Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 7 | Importance of Lead

h I Importance of Lead LeadE I l. l I HE E importance of lead and its Us scarcity is isone 1 one of the chief topics in mining and in in- today This metal metat which bes be be- s f fore re the war was of minor importance in mining min mm- ing is one of the important metals now and andI I the price has more more than than d doubled over the prewar prewar pre- pre war ar average This is in n direct contrast with copper which is cheaper now than before the war This demand for lead and failure of new ore bodies to be discovered has hast t t t brought Utah to the front as one of the leading metal metal mining states of North Ame America ica In In 1925 short tons tons' of lead were produced tn in n the world The United States supplied tons or 40 per cent Canada supplied 1 6 tons or 8 per cent and Mexico tons North America Americ thus produced tons pr or 60 per cent of the worlds world's lead output Australia con contributed contributed con con- on- on tons and Spain tons i In the United States Utah supplied tons of the tons being bested only by Missouri with r tons For Forthe Forthe the first time Utah is ahead of Idaho in the production of lead the Gem states state's record for 1925 being tons The mines that produced this lead for Utah are th the Tintic Standard tons Utah Ap Apex x t tons ns Silver King ing Coalition tons Park Utah Consolidated tons Chief Consolidated I 1102 tons Utah Delaware tons and Bingham Mines tons No other state in th the country can boast of I I. I su such suh h an array of great silver-lead silver producing I mines as Utah The diminishing supplies of t lead ad in the I world orld has caused the leading industrial corporations corporations corporations cor cor- i using this metal in the manufacture of their products to commence a frantic search for new bodies So far none have been discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered of any consequence outside of the Park Utah deposit The shallow lead bells beds of ot Missouri and Oklahoma are rapidly being depreciated depreciated depreciated de de- de- de and it now appears as if the search for new mines must be carried on in the Rocky mountain region Utah possesses in Bingham Tintic and Park City three of th the greatest silver lead mining districts of all times Much of the area in these three districts districts dis dis- dis- dis is still stitt unexplored and it seems certain i that a great development will witt take place in th these se districts within the next few years I