Show costs dictate size of state s resources the continuous rise rise in in costs and taxes in recent years is making for a situation that is not lot only working to the disadvantage of the mine operator but to the state in general since the rich high grade ore deposits po sits of utah were mined long ago an ore body is only as big as cost figures make it the miner liner may discover an ore body as big as the capitol building yet he may be able to ship only a block the size of the capitol dome hence costs have much to do with the size and the extent of the states resources it is only natural that the higher the ope operating rat aig costs the higher must be the grade of the ore mined therefore causing a shrink shrinkage ge ol 01 of total revenue from metallic c resources of the state of course if the operator received a proportionate increase for the product he produces the situation would be balanced dut cut this under certain certai n government restrictions has hag riot not been the case in recent years lears and there is is a tendency to want to keep the situation thus evidence of this can be had from the fact that dividends paid by the states large producing mines have been almost totally absent in recent years ears as compared with wha hat they were in in former years ears and and there is is no denying that tho the miny many thousands of stockholders who to own the property are aie entitled to a fair return on their products just the same fame as any other stockholder in in an any other corporation yes es dividends by utah s mining cc companies i lue tire are b becoming e milling fewer fever and farther fa rt between between stockholders eis are growing tired of the situation and when they become to tired the state will have hae lost one of its great est assets venture entzie capital ach which develops our oui resources and makes industry ind |