Show utah mines in 1919 the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc from mines in utah in 1919 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 41 from the value of the output in 1918 there were decided decreases in both the quantity and value of the metals produced the average price of silver for the year was much higher than in 1918 but the prices of copper lead and zinc were much less the mining industry was seriously affected by high costs of operation lower prices of the metals and a labor strike at park city which closed the mines of that region for two months despite these difficulties the four smelt ing plants of the state were active throughout the year but they were not operated at full capacity decrease in gold production the mine production of gold decreased from in 1918 to approximately in 1919 a decrease of nearly 30 per cent most of the gold came from copper lead and zinc ores that were treated at smelting smelling sm elting plants no great amount afore of ore was either amalgamated or cyanided though some ore was amalgamated at the wedge mine and some was cyanided at the deer trail property both in plute county more afore than half of the output of gold in the state came from the bingham district about one fourth from the tintic gintic district and the remainder from the park city region and other camps the largest producers of gold were the united states mining company utah copper company and utah consolidated mining company of bingham decline in silver output the mine output of silver decreased from ounces valued at in 1918 to about ounces valued at in 1919 the chief consolidated mine at eureka was again the largest producer of silver in the state and the tintic gintic standard followed closely the output of the tintic gintic district was maintained but decreases Lases occurred at bingham and park city in the bingham district the united states mining company utah consolidated soli dated utah copper and utah apex were the largest producers of silver and at park city the silver king coalition and the ontario were large producers production of copper the mine production of copper decreased from pounds in 1918 to pounds in 1919 As the average price was considerably less the value of the output decreased from to about the largest production of copper came from the utah copper property yAt at bingham which yielded close to pounds a month throughout the year a decided decrease next to the utah copper the utah consolidated was the largest producer of copper followed by the ohio copper company and the united states mining company in the other districts the principal producers of 0 copper were the ophir hill at ophir the mammoth mine the centennial eureka and the tintic gintic Standa standard fd in the region and the bingham mines company at bingham lead production decreased the mine output of lead decreased from pounds in 1918 to pounds in 1919 a decrease of nearly 46 pounds the value of the output decreased from to about the largest producers of lead in the state were the united states mining company utah apex utah consolidated ophir hill silver king coalition tintic gintic standard and chief consolidated mines heavy decline in zinc there was a decrease of about 77 per cent in the production of recoverable zinc the mine output decreased from pounds in 1918 to about pounds in 1919 and the value of the output from 1 to about the principal producers of zinc were the united states mining company and the utah apex mining company at bingham the judge mining smelting smelling Sm elting company at park city and the scranton mine tooele thoele county the electrolytic tro plant of the judge mining smelt ing company at park city was active for only six months of the year much of the decrease was due to the idleness of the tailing plants at frisco and midvale ore production in 1919 in 1919 the mines of utah produced approximately tons of ore a decrease from tons in 1918 of this total the bingham district produced about tons as compared with tons in 1917 the production of the district is estimated at ounces of gold 1600 ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and 2674 pounds of af recoverable zinc there was a decrease in the tintic gintic distri district ett where the mines produced about tons of ore exclusive of iron ore as compared with tons in 1918 the estimated production of the district was ounces of gold ounces of silvert silver pounds of copper pounds of lea lead d and a small amount of zinc the mines that had an output of more than 1000 tons tons during the year were the dragon chief consolidated iron blossom eagle blue bell standard centennial eureka central swansea mammoth colo rado ridge valley empire bullion beck gemini and victoria the tintic gintic milling company treated much ore locally and shipped bullion that contained gold silver and copper shipments of ore and concentrates from the park city region in 1919 amounted to about tons a decrease from tons in 1918 tabulation of the mines that made the largest production gave an estimated output for the district of in gold ounces of silver pounds of copper pounds of lead and pounds of recoverable zinc the decrease was general on account of the idleness of the mines during the two months of the strike the mines of ophir and rush valley districts produced tons in 1919 as compared with tons in 1917 the main producers were the ophir hill consolidated and bullion coalition mines about tons of ore was shipped from the big cottonwood little cottonwood and american fork districts as compared with a total of tons in 1918 in beaver county shipments decreased from tons in 1918 to about tons in 1919 A large production of bullion and concentrates cen came from the deer trail mine in the ohio district of plute county 4 dividends paid by mining companies in utah in 1919 for eleven months amounted to dividends were also paid by the united states smelting smelling Sm elting company which controls mines at eureka and bingham |