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Show COLORADO OUTPUT MUCH INCREASED Gold Production Falls Off, hut Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper Gain. The mine output of gold, silver, copper, cop-per, lead and zinc in Colorado for eleven months of 191G and the estimated output out-put for December, according to data compiled com-piled by Charles YV. Henderson of the United States geological survey, department depart-ment of the interior, indicates a vield for the year of $18,940,000 in gold, 7,620.000 ounces of silver. 70.200.000 pounds of lead (in terms of lead in lead bullion and lead in leaded-zinc oxide), S. 500,000 pounds of copper and 130,000 pounds of zinc (in terms of spelter and zinc in zinc; oxide"), with a total value of nearly 49,000.000, compared with S22.414.9-!-! in gold, 7.01!7,-92 7.01!7,-92 ounces of silver. 6S.S10.597 pounds of lead. 7,112,537 pounds of copper and 104,-5!M.994 104,-5!M.994 pounds of zinc, with a total value Of $43, 4. 697. in 1915. This shows a decrease of nearly J3,-47.", J3,-47.", 000 in gold, but increases of RP2.000 ounces of silver, 1.390,000 pounds of lead. 1.4S7.000 pounds of copper and 25.000.000 pounds of zinc. With the Increased average aver-age value of metals, the values show Increases In-creases of $1,451,000 for sliver, Sl.r.lO.OOO for lead. ?1. 103. 000 for copper and M.S-I0,-000 for zinc. |