Show Utah Ore Value Shows Big Increase in Year V. V C C. Heikes of the department of the interior in his mines report on Utah for 1915 shows an increase of S 1 in inthe inthe in inthe the production of gold silver copper lead and zinc in this state over that of 1914 Ore from Utah mines in 1915 contained minerals valued I at the report states M More re than 59 per cent of the total value was for copper The greatest strides according to Mr Heikes' Heikes statistics were in the production of lead and zinc or spelter The value of zinc jumped from to and lead from to Since mining first i began in the state the output of the five mentioned minerals has amounted to values of the report states The production of copper in 1915 was pounds valued at During last year there were tons of ore treated in Utah I |