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Show ( I v THE WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. JANUARY 15, 1943 ir& Production Peak Seen Coining In 43 In American Zinc Alines Salt Lake Meeting Seen Heiner Calls For Accomplishing Many Things ing its resources and Big Production the current the the for war, it is as War Effort Is First Consideration, Ernest V. Ghent Reviews Past Says Coal Official Year, Analyzes Prospects Continued From Page 1 quotas. Because of changing conditions related to both costs and grades. It has been found necessary to review and revise quotas from time to time In an effort to maintain output. While some disappointment has been expressed in the failure of the premium plan to Increase previous mine production, it must not be overlooked that, under all the circumstances, the maintenance of past production is a considerable achievement In the view of some competent authorities, the current situation now calls for the liberalisation and expansion of the premium price limits. If ore is to be mined at home in keeping with the needs of the enlarged smelting capacity. It appears obvious that the steadily falling grade of ore available must be utilised regardless of the increasing cost of ore. mining and milling such This applies particularly to the Dissituation in the trict. Beyond 1943, the mine production outlook Is not particulardely cheerful; but much will the to the approach upon pend immediate difficulties, which, if taken in hand promptly and dealt with in sound fashion, should shape the future along more effective lines. If the Immediate problems are not solved, 1943 domestic ore estimates will need to be discounted and the exists to take care of any reasonable increase in sine oxide needs which may develop. CONSUMPTION CHANGES Naturally, at the war program use patterns change. for example, according to published reports, galvanising operations late in the year were found to be only about 40 per cent of what they were a year earlier. It is reasonable to assume that, with the severe restrictions on both steel and sine, galvanizing now Is largely for war uses ana the tonnage of sine so used may be near the irreducible' minimum. As everyone knows,brass mill capacity has continued to expand, which calls for increasing quantities of sine. Brass now takes first, instead of second, the largest outlet for place sine. Exports continue to be significant According to a recent state - u ment attributed to the president, e and direct purchases of sine by our Allies absorbed over 16 per cent of our supply in the first half of 1942. As previously stated, use patterns change, which may have a bearing on future calculations; but at west it is safe to say that to date no shutdowns or delayed production of war materiel have occurred due to a shortage of sine. As to the future, with reservations only with respect to the unforeseeable, given the necessary domestic mine production and ore imports, present scheduled smelting and refining capacity should be sufficient to provide all our own war needs, as well as those of our Allies. As is the case with practically all metals, civilian uses, unless essential, are not likely to get much consideration so long as direct military demands maintain. lend-leas- Tri-Sta- te 7 outlook beyond will seriously de- teriorate. Aa to the price of the metal, there was no change In 1943 Insofar as the producer and the consumer were concerned. The ceiling of 925 cents East St. Louis, fixed by Washington on ia Oct. maintained 1941, throughout the year. GOVERNMENT INCREASES CONTROLS 1942 aaw increaalng control of sine and Its products by Washington. General Preference Orefl, which became der fective on July 1, 1941, with its Need Seen For New Mines M-l- amendments, continued through May 31, 1942. This order, it will be remembered, placed deliveries of the entire production of slab sine under the control of the Office of Production Manage- r- - ment. While the director of priorities exercised this right with respect to a part of the output, the 4htonnagLl continue Indus- to be distributed by the try until June 1, 1942, when Orl, as amended May 1, der M-l- 1942, became effective. - This prohibited deliveries except upon allocation Entation of byan the director of industry operations. Thus the entire production of slab sine the was channeled through Hands of the War Production Board commencing June first end through the balance of 1942. CONSERVATION AND RESTRICTION Conservation Order is- sued under date of July 24, 1942, was the first direct approach - r to the prohibition and restriction of the use of sine. Except for e U. S. Government and account and certain other special exceptions, the use of sine in the production of stipulated items which appeared on List A was cut in half to Sept 1 end thereafter entirely prohibited. The use of sine in items not Included in the list was reduced cent In the case of 30 per cent in the case of other grades. An early amendment prohibit ed the use of sine after Oct 10, 1942, to make closures for glass containers, one of the Important uses of rolled sine In normal times, which started a new Ust . of items known si The most recent amendment of Condated servation Order minor Nov, 26, 1942, makes changes in List A and adds to the prohibited items on list Restrictions on the production of dry cell batteries were imposed Order By General Limitation as amended Oct 2. 1942, while Amendment No. 1 to Genreeral Conservation Order stricts the use of sine plate used In printing. Late in the year It was announced that alnn dust would come under complete allocation and use control by the War Production Board commencing Jan. lend-leas- :.v a-1- A-- L-7- 1 M-0- by General 1. 1943, Preference Order issued on Dec. 22. Order was amended to eliminate sine dust and to cov1, M-ll- er alnn oxide alone. This order continues to provide that each producer shall set aelde from hie monthly production the quantity of sine oxide called for by the director of Industry operations for allocation by him. no such call has been made since May 1942 and the industry has dealt with the demands currently without difficulty. French process oxide, produced directly from metal. has for some time been practically reduced to the bare necessities, including U, 8. P. requirements. Tbs 1943 requirements for line oxide will greatly depend upon the rubber program, as well as upon the demands for tine oxide pigments for paint and other wartime necessities. At the moment ample capacity . of Confusion in the minds many people in connection with the present shortage of wer metals Is understandable when it is known that they are looking at only one set of figures," says Frank Lilly, mining statistician of Spokane. "We have produced no new to crop of mines from which reap the required metals. There hs? been to went yew. plriost no money going into tw ulna, development," says Lilly. "Two agencies of the government now have been in the field trying to find mines but they, of course, want to find producing mines and are not interested in prospects which have been the starting point of all mines. I do not know when the government is going to become realistic about the situation and really do something to atlmulata prospecting end the development of new mines. Unless something is done quickly we can- lose this war because of a lack of metal." South Dakota Minerals Listed In New Book RAPID CITY, 8. A. E. DE E. W. HERMAN CELLAR Montana Mining Men Prepare For Helena Meetingrjan. 19 (Continued From Page One) and state officials' table of the. Question Box" program, feature of the afternoon session, to answer questions put by small mine operators from the floor. Mr. Shannon Is regional geologist for four states for the United States Geological Survey; he has done much work in Montana and formerly was one of the staff of the Montana School of Mines end the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Mr. Newman Is head of the Montana division of the United States Bureau of Mines, and besides his regular work, he also passes on applications for government roads to mining properties. C. C. Lamport. formerly connected with a number of commercial projects In Montana, Is now the Montana head of the United States Employment Service end will answer questions on manpower. Mr. DeCelles is head of the Montana division of the mine loan agency for the Reconstruction Finance Before accepting Corporation. that position, he practiced mining engineering in Montane. Dr. Perry is heed of the geological course of the Montana School of Mines and a member of the staff of the Montana Bureau of Mines end Geology. Reservations for the stag banquet and floor show should be made with Charles R. Brazier at Helena, immediately. The stag banquet will take plan on the evening of the 19th at the Consistory Shrine TempS and members of the Montana legislature will be guests of the. Mining Association of Montana and Industrie affiliated with; small 1 ays Second Dividend WELLS, B. C. United Mine Has 100-Ton-Da- y Possibility, Claim One hundred' tons of tungsten ore per day from its tungsten mine Is seen as a possibility, of the United Strategic Metals Co. according to Its superintendent Ben Jackson. The company has control of the old FTed NagleGeorge Copley property In Humboldt Canyon. They have been shipping to the Getchell mine but recently have run a 35 ton test at the Toulon mill of the Rare Metals Corporation. In good weather they are now getting out 30 tone a day, using open pit mining. Hauling troublk is holding them back. It is understood the vein upon which work is being done la 50 feet wide and it la believed that it will run better than 1 per cent tungstic arid. The Getchell returns were on the basis of 1 per cent Assays have been between 1 and 3 per cent. Winnemucca Mine Suspends Operations WINNEMUCCA, Nev, The Barrett Springs Mines Inc. has suspended operations at its property 12 miles northwest of hero, being unable to continue because of priorities. Before stopping work, the company completed shaft sinking to the 290 foot level and ran a 120 foot crosscut from the bottom of the shaft toward the old shaft, 340 feet north. H. L. Short of Sacrawas In charge mento, Calif., at Winnemucca. F. L Sauls, Piedmont, Calif la president . day? youn this question, remember CoL Eddie Rlckenbackeri statement when he returned from his bar rowing inspection trip of our forces in the South Pacific. Said he: We could double our here at home in short order, If we could put our fighting men to work In the war .industries and our war workers out on the battle fronts." And he reminded that no matter what your sacrifice amounts to, It Isnt h of what your son is going through out on the firing line. How can we honestly review our positiongthla way, and per- one-tent- worst war in history are making every hour of their contribute effect!' We have been more then a year, and during that time our production of strategic, critical and other minerals from wittered mines throughout the nation has reached new high levels. of copSocilled stock-takinlead, zinc end other metals per, ' occurred In Salt Lake City, Utah, In November, at a twoday War Metals Conference, held by the Western Division, American Mining Congress. This on and meeting afforded an opportunity for Washington to come west, to visit with the metal miners and get better acquainted with their problems: likewise It gave officials of the war agencies an opportunity to explain to the miners many of the responsibilities, practices and policies that must be considered for both the present and the future welfare of our nation. Total war demands maximum contribution of supplies by all industries. Metal mining is a g producing also, so for ahead and possible, looking thinking of the time when poet war problem become the talk of the day. What the shape' of things to come will be, after the war, la difficult to tell, but the expert ence of metal mining In this war has confirmed the state, menta repeatedly made by industry leaders during recent years as to the need for government recognition of its special problems. Only four year ago the zinc Industry painstakingly presented its case history to government officials urging them not to reduce its tariff protection by a trade agreement, in the face of threatening war. The tariff was reduced, and though a clear-cu-t case was made for relief through the "escape" clauses of the agreement, the fact presented were discounted or Ignored. Development of new properties we discouraged, and today our war chiefs ere worried over where the zinc, for a long war ia to be found. Today, perhaps the planners" consider as an accomplishment the dosing of the gold mines, although practically no hard rock miners were thereby made available to copper and other mines and many communities that were the only bright epota in a depression are becoming ghost camps and their ability to create wealth and provide employment all-o- unique industry. It has many complexities of ore deposits, and the problems of underground development necessary for future metal output require long range planning in war as well as inpeace: As the industry i deplebmlt anything- - and we mean any thing --to stand between us and the production of more coal? This la the challenge facing each of us in 1043. Advice W? in the post-w- ar era in many r the eight-bal- l. ft' Chilian ) CHILLUN WHO START SMOKIN', WILL FINALLY END UP CHOKIN' szvr in ey acwmam fioumc-oNOANO.eA- L. L. The second divi- age. Montana Property DFt e, and tungsten, the bulletin says. Operation Of Bradshaw Mill Changes Hands FALLS. Jo- seph T. Farrow Is now operating the Two Per Cent mine at Phllipsburg, producing manganese ore for Metals Reserve Company. This mine has over $400,-00- 0 of zinc ore blocked out, it is claimed. During the past summer a large amount of manganese ore was developed on the surface. The main shaft, in sine at the bottom la 775 feet deep. Zinc District Mine Yields Production ZINC, Ark. Moark Mining Company, operating the Gloria, Red Mill, Minnie Lee and Jack Pot properties In the Zinc new crushhas Installed er and a new set of rolls. It will Install two tables for handling lt fine ores si soon as It can get them. It Is now producing its second car of zinc silicate concentrates. C. T. Rabenau of Zinc is in charge of operations. die-tric- t WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY TEL 83065 EAST 1ST SOUTH Entered os eecend doss awIMr at Balt Lake City. Utah tuOss Aet of Match B 1179. 22-2-4 lubsartsflea Ham SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Operation of the 1000 ton mill of Bradshaw Inc. at Millers. Nev., has been taken over on a fe basis by the Willow Creek Mines Inc., of San Francisco In association with Western Knapp Engineering Co., with Walter Lyman Brown of San Francisco as general manager, according to Mark Bradshaw, president of the tailings operation. conNew management also s trols operation of Cons. Mining Co. at Beowaws. Nev., and Knob Hill Mines Inc. t Republic. Wash. New equipment Installed in the Bradshaw mill Includes a Wemco Mont. (fa mar ta llama Statmj SU0 ieniqni IU0 for sis meath. Hoorn mentioa wastom Mlaoial Surrey to adwttssrs. AdmrtWoa rhea Mia aa ai JOHN R. TALMA GE, Managing Editor Ail iba nows at Die development at Intenuous tali Section, published by Iha Western Mineral Barmy. All nows appearing ta tha western Mbs rat Burrey Is obtained roes source believed to be reliable bat no leepemlbUHy Is aeeumed tor aceuracy f statement . the -- SpadiStampi Seals Gold-acre- Mr. Bradshaw and Albert Sll ver, vice president of Bradshaw Inc. are both of Tonopah, Nev. STOCK CERTIFICATES CORPORATION SEALS iba oaca, m nee rtwcu SALT UUS STAMP COMPANY SAldaCv W. F. SNYDER & SONS 88AS8 (pads for Uadatfiaaod Surreys Special Pwtaapl Atfoatiaa Given MaU Ordem In- stances has been seriously jeopardized. Leading men of the War Production Board at the Salt meeting spoke highly of the work, spirit and achievements of the industry in the war effort. In the post-waperiod the industry can contribute much to rehabilitation aa our nation takes its place in world peace, providing the planners of the future dont persist in behind keeping it constantly dend of 1042 by Island Mountain Mines Inc. Is Sc a share, bringing payment for the year to 13c a share. In 1941 this company paid 8c in May and 10c in December, a total of 18c a share for the year. The reduction this year reflect! curtailment in production due to labor short- GREAT million. South Dakota minerals now In being produced varying amounts include andaluslte and eilUmsnlte. arsenic, bentonite, beryl, days, coal, columblte-tantalltcopper, feldspar, semiprecious stones, gold, gypsum, bog iron, lead, lime, the lithium minerals, spodumene, ambtygo-nit- e and lepidollte, manganese, mica, portiand cement, send end gravel, silver, stone, chalk, tin Fait Bunding, Salt Laka City a C. LAMPORT (Continued From Page One) ing conditions rapidly are being improved to a standard as high as thst enjoyed by any group. Management assumes that Utah Fuel workers are a high class of individuals entitled to equal treatment and to the best physical conditions that can be provided. There ia no data sys tem in title family. tah Fuel by the man- agement and good work rewarded by it Look around you and youll notice that promotions up through the ranks are made oft-e- n and wherever possible: We rite these few thing! to remind labor that management, in Utah Fuel and subsidiary companies at least, is doing all it the possibly can to encourage workmen and Increase coql production. It now is in order for every Individual member of the Utah Fuel family to turn the spotlight on himself end eric Am I doing my utmost to Increase production? Am I reporting for work every possible day? Am I working conscientiously op the Job? Am I producing as much as possil during the working (Following ia Yields Manganese eight minerals which occur South Dakota are listed and described in the revised edition of a bulletin,. Mineral Resources of South Dakota, written by Joseph P. Connolly, president of the South Dakota State School of Mines, and E. P. Roth rock, state geologist. University of South Dakota. The bulletin is published by the South Dakota of department agriculture, Pierre, and may be obtained at the School of Mines there, in Rapid City- - or at the University of South Dakota in Ver- Mines lead editorial MinIssue of printed ing Congress Journal,Metal Minunder the heading, ers In War and Peace, in which Editor H. C. Chellson discusses the recent War Metals Conference held in Salt Lake in Almost the entire issue of the Mining Congress Journal is devoted to reports of the Salt Lake meeting, presenting the various talks and papers in full.) Mining men charged with the responsibility of providing raw materials for the winning of the of OR MEBBE HE'S IN A SUB. IN TH MUFIC --CM TOTIN A LOAD IN TH (JUNGLES O' NEW GUINEA. BUT, HU'S OUT THAR, ALL RKLHT-A- LL TH' TOMS, ANUOHNNYS, AN' SAMS HIS LIFE BY TH' HUNOERDS AN TH THOUSANDS -- EVERY NIGHT T'KEEP US DAY-EVE- RY SAFE HYAR WE, AXED TOM -- AN JOHNNY, AN -- FO ROO 100 'EN OTHER FINE, YOUNG FELLAS EV'KYTHINO THEY GO- T- 0 1 OTTMAR young manhood 100 O' THAR, COURAGE -- 100 O THAR BLOOD-1- 00 O' ALL THEY LOVED.'-W- E. AXED -- AN' THEY GAVEJ? TH' PEEHOOWAR THING IS THIS, FOLKS' THEY HAlNT AXIN' FO' NOTHIN' LIKE THE T IN RETURN -- THEY HAIPfr AKIN FO1 100 O' OUR LIVES -- OR OUR JOBS -- OR OUR HOMES. ALL THEY IS AXIN'-THE- M YOUNGSTERS WHO IS FIGHriN,AN' DYIN' FO1 US IS 10 O OUR EARNINGS.' - LETT. ALLJIDP THAT iox |