Show awe t UTAH MINES the high prices of meals metals dp during the last six months caused utah producers producer soto to put all 11 available alc miners to getting out ore in same some of the snowbound snow bound camps large quin quantities of ore were stored during the winter months and when this was r released e to the buyers a curtailment il was requested by the amel ipas of all producers exceeding contract limits during slay and june hundreds of cars of ore w waiting alting to td be unloaded blocked the railroad lines lined to sampler and ails sm elters rs much of bf ahe the ore is 13 stockpiled stock piled as 1 it l is impossible t to treat more mor ethan than a certain quantity on account of the limited working capacity capacio reports received d by bf the U S Co geological sui survey ve from fearn its field office at salt lake city indicate that no great in increase orease in gold may be expected expect eo for 1916 but silver production product loi which is dependent largely on the production of lead has gained over previous ya principally from Ping ingham haM the alj lead output from ores produced at this camp will exceed all a former totals at the present rate of output ful fay be 1 pounds of will be produced in 1916 this estimate having been made from the increased inci eased tonnage be ing treated at the concentration m ills near garfield gar field the utah copper p property m perty mined and shipped in may tons of ore and during june the afie rate ot f output was greatly increased and about 34 tons lona ot of ore wa was y t treated daily ather copper mines are producing to the capacity of their equipment at the increased rate of production pd and higher price the total value of the copper output will probably be double that of 1915 zinc production product im froni sulphide concentrate and oxidized and sulphide ores wilt wilf not largely exceed the 1915 output of 22 million pounds estimated as spelter park alt city bingha in tintic gintic and promontory district were ile principal PR I 1 regions producing among th the metallurgical improvements pro prove ments is the establishment of sulp sulphuric hurie acid works at garfield and the prospect for treating lower jrade grade opper copper ores by lq leaching aching At Silver city in the tintic gintic district the leaching pl plant alit has made its third shipment of silver precipitate precipitates and the process is now considered a success |