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Show i old ld Prospector Prosjctor Pros beIeejs ector J Jeeps Keepsat < ( eeps eepsat b at Gold Producing Job , Takes Incr Increasing asing Sums FE-OTIf FE OTIf Fromli Fro1 From - ! r ; . li r : Hidden Recesses . t Salt . Lake L'lhe Llhe ' City . , Ut'1hComrnercI'll Utah-Commercial Utah Commercial UtahCommercialt UtahCommercialproduction Utah Ut'1h Ut1h ' -ComrnercI'll ComrnercI'll ComrnercIll - Commcrclilreduction ' : t -production production - roductlon of gold has declined tre treI tremendoncly tret tremendously treicndously I t mendoncly mendously ; In recent years y1rs ( , ' In this thle : sec seca secon I IIon a Ion of or the mincralhed mlner'1l1ed mlner1l1ed miner'ilired minerilired ' ? West . , but the theold theId old ld time prospector , working vv \ ormg orkmg ) , on hisRD his his0wn .0 0 " , . -0wn 0wn - " n , Is taking taL.lnA taLlnA . ' \ wealth wenlth enlth from Its tts hldlen hidden hldlenrecesses hidden'cesses hiddencesses ! 1 1recesses -recesses recesses - ' In ever Increasing Incre'lclnJ IncrelclnJ ' : ; ! ; : sums eums sumsThe . ' The Tbe Salt Lake Lnhe CIh City assay aseav ascnv : office , , a abranch abranch aranch branch of ot the United Stat Stnt Statps ( > s mint taint Is Is.a is.a Isclearing . .a a . clearing house for lunch touch of or the Inter InterJIlountaln Intermountain InterOuntatn JIlountaln mountain [ gold A'olrl Aolrl ' Similar StmiMr < : ; Imll'lr Imlllr ' offices of11ces arc are loited 10 to 10cated tosated I cated sated at nt llolce Bole Bol : ; e Idaho Jd'lho Jdlho Id'ihn Idihn ' . , Helena Helen'l Helenl ' , , Slant Mont Iont ; ; z and nd Carson Cltvev Citv Cltv City , \ev ev i\ev i ievProduction \ I \ evProduction evProduction Production Drops In Year . r . Accor According ln : ; to C N Gerry . , In ch cli cinrget 1rge irge irge0f If -0f 0f . ( - the local loc'll locll ' ol1 office niliice ce gold production In InUtah inUtah In'tan Intan Utah ' dropped almost one-half one half nn&haif nnhaif - & - In a ai afear atar 1 i 1.1ear .1ear 1ear fear . The figure fiure : for Wl 1l)11 1l11 1931 ) \ was 'lS lS ' VIOS23 C4lOS 4 10S 10Sj323 j323 823 an and lIn < In 1032 1l)32 1l32 1932 ) It1S It w \ was \\1S 1S ' is $2 2 $2n 2n $ 9 ) lfG + G G832 G832Gold 8.12 812 832 8.12Gold 832Gold . Gold , . most mostaluablp mostall'lbl valti \aluablp aluablp \all'lbl all'lbl alllbl \ ! ' ble . of the met'lls metlls metals metalslargely ' , , i , iis is largelv largely a 1 ' bi by b product In tillst'lte tills till- till this - ; st'lte stlte state statehere ' , , t , where , . here the production prodnctlon of copper nnd and andt andthat and-iat and iat , , that that - of or lead rank r'lnh rlnh rink ' as ns major Inductrles Industries Inductrles.neco IndustriesRecovery IndustriesPcco\ory IndustriesPcco ory ; from , ' .neco\ .neco .necory Recovery . \ ( \ ry of the'e1l0 the 'e1l0met11 \ ' yellow \'e1l0\\ 'e1l0 e1l0 vellnn \ metal met11 metai from < oppcr opper copper ore has h'1s h1s ' declined to almost almostDothin almostnothing almost'nothing almostnothing ' Dothin nothing ( : , , due dLe dte , to curt curtailed curt'111'd curt111d ' uled ( ' copper mln min mlnJng mining minIng Jng ing oppratlons operatnns ( . . . The true figure l1nre : ; of com corn commerclal cornTDcrcIal ' -merclal merclal mercial - pro production lllctlon < In thl this regard regard.probably regardprobably . , I t Ivrob1bl tIirobahly vrob1bl\ vrob1bl vrob1bl1 Iirobahly \ " ' 1 Is < ; around 2 STi 2'i 2i ! ' . per cent c'nt cnt ( ' of tile the the,1031 the1031 , 031 931 mirkOffcett mark m'1rh m1rh mirk ' | ' < . OITcctt Offcett Offsetting : ; ng : ; It are operations oper'1t1ons oper1t1ons ' of or theJIlen themen the themen JIlenho men JIlen \ who \\ho ho roam rO'lm rOlm ' the desert deeert : and climb climb"the climbthe climby-the climby the "the the " - mountains belIevingImp1lcltl believing belIeving- - Implicitly Imp1lcltl In In'the Inthe Inythe 'the the ' old prospector's prospectors procpector's procpectors ; ' slo sing slogan 'ln ln in ' that 'gold gold ' ' gold gold1s goldwis 1s s where you find It Ittt tt " K Small Operator Producer Produces M Most MostOt Mostf st . Of Ot the almost three million d01larsturned dollarsturned dollars d01lars dollarsturned turned In to during last hst . ) iear year ear , a basttnajorlty 'abt abt bast 'abttDajorlt ' va&tmajorit vatmajorit & ( : tDajorlt tnajorlty ) came from the small opera . I tor , the man UJ'ln UJln ' who \ was 11S forced for'ed fored ( ' bac1 back backinto backInto . Into mineral miner'll minerll ' seeking cethlng ; hecau because < : ; e of the thedeprecslon thedepression deprecslon t > pre < ; slon bringing brln.lng brlnlng hriiIng . ? In its \ wake 'll.e ll.e lle ' . a alad alack alack lad lack . of employment emplovJlent ) In the commerclgl commer commerchI commerclal chI clgl minese.tct minesEnact mines minesUjct U\jct U jct e.tct etct Enact \ ' . records distinguishing lsting11lehll1g : produc producUon productinn production Uon tinn of tlie the lone prospector from th1t that th1tor thatof thatof or of corporations are 'lre lre ire ' not a\al1able a al1able a\all'1hle all'1hle all1hle availgble \ ' but butthe butthe butthe the best guess Is Ie Ic : that the procpector prospector procpectorno prospectornow prospectornow ; no\\ no now noturns \ turns In more than tlI'ln tlIln then ' twice t\\Jce t Jce \ as much muchgold muchgold muchgold gold as was the C1 case rise < ; e before current currenth'lrd currenthard currentliard h'lrd hlrd hard ' time times < ; while white the corporations corpor'ltlons corporltlons ' , de dc de- de dependln depending - . pending pendln : ; In the main on copper , siher silver siheror silveror silveror or other metals met'll metll metglc ' < ; lack l'1c1c l1c1c laclc ' customary customgrv cu < : ; tom'1rV tom1rV ' gold goldreco"en goldrecovers goldrccoven reco\"en reco "en en recovers ' \ " because bec'1 bec1 ' use of or curtailed Cl1rt'lllec1 Cl1rtlllec1 curtalled ' produc produc- production production production - - tion tionThe The best guess now , . Celrs'lld Gem Celr\ Celr Geirv \ said s'lld slld ' Is Is$2S9709i4 Is$28970174 Is28970174 $28 28 $2S9709i4 2S9709i4 $ DiD l)74 l74 ) per bear , car ear for all aU met'lls metlls metals met'llsmJned metalsmined metalsmined ' mJned mined In the state 8t'lte 8tlte ' In 1031 11)31 1131 1931 ) It tot'lled totlled totaled totaled$4S totaled$48 totaled48 ' $4S 4S $ 4S rti3 G53 GT > 3 4G4 404 , , and 'lnd lnd gad ' that Is far less than thanthe thanthe thanthe the record of a decade dec'lde declde ' ago agoThe agoThe agoThe The decline In"alue In \ ' " value \"alue "alue alue exceeds e't"ceeds etceeds ecceeds ' " by b , } far farthe farthe fartlie the drop In per ton , , pound or ounce ouncepro ounceproduction ounceproduction pro production luctlon < because becauce ; of or the . , slump lump In Incopp incopper incopper copp copper < , r , silver , lead le'ld leld ' and zinc prices |