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Show The Western Miners! Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah Bingham Area Principal Source Of Metal In Utah Continued from Page 1 all of whicn came from nearly the Bingham district increased in 1952, owing to steady operations throughout the year at the Utah Copper property of die Kenencott Copper Oorp. On the other hand, the tonnage of ore, which came from the largely Bingham and Park City districts, was less in 1952 than in 1951 as a result of suspension of operations during several mqnths of the year at two large producers in the Park City region, and a of nearly three months at one large producer in the Tintic district MILLING AND SMELLTING The most important milling plants in Utah that operated all year were the Magna and Arthur copper mills (40,000-toeach) of the Kennecott Copper d Corp., the Midvale 1700-toconcentrator of the United .States Smelting, Refining & Minzinc-lead-silv- er zinc-lead-silv- shut-dow- er n n zinc-llea- n the Tooele 1500-tocencentrator of the International Sfrielting & Refining zinc-leaCo.z and the 700-to- n Combined Concentrator of the ing Co., n .zinc-lea- d d Metals Reduction Co at Bauer. zinc-leaconcentraThe of the tor Silver King Coalition Co. at Park City shut Mines down in August because of the decline in the prices of lead and zinc. Copper ore treated at mills increased f rom 30,451,792 tons in 1951 to approximately 800-to- n 32.156.000 d tons in 1952, but zinc-lea- d ore treated decreased from 672,432 tons to about 665,000 tons. The Garfield copper smelter of the American Smelting & Reall fining Co. operated virtuallyconon copper year, principallp centrates 'from the Magna and Arthur mills. The Midvale lead smelter of the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. operated all year, principally on lead concentrates pro- d duced from ore from company-ownemines in Utah. The Tooele lead smelter of the International Smelting and Refining Co. and the company zinc slag-fumin- g plant, operated; in junction with the lead smelter, were operated Jill year. The con- lead smelter operated mostly on lead concentrates from mills ore and lead ore and zinc-lea- d Nefrdm mines in California, vada, and Utah. The plant treated a total of about 100.000 tons of hot current slag and crude ore in 1952, compared with 88,374 tons in 1951; production was approximately 18,350 tons of zinc fume averaging 74.735 per cent zinc and 2400 tons of lead fume averaging 53.63 per cent lead and 14.77 per cent zinc. The Kennecott Copper Oorp. dperated its copper refinery at Garfield all year and produced mainly wire bars from copper bullion received, from the Garfield smelter. A cobalt refinery was constructed, at Garfield during the year to treat cobalt concentrate produced at a mill in Idaho. slag-fumin- g GOLD Utahs 1952 output of gold was 437,600 fine ounces, 5384 ounces more than that in 1951. This gain resulted entirely from the increase in output of copper ore, as there was a loss in outore and siliceput from zinc-lea- d 1952 ores. about 402,400 ous In ounces (92 per cent of the total gold) were recovered from ounces (7 copper ore and 30,700 zinc-lea- d ore from per cent) ounces with 391,400 compared and 33,489 ounces, respectively, in 1951. About 96 per cent of the State. gold output in 1952 came from the .West Mountain (Bingham) district. As usual, the Utah Copper mine at Binghafn was the leading gold producer fn the state by a wide margin andits'gold -- 6, 1953 Summary of 1 952 Trading on Spokane Stock Exchange output in 1952 was 3 per cent more than in 1951; it was followed by the United States & Lark group at Bingham, New Park property at Park City, Chief Consolidated' mine at Eureka, Butterfield property at Bingham, and Park Utah Consolidated property near Park City. SILVER Production of silver in Utah in 1952 was 7,216,500 fine ounces, a decrease of 94,165 ounces (1 .per cent) from 1951. The decrease resulted from the closing during several months of the year of three large producers of silver. In 1952 about 3,300,000 fine ounces (46 per cent of the total silver) were recovered from copper ore and 3,200,000 ounces (44 per cent) from zinc-leaore compared with 3,181,269 ounces and 3,100,509 ounces respectively in 1951. The remainder was recovered principally from ore, silver ore, and lead ore. About 75 per cent of the state silver output in 1952 came from the West Mountain (Bingham) district, 12 per cent from the Park City region, and 9 per cent from the Tintic district. The Utah Copper mine was by far the largest producer of silver in Utah in 1952; it was followed by the United States & Lark group, Chief Consolidated mine, Butterfield group, New Park property, West Calumet mine, Park Utah Consolidated property, and Silver King Coalition Mine. COPPER Most of the copper production in Utah is recovered from cop per ore mined from the Utali Copper open pit at Bingham by the Kennecott Copper Oorp. The property was operate continuthroughout the year, ously which resulted in an increase in copper output .of more than 4 per cent over 1951. Among other Utah properties, only the United States & Lark group at Bingham produced over a million pounds of recoverable copper in 1952. These two producers contributed more than 99 per cent of the state copper. LEAD Utahs output of recoverable lead was 50,000 short tons in 1952, a decline of 451 tons (1 per cent) from 1951. The decline resulted from shutdowns at three large producers of lead in the Park City and Tintic disore In 1952 zinc-leatricts. supplied 46,000 tons (92 per cent ,of the total lead) compared with 44,161 tons in 1951. The remainder came principally from lead ore, silver ore, and r ore. About 69 per cent of the state lead output in 1952 came from the West Mountain (Bingham) district, 15 per cent from the Park City region, and 8 per cent from the Tintic district. The United States & Lark property remained by far the largest producer of lead in Utah and its output in 1952 was about 18 per cent more than in 1951; it was followed by the Chief Consolidated mine, New Park property, West Calumet mine, Paijk Utah Consolidated property, Silver King Coalition mine, and Butterfield group. d gold-silv- er d , gold-silve- Utahs ZINC output of recoverable zinc in 1952 was approximately 34,000 short tons, a decrease of 317 tons (1 per cent) from 1951 The decrease resulted mainly from the closing of two large zinc producers in the Park City region and one in the Tintic dis ore' suptrict In 1952 zinc-lea- d tons (98 33300 cent) per plied of the total zinc compared with The re33,276 tons in 1951. mainder came chiefly from zinc ore and ore slag. About 64 per cent of the state zinc output in 1952 came from the West Mountain (Bingham) district, 22 per cent fronj the Park City region, 1951 Shares 10,727,709 $7,316,576 Value per cent from the Tintic district, and 3 per cent from the 8 Ophir and Rush Valley (Stock-ton- ) districts. The United States & Lark property remained by far the largest producer of zinc in Utah and its output in 1952 was about 17 per cent more than in 1951; it was followed1 by the New Park mine, Park Utah Chief Consolidated property, Consolidated mine, Butterfield group, Ophir property of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co., and West Calumet mine. LEADING DISTRICTS The West Mountain (Bingham) district remained the principal producer of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in Utah, and the total value of the five metals in 1952 ($175,121304) yas 94 per cent of the state value. The output of each metal was greater in 1952 than in 1951, the resuit of steady operations throughout the year at the two Utah Copper main producers In and United States & Lar 1952 the district produced 96 per cent of the state gold output, 75 per cent of the silver, more than 99 per cent of the oopper, 69 per cent of the lead, and 64 per cent of the zinc. Most of the district output was copper ore from the Utah Copper property of the Kennecott Cop- ) $5,201,070 . per Corp. and ore from the United States & Lark property of the United zinc-lead-silv- er States Smelting, Refining, & Mining Co. In the Park City region the output of each metal was less in 1952 than in 1951, owing to suspension of operations during the last five to six months of the year ati two large producers caused by a decline in the prices of lead and zinc and labor difficulties. The chief production of the region ore in 1952 was from the New Park, Park Utah Consolidated, and Silver King Coalition properties. zinc-lead-silv- zinc-lead-silv- er er r li-- Z 1950 7,067,654 $6,015,757 1949 7339,252 8768,134 $6,939,850 $9,045,131 1948 1047 7,730,147 $6,144,248 Favorable Results Obtained At New Development Projects examinations were for tungsten. The federal governments t pro- gram for stimulating develop- 23. for manganese, 23 for lead-zinment and production of strateg17 for copper, 12 for chro- ic minerals, and metals vital to mite, five for rare earths, five national defense has met with for for nickel, two three fluorite, a reasonable measure of suc- each for urancobalt, titanium, cess in the Pacific northwest, acone sidca and and ium, beryl cording to a recent report by each for iron, antimony, merthe bureau of mines region II cury and asbestos. mining division in Spokane. Volin saps that several of the Since the inception of the proproperties, including a lead-zin- c gram ih early 1951, there have depost in central Idaho, a manbeen 121 exploration ventures ganese deposit in southeastern undertaken under joint Idaho and another in eastern financing in Wash- Oregon, and two tungsten deington, Idaho, Montana and posits in northeastern WashingOregon. M. E. Volin, mining ton and western Mfontana, wardivision chief, reports in a sum- rant further investigation. mary of the divisions activities the year the division, During during 1952. with California-Orego- n in cooperation Of ffcse 18 have been comPower. Company, carried pleted knd 29 have been rescind- out a general investigation of ed or otherwise terminated, he mineral deposits in southweststates. The governments share ern Oregon, c, owner-governme- nt of expenditures has amounted to $1369,000 to date. In spite of the fact that relatively few exploration project contracts have been completed, ore has been found at the sites of 41 operations, Volin reports. Ore shipments, consisting chiefly of lead, zinc, copper and manganese, directly resulting from the exploration ' work have been made from 16 properties. ' The program is administered defense minerals explothe py ration administration, which has no investigative stafff but relies upon the mining division and the U. S. geological survey for field examinations in with the projects. The bureau also made substantial progress with its program of making an inventory of possible sources of strategic minerals in the northwest the report indicates. At the request of property owners, the mining division examined 129 properties during 195243 in Oregon, 36 in Wash ington, 36 in Idaho and 144 in Montana. Twenty-seveof the con-nectio- n I ' 1 t 6,048,217 (High and low quotations based on sales on the exchange. Close based on closing bid.) COMPARATIVE TOTALS OF PREVIOUS TEARS . . TotaL Delisted . 1 February involving chiefly chromite, manganese, nickel and copper deposits. A reconnaissance survey of the mountainous country in western Josephine and eastern Curry counties was made and initial results indicate that the area may prove to be one of OregorTs most districts. of ' monazite Investigation placer deposits, particularly iry south central Idaho, was continued and practically all known deposits in that area have now been tested bp churn (frilling and mechanical trenching methods. In conjunction with this project, a black sand beneficia-tio- n laboratory at Boise is working with sand plant and dredge operations to increase monazite recoveries. Investigation of the Missouri River Basin, another project in which the bureau is engaged-- in cooperation with the bureau of reclamation also progressed during the year, the Report notes. A study and report of the Jefferson River division has been completed and one on the n division is in highly-miner- alized Sun-Teto- -- |