Show nevada s mining Is growing rapidly nevadas nevada s mineral development Is growing a so fast its difficult to keep up with it according to S vernon wines aspI assistant stant manager of standard rd slag sing co at gabba gabbs urani uranium in prospectors rp tors are as thick as gold and silver ilver miners of years ago with at least two areas at battle e mountain and austin giving ho hope e of commercial production barf early y this this year oil was discovered cover for the first time in the sparking arking an unprecedented rush tor for petroleum leases with the price of quicksilver pushing a flask the states dormant mercury industry is quickly being reactivated these are only some of the newer developments wines told a luncheon lu n cheon meeting of the los angeles ge les chamber of commerce mining committee normal mining activity Is progressing at a steady clip be said since 1921 copper lead and line zinc have bave become the largest mining industry in nevada with precious metals obtained as 88 a 2 product byproduct by from milling and smelling smelting sm elting of base metals he declared production of manganese tungsten and iron have assumed considerable sid erable importance in the economy of the state in recent years wines pointed out nevada now produces in excess of f one quarter of the total production of tungsten in the united states with most of it coming from mill city golconda and od gabbs manganese output is also expanding p pan ding be he indicated brodu production atio of this mineral comes principally from the castleton mine in the pioche district and the three kids mine in the henderson enderson II district complete figures on manganese production tion are not available but should have approached too tons to in 1954 wines estimated in the past four years there kas bas been considerable activity in iron mining and at the present time there is a iorge tonnage of toe the ore in nevada but 1 I feel more development must await an expanded steel industry on the pacific coast wines told the committee |