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 102 MINERALS YEARBOOK / I

Mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in Arizona, 1928—3~,
in terms of recovered metals

Year
Ore, old

tailings,

etc.
Gold
Silver
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Total value
1928         
1929          
1930         
1931          
1932 1         
Short tons
22,828,766
25,860,772
19,802,919
13,690,610
4,455,000
$3, 967,488
4, 182,287
3,501,610
2,608,495
1,319,690
Fine ounces
6,791,351
7,543,283
5,540,732
3,245,311
2,057,000
Pounds
732,276,803
830,628,411
576, 190,607
401,344,909
183,887,000
Pounds
14,380,964
16,054, 122
8,491,023
1,964,112
2,000,000
Pounds
1,278,636
2,458,580
1,630,506
 
 
$114, 300,381
155,567, 133
81,042,416
40,144,694
13, 172,871
1 Subject to revision.

 Gold.—The gold output in 1932 decreased about 50 percent from. that
in 1931 due to drastic curtailment in the mining of copper ore and to the
decreased output of gold ore from the Tom Reed and other mines near Oatman,
Mohave County. In 1932 the Output of gold in Arizona was less than half that
of any other year except .1908, since detailed records were started in 1903.
An exceptionally large decrease was recorded in the production of gold from
the Tom Reed mine, and marked declines were also recorded from the properties
of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, United Verde Copper Co., and Magma Copper
Co. A large increase, however, was reported from the United Verde Extension
mine at Jerome, Yavapai County. The United Verde mine, also at Jerome, the
largest producer of gold in Arizona from 1924 to 1930, was idle in 1932,
as were the mill and smelter at Clarkdale.
 There was a decided increase in the production of gotd from placer operations,
particularly from Copper Basin, Big Bug Creek, Lynx Creek, and Octave in
Yavapai County, Greaterville in Pima County, Dome and Quartzsite in Yuma
County, San Francisco River in Greenlee County, and Gold Basin in Mohave
County. There was also considerable activity in gold mining .at lode mines
in the Dos Cabezas district in Cochise County; Vulture district in Maricopa
County; Weaver district in Mohave County; Arivaca, Cababi, and Quijotoa districts
in Pima County; Old Hat district in Pinal County; Oro Blanco district in
Santa Cruz County; Black Canyon, Cherry Creek, Hassayampa, and Weaver districts
in Yavapai County; and Ellsworth district in Yuma County. The Copper Queen
branch of the Phelps Dodge Coporation was by far the largest producer of
gold in Arizona in 1932; it was followed in order by the United Verde Extension,
Magma, Tom Reed, New Cornelia, and Katherine properties.
 Silver.—The silver output in Arizona in 1932 decreased 1,188,311 ounces
from the output in 1931, and the value from $941,140 to $580,074. Most of
the silver, as well as a majority of the gold produced in Arizona, is recovered
from copper ore. Since there was an unusual decrease in the output of copper
material in 1932 there was a decided decline in the production of both silver
and gold. In 1932 the output of silver in Arizona was the smallest since
detailed records were started, and the average price (28.2 cents an ounce)
was less than that of any year since 1850. The largest decrease in silver
output was reported from the properties of the Phelps Dodge Corporation.
The inactivity at the United Verde mine, the largest silver producer in