Show i Vv t NEW METAL RECORD r 1 I f Salt Salt Lake County's Production jn in n 19 1917 7 t i Is 75 Per Cent of Total Washington The The metal production of Utah in 1917 reached the high value r of according to preliminary S figures announced by the UnIted 1 States h iS' iS geological survey This is a record forthe for forthe forthe the state In making the announcement announcement announces announce announce- s ment meat the survey adds n- n Production was affected by seere severe S winter Inter weather higher costs shortage shortage SS of of labor and smelter embargoes The 57 r prices of m metals except silver we were e flower flover lower than in 1916 yx s fr rA 1 l i Bigger shipments were being ma made mader e efrom r from Beaver county and from the Park City region in the first half of 1918 S than In the latter pert part of 1917 but decreases de decreases de- de 4 creases are noted from the mines at a 1 Tintic Tintie and Bingham The mines at Park City were shipping about I at tons of i crude ore and concentrates a month during the early part of 1918 In the Tintic district the shipments decreased decreased decreased de de- f creased to about tons a month t The shipments from Alta should improve im- im 1 prove during the summer as the nar narrow nar- nar row row gauge gauge line from Wasatch to Ahta Alta was operating in June The output pf of f gold in 1917 was and that of of sliver was fine ounces |