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Show Uam District 1943 Metal Output Largest In History; Utah Tops Nation nlPte 7eports of the Min- industry surveys made by I of mines in Utah dur-M dur-M will be released within fVerks. according to the lake office. In round figures Sports will show Utah's non Tmetal production to be ,n000 short tons of ore, di-i di-i into 390,000 fine ounces of ,9 479 000 fine ounces of , 647,900,000 pounds of 130,500.000 pounds of and 93,790,000 pounds of total value for the five Is in 1943 was the highest e history of the state and I'eded that of any other state -e union. Bingham district's produc-nduring produc-nduring 1943 accounted for (greater part of the total: 532,301 short tons of ore; 551 fine ounces of gold; 54365 fine ounces of silver; 1495,100 pounds of copper; 573,600 pounds of lead; 46,-1500 46,-1500 pounds of sine. Value Bingham's output was 13,022,698. he output of copper for 1943 iurpassed production for any ,-ious year in the history of state. Nearly all the total in-;e in-;e was made by Utah Copper pany. However, lesser gains e noted in National Tunnel Mines operation. Utah Cop-company Cop-company treated an average i.er 97,000 tons of ore a day 365 days of the year. Ore and e was broken at the opon-at opon-at Bingham at the rate of r 220.0UO tons a day. Opera-s Opera-s were continuous throughout year except for two brief pages of about 48-hour dura-that dura-that were caused by labor rites. The company maintain-;ts maintain-;ts position as the leading :er and gold-producjng mine r,e United States. In addition re .copper, gold and silver re-ired re-ired from the ore a substan-amount substan-amount of molybdenum was ivered as a by-product, riving of a 4,600-foot transpor-n transpor-n tunnel from the town of flam to a point under the tnt floor of the open pit be-in be-in December 1943. The tun-ill tun-ill be standard gauge rail-i rail-i size and is expected to re-e re-e in excess of a year to com-e. com-e. It will be used exclusively the company for transporta-purposes. transporta-purposes. -sides Utah Copper company National Tunnel and Mines ?any, mines in Utah that :ed over 1,000,000 pounds of erable copper were the Nail Na-il Tunnel and Mines com-: com-: property, the Ohio Copper :?any, United States and mine and the Boston Con-Med Con-Med mine, all in Bingham net. P productive capacity of the ; metal mines of Utah was eached in 1943 owing chief-f chief-f labor shortages and stop-es-. A high degree of mech-ajon mech-ajon and coordinated effort -ed the Utah Copper com-! com-! mme to maintain the high-rate high-rate of production of any W mine in the world, de-? de-? shortages of manpower, lughing of soldiers to the A which brought about 400 workers to Utah, was most ;ful. At the close of 1943 r Per cent of the soldiers f still in the employ of min-companies. min-companies. These soldiers, vw bnly to C0PPer zinc and .Menum mines, have now largely recalled. mP of the important Bing- district in 1944 is expected considerably less than last mostly because of the labor |