$413,864
in 1913, and the output of Tonopah alone increased from $2,223,878 to
$2,613,843 in 1913. Much smaller increases were made in Clark, Mineral,
Washoe, and Lander counties, and decreases in gold output were recorded
from all other counties. Placer gold, amounting in all to $305,442, was
produced in Nevada in 1913, chiefly in Nye County, but also in Lander,
Humboldt, and six other counties. The principal placer output was from
Manhattan and Round Mountain in Nye County and from Battle Mountain in
Lander County. By far the greater part of the gold production of Nevada
continues to come from cyanidation and amalgamation of dry or siliceous
gold and silver ores, mainly from Goldfield and Tonopah, but also to
smaller degree from Storey (Comstock district), Churchill, Humboldt,
and other counties. Copper ores especially from White Pine County (Ely
district) and Esmeralda (Goldfield) also supply notable quantities of
gold. In county production of gold from all sources Esmeralda led in
1913, followed by Nye, Storey, White Pine, Churchill, and Humboldt, in
order named.
Silver.—The
production of silver from Nevada mines in 1913 was 16,090,083 fine
ounces, an increase of 1,721,020 ounces from the high output of
14,369,093 ounces in 1912 and a continuance of the steadily augmented
production for several years past. Nye County was again in the lead,
with 11,634,033 ounces, of which the great Tonopah camp produced
11,563,437 ounces, almost entirely from siliceous silver-gold ores.
Churchill County followed with 1,383,257 ounces, all from dry or
siliceous ores and mainly from Fairview and Wonder districts. Humboldt
County produced 757,505 ounces, also chiefly from dry or siliceous
ores, and mainly from Rochester district. Storey County produced
729,972 ounces, from the same class of ores mined on the Comstock lode,
and Lincoln County produced 475,105 ounces from siliceous, lead, and
mixed ores, mostly from Pioche. In all, dry or siliceous ores supplied
15,245,541 ounces from Nevada in 1913, and the small remainder of the
total silver output came from lead, copper, and mixed ores.
NEW MEXICO.
Gold.—The
recoverable yield of gold from the ore output of New Mexico in 1913 was
$881,926, against $784,446 in 1912. Socorro County alone produced
$623,856, or nearly 71 per cent of the State yield, against $525,629 in
1912, almost wholly from siliceous ores at Mogollon. There was
increased gold output from Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Santa Fe, and Taos
counties also in 1912. Altogether the dry or siliceous ores supplied
$761,535 in gold from New Mexico, against $609,884 in 1912. Copper ores
furnished $97,103, chiefly from Lordsburg, Grant County, and San Pedro,
Santa Fe County. Lead ores supplied $14,634 in gold in 1913, and the
placers only $7,861.
Silver.—The
recoverable output of silver from ores sold or treated from New Mexican
mines in 1913 was 1,631,273 fine ounces, against 1,536,701 ounces in
1912. Socorro County produced 1,347,160 ounces in 1913, or 83 per cent
of the total State yield, against 1,126,429 ounces in 1912, chiefly
from siliceous ores of the Mogollon district. Grant County supplied
206,215 ounces, or 13 per cent, chiefly from the Lordsburg district.
The Chino copper ores of Grant County, produced and milled in large
quantities, are of exceptionally low
