| Show for governments government s complication of metal mine production data and comparisons in ten states consult the following pages VALUE OF METAL production gold silver copper lead zinc total value 0 the mines of utah in 1927 produced gold silver copper lead and zinc valued at a decrease of about from the output of 1926 according to estimates by C N gerry of the bureau of mines department of commerce A large 6 increase was reported in gold and slight ones in copper lead and zinc but the output of silver was less than in 1926 the smelting smelling sm elting plants at murray midvale garfield and international were active and several new and important producers were added to the list for 1927 A marked decrease however in the average 6 metal prices of silver copper lead and zinc seriously affected many of the large operators utah was first in the united states in the production of silver second in copper after arizona and second in lead after missouri the custom flotation mills at international midvale and bauer were operated the entire year and improved milling b plants were run at park city and bingham but the chief consolidated soli dated flotation plant at eureka was idle most of the year dividends for year exceed the dividends reported paid by mining companies in utah in 1927 amounted to about exclusive of paid by the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining co which controls mines at eureka and bingham as well as mines in other states the companies that contributed to this total were the utah copper tintic gintic standard silver king coalition park utah consolidated bingham mines and cardiff the total compares with paid in 1926 big companies produce more gold the gold production increased considerably from in 1926 to about in 1927 practically all the gold was recovered from ores and concentrates smelted smelter smelt ed in general the mines of the park city district showed a marked increase in gold and gold from the bingham region was greater but the tintic gintic district showed a large decrease the largest producers of 0 gold were the utah copper park utah consolidated united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mini mining ng mammoth tailing dump utah delaware utah apex chief consolidated and tintic gintic standard properties pronounced increases in gold were made by the utah copper park utah north rth lily silver king coalition victoria bluestone stockton lead bingham metals and eureka lily properties total silver output is somewhat smaller the silver output decreased from ounces in ill 1926 to ounces in 1927 but the production was ounces more than that of montana which was second r in 1 silver production in the united states the value of the silver ver output decreased from to or nearly 12 per cent due in part to the decrease in the average price silver from the park city region was increased considerably sider ably in 1926 but that from the tintic gintic and bingham districts was less the park utah consolidated mines co operating mines at park city and keetley was the largest producer of silver in utah and ven reported a sight increase next in order came the tintic gintic standard mining co the silver king coalition mining co bingham mines co including victoria the chief consolidated mining co and the mining co other large producers were the utah copper united states ontario utah apex utah delaware mammoth mammoth tailings and north lily properties decidedly increased production was made by the silver king coalition park utah consolidated victoria and north lily mines the output of the chief consolidated mine at eureka was comparatively small as the flotation mill was run only three months but ore shipments from the eastern part of the tintic gintic district have in part made up the deficiency and ore much richer in silver was slipped shipped from the silver king coalition property at park city the result of an important strike made during 1927 the unusual increase in silver from the victoria mine at eureka was also due to the opening of a new ore body copper production shows marked increase the production of copper increased from pounds in 1926 to pounds in 1927 but the value decreased from to the final figures may show some variation possibly a slight decrease but utah was second in copper production after arizona and was far above montana in 1927 the utah copper co at bingham 6 produced pounds of net copper a month the first half of the year but later reduced the rate of production so that tile the output of the year was slightly less than that of 1926 the recovery in copper concentrate was increased to about 90 per cent of the copper in the mill ore and the grade of the concentrate was greatly improved there was a substantial increase in copper from the utah apex and utah delaware mines at bingham and from mines at park city but tile the output from the ohio property in 1926 in the tintic gintic district at lark was virtually the same as the decrease in copper was r general gene ral due in part to the fire at the mammoth mine lead output increased but value drops the lead dad output increased from pounds in 1926 to pounds in 1927 but the value decreased from to as the average price declined from 8 the lead smelting smelling sm elting plants cents to about cents a pound were active but not worked to capacity although bullion shipments from I 1 international were increased unusually large decreases in lead were reported from the utah apex mine at bingham 0 and the chief consolidated mine at eureka and several smaller mines were affected adversely by the drop in the price of lead new ore developments stimulate shipments the encouraging features of the year were the opening of new ore and greatly increased shipments from the north lily and eureka lily at dividend the park utah consolidated at keetley the victoria and mines at eureka the silver king coalition at park city and mines near stockton three large custom flotation plants were operated continuously but the chief consolidated mill at eureka was closed in march the park city region showed a decided increase as did the rush valley district of tooele thoele county but the leads lead output from the tintic gintic district and big and little cottonwood districts was less the largest producers produce rai of lead in order of output were the park utah consolidated tintic gintic standard silver king coalition united states utah delaware utah apex bingham mines including victoria chief consolidated north lily bullion coalition and stockton lead bluestone companies zincs kincs behavior much the same As lead the zinc recovered chiefly from concentrate rate reached or smelted smelter probably increased slightly from pounds in 1926 to about pounds in 1927 As the average price was much less than that of 1926 the value decreased from to all the large flotation mills in utah treating lead zinc ore international united states combined metals silver king coalition utah apex and chief consolidated were operating in 1927 but the chief consolidated mill was idle 9 months there was a large increase in mill ore from the park utah consolidated property which made it the leading zinc producer of utah but a marked decrease was reported in zinc recovered from the chief consolidated and utah apex properties at park city the silver king coalition property marketed more zinc concentrate and several mines at bingham notably the bingham mines park bingham utah metal tunnel and utah copper produced much more zinc milling ore there was no serious change in the zinc output of the utah delaware mine and the united states property at bingham which was the leading producer of zinc in 1926 the largest zinc producers were the park utah consolidated united states utah delaware silver king coalition utah apex bullion coalition ontario bingham mines and utah metal tunnel co zinc was about equally divided between the park city and bingham districts with a little from the tintic gintic district and tooele thoele county bingham greatest ore tonnage producer in 1927 the mines of utah produced about tons of ore and tailings an increase from tons in 1926 of this total the bingham district produced about tons as compared with tons ton s in 1926 the estimated production of the district was 1225 10 ounces of gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc tintic gintic comes through in good shape the mines of the tintic gintic district produced tons of ore and old tailings as compared with tons in 1926 the estimate production of the district was ounces of gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc the mines that produced more than tons of ore during the year were the tintic gintic standard chief consolidated eagle blue bell victoria mammoth and north lily the tintic gintic standard mining co was the second largest producer of silver and lead in utah but the output was slightly less than in 1926 park cites output almost doubles the shipments of ore concentrate and tailings f from born the park city region increased from tons in 1926 to tons in 1927 the estimated output of the district was ounces of gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc there was a marked increase in the milling ore mined and in all metals recovered there was a good increase in silver and lead from tooele thoele county especially from the bullion coalition and stockton lead properties but the output from big and little cottonwood districts decreased |
