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Show I ' t METAL PRICES U OF-- 13.5c Lead (peg: lb.) Gold (per oz.) $34.9125 :. 24.2c Copper 11.5c Zinc (per lb.) Silver (per oz.) new mined ...85.25c LIBRARY U CITY 1 f vt Features Mining Oil, Financial . VoL 24, No. 8 Salt Lake City, Utah, February 20, 1953 One Year JL. : $20 DMEA . Participated In 326 Mine Projects During Year The 'Defense Minerals Explo- per with 26 and uranium with 25. ration Administration ..reports ther critical minerals being that 326 exploration contracts sought under the DMEA prowere in force as of December gram at the end of the year were co1952, involving search for additional deposits of 24 minerals in 28 states and Alaska. The total estimated costs of the 326 contracts was $18,927,101, of which $11,315,507, or 59.7 per cent, was Government participation. The values of the contracts ranged from $1300 to $617,355. The $1300 contract was for a mica exploration in North Carolina with the government contributing $1170, or 90 per cent, The largest of that amount. contract $617,355 was for lead-zin- c exploration in Utah with the governments participation amounting to 50 per cent, or 31, antimony, asbestos, beryl, balt, nickel, corundum, fluorspar, flake graphite, iron, manganese, mercury, rare earthy rutile, sulphur, talc, tin and tungsten. Continued on Page 2 New Mexico Mines Boost Metal Output The output of copper in New Mexico in 1952 increased 5 per cent in quantity over 1951 and The Bureau of Mines at Salt Lake City has proved a real headquarters for the mining was higher than in any previous $308,677.50. industry Staffed with competent personnel, this unit takes an active part in conducting exyear except 1952, according to Two hundred and seventy-tw-o ploration and research work directed toward betterment and development of mining and Denver Office of the Buthe T of the 326 contracts in force in- reau of Mines, United States Demetalurgical activity in Utah and surrounding states. volved total costs of less than of the Interior. Zinc $100,000 each, and 153 of the 326 partment 13 per contracts involved total costs of production increased 18 lead cent and per cent in less than $25,000 each, an indi a cation that the greater part of quantity despite sharp decline the prices of these metals the work is being carried on by in caused a number of small that Government small operators. to close before the midmines Research in mining and metallurgy to' help expand supplies I participation varies in amounts dle of the year and two of the K of strategic metals and nonmetallics, investigation of many do- larger producers to shut down new techniques for util- on mineral October. The gold and silver fncstic of deposits, development criticality 0f the mineral in Following is a' summary of izing coal and petroleum resources, noteworthy progress in syn-- 1 was recovered mostly as output sought. drilling wells for the week re- thetic a from base-metbyproduct On December 31, the State of liquid fuels experiments, and conservation of manpower leased by the scbuting division s ores; gold production decreased of Carter Oil Company. through a faMlung safety program in the mining and allied in-- 1 Colorado, with 46, had the 27 per cent from 1951 and silver were some of the contributions of the Bureau of Mines est number of DMEA. projects in increased G. E; Houston 'No. l (Located 13 cent The total Total to national defense and economic g SE SW Sec. 18, IS IE in the 1952 fiscal torce, closely followed by Idaho value of the per of the five output which had 40, and Montana and depth 10,142, mtidiig oil base year, according to the Bureaus annual report made public. on the metals average (based Utah which had 38 each. Other .mud. refined of J Buprice same selling the the. At. time, states 'with' more than 20 prqj readied a new record metal) Whitlock-Taylo- r No. 1 (Locathigh of laid reau the future plans for; ects each were North Carolina Core No. ed' Sec. 24, IS 1W with the .of the country with rewith 32, Washington with 24, $57,139,625 compared 6 5 ft. recovered 60 ft. needs to of $54,697,048 in high mineral raw materials, spect Nevada with 21. Alaska hac previous and 6 Drill stem 'test No. 4, 1951. which so much of our in10 projects. The other states ft. open 9 hours, gas to surface upon The value of each metal in the is dustrial based, contracts economy which in exploration 4 48 burned in' hours minutes, 1952, with comparable figures were in force are Alabama, Ariz- for Secretary said. As the search for with 2 foot flame, recovered new 1951 in was: sources of reserves went ona, Arkansas, California, Flor Gold, $101,500 parentheses, 840 ft blacik high pour point ($138,565); stiver, ida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, mud. Core ahead last year, the Bureau of oil, cut with e $452,525 (401,179); copper, Mines placed special emphasis 6 declining market! igan, Missouri, New Hampshire,n No. 6 lead , ft, recovered 50 upon efficient ($35,602,072); Ore-Iand extraction prices and a power curtailment New Jersey, New Mexico, ft. Drill stem test No. 5, and zinc, ($2,002,716); In the' latter part of the year, gon, South Carolina, South 2 hours, gas to utilization of the minerals. ft open $16,962,000 ($16,532,516). of both lead and zinc kota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, greater effort was desurface i 1 hour 15 minutes, addition, The production in 1952 (In to voted and improving in 1952, Wisconsin, .Wyoming, testing Washington, 2 recovduring burned with ft flame, terms of recoverable metals), mining methods and equipment reached record totals for the Among the commodities being based on e ered 455 ft fluid, 95 ft. nearly complete figheaded the lis ures for 11 mud cut with oil and gas; 306 during the investigation and state, according to preliminary sought, lead-zin- c months, with Deoil. evaluation of mineral deposits. figures released by the Albany, with 133 exploration contracts cember estimated, was 2900 fine ft black, high pour point Cor Of top priority on the Bu- Ore., office of the Bureau of involving those minerals. Tung ounces of Drilled from 98089807 ft. gold, 500,000 fine reaus . schedule last year was Mines, United States Depart- - sten was next with 449 contracts ounces of silver, ing. 77,000 short Elmer Moon No. 1 (Located helping the industry to solve the ment of the Interior. Lead out--1 and then came mica with 35, cop-p- tons of copper, 6880 short tons was 11,376 short tons, ex 50 f E of C SW SE ..Antelope problem of increasing the doof lead, and 51,400 short tons of Sec. 8, 4S 3W Total depth mestic supply of manganese, ceeding by 1042 tons the prezinc. In 1951 the output was 6571 ft, plugged back from urgently needed in steel mak- vious high mark of 10,334 tons 3959 ounces of gold, 443,267 output amounted 8246 t, pumped 23 hours, no ing. Working toward this end, in 1950. Zinc ounces of stiver, 73,558 tons of " to short Week Ending Feb. 14, 1953 methods Bureau 19,149 tons, 960 tons the 18 developed hours, production. Pumped copper, 5846 tons of lead, and no production. Shut down pend- of reclaiming manganese from greater than the previous high BINGHAM DISTRICT, UTAH 45,419 tons of zinc. The gold h slag, a material of 18,189 tons produced in 1951. none from ing decision to abandon. Combined Metals Reduction output inincluded 'increased 11 per Orland L. Johnson No. 2 (Lo- heretofore considered a waste Copper-outpu1952 and 4 ounces in placers cated SW NE Walker Hollow, product. Research has already cent in 1952. Gold production Co. 220 tons. 1951. Copper ore mined in 1952 Sec. 9 7S 24 E GT 5726 t. Con- indicated that ferromanganese continued to decline; 21 per cent U. S. Mines 8595 tons. about 8,390,000 tons (a totaled less gold was produced in the tractor company rig No. 1. Grad- can be produced horn record and combined lead 976 Utah high) (Kennecott) Copper slag at only slightly state in 1952 than in 1951. Silzinc ores and ing road. 720,000 tons comcars, average. Gloria Hamburger No. 1 (Lo- above competitive prices. The ver output also continued to PARK CITY daily with 6 8,024,111 and DISTRICT. UTAH pared cated SW NE Walker Hollow, Bureau operated a pilot plant to drop; the 1952 production of sil1951. tons, 1499 in Co. New Park respectively, Mining ver was 13 per cent less thankt0M-Continued on Page 3 Continned on Page 2 The quantity of straight gold 1951. EUREKA DISTRICT, UTAH and silver ores mined in the A power shortage in the Chief Consolidated ore 46 state in 1952 was very small. Northwest during November cars. Grant County, mainly the Mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in Utah and and December resulted in the Central district, produced copMines ore 1 ear. Empire in the chief mining districts of Utah, 1951 (final) and 1952 (pre- curtailment of operations of sevper, zinc,- lead, stiver, and gold Courtesy J. A. Hogle & Co. eral of Washingtons major Continued on Page 3 liminary), iriterms of recoverable metals. develof Suspension producers. opment work was the major result of the power shortage, al though some' mines were forced to decrease production. "MINING INDUSTRY Monthly production figures of Washingtons mining industry were, in general,1 higher in the Dimensions 24 feet long by feet wide. early part of 1952 than in the later months of the year. This Chain driven, mounted on trunnion wheels. was due primarily to unstable market conditions and a North' Contact Mack Frost, Kanab, Utah west power shortage iii the last half of 1952. Continued on Page' 2 Mines Bureau Has Important At High Level Role In National Defense In Basin Area randeDradin al great-dustrie- well-bein- Washington Mines Make High Output .9696-975- 9676-975- oil-bas- -- Mich-Despi- te $37,-422,0-00 9756-980- $2,-201,6- 00 9754-980- 6 on oil-bas- ut t Ore Shipments open-heart- t open-heart- h 80-to- n 1 634,-01- 1 Utah Metal Output By Districts . - - FOR SALE - Rotary Trommel 4 1 rn'i : |