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Show i a u. s. KUiAU of uines . UII L mm C0Prz to the Btotog aad of Utah aid the Vast. A reeeaa of the oot to developaieate etaadtog carried each week. to devoted oil , ; ULTU (mt w, mw alnsdl ULVU I Mr Mi pal . VOL; 14 NO. mi MM ruu Features Mining, Oil, Financial Post War Era Expansion of activity in war Industries continues to exceed curtailment in' civilian lines, resulting in further moderate increases in industrial output as a whole, states the current issue of The Guaranty Survey, published by the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. tend to emphasize the prospeet of additional restrictions on the supply of .goods', for civilian use, particularly at the retail level, The Survey continue. With the ripid Increase in the personnel of the armed services and the steady absorption of available labor by the industries producing the materials of war, the problem of man power has assumed growing Importance 'In the planning of the war effort Thete dif Acuities .are. being faced with the calm resolution that has marked public response to the emergency since its beginning, along with a rising optimism inspired by the miltary and naval successes of the United Nations In Africa, Europe and the Pacific. The latest official reports on war production indicates that out put as a whole is still increasing swiftly and steadily but that the gradual leveling off that has been noted in recent months continues. Aggregate output of munitions is nearly four times as large as Immediately before our entrance into the war. The aircraft industry reports a marked - rise in the output of heavy planes and a decline in lighter types with a resulting slight Increase in the total number of aircraft produced. A possible bottleneck in propeller production is foreseen, unless a very rapid ' increase can be achieved. Thus far, however, the output of propellers has been sufficient to equip all planes. , How and uneven progress la reported in ordnance production Disappointing results were obtained in the production of some types of ammunition; but in other divisions, including . tank and antiaircraft guns, ' encouraging j gains are noted. s TMi To Lead Discussion mcrtagmrtifamictioffbr" The continues. expansion of output, and .. the diminishing volume of new orders have enabled manufacturers deliveries' to overtake and surpass the amount of new bookings, with a resulting decrease in unfilled orders. Officials expect this trend to continue The i peak in Government-financed construction for war purposes is believed to have been passed and officials express the view, that the downward tendsome ency will continue.-freeinmaterials and man power for other types of war production. Government-financewar construction for the year to expected to reach a total equal to approxof all war eximately penditures. Deliveries of major combat ships has exceeded forecasts, but completions of other type of naval vessels has fallen below exd . one-four- th pectations. ' A further .increase in production of livestock Is forecast for next year by the Department of Agriculture. Crop production. on the other hand,. may be below this years record total, it to believed, unleu weather conditions favorable. again are exceptionally e buying of Military and GO be food is expected to per cent greater than in 1942, taking of the current farm production. Civilian demand also is believed likely to Increase further, though at a slower rate than Jn 1942. . A sufficient aggregate supply of food to anticipated, although It to recognized that there may be shortages of many individual commodities. t The average civilian will ably tie able to consume as much meat aa in recent years, but unprecedented demand resulting from record income to believed likely to make rationing lend-leas- one-fift- h prbb-abou- necessary. Farm Income la expected to surpass this year's record. Net income' of farm operator for 1942, including Government ments, la estimated at neari 9,800,000,000, about a billion lari above the previous record In 1919. The total for next year lllona. to placed at 10 to 10.5 Demand and price, usually major in forefactors casting the fifrnt outlook, are now subject to increasing war-timcontrols, Problems of farm la- , bor, equipment, supplies, trans-porta't'.on and marketing, however, are exceptionally difficult. The farmers greatest single problem next year. It Is ' believed, Wlll.be to secure Adequate supplies of labor. ' .Aluminum .Plant Start Operation . TROUTDALE, Ore.WThe Aluminum Corp. of America, 801 Gulf Bldg Pittsburgh, Pa., is operating thd second unit of its refiner)here. The plant, built with RFC funds, treats refined aluminum txMr and when' completed wlU turn, out 90 million pounds of aluminum pig annually. G. R. Smut of Trouydal ig plant Steel Executive 3 Warns Of Need For Readjustments "While producing the' vital weapons for victory la presenti and essential ly the objective. American businessmen should be aware that after victory will come another challeng. solution of the ing test the and readjustmany problems ment of the post-wa- r era. Irving 8. Olds, chairman of the board of the U. 8. Steel Corp., statement. said In hla year-en"To the extent that an intensified prosecution of the war will permit, careful thought now be given to the should a war to a from transition peacetime economy which will be in the public interest and no destructive of our established American system of free private enterprise, he said continuing: "United States Steel Corporation la Justly proud of the notable production records of Us subsidiary companies during 1942 accomplishment! which have comwon for many of these by panies official recognition the war and navy departments and the maritime commission, and which we feel reflect great credit upon the seal and nnd of both workers management. more "Outstanding among than one thousand new records was the production of United States Steel subsidiariee of of .10 million ton steel Ingots during 1942, as compared with a little leu than 29 23 In 1941, and million tons million tons In 1940. Practically all of United Statu "Steels vast mountain of steel made in 1042 went Into direct or indirect f ; I 1 Utilization Of Low Grade Ores Among Important Projects Rounding out the first year of an intensified war program, the Bureau of Mines reported today to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes that it has made continued gains throughout the past 12 months in its twofold assignment of conserving manpower, equipment, and the nation's mineral wealth white speeding up the production of materials essential to victory-c-oal, metaf, minerals, helium and petroleum. d Dr. R. R. Sayers, Director of the bureau, Informed Secretary Ickes that since Dec. 7. 1941, the Bureau of Mine has perfected metallurgical processes which are now being used to tap ree ores, has serves of more than double the output of helium, charted millions of tons of critical, essential, and strategic ores, and launched programs to make secure the uninof mines, terrupted output smelters, quarries, and coke ovens and other facilities of tha mineral Industries. low-grad- Cooperative Record Drop Income - . Copper May Be Produced From Wyoming Mine . WPB Asks Prospectors To Search For Rock Crystals with the Miscellaneous Minerals Division, War Production Board. Temporary R Bldg. Washington, D. C. America's largest source of raw quarts, crystals of suitable quality has been Brazil. Shiptals. ping shortages have cut down on imports and Leslie A. Miller, regional WPB gathering of ' suitable crystals in the United director.-- said he was informed from Washington that geological States would answer a pressing surveys Indicate large amounts military need. Each individual quarts crysof quarts .crystals in western states and WPB he launched ' tal must weigh a half pound 'or the hunt for them in an effort more. Crystals must be water-anat least 30 per cent to provide needed- - material for of each crystal by volume must radio equipment be free from cracks, bubbles, Miller said that up to 120,000 fractures, veils, Raws and needles. paid crystal The greater the volume of badly needed for oscillators in army and navy radio acts for the perfect crystal in each piece, mor desirable valuable other' the ahd and' tanks; airplanes; ship It will he. because communication equipment, specimens few oscilla from which only Anyone bavins or knowing of available perfect quartz crystor plates can be cut art extal! should at once communicate pensive to work. Residents of the Rocky Moun- tain states were asked by the War Department Board today to go on a "rock hunfat 20,000 ton. The "rocks must be water-clea- r perfect quarts crys- ti hand-in-han- d Production Countering charges that senators from the Silver States were obstructing the war effort in their desire to protect silver as a monetary metal, U. S. Senator Pat McCarran has issued a lengthy statement on ihe subject Part of it follows: "No senators have liken any action which has In any way interferred with making available all of thf 110 m Ilf ion ounce imported stiver' in .1942 aa ell aa all ,of the 60 million of currept donjestlMlly silver! fSr in Vanin us tries. Thi eniVe silver I imports and doirgstlotilver production were at all lungs available omestake Officials for use in defense industries and Gold Firm 4 To Produce &rProicf tV have since Pearl Halrbor been available for uk in war industries. "The only Indictment with which anyone could properly, charge the 'silver senators' is that they, 'will not let the man- -' ufacturera of silverware, jewelry, fountain pens and other silver articles not needed in the war effort, use the silver acquired for monetary purposes by the Treasui-of the United States. This has never been done and probably never will be done. Neither they nor any other senators object to war industries using treasury silver to the full extent of requirements. "The acquisition of silver by the U. S. Treasury has not precluded the purchase of Imported or domestically mined silver either by war industries or by the manufacturers of luxury silver articles, as the treasury has refused to hid for silver in competition with silver brokers, and hag not acquired any Imported silver since November 1941. Its acquisitions of newly mined dowhich began to dimestic stiver, have minish ' in August 1942, practically stopped. "Imported silver has been required by and used so extensively in war industries this vear that a directive was issued by WPB on July 29. 1943 reserving all Imported silver for use in the war effort This action has resulted in complaint being lodged by the manufacturers of civilian silver articles. These manufacturers also complain of being unable to buy domestically mined silver at half price. "War industries have in no way suffered because of lack of silver for use in making air- - (Continued mi Page Two) Grande, 572.0 vs. 5402.9. Lake County also led the gain-er- a In stiver. A total of 209,861 ounce of stiver was received at the plant form that area compared with 118.414 ounces In 1941. Other counties to gain In silver receipts included Chaffee, Gunnison and Pitkin. .Losers In output of ailver durIn October, 1849, thirty men made a party to hunt for gold. ing the1 year Included Boulder, Custer, Clear Creek, Dolores. Gil- ..They traveled as far as Slate in, Eagle. Mineral, Ouray, Parity Mountain, near Red Cliff, Colo- an Juan, Rio Grande. and here they were successful in their search. The diggings were rich, and before long they had taken out about 100,000 worth Nevada University of ore. New Courses Snow came early to the reand provisions would soon gion, RENO. Nev To meet the degive out. No man wanted to mand for men with highly spe- leave the digging, so at last, lota Induscialized skills in vital were cast to decide who should trie! producing war metals, tha make the trip, and one "Buck Unlveratiy of Nevada this year Rogers was the choran one. is offering new courses In metalTaking 500 in dust, he started out on the 26th of November for lurgy and chemistry. town. While dealing with many ImIt took him a week to get portant itrategic wartime metals, both courses are atressing there, aa the weather waa atormv and made traveling slow. But at magnesium, the production and last he reached town, and here reAnlng of which has become he forgot hla mission and celeone of the itata'a chief brated hi arrival in a spree that Confer With WPB Harlan WASHINGTON, D. C. on-th- possibilities for the of South Dakota future use of the company in the war effort. Rep. Francis H. Case and Sen. Chan Gurney Reconstruc- sible. the among Outstanding achievements of the Bureau waa the exploration work which increased by more than 32 million tons the estimated reserve of chromite, manganese, mercury, iron ore, tungsten, nickel,- bauxa clay the ite, and raw materials for tanks, planes, ships, guns nad other weapons of modern warfare. Furnish Data Economic and statiftical data htgh-alumin- regarding the mineral Industry of the. Unit-.te- a increased in volume and ope during thu year aaLolh--f egKscks BiAseu for information essential to a victory program. The intimate knowledge of Bureau experts regarding the flow of products from mine to metal constantly is being utilized by and agencies, while military experts consult Bureau representa-of tive! regarding the location important production and supply lines in Axis nations snd war-planni- n Walker, assistant general mana ger of the Homestake Mining Co., Lead, S. D.. and Nathaniel Hera, chief cheiqjst arrived here recently for conferences with War Production Board and army officials Board, tion Finance Corporation, Metals Reserve Company, and other projects deagencies on special resources to signed to put idle work in the shortest time pos- Declares Production Has Always Been Available For War Effort Colorado Smelter Improves Lead Word Throughout the year, the Buwith reau worked the army, the navy, the War Senator Explains Stand On Silver Legislation Receipts Of Gold, Silver y - 4i Enters New Fields To Speed War Production ' wsr effort. "United SUlu Steel CorporaWartime restrictions and shorttion. either at the requeat of the ages of labor reduced the volume iniown on its. or of gold, silver and copper receivgovernment completing tiative. is rapidly ed at the American Smelting A the largest expansion of plant Refining Co.s Arkansas Valley facilities in Its history, Involvsmelter at Leadville, Colo., durof. tag an aggregate expenditure ing the year of 1942, but receipt around 740 imllllon. The cor I of lead were higher, official of ifl alone share of this .the company reported this week. Sa05 - YrtilHoiLthe'- - refwlnde h 1rrTWeiirto The lucrti the of account govthe lead waa due to renewed activitag for ernment. Most of the new plant ties at the Empire Zinc Co.'s are expected to be in operation, mine at Gilman and to revival hv the middle of the new year.. at the Resurrection property in indusThe facilities of the steel Leadville. snd try, Including, these unite Figures were based on actual are which numerous new plants shipment from Colorado mines comsteel for 11 months of the year, with being built by other OSCAR A. BAARSOX December estimated. panies, should Insure the great vicfor steel of necessary flow Gold received at the Leadville atbe such victory totaled 92,107.1 ounces this tory. May plant tained at the earliest possible year compared with 120,131.2 ounces in 1941. ditr. American "While Industry Silver totaled 2,579,802 ounces can well he nroud of the pro compared with 3,305,095 ounces durductlon miracle performed last year. ing the Ant year of our particiCopper totaled 1.801,256 pounds conflict, world as against 2,566.496 pounds in pation In the of no he should feeling 1941s there Lead receipts amounted to 29,- complacency. As evidenced by during their 809.963 accomplishments compared with BUTTE. Mont Combining Its and 24,311,971.pounds both management 1942. last year. fifth biennial legislative session the magGovernment interference slowwith the delayed eighth annual workers realize that nificent courage of our armed ed the mining of gold in nearly meeting, the Mining Association on the all counties in the state, the or forces must be matched of Montana will hold a one-dahome front by an even greater der late in the year designed to convention at the Placer Hotel of full send gold miners to properties application to the Job at Helena on January 19, accordoverOur country' production. mining strategic metals finally ing to advices received from A. next war year all expenditures closing most of the gold mines. J. Strojan Jr, Helena, president mav reach a total of around 90 Earlier hundreds of gold miners Mr. Strojan of the organisation. with approxwent to the armed forces or got is Montana manager of Winston , billion,' compared imately 53 billion in 1942. jobs In defense plants at higher Brothers Company. wage. Two Brssions Lake County In which Lead-vlll- e While the program has not yet to located, waa among the been completed. Dr. Francis A. few counties to show gains. A Thomson, president of Montana total of 16,5082! ounces of gold School of Mines and chairman of was received from Lake comthe executive board of the assopared with 10,119.1 ounces in ciation, and Carl J. Trauerman, 1941. San Juan County made a Lincoln small gain to 17.286A ounces from secretary of the association, anKEMMERER. Wyo. nounce that there will be two County was 17,001.9, while San Miguel mountpreparing to add copbusiness sessions. to the oil it supplies for ed to 17,235.2 compared to 15,515 per Registration will take place at the war effort with progress on in 1941. 9 o'clock and two speakers will Teller County, In which Cripdeepening of a tunnel at the old address the morning session, Hoskins mine on Hobble Creek ple Creek is located, dropped to 2004.2 ounces from 4007-- in 1941. which starts' at 10 o'clock. The 32 miles north of jCokeville. of but American Smelting gets only afternoon session will start at Lauckey Young, 1:30 and be of unique character. s small portion of Cripple the mine, reported that 1.000 have session of tons there been Creek's output. The latter goes At the afternoon copper already to the Golden Cyde plant at Coloremoved through the old shaft of will be no ut speakers, but there rado Springs. the mine, but await shipment will be present high representaOther counties to lose gold Intives of all the federal and state here when a road from the propBoulder. 6181.3 vs. 10.113.7 cluded: Smith the sfork to both and erty highway agencies, regulative technical that have' to do with will be completed. Six miles of Clear Creek. 814421 vs. 16.336.8; the road have been constructed Dolores, 81.2 vs. 1017.5; Eagle, the mining industry. 543.2 vs. 7314.9; ilpin, 4546.6 vs. These officials expect to an- - by Lincoln County and the remainder will be completed by 6565.8; La Plata, 683.0 vs. 979.2; the grazing service. Park, 16.736.5 vs. 23.554.7; Rio (Continued on Page 4) Montana Miners Slate Convention a Copy, FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS 52.50 ' U. S. To Expand Swiftly todutrtee Senators Champion Silver Cause Bureau Of Mines ? Will Present New Problems Nations Production Continues machine tools 52.00 YEAR, 51.00, 6 MOS.; 10 Cent SALT LAKE CITY, UTriH, JANUARY 1, 1943 .1 rompts .Industrial Output Gain 'Recent-development- i 1 SURVEY .... ijtia mil Mr WESTERN MINERAL HBI,tn fALUR - y OF U. . , r- i'.. arranged the conferences for the mining officials and Case said they would endeavor to secure an order for production of a commodity needed in the prosecution of the war. The WPB ordered gold mining operations stopped by Dec. 8 with the idea of transferring the miners to other more vitally needed mining operations, but board WPB later the appeals granted the H omestake Mining Co. permission to operate on restricted bails after that date. Under the appeala board order, the company may employ for six month up to 790 men in operation of the mine, although no new ore may be broken out and at the end of that time up to 730 men may be employed for maintenance of operation of the sawmill and other equipment. Cbm did not specify the new product the two officials were seeking permission to produce. nou-minin-g Visits Mine RICO, Colo. C. T. Van Winkle, consulting engineer of the Rico Argentine, came In from Salt Lake City recently to look after their mining interest here for a week or two. countries. Five months ago, the Bureau reorganized and streamlined its operating structure, placing still greater emphasis on 'exploratory research, work, metallurgical laboratory and other special the war. projects inaugurated for war minA result, 95 separate erals projects involving exploration ana metallurgical testing, 25 states have been launched-iand Alaska for 31 different minThera projects, directed erals. in the field by three regional engineers, 23 district engineers, and a corp of other veteran, Buare coordinated with the experireau's vast system of ment stations, pilot plants and labors twies. Iron Ore Reserves in the past 12 months, estimated reserve of iron ore have been increased by approximately 15 million tons; 4hora of chrom-e ite. 2 million tons: those of nickel, 6 million; and those low-grad- Continued On Pag Four Offers - . Producers May Ship Ore Golden Cycle Shippe Granted Output Allotment j Cripple Creek 'and Boulder gold mines County, Colorado, that shipped ore to the Golden Cycle mill at Colorado Springs In September 1942 can ship a similar amount to the mill each month for six months, Merrill E. Shoup, president, was notified this week. The order came from the War Production Boards mining division in Washequipment ington. It followed a request that the board permit all of the small mines shipping to Golden Cycle to operate to supply tha corporation's gold milling needs. The company now to converting part of ita Colorado Springs. gold plant so It can- - handle zinc ores, badly needed for defense. Cripple Creek has been supplying about 95 per cent of the ild ore milled at Colorado Springs, while Boulder Count; mlnez have itrlbuted the btl- a no. - 5 I .j 'to A SL fKeSBer mean7HaCr all the smaller mines that ship to Golden Cycle now can operate so long as their shipments do not exceed the amount that was rant to Colorado Springs during, the month of September SUNDANCE. Wyo The Black Rock Mining Co. is reported to be considering mill installation for next season. The company. Clay H. Jensen of Sundance, secretary and production manager, has been carrying on an extenand developsive exploratory ment program with a crew of 10 men at its manganese property near Sundance. Ore shipments are reported made to the stockpile at Denver. Cola lat,r said President Shoup. "Cripple Creek mines can operate on their September basis provided they caig get labor to mine the gold.. All the smaller properties now are on a par with the Golden Cycle. Cresson and United Gold Mine properties, WPB The communication pointed out that the manpower commission would control the number of workers in the gold properties on the basis of needs of other mining operations, principally strategic ores like copper and lead. Golden Cycle Is pushing conversion of part of ita Colorado Springs mill so zinc can be mined. The gold from Cripple Creek and the zinc from the remainder of the mining areas of the state will keep the Cycle property running at full blast President Shoup said. The company expects to start buying zinc the Arst weeks in January. It is assured by nuite a few shippers, officials said. Canadian Mines Get VANCOUVER. B. C. Forty mining projects in Canada for minerthe recovery of strategic als are deriving financial assistance in one form nr another from either Canadian nr U. S. government agencies. George C. Bate- man, metals controller, told the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy here. Seventeen of the properties will be operated for the account of the Metals Reserves Company, U. S. government agency, he said, and production plans call for recovery of 46,000 tons of copper. 74,000 tons of zinc and 7,000 tons of lead. "The question Is sometime asked why Canada itself does not finance the submarginal operastated Bateman. "We tions, are prepared and In fact are Anancing operations to produce materials of which we ourselves are in need, but we cannot afford to Anance the aubmarginal productoion of copper and zinc and sell the concentrate in the United State at a loss, Canada is already carrying a tremend- ous financial burden and by the end of this year wilt have financed Great Britain to the ex- tent of over two billion dollars. t of tools, human bones, and pieces of ore, all thrown together by the force of the slide. The miner satisfied that he had found what he waa hunting; covered up all evidence of hii discoverer, and went back to Red CliA, intending to get an outAt together before uncovering inv more. Two weeka later he was killed In a drunken row. A man named James Fulford. who had heard the story, went to the old prospector's cabin and there found some papers which locations. gave directions and He outAtted at once and went out. heading for Slate Mountain. LIBERTY BELL A month later he waa seen In the H. R. Palmer. Denver, la rehills, and said that he would soon return to town. Then snow rat ported to have taken a lease on the Wiegele Liberty Bell group in again, and he was apparently caught in a storm on his wav of claims about a mile eact of Kellogg. They adjoin tha in, for hla body waa never found. And neither was the mine. c-t- .-t - t v Federal Aid Mill Considered Mountain Snowslides Combat Eastern Prospectors Efforts To Find Gold Cache took him six weeks to recover from, and cost all the money he had. Stricken by hla conscience as sobriety dawned, Rogers started back to the mine for more gold. He felt aa if some terrible thing had happened and so It had. for when he reached Slate 'Mountain he found that a snow-slid- e had swept oven, mine and tn men, and nothing remained show that 29 human beings had lived and perished there. Rogers had kept some information about the place in a noteand this fell into the book,hands of an old miner, who went to Slate Mountain with the idea of finding the mine. He had to dig about here and there, for the snowsllde had covered the whole countryside and changed its appearance, but at last he came on a tunnel, fragments Small Gold . " " ' |