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Show METAL OUTPUT t IN UTJPVJS 'Production for 1920 in Excess of Mark Reached In 1919 WASHINGTON. Jen. ,- Minerals fproiluocd in Utah In i Including I KOld. coin r, Klirr. lead and ill va: ..I- ' : I 1 increase over 1919. according I KHeikcs. of the United lor 1 i u Output bf thn sroUi find copper d- jfcre.i -. rori"!') t.-i lil y riml Ihf hulk of Ellv-r inrra.cd siighth. Production of .lend anil zinc lncrea.v . f Average prices for load, and jjinc. I.Wfi " higher 'hint's 1 :. l-t:' ! -Kr copper and silver were client ly lO'A I f In general, production was retarded retard-ed I'V the contln I high cost of min- Bng. milling, (-melting and refintol fin August the increased freight rate Ian ore ond bullion added another hahi dl 1 1 tn mining The four malting pianli In the - t it ITT' "i 'i r i ; I'll : 1. 1 i ! 'K'u'iii ' tin i but during the last three month' HTey had difficulty In Obtaining .. suf-Efi'i suf-Efi'i nt supj:v uf ore. i.v. ii the mint ; of I :r it!:di C"l 'i mll... w l.i. n 1 1 m Bound better smelting rates In I'tah. Erere forced to ship elsewhere when I the railroad rates were Increased. I I SS I 'I M LiD. B The mine production of gold de- ck i mm 1 K 1 . In I'M (i to .ii' proximately $1,949. onn in l'.2i. a cb--Kcxease of nearly 10 per cent. Most of Kthe pold was obtained from, slliclous, copper and lead ores that were treat-Bad treat-Bad at smelting plants. The only i mi-Bderable mi-Bderable production of gold by cyanl-Bdatlon cyanl-Bdatlon was that of the D cr Trail prop-Brty, prop-Brty, near Maryavale, in Piute county. More than half the output of gold in Kthe state ;ps mule in th Bingham Bdislrlct, about 30 per cent In the Tin-Hc Tin-Hc district, and the remiiinder in the Park City and other camps. The larg-Kfcst larg-Kfcst producers of gold Were the j h KCopper. United Stares .Mining company Deer Trail. Chief Consolidated, Utah Consolidated and Grand Central mines- f Tho mine output of silver decreased from 11,619,991 ounce", alued at $13.-W047.956, $13.-W047.956, in 1919. to about ll.rl 8,000 Bounces, valued at 5 1 -. ".G 4 ,000. In 1920 The producers took advantage of the ..foreign price of silver during the first IBTflve months of tlu year, while It was iE aoove an ouncr and the T'ittman prico thereafter the average price a being being nbnut 1.09 an ounce for I the year. The Chi. f Consolidated a inii.'- ; T-'iinki. u'limued to I" thfl I largest producer of silver in the state E and the Tintlc Standard followed close-I close-I ly. At Tiingham the United states f Mining company. Utah Apex, Utah Consolidated and Utah Copper led In IK the production of nilver, and at Park i II City the Ontario, the Silver King Coal-r Coal-r ltlon, Daly West, i.nd Judge mines, r were large producers of silver. The jl output of the Tintlc und Park City dis-ll dis-ll trlcts Increased, but that of the Hing-I Hing-I h i im 1. t rl.'t lie. n .is. .1 COPPER DECREASES. I The mine production of copper dc-! ( creased from 124. 061, SOT jiriunds in '1 lf'l'i t" nenrlv tlT.oon.i pounds In l 1920. The average price, way slightly law, and the value of the output decreased de-creased from f22.07u.496 to about !$I9.991.00Q. Most (if th.. copper wax j produced from the Utah Copper property prop-erty at Hinjiam,,whir n yielded near-ly near-ly 9,000.000 pounds a month through-lout through-lout the year. Nxt tr. the I'tah Cop-ijer. Cop-ijer. th I'tah Consolidated at Bingham Bing-ham waa the largest producer of copper, cop-per, and was followed hy th" Timtc Standard. lher important producers were the 1'tnh A;e x. lulled Stati s Mlninjc company and Bingham Mines (company at Dlnghan. The mine output of lead Increased 'from 1 28,829. OT.l pounds In 1919 to jabout 134.000.000 pounds in 1 920. The value of the output in reaped from JC-(92,940 JC-(92,940 to about $ 1 0,939. OuO. The larg-aat larg-aat producers of lead In the state were the I't.ih Aprx. the United States Mining Min-ing company. Tintlc Standard, Chief Consolidate '1 I'tah Consolidated. Sll-v Sll-v King, Coalition I-;ily Judge, Ohplr Hill and Kagle and Blue Hell mines. The largest increases were those Of the Chief Consolidated and Tlntie Standard. In the Tintlc dntriol . There was an Increase of about Zo per cent in the production of recoverable recover-able zinc. The mine output Increased from 4,432.024 pounds in 1919 to about 6,000,000 pounds in 1920. and the value val-ue from $322,465 o about SIST.OOO. |