Show IN the list of mineral bearing states and territories utah for years has held third of silver the two place in the production leaders being colorado and montana in the order named in its output of the white metal a gradual decline has been noted i in n utah since the year 1896 the value of the production for that year was in 1897 it was in 1898 it was and for 1899 the total was disclosing an increase of about a million over the previous year the slight advance in silver quotations during 1899 accounts in some measure for this increase but one of the main reasons for this gain can be accredited to the more earnest search for gold bearing ores the increase in gold production has been very marked and as silver to a certain degree Js is invariably associated with gold in most ores it will be seen that an increased silver production cannot well be avoided even with the white metal on the tabooed list were bimetallism restored however the output of silver in this western country would be more than doubled and mines which are now in enforced idleness would once again take rank as heavy producers |