| Show MIDYEAR conditions AFFECTING METAL MINING IN UTAH IN 1923 the mines of utah showed unusual activity during the first half of 1923 according to statistics collected by V C heikes of the geological survey the output of gold silver copper lead and zinc in 1922 was valued at and a substantial increase may be expected in 1923 especially in copper lead and zinc the production from the park city tintic gintic and bingham districts has been especially large owing to the effort of the companies to market silver at 1 an ounce gold gold valued at was produced in utah in 1922 an increase from in 1921 for ten years prior to 1922 the gold output has gradually decreased in utah but the output in 1923 will probably not be less if the present rate of ore production is maintained the mines of bingham produced gold valued at in 1922 the tintic gintic mines and piute diute county As the utah copper co and utah consolidated mining co are returning to normal production in in 1923 the gold from copper ore will probably show a decided increase shipments from the dear trail mines in piute diute county have also been increased and gold from the silver ores especially from the park utah chief consolidated and grand central mines has made a remarkable record silver the output of silver in utah in 1922 was fine find ounces which was a high record for the state though this output was greater than that of any other state the large producers are making decided gains in 1923 during the first five ve months of 1923 the chief consolidated tintic gintic standard park rk utah silver king consolidated judge Vi point victoria and other mines were rushing shipments to the smelters shelters sm elters at a an abnormally large rate the drop in the price of silver will w 1 certainly affect profits but none of the large producers will 11 cease to operate the operation of the grand central gemini and eureka hill ill mines by the chief consolidated mining co has made a marked improvement in the output of these mines the most astonishing increase in silver production was made by the park ark utah mining co which was shipping to tons of silver ore a month in 1923 more than double that shipped aped in 1922 copper the production of copper in utah in 1922 was pounds valued at as compared with pounds valued at in 1921 the utah copper co dl t ingham 13 P was producing at the rate of about pounds a in month early in 1923 and gradually increasing its out aut both the arthur and magna mills were active and flota tion j equipment was being added to the several units of the magna gna plant the utah consolidated mining co ohio cop per ond o nd montana bingham co were also producing much copper marked increases were made at the copper smelting smelling sm elting plants at garfield and international utah lead the output of lead in utah increased from pounds in 1921 to pounds in 1922 As the three smelting smelling plants and all the large lead producing mines are running at their full capacity a large increase in the lead output in 1923 seems certain the united states smelting smelling Sm elting mining co at bingham has increased its shipments of lead zinc ore and the utah apex is regaining its old place of prominence as a large lead producer the chief consolidated mirre mine at eureka produced more than pounds of lead in the thea first quarter of 1923 if the mine continues production at this rate it may become the largest producer of lead in addition to being the largest producer of silver in the state shipments of ore and concentrate from the park city district have been more than doubled in the first half of 1923 and the silver king coalition daly west judge and keystone mines have made unusual records shipments of ore from the tintic gintic district have increased about 20 per cent during the first six months of 1923 and increased shipments of lead orew ore were made by the tintic gintic standard chief gemini and victoria mines in 1922 the tintic gintic district produced pounds of lead the bingham district pounds and the park city district pounds zinc the considerable activity in marketing zinc concentrates early in 1923 indicates a decided increase over the output of zinc zinc in in 1922 which was pounds in 1916 the mines of utah produced P reduced more than pounds of recoverable zinc early in 1923 the park city mining 6 smelting smelling Sm elting 6 co was increasing shipments of roasted zinc concentrate from the judge ore the electrolytic zinc plant at park city was not operated zinc concentrate from bingham ore milled at midvale was being shipped to plants in colorado co lorado and the east dividends were paid in the first part of 1923 by the utah copper co silver king coalition chief consolidated park city mining smelting smelling Sm elting co iron blossom park utah tintic gintic standard and united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining co |
