Show lead and zinc in 1924 good gain in lead and large gain in zinc reported by the geological survey purvey the mine and refinery output of lead in the united states in 1923 each made a fair gain and the mine and smelter output of lead and zinc each increased about one third according to a statement by C S Se ibenthal and A stoll of ahe department of the interiors geological survey compiled from reports and estimates by producers and others data for ll 11 c western wester n states are taken from froin the advance statements issued by the h geological ecological ir surveys surveys western offices statistics of imports and exports for eleven months are re taken from the records of the bureau of borei foreign il and domestic comm commerce r mine production of lead the output of soft lead from mines in the mississippi valley and the small output from mines in the eastern states amounted to about short tons and that of ti ferous lead from from mines in the western states amounted to about tons a total of tons the corresponding figures for 1922 were tons from the mississippi valley and tons from the western states a total of tons the southeastern missouri district made the largest output tons as compared with tons of 1922 the coeur dalene district of idaho came next with about tons a gain of nearly 25 per cent utah made an output of about tons a gain of over 50 per cent the imports of lead in ore for eleven months were tons 80 per cent of which came from mexico and those of lead in bullion were about tons almost wholly from mexico the lead content of lead ore and base bullion in bonded warehouses on november 1 was tons the price at joplin of 80 per cent lead concentrates which at the beginning of the year was 93 a ton rose by the middle of march to a ton then fell by the middle of july to 60 a ton and again rose by the middle of august to 80 the price remained level until december rising to about a ton at the end of the year mine production of zinc the recoverable zinc content of ore mined in 1923 was about tons as compared with tons in 1922 the output of the eastern states was about tons 75 per cent from new jersey that of the central states about tons and that of the western states about tons as compared with and tons respectively in 1922 the upper mississippi valley region is credited with an output of about tons and the joplin district with an output of about tons oklahoma made the largest output about tons nearly two and one half times as much as any other state in 1923 montana produced about tons as compared with tons in 1922 the imports of zinc in ore in 1923 and the zinc in in ore in bonded warehouses at the beginning and end of the year were inconsiderable zinc concentrates containing 60 per cent of zinc were worth 41 in joplin at the beginning of the year rising to 50 in march but declining to 33 a ton in the midyear mid year the price gradually rose to 40 by the end of august and remained at or near that point until the end of the year refinery production of lead the output of primary domestic lead in 1923 was about short tons of soft lead about tons and of soft lead about tons making a total output from domestic ores of abou tons of refined lead as compared with tons in 1922 which was made up of tons of lead tons of soft lead and tons of desilver iced soft lead the output of lead smelted smelter and refined fr from 0 M 1 foreign ore and bullion was about tons as compared with tons in 1922 the total lead smelted smelter or refined f ined in the united states was thus about tons as corn com pared with tons in 1922 the output of lead is reported to be about tons as against tons tong in 1922 the imports of refined pig lead in eleven months were tons as compared with with tons in the whole of 1922 of these imports in 1923 tons came from mexico and tons from spain the imports in 1923 were received almost wholly in the first seven months of thet year the imports of base bulli bullion on in eleven months conj bained tons of lead of which tons came from mexico the ex exports p orts of lead of foreign origin b in eleven months were about tons and of lead of domestic origin about 2009 tons as compared with tons and tons respectively in the year 1922 from a total supply of about tons of refined lead exclusive of stocks there was withdrawn for export or remained in warehouse about tons leaving tons available for consumption in the united states a as against tons in 1922 and tons in 1921 0 the average quoted price of lead for prompt del delivery IV ery at new york bothe year was about 75 cents a pound as compared with nith an average selling price of 55 cents in 1922 at the beginning of 1923 the price was 73 cents risina rising to 86 cents in march but dropping to 6 cents by the middle of july after a sharp recovery to cents in august it remained stationary until december after which a sharp rise ended with lead selling for about abbat 8 cents a pound at the end of the year smelter production of zinc the output of primary metallic zinc from domestic ores in 1923 was about tons and from foreign ores about 2000 tons a total of tons as compared with tons from domestic ores and 1003 tons from foreign ores a total of tons in 1922 in addition to primary zinc there was an output of about tons of redistilled re redi stilled distilled secondary zinc as compared with tons in 1922 ma making a total supply of distilled zinc and electrolytic zint zinc in in 1923 of about tons of which tons was high grade and intermediate tons select and brass special and tons prime western zinc the output of th the corresponding grades in 1922 was and tons respectively a total of tons of the total output of primary zinc zinc in 19 1923 1993 93 about tons was made in in arkansas as against tons in 1922 tons in in illinois as against tons in 1922 tons in oklahoma as against tons in 1922 an and tons in n pennsylvania as against tons in 1922 the imports of foreign slab zinc for eleven months amounted to tons as compared with 56 tons in 1922 no american zinc was returned in the first nine months of 0 1923 the exports in eleven months of zinc made from foreign ores were tons and those of zinc made fron from domestic ores were tons as compared with ep export ort of and tons respectively in 1922 the ex e exports X of domestic zinc included tons of sheet zinc as against agam tons in 1922 the stock of zinc reported at sinei and nd in warehouses at the end of november was about au tons as against at the end of 1922 the apparent app arelt consumption of primary zinc in 1923 was thus about 4 tons as compared with tons in 1922 and aw tons in 1921 arted A at the end of november retorts were in operation out of a total of about retorts at active plants as compared with retorts in operation at the end of 1922 advices advises in december put the number expected to be in operation at the end of the year at about retorts this included an additional block by the athletic mining bining t smelting smelling Sm elting tn co the new plant of the U S zinc co at amarillo texas with retorts was in operation during the year the average quoted price a pound for prime western zinc for immediate delivery at st louis was slightly under 67 cents as compared with an average selling price for all grades in 1922 at 3 57 5 7 cents the price of prime western zinc at the beginning of the year in the st louis market was cents and after declining a little it rose to 8 cents A decline through the next quarter carried the price down at the end of june to cents by september it rose to cents and at the end of the year zinc was selling at about cents world supply in metric tons the lead output of canada in 1923 was to tons ns an increase of tons that of rhodesia was tons a decrease of tons and that of burma was tons an increase of tons the output of the united states was about tons larger than in 1922 the electrolytic zinc output of canada was tons larger and that of risdon tasmania tons larger than in 1922 belgium increased its output of slab zinc by tons and the united states increased it its s output by tons A combination is reported to have brought under control the zinc concentrate output of burma india and broken hill australia and the electrolytic zinc zinc plant at risdon tasmania the uncompleted zinc smelter at avon mouth england and the principal zinc smelter at swansea wales |