Show big sum produced during 1920 by mines mmes of utah 0 the value ol 01 the gold silver and copper lead and zinc produced from mines in utah in 1920 according to victor C heikes of the united states geological survey was about 46 a slight increase over that of 1919 the output of gold and copper decreased considerably and bulk of silver decreased slightly but that of lead and zinc increased the average prices of lead and zinc were higher than in 1919 but the prices ot of copper and silver were slightly lower in general production was retarded by the continued high costs of mining milling smelting and refining and in august the increased freight rate on ore and bullion add ed another handicap to mining the mine production of gold decreased from 2 in 1919 to approximately 1 in 1920 a decrease of nearly 10 per cent most of the gold was obtained from sll sli clous copper and lead ores that were treated at smelting plants more than halt the output of gold in the state was made in the bingham dis brict about 30 per cent in the tintic gintic district and the remainder in park city and other camps the largest producers of gold were the utah copper opper united states mining corn com pany deer trail chief Consoli consolidate dat ed and grand central mines the mine output of silver ed from 11 ounces valued at 13 in 1919 to about 11 ounces valued at 12 in 1920 the producers took advantage of the foreign price of silver during the first five months of the year while it was above 1 an ounce and the pittman price thereafter the average price being about 1 09 an ounce for the year the chief consolidated mine at eu reka continued to be the largest pro ducer of silver in the state and the tintic gintic standard followed closely the output of the and park city district increased but that of the bingham district decreased the mine production of copper decreased from pounds in 1919 to nearly pounds in 1920 the average price was slightly less and the value of the output decreased from 23 07 to about 19 most of the copper was produced from the utah copper property at bingham which yielded nearly 9 pounds a month throughout the year next to the utah copper the utah conso bonso at bingham was the largest producer of copper and was follow ed by the standard the mine output of lead increased from pounds in 1919 to about pounds in 1920 the value of the output increased from 6 to about 10 the largest producers of lead in the state were the utah apex the united states mining company tin tic standard chief consolidated utah consolidated silver king coal daly judge ophir hill and the eagle blue bell mines the larg est increases were those ot of the chief consolidated and tintic gintic standard in the tintic district there was an increase of about 35 per cent in the production ol 01 erable zinc the mine output la in creased from 4 pounds in 1919 to about 6 pounds in 1920 and the the output in creased from to 1 Z about in J 1920 the mines ol 01 utah prodoc ed about 6 tons of ore an increase from 6 tons in 1919 of this total the bingham district produced about 6 tons as compared with 6 tons in 1919 the mines ol 01 the tintic gintic dis brict produced about tons I 1 exclusive ot of iron ore as compared with tons in 1919 the es iti mated production ot of the district iwas was 27 ounces ot of gold 6 ounce of silver 2 pounds of copper 42 pounds ol 01 lead and a small quantity of zinc the mines that produced more than tons during the year were the chief consolidated tintic gintic standard eagle blue bell mammoth iron blos som grand central dragon vie vic toria centennial eureka gem int and bullion beck beek mines the milling company near silver city treated low grade ore and ship ped bullion that contained gold sll all ver and copper but the total output was less than in 1919 the dividends paid by mining companies in utah in 1920 for or eleven months amounted to 8 dividends am amounting outing to 3 were also paid by the united states smelting company which controls mines at eureka and bingham |