OCR Text |
Show Analysis of the mining situation ln Utah followInK the Second World Wur Indicates a period of higher cost production for most of the metal producers, During the war naturally many mine workers went Into the armed forces and this combined with the general shortage of workers forced mining companies to place virtually all workers on production to meet needs of the war machine and thus neglect development work. Development work in a mine Is Just as necessary as the planting of spring seeds on the farm, us a ton of ore Is mined another ton must be round Naturally with an unbalanced operation for so many war years much of the available ore in Utah's mining districts was mined and the known ore reserves reduced to a low level |