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Show Utah's Copper, Lead, Zinc Production Increases An increase in Utah's Copper, Cop-per, Lead and Zinc industry production is noted this week in reports prepared by the U. S. Bureau of Mines. The increases are in line with an over-all increase in production pro-duction recorded elsewhere in the United States. However, How-ever, Utah's gains seem to be reversing the downward trend experienced since a-bout a-bout last October, reports Carlton Stowe, staff mineral specialist, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey. Mr. Stowe notes the U. S. Bureau of Mines statistical reports show Copper production produc-tion in Utah up to 23,700 tons monthly, second only to Arizona's Ari-zona's 77,80o tons monthly. Production has been steadily stead-ily increasing since last November's No-vember's 20,465 tons was recorded. The domestic copper cop-per industry recorded a small decline in consumption of refined copper, a significant signifi-cant - increase in production of refined copper, and buildup build-up of producer stocks of refined re-fined copper, according to the U.S.B.M. report. Nationally, Nation-ally, mine production of 142, 800 tons was a small advance from previous months. Lead production in Utah, currently at 1,900 tons, places the state in fourth place, production pro-duction wise. Missouri's voluminous vol-uminous figure . . ' 42,430 tons . . heads the list. But, Utah continues t0 ' gains within the , months. The Bureau f V reports mine product . the U.S. increas?10' four percent to 54,200 T only 1 500 tons b: year high in March. Thus far this year tj, Zinc production ml-T , climb now at 2,050.; Last December, the f was at 1,510 tons. Th!Bv B.M. reports a three 3 increase nationally in :l! tion while a five l consumption increase u ed. |