Show THE MI MINES NES AND CATTLE the national copper baltic in fit its avril april letter on oil trade and nuance finance has bas this to say of our county co unity the ophir district has been busy I 1 developing its ith properties despite the very ery bid bad winter its mines have sent out 1400 tons of bic or c in the leycur district the consol mercur gold cold mines company compa 1 has mined and milled tons or ol ore it a di day or abene tons loi for tile the quaites 1 the ie stockton district Is doing some improvement work and has haa done some shipping there are aie also a 1 largo laigo ol of smaller camps and de ached mines which lie ire shipping oc cabio casio nally we leel warranted in fit sain tint that these will run lun tho the total oe ore 01 e mined in fit the state during the initial warter ol of the lie year to tons there is small doubt but tuat our oui prediction a utah mt tal yield lit in 1911 will bo be realized leall zed the three smelting smelling sm elting and refining lenning companies comi ames are ale running their four plants in the state steadily and are aie treating ores or of all classes from the mines ot of utah and nevada also from luaiki maity cami s in idaho inon ivion tani tatia r arizona wyoming colorado and lall all bornia copper ores oies are being treated in large volume volum p by the american smelling smelting Sm Si elting and refining company at its j lie D q nl ul ill bi bm elting and refilling company at tooele thoele silver lead ores oies are treated by the american smelting smelling Sm elting and re hulne comp at its plant in murray by the united states smelting smelling Sm elting andi and refining company it at its aidale midale plant and the international smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company at tooele thoele will all soon boon be equipped to handle them I 1 there Is a vcr very marked increase in ili zinc inc ore production in utah and adjoining chates this character of ore is now nov being treated at the elec prostatic tro static plant of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting and refining Rc lining company at I 1 i cal company compa ii at park paik city cit CATTLE not tor for many years lias has there been such a demand for steer cattle year yearnings yearlings lings two year olds and feeders tho the th e prices offered are front from 4 to 6 it a head higher than it a year ago stock cattle also bring a con ably higher price at tills this t time ime beef cattle are in splendid den demand tand with prices ranging lunging about the bame as one year ago buyers from tile the coast have taken many maity train loads out of buah and southern idalio idaho thir ty thousand lead have been shipped brorn the southern counties of U utah tit it I 1 this spring the mountain states sta te s are being called upon to supply the inci easing creasing annual shortage of the coast states and we are profiting by theli their inability or disinclination to provide an adequate auppl lor for their own consumption utah far are wisely widely expanding their feeding facilities we do not expect a return to the days of enor enoi atolls herds and exten extensive grazing I 1 but we are sensible of a gradual in fit crease of the state herd in former for frier years three quarters of a million eattie ranged lit in utah this number liar been reduced to approximately I 1 head it la is estimated that at present about one h haf il of the former maximum number of cattle may be found on oil the farms and rang ranges es of utah we ve urge a return of attention to rattle cattle raising and again point to the tact fact that our people need many thousands of cows its aa well as an stock s to ek for breeding ind and for beef |