Show mineral report the mines of utah showed unusual a activity during tho the first half of 1923 according to a statement issued by the department of tho the interior based upon statistics collected by V C of tho the geological survey the output of gold silver copper lead an and d zinc in 1922 was valued ed at 40 and a substantial increase increase may bo be expected in 1923 especially in opper copper load lead and zinc the no production lon from tho the park city tintic gintic and bingham districts has been especially largo large owing to the effort of the companies to market silver at 1 an ounce GOLD COLD gold valued at was produced in utah in 1922 1022 an increase from in 1921 for ten years prior to 1922 the gold output has gradually decreased in utah but the output in 1823 will probably not bo be less if tho the present rate of ore production is maintained the mines of Bing bingham barn produced gold valued at in 1022 1922 the mines and pluto county As the utah copper co and utah consolidated mining co are arc returning to normal production in 1923 the gold from copper ore will probably show a decided increase shipments from the deer trait trail mines mines in pluto county have also been increased and gold from tho the silver ores especially front from the park utah chief consolidated soli dated and grand central mines has mado made a remarkable record I 1 SILVER the output of silver in utah in 1922 was fine ounces which w was as a high record feord the state though this output was greater than t that tat of any other state stale the large producers are making decided gains in 1923 during the first five months oi of 1923 the cheif consolidated tintic gintic standard park utah silver king con soli dated judge victoria and other mines were rushing shipments to the smelters shelters sm elters at an abnormally large rate tho the drop in price of silver will certainly affect but none of the large producers will conse cease to operate the operation of the grand central gemni and eureka hill mines by the chief consolidated mining co has mado made a marked improvement in the output of these mines the most astonishing increase in silver production was wag made by park utah mining alining co which was shipping to tons of siver oro ore a month in 1923 moro more than double that shipped in 1922 |