Show utah metal mines respond to nation S call F EE 07 RAIN 91 1 01 M 31 I 1 v 1 1 OUR v 61 1 t I 1 qa ma 4 Z IN p 7 V 6 57 em A 4 A section of the park city mining region of utah which ch is ic pouring increased metals into war production efforts of united states responding to the call tor for increased metal production to meet war demands mines ot of utah are leaving no stone unturned in an effort to supply the demand in order to stimulate production of lower grade ores the metal reserve corporation and ana the office of price administration placed a premium aum ium upon metal production in excess of the 1941 output while each metal producing company is subject to individual quotas before receiving the bonus metal mines never the less 1 are going ahead reaching into low lower er grade ore deposits the bonus does not mean or Is not intended to increase the profits of the metal producing companies it is intended to offer a market for low ow grade ores that could not be mined under the previous market an example of this Is the park utah consolidated mines company which operates properties in the park city mining region during the past few years the the park utah has been producing from the old judge properties and has been one of the large metal producers of the state the old park utah unit served by the onefrio drainage and transportation tunnel which heads beads into the mountain from keetley utah has been closed down for the past 10 years due to the low prices of metals and the low metal content of the ore when government agencies announced that a premium would be paid tor for excess ot of quota production park utah immediately reopened the ontario tunnel and its production is now being added to the mighty war effort of the mines of utah there exists much low grade ore in the park utah that can be mined under the new premium prices and park utah like other utah mines responded to the call |