Show THE WESTERN FUNERAL ZONE american alinen mining g news the total production of metals in the united states last year aggregated in value of this sum the western mineral zone produced including the yield of the yukon basin and british columbia or nearly one half over one half of the copper production of the country which was valued at came from the mines of montana idaho Nev nevada iida utah california and arizona their yield amounting to the remaining being the value of the product of the copper mines mines of lake superior and the state of michigan Mich loan the bulk of the lead product of the united states comes from the western mines utah being beina the chief contributor last year was obtained from this source out of the which represents the total value of lead production of the united states it is a noteworthy fact in connection with the distribution of these metals that the copper veins of the west are lar largely frely impregnated with gold and silver for example although copper is the predominant interest in montana per cent the that state and of its silver yield were obtained as products byproducts by in the smelting smelling sm elting of the copper ores of the first named metal the state yielded and of the second 10 the production of copper being valued at excepting gold old and silver it maybe may be said that the other metals have becomes become conspicuous among the mineral productions of the western zone past twenty years during e that t period the value alue v of the copper co P per produced annually has increased fifty folmand fold and that of lead more than doubled the yield of silver is nearly the same now in 1880 while the value of the lead product pio duct has more than doubled and nearly twice as much gold is now extracted from the mines of the west |