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Show COLORADO PRODUCTION OF IViETALSREPORTED Considerable Decrease in Output for 1919 Is Expert's Ex-pert's Prediction. "vVASRIXGTON, Aug. 6. During the year 191S mines in Colorado produced $12,-70o.00d $12,-70o.00d in gold, 6,900,000 ounces of silver, 6ti, 000,000 pounds of lead, 6,190,000 pounds of copper and S6, 550, 000 pounds of zinc, according to , statistics compiled by the United States geological survey, department depart-ment of tho interior. The statistics for 1919 will show a considerable decrease in the output of all metals in the state. The production of gold alone will decrease at least ?2, 000,000. If production is continued contin-ued at the rate maintained for the first five months of 1919 tiic mines of Cripple Creek, which produced 58,125,000 in 1111$, will produce $1.500.0-.O less in li)19. The Telluride district, which tor several years has been the most persistent producing pro-ducing district in Colorado, will probably not equal its output of 191fc, for the prevalence preva-lence of influenza and lack of electric power reduced tho output considerably during the winter and spring. The recent re-cent resumption of work at the Humboldt mines will help to maintain the output of silver. The closing of the Smuggler mine and the Idleness of the Wasatch mill at silver sil-ver Plum will mean h. greatly reduced output out-put of silver, lead and zinc from Clear Creek county. Though development work and production in Gilpin county have been resumed, the closing of tiie Argo mill at Idaho Springs and of the associated Fremont Fre-mont mine will cause a decrease in the production of gold which can bp otTset only by increased production at several mines. The closing of the Iron Silver Mining company's mines and the Greenback Green-back mine and the abandon men t of the Western Mining company's operations, all at Leadville, means a greatly reduced output out-put of silver and zinc from the Leadvillo district. The cancellation of contracts for manganese manga-nese to be supplied from this district has resulted in the suspension of the ship-i ship-i ments of lead-silver ores from mines at 1 winch manganese was a product. The low i price and the lack of market lor lead and zinc have resulted in the doting or' the "Wellington mine, at Freekenridge. and the Eagle mines, at Red Ch'i'f. The snows' snow-s' ides and fire at the Sunn;, side mine, at fchlvcrton, nave handicapped the operation opera-tion of that mine. The removal of the pumps from the lower levels at Aspen naturally indicates a heavy decrease in the production of silver-lead mes in th:-.t district. The shipments oi si!", er ore from Creedc have not equaled those of Development work is !cing done in tev. oral districts. The silver output of Moulder Moul-der county may show a small Increase and the Camp Bird mine, at Ouray, may resume re-sume milling during the year. lu-'op-ment is continuing- at many mines t ''at hae stopped .shipments until the prices of metals increase. The closing- of the Globe smelter, at Denver, will put an additional burucn of freight charges on shippers from Bou Id Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, who will now ship to Pueblo- Only fo'ir h-ad tme't-ers tme't-ers are now opera tins in Colorado, none of them at full capacity, and tome at lest' than half capacity. |