Show mining outlook for the present by the unusually severe winter 0 1916 1917 the production of 0 mines ot of utah waa was reduced so the state states output of all metals in the first six months of 1917 will exceed that for the corresponding halt half of 1916 ac according coMing to V C heikes of the U S geological sur vey department of the interior many of the mining camps were at times isolated by snow slides which blocked the transportation of ore from park city gintic and the cot tonA districts ore roc received elved at the smelters from the mine mines outside of utah accumulated in the railroad yard and unloading was de ayed on account of freezing in the cars then a prolonged shortage of coal and coke caused smelters and mines alike to be operated at reduced ca As a climax a strike tor for an increase in wages closed for a short time one of the large smelting plants extensive improvements and enlarge ments of smelters and milling planta in tre ile state indicate a greater production in the second half whick may offset any decrease during the tho first six months in 1916 tie copper output report el ed by operators in altah amounted to funds over three fourths of which came from the utah copper property at binghom rile company s 4 ton leaching plant for treating the oxidized ores that cap the sulphides sulp hides ides Is hearing nearing corn com and when the units recently added to the magna and arthur mills aie are in operation the plant should be treating nearly 60 50 tons of cop per ore dally daily at about 8 tons of ore are treated in april this company produced 17 pounds of opper and the tile prodoc lion tion for the month of may Is 1 expect ed to be more than 19 pounds A hirt er recovery of metal not only copper but lead ayd and zinc la is being ma male le at tl it ese in mills its as well as at oti er mills in the state by the use of flotation concentta con centra tion the production of silver in 1916 amounted to 13 ounces the increase in 1917 depends on the out put of lead ores which promise an oti ell er record yield tl TI e output of lead in 1916 amounted to pounds success has been achieved at sll ver city in the tintic district by the of the roasting pro begs a in treating low grade siliceous silver ores containing some gold and copper several cars of silver bul but 10 llou have been shipped to eastern r ret 1 91 berles since tl tt e beginning of 1 1917 7 the he production of zinc will ably show a decrease as the output from the promontory and dis tracts in beaver deaver county has fallen off greatly in 1916 the total state out put qi qt recoverable alae 1 wa wu pounds at park city an elec elee tro zinc plant was started early in 1917 but Is still in the exper experiment imen f tal stage the total value ot of the production of gold silver copper lead and zinc in utah in 1916 wae wall 89 which may be exceeded in 1917 if the present prices con f dinue |