tributed
17,495 ounces and Grant County 17,987 ounces, both counties being
situated in the northeastern part of the State.
Southern Appalachian States.—Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia
yielded together $254,775 in gold, an increase of $14,873 over the
output of 1907. A considerable increase was reported from Alabama and
North Carolina, while the other States reduced their production. The
greatest output, $97,495, came from North Carolina; this was followed
by Georgia, with $56,207; South Carolina, with $53,715; and Alabama,
with $41,208. Tennessee yielded only $3,699. As usual, siliceous ores
yielded the greatest amount, principally from the Iola mines, in North
Carolina; the Haile mine,in South Carolina; the Franklin mine, in
Georgia; and the Hillabee mine, in Alabama. The total output of placer
gold was about $31,000.
Of
silver 59,900 ounces were produced, a decrease of 24,674 ounces. The
lessened production was mainly due to a decreased production of copper
ores in North Carolina and Virginia. The only States which had a
notable output of silver were Tennessee, with 57,696 ounces, and North
Carolina, with 1,260 ounces. The production of North Carolina in 1907
was 21,667 ounces. Almost the whole output was derived from copper ores.
South Dakota.—South
Dakota produced $7,657,376 in gold, an increase of $3,519,187 compared
with the yield of 1907. After the misfortunes of 1907 the Homestake
mine greatly increased its production and all of the principal
districts of the Black Hills had a prosperous year. The silver
production was 248,762 ounces.
Texas.—Texas
produced only a nominal amount of gold. The yield of silver was 444,336
ounces, an increase of 140,648 ounces as compared with that of 1907.
The metal was largely derived from the siliceous oxidized ores of- the
Shafter mine, in Presidio County.
Utah.—The
mines of Utah yielded $3,701,387 in gold, a decrease of $1,420,259 as
compared with the output of 1907. The decrease was general, affecting
all the producing counties. As usual the Tintic and the Bingham
districts, which nearly correspond to Juab and Salt Lake counties, were
the most prominent producers of gold from smelting ores, which yielded,
besides, silver, copper, and lead. The Tintic ores contributed
$1,307,464; those of Bingham yielded $1,248,221, the figures in each
case representing a greatly lessened yield compared with the output of
1907. The cyaniding ores of the Mercur district added $861,891. These
three districts yielded 92 per cent of the gold production of the
State. A small amount of placer gold was derived from the southern part
of the State.
Of
silver 8,451,338 ounces were reported, a decrease of 2,538,738 ounces
as compared with the figures of 1907. This greatly lessened yield
reduced Utah to the fourth instead of the second rank among the
silver-producing States, its production being exceeded by that of
Montana, Nevada, and Colorado. The bulk of the silver was derived from
the lead-copper ores of Tintic, which yielded 4,118,440 ounces, or
nearly one-half of the total; further, from the mixed ores of Bingham,
which yielded 1,053,146 ounces; and from the lead ores of Park City,
which produced 2,463,735 ounces. The combined silver production of
these three districts was 7,635,321 ounces. The
