26 1917 was put in operation in august and ran until october 18 when operations were suspended on account of the influenza epidemic milling was resumed november 18 the output of gold from the aztec mine at baldy colfax county was not so large as in 1917 the yield of gold bearing siliceous copper ores of lordsburg Lords burg was less than in 1917 as was also the yield of the gold bearing iron copper ores of orogrande Oro grande the san pedro copper matting plant in santa fe county was operated for only three months in 1918 the product of this plant carries both gold and silver the gold production from pinos altos decreased and there was only a small yield of gold old from White oaks lincoln county but a small addition to the gold k output was made by the new amalgamation ml mils alls at parsons and nogal also in lincoln county copper the principal metal product of new mexico is brodu produced ced in several districts the greater part of the output comes from the chino copper companas Comp anys low grade copper deposits at santa rita the ore is milled at hurley in a large wet concentration flo tation plant in 1918 this companas comp anys output was pounds compared with pounds in 1917 the burro mountain copper companas Comp anys operations at tyrone were continuous this companas comp anys concentration mill began operations at full capacity june 1 1916 durin during 6 the year a flotation plant was sent in operation at t the eighty five mine shipments of copper ore from the magdalena district socorro coun ty which had been large in 1916 were loss los in 1917 the apache mine at hachita the th e orogrande Oro grande district in otero county and the carocito caronito Caro cito district near scholle also contri buted some copper lead ores were shipped from the central and steeplerock Steep lerock districts grant county and the cooks peak and victorio districts luna county considerable quantities of lead carbonate and lead zinc carbonate ores continued to be shipped from kelly socorro county and during a part of the year lead was shipped from the organ M mountains district dona ana county the lead smelter at deming destroyed by fire in october 1917 was not rebuilt decreased shipments of zinc carbonate and zinc sulphide ores were made in 1918 at kelly socorro county the principal producing mines were the kelly graphic and juanita the ozark mill was operated steadily but the kelly mill was not in operation at hanover zinc carbonate ores were shipped from the empire zinc mines and others and zinc sulphide concentrates were from the hanover magnetic separation mill the tC cleveland leveland magnetic separation mill at pinos altos was operated steadily but at a reduced yield in september the carlisle mill in the steeplerock Steep lerock district gr grant nt county was again set in operation and the lead concentrates were shipped but the zinc concentrates were nvere stored sulphide ores in considerable quantities quani ties were shipped from the republic mine at hanover and several lots of zinc croul om shipped sulphide concentrates were the rocky mountain nill mill at cerrillos from the t e zinc carbonate bres ores were shipped magdalena hanover and cooks peak districts the zinc ore and concentrates amounted to t mines in 1918 1919 shipped from coni combar pared tons of 33 per cent grade with tons of 31 per cent iii mi 1917 the at 1917 in grubnau zinc oxide plant built operated opera waldo santa fe county was anz ArI continuously on zinc ores orea froni from new mexico and colora colorado do |
