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Show bUUfcjAU flj. S . M'rt. n.. OF. U. 3 UKI VAIJ.Et pkmzb LUA ' oorru WESTERN d UtSa ...MM aM SAWe ULTBB law ml .mw mined) NJMr IILVEB (par as. ipoti HAa VOL 14 NO. 2 Lead, Zinc Import Drops As Result cement . Manpower Shortage To Be Serious Problem LEAD Under the trade agreement with Mexico the import duty on lead will be reduced 50 per cent and will remain at the new level until 30 days after the termination of the national emergency, at which time the duty will be established at 20 per cent below the rates set In the Tariff Act of 193a The present rates of duty for lead compare with those that . BY S. S. PARKER (Business Week) In 1943, the war will catch up with America, and America with the war. With victory as the promise, our soliders and sailors will, for the first time, be going Into battle en masse. They will be equipped with the fruits of a production effort which, already in high gear, will next year attain its peak, And civilians, who so far have ; had but a foretaste will really begin to experience the shortages, ration-mg-r SlfiTtlrsttild Mctome' Control which modem war necessitates. This pattern will fundamental-laffect business 'operations. Over the horlxon will loom larger and larger the problems of post war readjustment. Biggest headache for Industry y day-to-d- will be manpower; production. In materials and machine phases, will be strained ever harder to 15 per cent attain a further Increase In output And commerce muat face new federal controls over distribution. But the current business outlook as in 1942 will depend essentially on the course of the war. First, the prospective duration of the conflict itself will alter with tides of battle. More, the needs of war may later en--. force changes in the total, proportions. and types of weapons we are now set to produce. The present program la for a rise in war expenditures from the current annual rata of 75 billion dollars to one of- 100 billions a cut in con1943; by lata struction, in order to release materials for arms; an emphasis on ships first and planes second, at the expense of ordnance. ' Concomitantly, events on the fronts will show what drains casualties may make upon manpower our ultimate resource and therefore our ultimate potential - bottleneck. And, with 1 e aid to freed peoples now a big factor In limiting domestic supplies of food and other civilian necessities, the nature and rapidity of our successes next year will determine how fast the standard of living at home will decline. Itself geared to the war, business In 1943 will take Its marching orders from Washington. By now, the extension, subdivision, and Integration of federal con- . end-leas- will become effective In 30 days after Dec. 23, under the Mexican. agreement, as follows: Act of Lead buUlos, piss. ..,.77 ora te. UN (i)Knkn Asmamaait lle. iaUc. in After the terainatiMi of the national cmartancy the rate shall he- - l.lv-c- r pound for WMl te hnKlan. ooutalMd pin, atm. and lAnlorlead ore, tint dust, and matte. Lead producers In this counLead (il try were disturbed about the reduction In the Import tariff. no The lower duty carries weight at present, because all of the metal coming Into the country from foreign sources la owned by the Metals Reserve; procureCo, the government's ment agency; and there la no because the on prices pressure stockpiled-againssurplus la being emergency' needs. However. when the "national emergency" finally ends, the domestic lead industry will face a 20 per cent reduction In the rates established under the Tariff Act urn of Sale during the last week Quotadropped to 1,016 tons. tions Showed no change. ZIXC The trade agreement with, Mexico, signed on Dec. 23 low-er- a the Import duty on slab sine contained In ore 50 per cent, from the rates Imposed under the Tariff Act of 193a This action establishes the dutyat an even lower level than that arrived. at In ,an earlier trade agreement with Canada. The tariff rates under the Tariff Act of 193a the present rates established .under the Canadian agreement late in 1938, and the new rates lm nosed under the Mexican accord, In cents per pound, follow: - Art f Canadian tit Xoti-INS Asrmnent Atrreincnt l.TSr. 1.110. 1.4r. Hne in we .I.Mr, lAOe. .1Sn Elne aherta. . l.OSc l.SOOc. Kim-- 1afi Zinc Sms' Zinc Zinc nU. etc. .. . I.1I0O. l.lOSe. l,ISe. l.TSr. .ulntiit. S.lfc. (al New rate. effective ejoeo. It dan after After "terminal Ian ef nrndalmatten. the unlimited national rmenrewy." I ha duller on alab aim-- , at nr contained In and sbeeta will rerart to See MARKETS On Page 4 War. Conference Slated In Dnver Late This Month Plana for the second "war conference of western mining men, to be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Colorado Mining Association In Denver, Jan. 29 and 3a were forward today as leaders a West's mineral Industry prepared to go on .from points reached In the first "war conference, held in Salt Lake in November. Chief Item on the program now being set up by the Coloradoans in charge la the formaWesttion of a ern Mining. War .Council", which will keep abreast of the changof ing ana growing problem the Industry, in the war effort and attempt to correlate efforts n . i throughout the Industry In order to produce- a unified effort both for Increased war production and for preservation of the ' peimnnent alhia and interests of the industry. The Colorado meeting will differ from Us predecessor In Salt in that it will be first and always a meeting of mining men, while the Utah alone were considerably shaped by representatives of the various government war agencies which took active part. Many men feel that, doubtless mining due to bureaucratic red tape, is the Industry being held down Lake by excessive regu- government lation and that far more efficient prod luctlon would result from the mining men handling fdetr own problems to a greater Consideration . of , the. silver question will occupy a- majorplace un the program;- according to currant plana. Convention officials urged all Interested Western mining men . to attend - the- - Denverpointing out that while la. being conference conjunction1 with the association meeting, it tended to. be confined elation members. . session, the "war held In Colorado la not In- to la $2.00 YEAR, $1.00, 6 MOS.; 10 Cents n Copy. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS $2.50 8, 1943 U. S. Breaks All Records For Metal Output In War Effort Total Value Exceeds 1920 Mark By Full Eight Per Cent easeei Bllvtr Cmtral Bid. Chief Com. . , Clayton Silver The United States produced more metals and minerals in than at any time in its history. Secretary of the Interior report Harold L. Ickes stated today on the basis of a year-enfrom the Bureau of Mines. The value of all mineral products produced in the country in 1942 soared to a record figure of more than 7 Vi billion dollars, exceeding by 8 per cent the peak year of 1920 when prices were abnormally high following the first World War, and topping the 1941 level by 10 per cent, according to the estimate 1942 Ld. Commonwealth ifke .... Crracent Crown Draron d Mettle Combined Point Point .. Eaal Standard .... E. Tin. Coals. ... East Utah Empire Mna. ..... Eureka Bullion .. Eureka 11 ly Eureka Minaa ... Eureka Bid E. Crown Chain Weotem Horn Oliver Howell Indian Queen Kennebec Utah Kentucky Keystone submitted Gold tit. ... ... . Leonora Little May ..... Karnolia Lend Mammoth Miller Hill Miners Gold ... Mo. Monareh Moeeow Mi. City Copper 9 To Feature Box Question Montana Mining Convention Jolm W. Buck Jets Post In Mines Bureau 4 R. E. Morgan, Division Of Coal Economics Headed By College Man A. Arthur V. Cony, prominent Butte mining engineer, and R. E. Morgan, regional grazier of the U. Department of Interior, ) iUJngs. JSUL.sppear. on-t- h .ijrtv', at the4 convention of gam abs Jtan. 19 at the Placer Hotel, Hel- - of Mining Engineering, Pennsylvania State College, has been xk the Corry To Appear John W. Buch, former assistant professor in the Department named' chief V. Coal'1 Eco- nomic Division of the Bureau of Mines. Dr. R. R. Sayers, director, announced today. A branch of the bureaus economics and statistics service, the Division is asCoal Economics sisting the Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator, the army and navy, and other war agencies and various war Industries by preparing weekly, monthly, annual, and special reports on developments in the field of solid including production, stocks, shipments, and consumption of anthracite coal and coke. A native of Massllon, Ohio, Mr. Buch was graduated from Ohio State University In mining engi- announcement This -- . fuels, Ini 1923. neering Entering the employ of the Hudson Coal Company at Scranton, Pa, in 1925, Mr. Buch made production forecasts In the anthracite field and then was asto study equipment, signed mining methods, and economics of production of bituminous coal metal mines and the possi bility of adapting development in these industries to the anthracite field.. This work took him to mines In central Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Michigan. Leaving the Hudson oCal Company In 1938, Mr. Buch joined the State faculty of Pennsylvania College. That year he also received hie degree of Engineer of Mines from Ohio State University. In 1941 he won the degree of Master- of Science at Pennsylvania State College. In recent years Mr. Buch has been inter-este- d in the broader aspect of coal production having conducted special studies of the economic blllties of further mechaniz , ation of anthracite mines, use of electric power at coal mines, and the economic significance of basic trends in coal mining He la the author of a number of articles on these subjects which have appeared In the trade and technical press. A member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers since 1923, Mr. Buch has for the past five years been active In the A.I.M.E. Coal Division nad now la chairman of the committee on transportation, maintenance and ventilation. He has been a member of Teu Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, aince 1922. - Victoria Mines Expands Holdings SHERIDAN, Mont. Sale of tlv Toledo mine here to Viet arts Mine Inc, operator of the Broadway mine at Silver Star, was announced recently by W. H. Brln-tomanager of the Sheridan Gold Mining A Milling Co. The new owners art taking ore at .the Toledo out lead-sin- e and trucking It to Silver Star for 10 men are emAbout milling.' ployed at the mine, which la located near Brandon. President of Victoria Mines la John Potts of Salt Lake City. Mr. Hinckley of Silver Star is manager. n. made by John Hickey, and of the association president and general manager of the Moorlight Mining Company, Philip burg. Mr. Hickey is also president of the Copopper Mask Mining Company, erating nine miles east of Thompson Falls. Mr. Corry la now representCompany, ing the Metals ReserveReconstruca subsidiary of the Finance Corporation, and la tion In charge of the purchase of manganese, chrome, and tungsten in Montana. He la a memfirm of ber of the engineering has been Corry A Morris, which civil prominent In mining and engineering circles In Montana for may decades. Mr. Corry has also examined mining properties all over the western Hemisphere for the mining loan division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mr. Morgan was one of the leading exponents in furthering the project which culminated in the government building roads to contain mining districts which minerals. deposits of strategic These roads may be built In the forests or on other lands and Mr. Morgan passes on the Montana applications other than forest reserve road. These government officials will sit at the "question box"oftable the at the afternoon session convention and will be ready to answer question! from small mine operator concerning the purchase of manganese, chrome, and tungsten, and the tobuildmining of government road ing camps, convention wiU The one-dacombine the association a fifth biennial legislative session with the (delayed) eighth annual y Options Taken On Bishop Tungsten Claims Non-Ferro- days a; V. CORRY Mines Bureau Prepares New Film On First Aid new sound motion picture the film which demonstrates value of a working knowledge of flnt aid la the latest contribution to the organised planning of instructional agencies in their effort to make the American people in civil and Industrial life Produced more safety minded. in cooperation with a large industrial firm, the film is in sound and fyas Just been released by the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior. The title of the film is "First Steps in First Aid and the running time is 31 minutes. Copies are available for exhibition by industrial and civil defense training classes, training courses conducted by or on behalf of the A Army, Navy, and Marine Service, and for showings by schools, churches, colleges, and other sim- m ' itoms and treatment for vhich may result from and pes of accidents, many of shoe: cause death. The circulatory system of the human body is demonstrated. Arterial and venoa bleeding; the location of pressure points, and the effect on the nervous system of physical injury are all vividly described; and ways to apply tourniquets and compresses are depicted. Firsts id treatment of burns also is demonstrated. The dangers of wound infection, the use of antiseptics and improvised splints, treatment few electric shock, and tha demonstration of artificial respiration are Included In the closing scenes of this interesting and instructive film. Application for free loan of "First Steps In First Aid should be addressed to the Motion Picture Section, Bureau of Mines, Central Experiment Station, 4800 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh, Pa, and should state specifically what equipment the borrower has for showing sound films. Although no charge la made for use of the films, the exhibitor is expected to pay transportation charges and for loss or damage other than normal wear. TUCSON, Arix. George Sands-gri- n of Tucson la reported to nave a lease and option on tha La Esperanza mine located in the eastern foothills of the Silver. Bell mountains of Arizona. Mr. Sandegrin has agreed to pay $6,000 a year In cash or royalty, the sale price for the property being $36,000. The mine consists of six claims which have been held by location by Francisco Cota, George Lopes and Jesua Miranda of Tucson. It la reported that Sandegrin Intends to file an application for a preliminary development loan on tha mine for tha purpose of dewatering the shaft and continued linking of the shaft for another 50 feet. Values are In lead, sine and copper and It la said the out crop can ba traced for a distance of 7,000 feet, Metal us Journal) The production of aluminum, copper, magnesium, and sine In the United States during 1942 e established new high records. Owing to censorship regulations, figures on output of the four metals are not available for But supplies durpublication. ing 1942, In pome instances augmented by Imports from Latin America, were sufficient In volall-tim- ume to make those Identified with the Industries wonder sibly exist- for tha war effort. The fact that the Controlled Materials Plan came Into the pio-tuto regulate the flow of raw materials Into production finished products strength- ened the views of those who have held right along that allocation of critical material! could be improved upon. Nevertheless the war program absorbed the output of the four ra also achieved Despite difficulties In obtain ing equipment and a large turnover in manpower, bituminous coal production in 1942 reached 578.000.- 000 net tons, which was a 13 per cent Increase over 1941 and nearly equal to the nation's e peak production of 579,386,000 tons In 1918, accordof ing to preliminary estimates the Bituminous Coal Division. Pennsylvania anthracite production increased 7 per cent over 1941 and waa the highest since 193a The combined production and beehive coke of waa the highest in history nnd represented a gain of more than 5.000.- 000 tons over 1941. Minerals used In construction were on the upgrade generally. with cement ales Increasing 10 per cent, sand and gravel up 7 s metafi Though pro- duction will continue to Increase in 1943, officials in Washington can promise nothing in the way of relief to manufacturers cater-In- g civilian needs. to In spite of firm price controls by OPA, the Index of all-tim- non-ferro- equals 100 at tha a year later. .42 end of 1941 to 88.74 Alcoa Says ;No Monopoly The Aluminum Company of to a statement by th Department of Justice that tha war emergency la open, gypsum, a ting to entrench Alcoa more crease due chiefly to shrinkage In civilian construction. deeply than ever in its "monop. ollstic position, declared last A slight decline In crude pewas week that tha allegation is "un-- . reported troleum production founded and unwarranted. as the result of transportation difficulties which necessitated reWhen the government has on consumprestraints gional sought the aid of Alcoa in cona was there gain tion, although and operating alumle of 3 per cent in value over 1941. structing ilanU owned by Gold and silver production was a brief filed the curtailed to conserve manpow-an- d with government, the Supreme Court said, scarce materials. The er an assertolerate it is hard to smelter production of zinc from tion by the Department of Jus-tie- s ores domestic both foreign and that thereby Alcoa is enhigh. reached an e its alleged monopolism trenching preparsummary The following deposition." Statisand Economics ed, bv tie The company added that tha tic 'Service of the Bureau of statistics presented by the Mines presents the highlights of of Justice showed that mineral production during 1942, of the estimated aluminum proinsofar aa censorship require duction for 1943, the production ments permit. of the capacity owned by Alcoa METALLIC PRODUCTS will be about 40 per cent of Light Metals Although the total and the production of in established early goala the capacity owned by Defense there reached, not were the year Plant Corp. will be considerably were large increases in producin excess of Alcoa's production. tion of aluminum and magneIn a brief submitted to the Susium resulting from the enorAluminum preme Court, the mous demand for these metal Company of America urged that in aircraft construction and for the litigation involving tha Deother military purposes. The us-uintroto the partment of Justice's chargee incident delays that Alcoa possessed a mon duction of new processes and tha exIn the production and sala were new of opoly plants starting Dis schedof aluminum be dropped. perienced and constructionsome inmissal of the litigation would ules were hampered in in a stances by slow deliveries of support a decision rendered New t federal district court structural materials and equipwaa York in October 1941, which held ment. Bauxite production meet the inthat the government failed to greatly expanded to creased demands of the aluminprove its chargee of monopoly. safeguard um plants and a of shipagainst interruption ments from South America. Electrolytic Indium Gold and Silver. Production Tha Indium Corporation - of waa of these precious metals America has reduced tha rtcaof 1942 s substantially curtailed in electrolytic Indium from a result of rising coats of producounce to $15. effective Dec. troy conserve manpower 23. Commercial Indium, 99 per tion and to Mine promaterials. scarce and cent or better. Is now quotable duction of gold in Continental t $10 per troy ounce. The lowUnited States and Alaska waa eser prlcee quoted on the metal timated at 3,500,000 ounces vsl will be reflected in prices of Indium salts. Sea ICKES On Page 4 America, replying all-tim- n Ne iv Activity Planned At Arizona Mine ii BY H. CL PARMELEE (Editor, Engineering and Mining W8I R. E. MORGAN r Output Highest In History ic e . Production Sets Record record outputs. Domestic man- ore production was the Sinese on record since the last ilar groups. "Few people realize that evperson out of 14 ery' year is seriously injured, and that one person out of every 1.000 dies as the result of an accident Dr. R. R. Sayers. Director of the Bureau of Mines, said in announcing the release of the new picture. "Accident can happen anywhere and no one knows when he will be called upon to B. H. INDEPENDENCE, Calif. assist in saving a life before a doctor can reach the injured. Lovelace, representative of Henfamed ship It is a deplorable fact that comry J. Kaiser, the was trialiat. builder and Indus paratively fev people know what to do and when and how to do It recently a Bishop visitor engaged on tungsten In case of an accident The film in securing options mining properties In this area. emphasizes the fact that every It la reported that an option person should have some knowlhas been signed by the Kaiser edge of the emergency care to interests with Curley Fletcher be given an injured person to on a. group of 10 tungsten claims relieve unnecessary pain and to In the Marietta district, known prevent death or further injury as tha Conscript group. Negotiauntil medical aid can be obtaintions were completed recently ed." v and no mention of price The film shows some typical 11a claims made. The westerly accidents what and teaches from the property recently optioned by the Bishop Tungsten should not be done and then the correct manner of handling tha Co. in the same district victim, controlling onlookers, diDevelopment work on the new and providing tungsten discovery la reported to recting assistants, comfort to the injured. Instrucbe in progress and the efforts of lomethod Include tions the of several workers la said to be uncovering sizable bodies of cating the injury, transportation of the Injured, the recognition high grads ore. Bee MONTANA Oa Page 4 Metals prices contributed to the 1042 record, the Bureau of Mines reported. "All branches of mineral production shared In this achievement which la an outstanding contribution to the Nation's war program by the mineral industries,1 Secretary Ickes said. "But despite this record our production la still Insufficient for current' demands and there la no Justification for complacency. With a total estimated value of $7,525, OtX), 000, the mineral production figures were broken down to show the value of met-alproducts as $2,330,000,000; mineral fuels. $4,060,000,000; and nonmetallic other minerals, $1,135,000,000. Larger values are 1943. anticipated In Nearly all of the minuet products which go Into tanks, planes, guns, ships and other weapons with which to fight the Axis were turned out at unprecedented rates in 1942. Output of alum- lnum and magnesium the light metals so greatly in demand for Increased making warplanes everalfold over 104a Iron ore Iroiwr-he of backbone end pig the vital stet, industry reached new levels and the production of ) J aa per cent in quantity. Copper production also established new marks, while chromvanadium, ite, molybdenum, tungsten, cadmium, barite, fluorspar, potash, phosqphate rock and high-grad- f to Secretary Ickes. Increased demands for wartime weapons and materials, expanded domestic needs, and higher tech-nolog- y. Bee BUSINESS Oh Page 4 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY (Mir falh demands for copper remain high, tension In the market ae the year ended was not so great as earlier in the year, owing to the forced sharp concontraction In sumption of the metal. Quotations for the week on both do mestlc and foreign metal coo tinued unchanged. More In 643 Features Mining, Oil, Financial Cardiff COPPER Though oil lad iu trice of Utah aad the West. A reeaaie of the development Company Bullion U devoted to the mlnlaf aad carried each week. A1U Tunnel Aster. Met. A Min. .. Bearer (hdd A Cop. Brit to! non-ferro- Business To Feel War Kim SURVEY 7 Summary Of Activity On Salt Lake Stock Exchange In 1 942 lfetala Ktuto Mettle .. metals was inactive Though the market for during the holiday week, producers of lead, zinc,' molybdenum, and fluorspar had much to think about in the reduction in the Import duties of those metals and minerals under the Mexican trade pact signed In Washington on Dec. 23. The lower rates are meaningless, as a price factor under war conditions, but' soon after the emergency ends producers will be forced to make necessary adjustments to face the changed conditions, particularly in reference to lead. Reginning Dec. 28, domestic antiNew. York, carries the 3 per cent transmony, portation tax, establishing the cost of the product to the buyer at a slightly higher level. - SURVEY Binirham Effect Of Mexican Pact Not To Be Felt Until After War . i if WESTERN MINERAL junta OLD X. J BlUt.TEB Mr potud . r 4 CITY tf. ' BALT KINKS OF |