Show NEW MEXICO IN 1919 the output of the mines of new mexico for eleven months of 1919 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 pounds of zinc as compared with in gold ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper and pounds of zinc in 1918 these preliminary figures show decreases of in gold ounces of silver pounds of lead pounds of copper and pounds of zinc all the mines except silver mines suffered from low prices of metal and increased prices of labor and material the decrease in the output of all metals except gold and silver is startling mills of the mogollon district socorro county produced in gold and ounces of silver as compared with in gold and ounces of silver in 1918 in 1919 the mogollon mines companas Comp anys mill was operated steadily but the socorro mining milling companas Comp anys mill was closed april 1 and operations were not resumed during the year the output of gold from the aztec mine at baldy colfax county was not so large in 1919 as in 1918 the shipments of gold bearing siliceous copper ores from lordsburg Lords burg increased heavily but there was a decrease in the shipments of gold bearing iron copper ores from oro grande the san pedro copper matting plant was idle and was dismantled during the year very little gold or silver ore was shipped from pinos altos the White oaks district continued to produce gold from amalgamating mills copper has long been an important metal product of new mexico and since operations were begun by the chino copper company at santa rita at the beginning of 1910 the states output of this metal has been large the large decrease in the output of copper in 1919 is therefore particularly impressive for the total output is only a little more than half that in 1918 in 1919 the chino copper company companas Comp anys output was pounds as compared with pounds in 1918 beginning in january 1919 with an output less than the average monthly output in 1918 this company curtailed operations to about 50 per cent of its capacity during the rest of the year the burro mountain branch of the phelps dodge company which in 1918 produced tons of concentrates averaging per cent copper was even more seriously affected by the drop in the price of copper and suspended milling operations early in the year and did not resume the copper matting plant at san pedro was not in operation in 1919 and was dismantled the 85 mining company at lordsburg Lords burg made a large increase in shipments in 1919 but shipped crude ore entirely that year as compared with concentrates and crude ore in 1918 the copper ore shipments from orogrande Oro grande decreased heavily the shipments of lead ore from new mexico decreased heavily hardly any lead ore was shipped from the organ mountains district and the shipments from the central district grant county and the magdalena district socorro county were less than in 1918 as were also the shipments from the less productive cooks peak and victorio district luna county the output of zinc sulphide and zinc carbonate ores likewise decreased heavily the ozark mill at kelly was operated only in an experimental way and the cleveland mill at pinos altos was operated fo for only a short time the hanover mill was not operated to its full capacity much less carbonate zinc ores were shipped from hanover kelly and cooks peak than in 1918 the republic company at hanover shipped a considerable quantity of high grade zinc sulphide ores the grubnau zinc oxide plant at waldo santa fe county built in 1917 continued operations in 1919 on new mexico zinc carbonate ores |