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Show I 1 - The Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, UtoK 1 Mines Ask to Ship Iron and Steel Scrap If American steel mills are to maintain the production rate required by domestic and foreign commitments, they must be supplied with large quantities of iron and steel scrap. Secretary of Interior, J. A. Krug said today in calling upon the domestic mining industry to increase its shipments of these vitally needed materials to consuming channels. Companies shipping scrap at this time will enjoy the highest price in history, he said. Regular economic and statistical reports prepared by the Bureau of Mines under the direction of James Boyd, Bureau Director,' have revealed a serious shortage of iron and steel scrap October 31, 1947 Idahoan's Don't Like Bureau Aid , Saysto 'Miner' Girard Mines Bureau Reports on Ophir Mine From 1) . WALLACE, Idaho C. According Davidson, as- sistant secretary of the Interior Department, the U. S. Bureau of is considering the advisability of an extensive diamond Page (Continued drill program to determine the possible mineral resources of to the bureau employes, all lo- United States mineral districts. The proposal does not meet with cal men, for the excellent the approval of mining executives in the Coeur dAlene district. amount of work accomplished. The operators feel that the is going too far in definProduction bureau And History The Ophir Hill Consolidated mine was discovered in 1870 and was operated continuously until Nevada Company 1026. During this period the Diamond Drilling mine produced more than 1,000,-0of ore with a gross Final shaft valuetons AUSTIN, Nev i n recent months, Secretary of $15,000,000 to $20,000,-00- 0. Krug stated. Investigations con- timbering preparatory to mining ducted by the Department of the is under way in the Subsequent to 1926, the InterInterior at the Presidents re- operations national Smelting & Refining Hillside draft of the Nevada quest in connection with the the mill tailing from Co. treated proposed Marshall Plan have un- Equity Mining Co. Preparations the former " operation. Zinc, derscored the critically short are under way to erect ore bins which was detrimental prior to supply of these materials which as it is planned to ship ore pro- selective flotation and was wastare urgently needed in steel produced in the development work. ed in the tailing, was the prinduction. officials explained that cipal metal recovered by the latFactors contributing to the Company direct shipment of development ter milling. present scrap shortage. Secre- ore will The Ophir Development Co. data for mill tary Krug said, are (1) the tre- design. provide acquired title to the mine in mendous quantity, of steel sent The diamond drill is down 338 1932 and has maintained interout of. the United States during feet operation. in its hole and is ex- mittent small-sca- le the war with virtually no com- pected the fifth hole will be finished Physical Features pensation return of scrap, (2) at this depth. The Audubon vein And Communications exports of scrap totaling nearly was struck at 130 feet and disHill Consolidated The 15 million tons during the implayed quartz and surfides. No mine isOphir situated in the Ophir mediate prewar years 1935-3- 9, information was given on assay on the western district mining (3) a general delay iq supplyvalues. slope of the Oquirrh Mountains, ing consumer requirements for the range in which the Bingham, steel products which has retarded the normal flow of scrap to the Mercur, and Stockton mining Inconsuming market located (fig. 1). The back to steel plants, and (4) the cluded in this source are some districtsofare the rate haulage level of the of steel portal high production of the largest and heaviest pieces since 1940. of equipment used in industry-po- wer mine Is approximately 6600 feet sea level. Although some exported mashovels, hoists, locomo- above is 9 miles east of St The mine terial exists in European coun- tives, rails, mine cars and tools on the Union Pastation Johns tries in the form of obsolete mili- of various types. Prompt return Railroad cific by tary equipment and damaged in- of scrap materials, therefore, and graveled highways. The flodustrial and civilian construc- will provide the steel industry mills and smelters of Tootion, it cannot be transported to with an estimated 200,000 tons tation Salt Lake Valleys are ele and of materials a major contributhe United States for several months because of an extreme tion towards easing Die expected within 75 miles of the mine. and vegetation shortage of transportation equip- shortage of ferrous scrap dur- areThe climate typical of the Basin and ment in Europe. The. situation is ing the coming fall and winter Range province of Utah. The further aggravated by the, fact months. Letters that scrap produced by domestic emphasizing the need, spring and summer, and autumn manufacturers and the dismantl- for complete cooperation 'of seasons are mild, and winter is to hamper ing of surplus ships is already every segment of the mining in- not severe enough The lower in .operations. the a at drive maximum mining returned dustry coming scrap being rate. Similarly, no substantial in- have been sent to 40 officers of dopes of the mountains are covcreases can be expected from mining association throughout ered, by a thick growth of sage such other major sources as rail- the country by Secretary-Krugbrush, pinon pine, and junipers. roads and machinery dealers. Among the mining operations The canyons of the upper slopes Since the domestic mining In- included in this group are gold, sustain growths of quaking aspdustry, during the past several silver, iron, copper, zinc, lead en and coniferous trees. years, has concentrated largely and other metal mines, anthra- . Ordinary commodities, gasoupon war production, it is be- cite and bituminous coal mines, line, and telephonic communicalieved that large tonnages of and such nonmetal nnpratlons as tions are available at Ophir. been accumulated in gypsum, limestone, aluminum, Supplies that - can not be obscrap-havand around mines and quarries magnesium, sulphur, potash, salt tained at Ophir can be purchaswhich have not been returned and fluorspar mines. ed at Tooele, Utah, population 3000, which is 20 miles distant. Salt Lake City, Utah, 65 miles distant is the jobbing center for mining machinery and supplies for the intermountain region. Geology And Ore Deposits The Ophir mining district is near the crest of the northerly trending Ophir anticline, .which plunges both north and south from Ophir Canyon (fig. 2). It Chicago-Pneumat- ic passes . into the Pole Canyon Compressor, p. B. 4-2syncline to. the east and. is termthe step faulting C. F. Powered by Mercury engine. inated against along the western flank of ;the Range. In Ophir Canyon Now in operation but is being replaced by Oquirrh the anticline is cut by an zone of branchlarger unit. combined . disthe ing faults, placement of whose sedimentary beds exceeds 2000 feet The old4-- E er rocks of the range are seen just north of the fault system in the upthrown block, exposing the Tintic quartzite of Cambrian age. The Ophir formation, also i of Cambrian age, in .which the ore bodies of the Ophir Hill mine were formed, lies conformably above the Tintic quartzite. The overlying sedimentary rocks in the district are limestone, dolomite, and shales of Cambrian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages. Many of these formations have been productive in the Ophir 'and other mining districts of the Oquirrh and- Tintic Mountains. (To Be Continued). - 00 hard-surfac- ed . . f. . e 25 - east-ward-trend- ing Address inquiries to Box Care of Western Mineral Survey ing ore bodies, Davidson said. They object to the . diamond drilling programs to outline ore bodies, saying that is the responsibility of the mining industry. Private operators, they say, do a better job of diamond drilling. I have heard them claim that many of our programs have been handled inefficiently. Have-N- ot Propaganda He. said that the publicity the U. S. has received about being a have-n-ot nation in mineral resources has brought forcibly to the attention of the people that our ore reserves are not inexhaustible. He failed to mention that government bureaucrats who knew little or nothing about the mining industry are the ones who started the have-n- ot gossip, say The Miner. From the trend of government in the past few years, mining men fear that if the bureau oi mines proved by diamond drilling the existence of extensive unmined ore bodies, the government might decide to tax the mining , companies for the unmined ore, which is not at all improbable. Pessimistic Talk Refuted The Coeur d Alene district alone is proof enough that the have-n- ot talk is. either propaganda or a figment of somebodys imagination. During the time the idea pf a scarcity of lead was being publicized by government agencies the Coeur d Alene district produced four new major sized lead deposits in the Bunker Hill, Sidney, Day-ro- ck and Silver Syndicate mines, all of which have been found t since 1942. The has never mentioned any of these deposits and, in fact, has given the. Coeur' dAlene district try has not yet fully recovered little or no attention for the pastTCrom .the government control 39 years, or since 1908 when the program and is still prevented government issued Official Paper from maximum' production by a No. 62 by Ransome and Calkins manpower ' shortage ' directly of the USGS. That was the first traceable to government Influand only official geological study ence. ever made of the Coeur. dAlene The mining districts of the mining district, although it has world have been found and desince become the largest produc- veloped by private industry, not er of silver second largest in lead, by government bureau, and this and third in zinc in the United process is still going on. 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