Show METAL PRODUCTION FOR 1906 Copper 1 68 21 Ibs lbs at Lead i J J Ibs lbs at i 1 Silver SI I ver i 1 1 6 2 8 1 oz at a eTc IC 1 10 04 I I II Gold 1 oz at 2067 20 67 Zinc L t i Ibs lbs at Gc i 00 Quicksilver 1276 flasks at 42 50 Total Tofal i i Note figuring all the th metals with the exception of gold gild I the average price for fop the year oar as near as it can be de do determined determined late in December without drawing to fine fractions is used In the case of oC gold g ld the coinage value with without without without out fractions Is used In the table below which givOn gl J the output of Utah mines for tor 1 the figures compiled complied by b B D II U Tatem in charge of or the t e United States nf abay ay office at Helena tro re given glyen In preference to tile the figures obtained locally before the end of oC the year eor as in the table above The figures on o zinc arid and excepted as aa they tho are not covered in Mr 11 report PRODUCTION FOR 1905 Copper r Ibs lbs at 15 Lead lbs Ibs at v i Silver 1 oz at 60 j Gold L oz at 2067 65 Zinc Ibs lbs at 79 r Quicksilver 1 1000 flasks t 45 1 Total i RECAPITULATION Total production prod for 1906 1 06 i Total production for 1905 Apparent increase for r 1906 il i Over 01 Is accounts accounted tor or in IU the increased amount of or gold goM represented r plu in this y ars report r port and there is no question Quo hut but that the thc major portion of this increase is due to shipments from Nevada to 0 the tha local rs The Tho advance in the Ule price of copper has h s added over O to the value of U Uth output of that metal nearly 1000 can be credited to the rise in silver while over represents represent tho the Increased value of or the tho lead lend product as com corn compared pared with the overage price of the previous year Thus it Is I seen that the better prices of ot copper silver allver and lead account for more than of the thc increased value in the years ears production of those thos metals while big gains in inthe int Inthe the t production of copper silver and lead make up the tho balance alance of increase as shown In the tho totals Giving full hi credit to states tor br ores that have been shipped in here for treatment nt and also allowing for forthe forthe or orthe the ores that have hac been shipped from here to Colorado and other outside smelters it is 15 safe afo to say that when gov government gO government figures or the tho Helena assay us ny statement is Issued next year y r it will show that tho th Utah mineral product for 1003 1900 has A aluc of in of 1905 or approximately it has hus been claimed that much of the silver and lead increase indicated in thi th tables has hUH been duo due to shipments tho the Coeur Cor dAleno dAlene mines That Is not Hot so It is only a few days das ago that Simon Guggenheim Gugg declared in Denver that practically all alt of the tho ores of if f the tho Coeur Co was to Colorado Col do and nn l that the th amount is insufficient to supply all the flux needed for lor the dry ores of the Centennial state stat Consequently l tah must have haye been drawn upon for far some ome A little lead lend ore has Nevada and so no has som some zinc but there has haH been as much or moro more of these metals shipped away awa and settled for lor elsewhere than t an has hns come crne Into mb thi market The increase of copper has come from h m Beaver county count and Ond Attn AIt while the thc these e sections with Tintic and Deep De Creek Park City CIl Stockton and have hao each ench an important part in the tire increased production of lead silver sOyer and sold gold |