| Show resume of metal mining situation shows real progress r trend all toward consolidation and expansion of effort in recounting the past years accomplishments in the metal mining and associated industries of utah for the year 1928 it is is no exaggeration to state that substantial and worthwhile worth while progress has been made owing to uncertainties surrounding the market price of metals and the consequences that might follow a general slump mine operators generally were inclined to apply the brakes and drive under tinder reduced speed this feeling of uncertainty resulted in curtailed production compared with what it might inight have been and this sentiment prevailed to a 6 greater or less degree until after the presidential election even at that the record when it shall have been compiled and and officially made public will show that metal production of the state and ores mined will exceed the output of 1927 when the official compilations placed the total tons of ore mined at this tonnage yielded gold and IS 18 ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of zinc with a total value for all of in contrast it is expected that production figures for 1928 will show an increase in copper and gold with the output of lead and zinc closely approximating the previous years figures b while the value owing to the sharp advance in the market price of the metals for the later months of the year will likely run rtin to above the total for 1927 while utah copper tintic gintic standard park utah and some of the other better known mines did not hold to a maximum tonnage output of ore a number of newer and smaller properties helped to keep the total output up tip to normal or better through their activities |
