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The
lead and copper ores contributed about $235,000 to the gold production
of the State. The placers yielded $79,751, a considerably larger amount
than that recovered in 1907. The larger part came from the gravel
deposits of Round Mountain and Manhattan in Nye Countj'.
The
output of silver was 9,508,464 ounces, or 2,424,861 ounces more than
the product of 1907. Nye County was, as usual, of paramount
importance, having produced 7,632,813 ounces, of which all but 460,417
ounces came from Tonopah. The Comstock mines in Storey County yielded a
greatly increased output of 542,017 ounces. Esmeralda County produced
438,588 ounces of which one-half came from the new Lucky Boy district.
Almost the entire production was from siliceous ores. The lead ores
yielded 482,018 ounces, mainly from Esmeralda and Eureka counties. From
copper ores only 29,321 ounces were obtained.
New Hampshire.—A
small production of gold and silver was recovered from the copper ores
of New Hampshire, and minor amounts derived from ores from
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have been included in the New Hampshire
figures.
New Mexico.—The
gold produced in the mines of New Mexico was valued at $298,757, a
decrease of $31,225. Owing to the closing of the Comanche smelter, the
mines of Grant County only produced $45,682 in gold, mainly from
smelting ores. Socorro is now the leadinggold-producing county,its
output having the value of $136,890, chiefly from the siliceous ores of
the Mogollon district. No other county attained a production of
$40,000. Otero increased its output to $35,690, this being due to the
operation of the new smelter at Oro Grande. Lincoln County reported
$29,712, which was somewhat less than the output of 1907. The placers
yielded nearly $30,000.
The
production of silver amounted to 405,044 ounces, a decrease of 300,500
ounces. Socorro and Grant remained the leading counties, with a
production of 280,091 and 95,477 ounces, respectively. The production
in the other counties was insignificant. Practically the whole'output
of Socorro County was derived from the siliceous milling ores of the
Mogollon district. Only 10 per cent of the silver production of New
Mexico is obtained from copper and lead ores.
Oregon.—The
production of gold in Oregon amounted to $865,076, a decrease of
$264,185. Both deep mines and placers showed a material decrease in
yield. Baker County led with an output of $507,929, most of which came
from the siliceous ores of the Cracker Creek district, near Sumpter.
Josephine County produced $152,722, of which the larger part came from
placers.
The
total yield of the placers was $272,593, a decrease of $58,813. Only an
insignificant amount of gold was derived from copper ores. Southwestern
and northeastern Oregon form two distinct mining regions, differing in
character of deposits and ores. The southwestern region, of which
Josephine and Jackson counties are the principal parts, produced
$250,664 in gold, a reduction of $145,834 from the output of 1907. The
placer gold from this region in 1908 amounted to $193,484. The
northeastern region, of which Baker and Grant counties are the most
important parts, yielded $614,432. The placer gold from this region was
$79,109 in 1908.
The
yield of silver was only 43,602 ounces, a decrease of 43,116 ounces as
compared with that of 1907. To this Baker County con-
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