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Show Melal Output ot Stale's Mines Valued at $55,000,000 Preliminary Figures by Victor C. Heikes of Geological Geo-logical Survey Represent an Increase Over 1914 Production of $18,000,000. MINES in Utah produced gold sil ver copper ead and z nc in 1915 amounting in value to $5o 000 000 as estimated by V C He kes of the United States geo og cal sur j ej Th s represents an in ease over the , production in 1914 of nearly 50 per cent, or $18 000 000 There was a considerable ncrease in all the metals About one fourt more ore was m ned increasing fl e total f om 8 o44 014 tons in 1914 to about 10 2 000 tons in 191o About 9 900 000 tons were produced at B ngham an increase f om 800 661 tons in 1914. Ihe bulk of this ore vas m ned at the Utah and Ohio Copper propert es wh ch yie ded about 9 000 000 tons of low grade o e n 191 Othe mi is that contribu ed arge quant t es of ore were the L ah Consohda ed Utah Apex Un ted Sta es B gham Bingham Is ew Ha en and U ah iletal mine The Tintic d strict p oduced about 290 000 tons against 298 46b tons in 1914 The raa n ore p o ducers vere the Ch e Consol dated I on B ossom Centennia Eureka, Eag e & B ue Bell Mammoth Gemini Grand Centra and May Day mines The 100 ton concentrat on mil bu It primar ly to reat Chief Consol da ed ores did con s derab e cus om work Park City Increase In the Park C region about 99 79o tons of crude ore and concentrates were sh pped a0a nst 66 36 to s in 1914 Im p ovements n concen ration methods re suited in lar0e sh pn ents of lead and z nc concentrates f om the Daly Judge Da y West and S lver King Coal tlon mills Two large concentration mills were bu It for treat ng tai ngs on the flats below Park C tv Flotation was adopted at several m lis In the region and the prospect s that al the mi s wi 1 be siml Iar equ pped n 1916 In Beaver coun ty the ore sh pments, including a consid erable quantity of old slag amounted to about 38 000 ton against sh pments of 32 69a tons in 1914 principal y from the Horn S 1 er and Majest c mines In Tooele county the ore product on prin c pa ly from Stockton and Ophir in creased from 5S 871 tons to 6o 374 tons in 191o. There were 96 0 tons of ore hauled from the Co tonwood d stricts to the sme te s n 1915 The largest pro duce was the Cardiff m ne which veds ch ead s e ore Important sh pments of s 1 er ore were made from the South Hecla and the Mich gan Utah properties Zinc ore was sh pped from the Carbonate mine Copper Output Large The mine output of gold ncreased over 19 per cent from $3 26o 34 n 1914 to $3 908 000 in 191o Copper o es y e ded the larger part of the gold but la ge quan titles also came from lead ore and si Iiceous ore A comparat e y small quan tity of copper ore was produced in gold and si ver mis High grade gold ore was mined n the Bull Valley district of Washington county during part of the year and In the last ha f of the year new developments in the Fortuna d strict of Beaver county attracted a ten on and w de ve ns of low grade go d ore are said to be systemat cally explo ted At the same t me sma high grade ve ne of go d ore are be ng m ned and milled by lessees The m ne production of silver Increased f on 1 14 116 ounces n 1914 o approxi ma 24 000 oun es n llo he In crease a nounting to 14 per cent n quan ity and about $169 000 n a ue Much of he s ver s de ved from lead o e and sma. er quan t es from the copper and s ceous ores Ear y n the yea e Ivn gh Christensen chlorid z ng roast ng and leachirig m 11 was desiroed by fire and d ng e summer was be ng e on u ted at S ver C ty b the T nt c M ng company wh ch d sman ed a s m ar plan at Pa k C lat was re cen y used o treat On arlo ores The new p ant w 1 probab y be n opera on ea y 19 6 The copper output f om Utah mines n creased from 15 034 00 rounds in 1914 to about 182 oS9 000 pounds n 1915 the n crease amounting to mo e han 20 per cent in quantity and about $11 4o0 000 n a ue The gain was made mostly by the Utah Copper mine at B ngham wh ch is cred ted with an ncrease of 34 20 5o2 pounds over the output of 1914 Low grade porphyry ore was produced from the Utah Copper property and a sma er quantity from the Oh o Copper mine "he Cactus mine in sou hern Utah was not ope ated but preparat ons were be ng made by a leas ng company using the flotat on p ocess to re treat the Cactus tai ngs which are reported to carry 14 pounds of copper per ton The Ohio Cop per mne aid mill after go ng into the hands of a receiver were for a long time id e but during the last half of the year were being operated by lessees Big Lead Production i The mine production of lead increased ! from 113-3 137 pounds in 1914 to 219 098 000 pounds in 191o or about 28 per cent, , mostly from the B ngham district where ; the Utah Apex Utah Conso Idated United States and B ngham New Haven were the i largest producers In Park City the Sil j ver King Coal tlon Daly West, Daly I Judge and S lver King Consolidated add ! ed to the total output. In the Cotton I woods the mines produced over 12 000 000 pounds of lead a large part of It coming from the Cardiff property i With the advance In prices, zinc ore was offered from many sources The m ne production of zinc recoverable as spelter aggregated 22 643 000 pounds valued at about $3 224 000 This is an Increase of , about 41 per cent in quantity over the output of 1914 amounting to 15 989 267 pounds. The largest shipments of zinc concentrates were made from the Midvale mill of the United States Mining company wh ch treated some cus om ore besides that handled from its own property at B ngham The Daly Judge mine at Park City was the next argest producer of concentra ea, fo lowed by the Daly West and the mil s recovering zinc from the old ta lings odged on the fiats be ow Park City Promontory district. In Boxelder county became prominent in z nc produc tion from the Lake View mine, which Is credited with t 446 916 pounds of zinc fig ured as recoverable spelter New zinc de posits were also opened near Hyrum in Cache county and Wood side In Emery county each district producing several cars of crude zinc ore Altogether there were th rty e ght producers of zinc ore in Utah in 1915 All the smelting establishments were operating at full capacity soon after the first of the year These were he Murray M dvale International and Garfield p ants. Dl Idends amounting to about $9 000 000 were d stributed by Utah mining com pan es in 1915 as against $7 431 01 In 1914. Boston Copper Quotations. 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