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Show ITPIIT 15 GROVViNG Official Report of U. S. Geological Survey v Shows Gains Made. 1 COPPER THE LEADER High Price of Silver Stimulates Stimu-lates Producers of the White Metal. In 1917 mines in Nevada produced met- als valued at about 53,000,000, the greater part of which was for copper, according to V. C. Heikes, of the United States '-ical Survey, Department of the In-.ilor. In-.ilor. The output of copper will be con-i con-i sjderably greater in 1918 than It was in 1317 If the present rate of shipping and smelting is maintained, but the output of lead and of zinc will probably be ijiuch less, as the shipments from the principal mining camps have been greatly reduced. The output of gold from the state has been decreasing for several years, and the output of silver also decreased de-creased In 1917. The shipments of bullion, bul-lion, ore and concentrates during the first six months of 1918 Indicates that the production of gold continued to decrease, de-crease, though every effort was made to market silver ore and bullion on account of the advance In the price of siller, which reached nearly $1 an ounce. Decline at Goldfield. The output of gold from the Oold field district has been declining, and the grade of the ore mined in the district is lower itian in former years. Many individual mines, however, show increase in pro-' duction of gold." The Goldfield Consolidated Consoli-dated Co. has been treating tailings and custom ore. The Elko Prince, at Midas, Is active and has paid dividends. Mills are running at the White Caps mine, at Manhattan ; at the Consolidated Mayflower, May-flower, at Bullfrog; and at the Olympic, i at Omco. The National mine again produced pro-duced some exceedingly rich ore, and new mills were completed at. the Elkoro nine, at Jarbidge; and at the Nevada -Austin, in Lander county. The out put of gold was good also at several camps that produced bullion containing much silver. News of further development and of Increased production came from the Corns took district. Pumping has so greatly lowered the water in its mine that the Union Consolidated Co. was able to hoist considerable ore from the 2100-foot 2100-foot level and has been paying regular dividends. The district is said to be producing $75,000 a month. The mines in the Tonopah district, under the stimulus afforded by the high price of silver, are producing about 10,500 tons a week, a slightly higher rate than that reached in 1917. The mills of the Nevada-Packard and Rochester Mines companies at Rochester, were active, and the new mill of the Rochester Combined . Co. was scheduled to start about the middle of the year. The discovery of ore in the Gold Mountain district has started a boom there. Much silver ore is now being slupped from the Cande-laria Cande-laria or Bell district, in Mineral county, i The output of copper from Nevada was : more than HO.OOO.uOO pounds in 1917 and will probably be larger In 1918, for the Mason Valley smelter had two furnaces in operation this year, and the Nevada 1 Consolidated Co. was making shipments of bullion equal to those of last year. The Consolidated Copper Mines Co. made i regular shipments, though the mill was closed in January and February. Large shipments of ore were made from th,e Copper Basin mine, at Battle Mountain, and from the Nevada Douglas, Blue Stone and Mason Valley mines, at Yerington, but smaller shipments were made from mines at Luning. Lead and Zinc Output. The output of lead and zinc in Nevada is less than that of the other metals. The monthly shipments from the Yellow Pine district, in Clark county, decreased from about 4000 tons in 1917 to about 2100 tons in 1918. Manv mines were closed in the later part of 1917 and were not reopened until March, 1918. The shipments ship-ments of lead ore from the Eureka district dis-trict decreased in 1918, though an increase in-crease was noted in the output of mines in several districts In White Pine county, especially tiie Ward mine, and large shipments ship-ments continued from the Prince Consolidated Consol-idated mine, at Pioche, one of the main producers of lead in Nevada. |
