Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-11-03 | Page 33 | Utah Mines Producing Precious Metals at Rate $80,000,000 Year; Bingham Leads 6 Camps

UTAH MINES PRODUCING PRECIOUS METALS AT RATE I I YEAR BINGHAM LES 6 CAMPS I Incomplete figures on the aggregate I production of oC precious metals by b all al alof of Utah mines In the month of oC October make an estimate of ot a reasonable rea rca one This Indicates a total for tor tho the year ear of oC upwards of or Last year car the total reached But Dut a normal year car with metals at atI normal normaJ gives the tho state an aggregate precious metal production of ot to In the present abnormal abnormal abnor abnor- mal tImes although the tIme amounts of oC tho time copper lead silver siver gold goM and zinc ma may be bo but little aU augmented montel In volume above normal years yet yot ot tho the footings In dollars run rn high In years cars like mee 1017 1917 1 n 7 and iSiS InS 1 Last year ear Utah mines were given n the following credits Copper pounds lead pounds siver silver ounces zinc pounds gold I 0 ounces U ilc es Althou Although h this this aggregate Is valued at for 1917 7 that of oC tho the previous pre pre- Ious year ear was credited with only Yet in 1916 with the tho exception exception tion ton of oC a small smal Increase aso In ilver and copper all al tho the metals ved sho showed actual weight Inc Increases compared with wah 1917 17 I In October of this year ear Bingham lingham Is IsI I credited with an n aggregate production of oC more than Park ParIs City Cotton Alta I woods OOOO Stockton Ophir Bea- Bea vcr er and other districts h