Show output of utah mi mines nes i in 0 n 1918 the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc from the mines of utah in 1918 according to victor C heikes of the united states geological survey department of the interior had a value of about which represents a decrease of nearly from the value of the output in 1917 except in silver the production of which increased slightly there were decreases in all five of the metals produced the average price of silver for the year was much higher than in 1917 but the prices of copper lead and zinc were less the industry in general was greatly hampered by the scarcity of labor and the unusually high cost of materials and supplies the four smelting smelling sm elting plants of the state were active throughout the year on both utah ores and custom ores but they were not run at f ully fully capacity during the entire bear ear and no records were made the mine production of gold decreased from in 1917 to approximately approximate lr in 1918 a decrease of nearly 10 per cent most of the gold came from copper lead and zinc ores treated at smelting smelling sm elting plants no great amount of ore was either amalgamated or cyanided increased silver output the mine output of silver increased from ounces valued at soG in 1917 to about ounces valued at in 1918 although this is not a large increase in quantity it is rather surprising that the output was upheld inasmuch as there were decided decreases in all the other metals the main increase in silver production came from the tintic gintic standard mine north of eureka the chief consolidated held the record of producing more silver than any other mine in the state silver from the park city district was considerably less though a notable quantity came from the shipments of ore from the ontario mine in the bingham district the utah apex and utah copper were the largest silver producers followed by the utah consolidated decline in copper production the mine production of copper decreased from pounds in 1917 to pounds in 1918 As the price was somewhat less the value of the output decreased from to about the largest production of copper came from the utah copper property at bingham which yielded close to pounds a month throughout the year this is practically the same as the production in 1917 so that the decrease in the total amount of copper produced was due to the smaller operators in the state reports for the second quarter of the year showed that the utah copper co was pro a large amount of metal from the treatment of copper ores in the new leaching plant next to the utah copper the utah consolidate was the largest copper producer followed by the ohio copper co whose output was considerably less than in 1917 in the other districts the principal copper producers were the utah leasing co at newhouse the iron blossom in the tintic gintic district the ophir hill at ophir the columbus rexall at alta the salt lake copper co near tecoma nev and the tintic gintic standard in the tintic gintic region mine output of lead the mine output of lead decreased from pounds in 1917 to pounds in 1918 a decrease of over 9 per cent the value of the output decreased from to about 1 the utah apex at bingham was by far the largest lead producer in the state other notable producers were the eagle and blue dell bell silver king coalition utah consolidated daly daiy judge ophir hill consolidated chief consolidated cardiff horn silver and silver king consolidated decrease in zinc there was a decrease of about 20 per cent in the production product io n of recoverable zinc the mine output decreased from pounds in 1917 to about pounds in 1918 and the value of the output from to about the principal producers of zinc were the midvale mineral co and the childers leasing co which treated tailings near midvale the caldo mining co at frisco the daly judge at park city and the utah apex and united states mining co property at bingham the electrolytic plant of the judge mining smelting smelling Sm elting co at park city was in successful operation during the year and the plant was being enlarged other zinc shipments were made from the scranton lake view ichiel consolidated and I hidden treasure part of the lead zinc ore from utah was shipped to the electrolytic plant at great falls mont ore production in 1918 the mines of 1 utah produced approximately tons tolls of ore a decrease from tons in 1917 of this total the bingham district produced about tons against tons in hl 1917 there was a decrease in the tintic gintic district where fortyune for tyone mines produced about tons of ore exclusive of iron ore against tons tolls in 1917 the mines s having an output of more than 4 tons during the y year ear were the dragon chief consolidated iron blossom and blue bell tintic gintic eagle standard centennial COn tennial eureka grand gran central mammoth colorado gold chain gemini and tic milling co victoria the tin treated much ind ore locally and shipped bullion containing gold silver and copper shipments of ore and concentrate from the park city region in 1918 amounted to about tons a decrease from 96 tons in 1917 tabulation of the import import ant mines gave an estimated output for the district of 5 in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of recoverable zinc the decrease was general but the largest decline was in lead tooele thoele county mines produced tons in 1918 against tons in 1917 the main producers were the western utah bullion coalition ophir hill co consolidated n soli dated and ophir coalition about tons of ore was shipped from the big cottonwood little cottonwood and american fork districts against a total of tons toils in 1917 in beaver county shipments increased from tons in 1917 to about konsin tons in 1918 this included the large amount of low grade lead tailings shipped by the caldo mining co among the other producers was the deer trail mine in the ohio district of plute county dividends paid by mining companies in utah for eleven months amounted to 12 13 dividends were also paid by th the united smelting smelling Sm elting co which controls mines at eureka and bingham |