Show I METAL MINING IN UTAH IN 1921 The he met metal l o output of Utah in 1921 will be unusually small according to f he the repot of the US U.S. Geological Survey Survey Sur Sur- vey of the midyear conditions an and judging from the the present conditions of the metal market ark t J The ou output nit of silver gold copper Il lead ead rid and zin zinc in m 1920 vas was valued at an an- increase from 45 in ili 1919 That t production will wil willbo bo bo far less in iri 1921 1921 than thanin in normal normal normal nor nor- mal times i is clearly indicated indicated indicated-by by the r reduced shipments of ore and bullion and the fact that most of of the smelling smelting ting ling pat plants ts are arc operating at minimum min- min mum cap capacity city In June 1921 the lead ead plant at Murray was using only two vo out out of eight blast furnaces furnace the Midvale smelter was using four out of f seven seven and the International plant alas was S Using only two Copper smelting smelting smelting smelt smelt- ing was was at a low ebb as the Utah Ufah Copper Co closed its mine and mills in n April A Aray ray of of hope for metal mining is seen in the fact that wages wages are are re lo lower loer er erand and that nt the freight rates on ore and nd bullion have bee been reduced ed but DU these improved con conditions do donot donot not pot Compensate for the excessively d dull ll domestic market for copper lead and nd zinc and the absence of demand from froh foreign co countries I |