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Show t March 20, 1253 The Western Mineral Surrey, Salt Lake City. Utah J umtmm i Long Labor Strike Retards Production Of U. S. Steel Income for 1952 was 5143.6 million, representing a return of 4.6 per cent on sales, as compared with income for 1951 of $184.3 million and a return of 5.2 per cent on sales. Sales in 1952 were $3,137.4 million compared with $3,524.1 million in 1951 a reduction of 11.0 per pent. In. 1952 U. S. Steel expended $469.2 million for needed additions to and replacements of its facilities. This compares with a corresponding expenditure during 1951 of $352.4 million. At Dec. 31, 1952, the amount required to complete all replacements and additions then authorized-waestimated at $506 million. During 1952, $231 million of U. S. Government securities set aside in prior years for property additions and replacements were used for this purpose. The balance of such securitieh so set aside was $19 million at Decem. As part of its long-rang- e program to insure adequate supplies of mineral ores for the future, U. S. Stel is actively pursuing exploration, development, research and procurement projects to make new sources of such materials available. Such activities cover Canadian, South American and other foreign areas as well as domestic areas. Concerning U. S. Steels velopment of iron ore resources, Mr. Fairless says that Orinoco Mining Company is expediting the instalatlon of iron mining facilities at Cerro Bolivar, Venezuela. Shipments of iron ore are expected to start early in 1954. The vessel dock at Puerto Ordaz is now in operation, facilitating the construction of transportation, highway and material handling facilities. The necessary dredging of the Orinoco River is going forward. The number of holders of stock of the Corporation continued to increase during 1952 and reached a new high. At the end of that year, there were 280,334 holders of record, an increase of 12,108 since Dec. 31, 1951. Approximately 262,500 of these holders are individuals men and women in all walks of life. The average number of men and women employed during 1952 was 294,263. Approximately 6 per cent of the employes in de- 1952 s were Women. Copper Ores From Nevada Mine Tested Results of preliminary tests on samples from six oxidized copper ore deposits in various Nevada, counties made by the Bureau of Mines indicate the ber 31, 1952. ' of high copper reprobability Working capital of United covery, to to a report according States Steel Corporation and released Secretary of today by subsidiaries at Dec. 31, 1952, aftthe. Interior Douglas McKay. er deducting current dividend The tests were confined mostly declarations, amounted to $326.6 to acid leaching on a laboratory million, .compared with $334.9 scale, with one attempt to treat million at Dec. 31, 1951. by flotation. The yield from Douglqs County ore was 92.9 per cent of its copper content when leached - i Dodge Power Wqgon With Winch inch maximum the report shows.' ' Ore from Elko County was leached and crushed at inch, and 91.7 per cent copper was extracted. Eureka County ore was similarly treated, with 98.4 per one-quart- copper er recovered? while that from Lander County gave 96.0 per cent of its copper Content. A Lyon County sample yield- 8,000 Miles . llt n. ton ed 81.2 per cent .when leached at three-eightinch. Flotation tests made on Nye County ores, however, resulted, in only 73.4 per cent copper, recovery after the grinding to a number of holes per linear inch in a fine screen. A recovery of h, , or write W. C. 2501 South State, Hansen, Salt Lake City Call one-ha- lf size, cent 1951 Model Like New Will accept older truck on trade-i- with sulfuric acid after crushing to Efforts Made Bureau Hails Cooperation On Coal Mine Safety To Develop failure to abate safety violations DENVER, . Government regulations over the production and distribution of most of U. S. Steels products continued in effect during 1952. Continued from Page 1 partly to improvements in operations and partly to additions to capacity brought into operation during the year. U. S. Steels annual ingot and steel castings capacity on Jan. 1, 1953, was rated at 36.4 million net tons. This represents 31.0 per cent of the capacity reported for the steel industry. As was true throughout 1951, the prices of steel products in 1952 were not governed by competitive forces, but rather were underweregovernment control.to similarly subject Wages government regulation. In terminating the strike in the latter part of July, average hourly employment costs were increased by approximately 12 per cent. The major portion of this cost increase was retroactive to March 1, 1952, A steel price of increase not retroactive approximately 4.7 per cent was granted by a directive, dated July 24, 1952, of the acting director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. m 100-me- sh Colo. Beryl Source Results of a drilling project on the New Anniversary-Buck- y pegmatite deposit, one of the largest in the Quartz Creek district, 21 miles east of Gunnison, Colo., are presented in a published report announced recently by J. H. East, Jr., regional director of the Bureau of Mines. Two holes, aggregating 225 feet, were drilled on this group of claims in April, 1950,. in an effort to develop new reserves of beryl, source of the beryllium used in certain nuclear reactor designs because of its moderating effect upon fast neutrons emmitted by the fission and plutonium. Feldof spar, muscovite, and other valuable minerals also occur there around quartz masses or cores within a huge dike of igneous rodk. U-2- 35 The report, written by S. R. chief of the Minerals Development Branch atj (Sal)t Lake City, and W. A. Young, former Bureau mining engineer, states that one hole cut a foot zone of pegmatite at the level that appeared promising, but a spectropraphic analysis of sludge from the hole detected no beryl at this, point. However, some beryl and muscovite has been produced from the property in recent years by the Beryllium Mining Go., Inc., conducted which formerly small-scal- e surface operations'. The Bureau of. Mines also had drilled two holes totaling 695 feet on the nearby Brown Derby cairns, one of the few lithia - bearing pegmatites in Colorado and a source of both lepidolite and microlite in World War II. Fine-graiberyl was encountered and a sample was sent to the Bureaus. Salt Lake City station for metallurgical tests. At least another season of operation is necessary to conclude this, drilling project, however, and no report will be issued until it Is completed, Wilson, muscgyite-feldspar-quar- tz 30-fo- ot , Close adher- ence by operators to provisions of the new Federal Coal Mine Safety Act has made it unnecessary to issue a single ' order withdrawing men from any mine in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, or Arizona since the Act was signed July 16, 1952, J. H. East, Jr., Regional Director of the Bureau of Mines, announced recently. Nationally, during the first six months of operations under this act (Public Law 552), Federal coal mine inspectors issued 44 withdrawal orders five for immediate dangers and 39 for within a reasonable time limit In mines of the Rocky Mountain States, 176 violations of the acts safety provisions were detected uip to January 1, East - said. However, most of these violations were corrected before the routine Federal inspections were completed. Only 52 written Notices of Finding? had to be posted by the inspectors, establishing a time limit for abating hazards. With the exception of five violations on which the time limit had not expired, all had been corrected before the end of 1952. Points Way To Greater Strategic Mining Output source of the alloying Production of critical miner- for als in the Black Hills of South Dakota would rise substantially if mechanical methods of separating and recovering pegmatite minerals were used instead of hand sorting, Bureau of Mines technologists say in a report released recently by Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman. This would bring about a more stable mining industry capable pf supplying at least part of the nations needs Program For Zinc Meeting Announced A preliminary program has just been released covering the Thirty-fift- h annual meeting of the American Zinc Institute, to be held at the Hotel' Statler, St. betyl metal beryllium and other tally needed metals. vi- Besides beryl, granitic pegmatites are a source of such commodities as lithiunrcontaining e, minerals, mica, columbite, s miner-aland other minor many of which have to be imported to meet military and industrial needs. To overcome tills foreign dependence, and also to reduce waste, the Bureau of Mines has been investigating pegmatite deposits in the Black Hills, a region rich in these giant, coarse-graine- d granite offshoots. Increased attention was turned to domestic pegmatites during World War II When sources of supply for mica, lithium and beryl were curtailed. Accordingly, he Bureau undertook to explore, examine and develop pegmatite .deposits to increase production of those strategic materials. Work has since continued to obtain information beneficial to the national economy and security. tan-talit- on April 27 and 28. A special feature of the Monday morning session will be an address by the Honorable Dewey. Short, Republican congressman from Missouri and chairman .of the House Armed Services Committee. The General Outlook for Metals will be discussed by Tom Campell, editor of IRON AGE, The Outlook for Galvanizing in 1953 by a quali; v East said. fied speaker tP be announced, ' Continued from Page 1 and Job Galvanizing by S. J. In addition to its atomic enerSwenson, secretary - treasurer, 400. Lakeview Manganese Mines, gy use, beryl is important as the American Hot Dip Galyanizers Plumas, manganese, $9750, source of beryllium oxide need- Association. A on the report ed in producing beryllium-coppe- r Institutes activities will also COLORADO alloys. These alloys have be nvade. & S. ,W. E. Burleson, SaE, no peer when shaped into parts lead-zin$13,300, that must simultaneously perAt the Monday afternoon ses- guache, W. L Weaver, Garfield,-uranium- , form a mechanical function and: sion, zinc production at home $1800, $2000. Myron conduct electrical current at qnd abroad will be surveyed. R. M. and Paul R. Jones, Louis L. elevate tempera- B. Caples, Anaconda Copper moderately tures. M oreover, beryllium ox- Mining Co., will report on the E. M. Lill, .Dolores, lead-zindomestic: ' mining situation, fol- $4130, $8260. ' Gold Bar Mines, ide also is used in Clear Creek, uranium, porcelains for aircraft spark- lowed by Dr. 'C. L: Wilson, dean Inc., $7760. plugs, radar insulators, .refrac- of the School pf Mines and Met- $6984, IDAHO tories and crucibles, special glass, allurgy, University of Missouri, Co., Lemhi, Bradley Mining fluoreswho Will discuss . some of the catlysts, phospors for $84,000, $112,000. cent amps, and synthetic emer-ads- .. related problems affecting the tungsten, e, Idaho Co., Spokane Mining : mining profession and the minlead-zin4, $71,317, R. Lewis' Stubbs, ing industry. ShoPegmatite dikes containing Zinc ' Development" Association Day Mines, Inc., lead-zinsuch rare minerals as beryl, shone, $121,430, $242,-86Euwill cover the (England), and tantalum occur iii Norih Fork Mining Co., zinc situation and S. D. lead-zinmost, of the mountain states, ropean American $22,250, Shoshone, and Strauss, Smelting East said. The Bureau of Mines, Galconda Lead $44,500. Mines, Go., will summarize he added, hopes to map known, Refining lead $45,000, Shoshone, zinc, the over-al- l world zinc picture. occurrences, take representative $90,000. MONTANA On Tuesday morning, Howsamples, ascertain their constituents, and if warranted, make ard Lee Young, American Zinc Q.' Irving Irving, Silver Bow, Sales Co., will discuss U. S. manganese, $5250, $7000. ; Edmetallurgical tests. . Slab Zinc Production and Con- mund E. Pohl, H. G. & A- Broadwater, sumption. in 1953;. W. J. During, less than 75 per cent is gener- Precision Castings Go., Inc., $6000, $12,000 " will NEVADA ally considered unsatisfactory report on The Future of Zinc for commercial purposes. Nevada Uranium Co. of Amer-c- a, in Die Castings; H. W. Wahl-quis- t, The period of treatment varEbasco Services Inc., will Pershing, uranium, $8230.50, ied in different projects and was report on The Place for Zinc $9145. Frank Bullock, Elko, governed by the amount of cop- in Cathodic Protection, and W. $10,350, per dissolved from day to day. W. Hopton, Matthiessen & Heg-ele- r The tests were terminated when UTAn Zinc Co., will present The little further solution of copper Current Jesse Glen Shumway & Grant Outlook for Roiled occurred. Prepared by A. L. Zinc. L. Shumway, San Juan, uraniEngel, Bureau metallurgist staum, $4050, $4500. U. S. SmeltThe annual dinner and enter- ing, Refining and Mining Comtioned at Reno, Nev., the report contains tables of test results on tainment will be held' on pany, Salt Lake, each- deposit sample. day evening, April 27. $74,762.50, $149,525. Louis, MJo., -- n, New Loans .. Granted For ? ; i $13,-00- 0. . $26,-0Q- 0. c, c, - high-qualit- y Sho-shon- c, $142,-634- c, 0. c, , SINUS SUFFERERS AMAZING NEW DISCOVERY FREE TRIAL s. 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