Show EVENI EVENING G JANUARY JANUARY L 9 9 19 1922 2 i j I of Mines in Utah I F By Ira C. C Tichenor E report o of Victor C. C HeIkes of the United States geological gurvey on the value of the output of gold silver copper lead zinc in Utah during 1921 while showing a reduction of more Ii lf as compared with the production of ot 1920 1920 49 respectively is is not as a bad as might have been expected under and Jn in fact is much better than that of most of ot the metal tal producing states iZOna for instance the production of the five lye related metals in 1921 1021 to about as compared with approximately ly i 1 Arizona is the greatest producer of ot copper and- and tl the o closing of the rj mines last year resulted in n a reduction of the output from about 90 pounds in 1920 to a a. little more than pounds last year ear Tat rally the shutdown of the Utah Copper company's mine and plants the mines of several other copper companies was responsible to the tho est extent for the greatest percentage of the thet decline of the metal mon on of Utah as a whole With the tho resumption of of operations arly this I p m as now planned it is confidently expected that the record for theat the at year car will be considerably above that thai of 1921 l e most gratifying Ing portion of the report report is that relating to the pro- pro Dof silver which amounted last st year to about bout ounces ounces- or about less than during 1920 This Thia reduction was due 3 Wf f not wholly to the cl cI closing sin down of the copper mines all of which ice silver a as a byproduct i the continued great output of silver er Utah maintains its its' position v of the two greatest silver producing states of the Union dividing honors only with Montana and because of the closing down of the thea theonda onda a properties coincident with those of the Utah Copper company it expected th that t the r records cords will show that Utah last year ear again first place which position It has held several times during the past Ie e. e s 5 i result of the improving c condition of the metal markets markets' and the fo for Increased and renewed operations it Is certain that the output output of will wi I far exceed that of 1921 |