Show MUCH BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR SIAS SPEAKER 0 that utah s mining industry has a brighter outlook tor for the year 1922 than has prevailed tor for some time was a indicated by the cheerful mes sage sa ge given to the provo rotary club at the weekly luncheon at the hotel roberta on january ath by preston G peterson peters on ot of the C U loose pro bertles mr peterson stated that while the situation at present is 1 bad owing to the low prices of metal and the high cost of production a revival ot of tho the industry is due and with a readjust ment of freight rates and a slight tariff on lead conditions will im prove he stated that the big re serve of copper with which the country was flooded is practically used up and expressed a belief that the large copper mines of the state will resume operations at an early date pointing to utah s position in the mining industry mr peterson stated that this state ranks first in the na tion in the production of silver sec see ond and in the production of lead and third in the production of copper this state he said takes the eighth position in the production of gold and ninth in the production of zinc despite the fact that the industry has suffered many handicaps during the past few years the speaker de dared that in 1920 the mineral sent out of utah county exceeded in value any single crop including that of sugar beets |