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Show iT ! Utah Metal Production I The ore production of Utahjn 1912 aggregated- close to 7,500,000 tons, j valued at about $44,000,000 for its gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc content, con-tent, or an increase of 19 per cent, according to preliminary figures by iV. C. Heikes, of the United States Geological Suivey. The strike of miners at Bingham, lasting 40 days, during which nearly all the mines there were closed or operating with decreased forces, caused a decrease of about 500,000 tons in the total ore production. The smelters, however, were not seriously affected, as thev operated for a time on the stock reserves re-serves and at nearly full capacity the entire year.. Owfhg to the higher price paid for the metals considerable 1 old mine: dump material on various I properties,' the accumulation of many years' operations, was almost entirely disposed of at the two smelters, and likewise large dumps of old slags were shipped for re-treatment without sorting. sort-ing. The Bingham camp was credited : with an ore output of slightly over 6,000,000 tons in 1912. The Utah Copper Cop-per property alone yielded approxi-j approxi-j mately 5,520,000 tons, which was an j increase of about 15 per cent over the ! 1911 production. Fram mines in the Tintic district an increase of 14 per ! cent in - he ore production gave a total output of about 400,000 tons, which was mined from the Cortiennial-Eureka, Cortiennial-Eureka, Iron Blossom, and 30 other ! mines. The tonnage includes much low-grade dump material and about , 8,000 tons of zinc carbonata and sili- cate ores averaging a Oout 31 per cent j of zinc from 10 mines, which will likely continue to ship during the year 1913. Although it was previously known that zinc ore existed in the Tintic mines, it was a surprise to many operators to tind such extensive bodies of ore in the old lead stopes. At Park City the ore output was about the same as in 1911 and aggregated I 296,000 tons, of which 42,589 tons were shipped direct to the smeller and the remainder milled, producing about 43,000 tons of lead and zinc concentrate. The total gold out was about $4,300.-000, $4,300.-000, a decrease of 8 per cent from the 1911 production, due principally to the diminished output of the Mercur mines and to the smaller shipments of siliceous sili-ceous ores produced from mines in the Tintic district, where plans are under way for a large cyanidei plant to treat the ores of several of the properties. Silver contained in ores produced in 1912 aggregated about 13,000,000 ounces, this production being about 4J per cent greater thin that of 1911. The increase was probably due to in- : creased shipments of lead ores mined in the Tintic district and from lead concentrtes produced in the Park City reigon. , The copper production of 1912 amounting to nearly 150,000,000 pounds was an increase of about 2 per cent over the output of 1911. Trie increase is credited chiefly to the Bingham ; district. The lead output, aggregating about 140,000,000 pounds in in 1912, was 2i per cent greater than the output of j 1911. The increase is partly accounted ! for by the fact tnat more lead ore was j shipped irom Tintic and more lead 1 concentrates from Park City t.ian in the preyious year. Tne production of zinc, figured as spelter, amounted to about 15,500,000 pounds anj is about 13 per cent les ! tnan the figures reported in 1911. Tnis decrease is due largely to a falling oil" in shipments of bL-nJe concentrates lrom Park City. The new producers of zinc pre in the Tintic district were the May Day, Uncle sam, Godiva, Gemini, Lower Mammoth, Yankee, Ridge and Valley, East Tintic Development, Develop-ment, and New Bullion. Dividends amounting to nearly $9,500,-000 $9,500,-000 were paid from Utah .mines during dur-ing 1912. |