The
silver production of Oregon in 1910 was 35,978 fine ounces, against
27,827 ounces in 1909. Of the total output Baker County produced 29,835
ounces, mainly from siliceous ores, against 19,514 ounces in 1909.
Siliceous ores supplied 34,204 ounces of silver in Oregon in 1910, an
increase of 8,658 ounces from this source.
Southern Appalachian States.—The
combined gold production from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia was $179,505 in 1910, against
$149,010 in 1909. The increase was due largely to resumption of normal
operations at two of the largest mines in North Carolina and South
Carolina, although offset somewhat by the closing down of the Franklin
mine in Georgia, which caused a considerable decrease in the total gold
output of that State, and by smaller decreases in the gold production
of Tennessee and Virginia. North Carolina resumed the lead in gold
output, with a production of $68,045, followed by South Carolina with
$38,324, Georgia with $35,602, and Alabama with $33,533. The production
was cliiefly from gold-quartz ores, mined mainly in North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Alabama. Georgia led in output from placers,
followed by North Carolina. The placers yielded 17 per cent of the
total output.
The
silver production of the Southern States in 1910 was 91,069 fine
ounces, against 63,419 ounces in 1909. Of the total output 81,237
ounces were derived from refining of copper from the Duck-town district
in Tennessee, the greater part of the remainder coming from copper ores
of North Carolina.
South Dakota.—The
production of gold in South Dakota in 1910 was $5,402,257, against
$6,577,836 in 1909, a decrease of $1,175,579, owing largely to labor
troubles in the Black Hills in the early part of the year. The output
of gold is almost wholly from siliceous ore, and the greater part of
this is low-grade milling-amalgamating-cyaniding ore. The great
Homestake mines and mills in Lawrence County continue to produce
three-quarters of the output. The total production in South Dakota,
from the discovery of gold in 1875 to the end of 1910, has been
$155,303,594.
The
silver output of South Dakota, derived mainly from refining mill
bullion, was 118,800 fine ounces in 1910, against 194,273 ounces in
1909,
Texas.—The
gold production in Texas is merely nominal, and a byproduct, being
$314 in 1910 against $423 in 1909. The production of silver in 1910 was
380,322 fine ounces, against 374,444 ounces in 1909. The output is
almost wholly from the milling of oxidized dry or siliceous ores of the
Shatter district in Presidio County.
Utah.—The
gold production of Utah in 1910 was $4,032,085, against $4,206,548 in
1909. Of the total output $754,127 was recovered in amalgamation and
cyanidation, chiefly in the Camp Floyd district of Tooele County and in
Iron, Piute, Salt Lake, and Boxelder counties. The remainder of the
gold production was almost entirely from the smelting of copper, lead,
and dry ores and concentrates. Salt Lake County ranked first in gold
output with $1,776,058, mainly from copper ores, and from the Bingham
or West Mountain district. Juab County was second, with $1,181,366,
chiefly from copper, lead, and siliceous ores and from the Tintic
district. Tooele County followed with $721,361, mainly from dry or
siliceous ores of the Camp Floyd district, and Utah County was fourth
with $193,234 from lead ores of the Tintic district.
