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Show UTAH'S MINERAL STATEM EFJT. The Tribune presents this morning the statement compiled by B. IT. Tatem, Bsq., acsayer In charge of the United States Asm y Office at Helena, of the mineral product of Utah for the year T903. 4t Is In detail, and will be of v-ory great Interest to all of Utah's mining men. The statement Is In somewhat different dif-ferent form from the usual compilations, particularly In (he reckoning of sliver at the old coinage ratio of $1.2929, which in later years has been much disused. But this will be easily commuted into market value by any who wish to arrive at tho usual result, by computing sliver cents per ounce, tho average price of last year. Thc statement covers the product of the different counties, separately; of the dlfferortt metal?, alio, and of the manner of treatment of the ore6. It Is commended com-mended to oil Interested, ao well worthy of their attention and confidence. The showing which It makes for Utah is an excellent one, and It Is made In first-rate fcrm. It shows Utah to bo one of rhc great mining States, and the bfauty of It Is that the State gains year after year In value of output; In reserves of ore In sight in the developed mlrteo; and in the new discoveries of mines which in their turn will be the State's great producers. |