Table 6.—Mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in
1967, by counties, 
in terms of recoverable metals 
 
 Mines 
County —  Lode 
producing 1 
 
———— Placer 
Material 
sold or 
treated 2 
(short 
tons) 
Gold 
(lode and placer) 
 
Troy Value ounces 
Silver 
(lode and placer) 
Troy Value 
ounces 
 
Adams                   
Boulder            
Chaffee                  
Clear Creek         
Conejos            
Dolores            
Eagle              
Fremont           
Gilpin             
Gunnison           
Hinsdale           
Huerfano           
Jefferson                  
La Plata           
Mineral            
Moffat                   
2 
 
7 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
1 
1 
 
1 
2 
4 
1 
2 
  
  
  
  
  
2 
  
  
  
3 
  
  
1 
267 
(8) 
 14,776 ~259,614 
(4) 
 
 225,019 
(4) 
 
 2,144 
 49,747 
(4) 
 
52 
  
(4) 
 
 44,135 
  
 3901 
 1,103 
(3) 
142 
 42,844 
(4) 
 
696 
(4) 
 
135 
124 
(4) 
 
  
379 
(4) 
 
446 
17 
' $31,535 38,605 
(8) 
 
 4,970 
499 540 
(4) 
 
24,360 
(4) 
 
4,725 
4,340 
(4) 
 
 
13,265 
(4) 
 
15,610 
 595 
 ' 116 
 2,047 
(3) 
 
 8,033 
~285,849 
(4) 
 
230,959 
(4) 
 
535 
166,796 
(4) 
 
10 
61 
(4) 
 
111,365 
1 
 ' $180 
 3,173 
(3) 
 
 12,451 ~443,065 
(4) 
 
357,986 
(4) 
 
829 
258,534 
(4) 
 
16 
94 
(4) 
 
172,616 
2 
 
Ouray             
Park              
Pitkin             
Pueblo 
1 
1 
1 
          
1 
  
(4) 
9 
(4) 
119 
(4) 
 468 
(4) 
2 
(4) 
 
16,380 
(4) 
70 
(4) 
 
 161 
(4) 
526 
(4) 
 
 250 
(4) 
815 
 
Saguache           
San Juan  
San Miguel         
Summit            
Total: 
1 
8 
1 
3 
1 
200 
211,979 
363,291 
 1,541 
1,742 
12,171 
 11 
60,970 
425,985 
 385 
261,873 
748,768 
 599 
 405,903 
1,160,590 
929 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1967      
1966      
39 
62 
15 
14 
1,172,893 
1,224,970 
21,181 
31,915 
 741,335 
1,117,025 
1,817,699 
2,085,534 
2,817,433 
2,696,595 
 
Adams 
Boulder            
Chaffee            
ClearCreek         
Conejos            
Dolores            
Eagle              
Fremont           
Gilpin             
Gunnison          
Hinsdale           
Huerfano           
Jefferson 
La Plata           
Mineral            
Moffat 
(5) 
(3) 
 
 3 
4559 
(4) 
 
192 
(4) 
 1 
179 
(4) 
 
(5) 
 
(4) 
 
241 
 $76 
(8) 
 
 2,026 
~427,061 
(4) 
 
146,864 
(4) 
 
 879 
137,461 
(4) 
 
 344 
 
(4) 
 
184,326 
(5) 
(3) 
 
53 
43 472 
(4) 
 
2,132 
(4) 
 
5 
1,243 
(4) 
 
 
                                                                
(4) 
 
1,451 
                                                
 $98 
(3) 
 
 14,742 
4971 838 
(4) 
 
596,988 
(4) 
 
 1,372 
348,054 
(4) 
 
 
 
(4) 
 
406,378 
(3) 
 
16 
44 692 
(4) 
 
21,325 
(4) 
 
6 
2,623 
(4) 
 
  
 
(4) 
 
2,148 
(8) 
 
 $4,r416 
~1 299 137 
(4) 
 
5,904,040 
(4) 
 
1,703 
 726,231 
(4) 
 
 
  
(4) 
 
 594,820 
' $31,715 
 41,952 
(3) 
 38,605 
43 240 641 
(4) 
7,030,238 
(4) 
9,508 
1,474,620 
(4) 
360 
13,359 
(4) 
1,373,750 
597 
 
Ouray             
Park. 
Pitkin             
Pueblo             
Saguache          
San Juan           
San Miguel  
Summit            
(4) 
 
                  
(4) 
 
1 
2 
369 
2,445 
1 
(4) 
 
 
(4) 
 
 612 
 1,491 
 281,840 
1,869,251 
497 
(4) 
 
(5) 
(4) 
 
4 
 
5,527 
8,013 
 23 
(4) 
42 
(4) 
 1,190 
1,547,602 
2,243,724 
 6,412 
(4) 
 
 
(4) 
 
47 
  
8,542 
13,021 
22 
(4) 
 
  
(4) 
 
 12,902 
 
2,364,869 
3,604,925 
 6,049 
(4) 
 
 16,672 
(4) 
 
 15,589 
 1,491 
4,661,184 
9,304,475 
 14,272 
 
 
Copper 
Lead 
—________________ 
Zinc 
Value 
Total 
value 
Short Value 
Short Value Short 
 
 
 
tons 
tons 
tons 
 
 
 
Total: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1967      
1966      
3,993 
4,237 
3,052,728 
3,065,046 
 
21,923 
23,082 
6,138,440 
6,977,689 
52,442 
54,822 
14,519,092 
15,898,880 
27,269,028 
29,754,735 
 1 Operations at slag dumps and old mill or miscellaneous cleanups not counted
as producing mines. 
 2 Does not include gravel washed. 
$ and Challee Counties combined to avoid disclosing individual company confidential
data. 
 4 Conejos, Dolores, Fremont, Hinsdale,La Plata, Ouray, and Pitkin Counties
combined to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data. 
 ' Less than 3~ unit. 
 188 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967