The data presented below have been taken from the Engineering and Mining Journal article entitled Annual Average Metal Prices: 1897 to 1953. EMJ (1954) 155(2):120.
| Year | Lead (¢ per lb) | Zinc (¢ per lb) | Tin (¢ per lb) |
| 1897 | 3.58 | 4.12 | 13.67 |
| 1898 | 3.78 | 4.57 | 15.7 |
| 1899 | 4.47 | 5.75 | 25.12 |
| 1900 | 4.37 | 4.39 | 29.9 |
| 1901 | 4.33 | 4.07 | 16.74 |
| 1902 | 4.069 | 4.84 | 26.79 |
| 1903 | 4.237 | 5.191 | 28.09 |
| 1904 | 4.309 | 4.931 | 27.99 |
| 1905 | 4.707 | 5.73 | 31.358 |
| 1906 | 5.657 | 6.048 | 39.819 |
| 1907 | 5.325 | 5.812 | 38.166 |
| 1908 | 4.2 | 4.578 | 29.465 |
| 1909 | 4.273 | 5.352 | 29,725 |
| 1910 | 4.446 | 5.37 | 34.123 |
| 1911 | 4.42 | 5.608 | 42.281 |
| 1912 | 4.471 | 6.799 | 46.096 |
| 1913 | 4.37 | 5.504 | 44.252 |
| 1914 | 3.862 | 5.061 | 34.301 |
| 1915 | 4.673 | 13.054 | 38.59 |
| 1916 | 6.858 | 12.634 | 43.48 |
| 1917 | 8.787 | 8.813 | 61.802 |
| 1918 | 7.413 | 7.89 | 88.75 |
| 1919 | 5.759 | 6.988 | 63.328 |
| 1920 | 7.957 | 7.671 | 48.273 |
| 1921 | 4.545 | 4.655 | 29.916 |
| 1922 | 5.734 | 5.716 | 32.554 |
| 1923 | 7.267 | 6.607 | 42.664 |
| 1924 | 8.097 | 6.344 | 50.176 |
| 1925 | 9.02 | 7.622 | 57.893 |
| 1926 | 8.417 | 7.337 | 65.285 |
| 1927 | 6.755 | 6.242 | 64.353 |
| 1928 | 6.305 | 6.027 | 50.427 |
| 1929 | 6.833 | 6.512 | 45.155 |
| 1930 | 5.517 | 4.556 | 31.694 |
| 1931 | 4.243 | 3.64 | 24.467 |
| 1932 | 3.18 | 2.876 | 22.017 |
| 1933 | 3.869 | 4.029 | 39.11 |
| 1934 | 3.86 | 4.158 | 52.191 |
| 1935 | 4.065 | 4.328 | 50.42 |
| 1936 | 4.71 | 4.901 | 46.441 |
| 1937 | 6.009 | 6.519 | 54.337 |
| 1938 | 4.739 | 4.61 | 42.301 |
| 1939 | 5.053 | 5.11 | 50.323 |
| 1940 | 5.179 | 6.335 | 49.827 |
| 1941 | 5.793 | 7.474 | 52.018 |
| 1942 | 6.481 | 8.25 | 52 |
| 1943 | 6.5 | 8.25 | 52 |
| 1944 | 6.5 | 8.25 | 52 |
| 1945 | 6.5 | 8.25 | 52 |
| 1946 | 8.109 | 8.276 | 54.544 |
| 1947 | 14.673 | 10.5 | 77.949 |
| 1948 | 18.043 | 13.589 | 99.25 |
| 1949 | 15.364 | 12.144 | 99.336 |
| 1950 | 13.296 | 13.866 | 95.539 |
| 1951 | 17.5 | 18 | 127.077 |
| 1952 | 16.467 | 16.215 | 120.473 |
| 1953 | 13.489 | 10.855 | 95.845 |