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Show 'metal mining in UTAH IN 1919 The metal output of Utah was seriously retarded during the first half of 1919 not only by the 'lower prices, of copper, lead, 'und zinc that followed the curtailment, cur-tailment, of demand but by a labor strike at Park City, accord iiig to V. C. Heikcs, of the Unit-tnl Unit-tnl States Geological Survey, Department De-partment of tho Interior. Tho Sato's output of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc m 1918 valued of $80,047,597 showed u decrease from $99,328,155 it) 1917. Even if mining conditions improve considerable, output of all these metals will decrease in 1919. The smelters at Murray, Garfield and International re-caincd re-caincd active, but many of tho furnaces at each of these plants were Idle. GOLD. The value of tho output of gum m Utah, 1918 was $2,949,-U'lu, $2,949,-U'lu, a decrease from $3,355,15G isui. Most of the gold mined in 191S came trom the threo main districts Bingham, Tintlc, aim l-ari. City which produced, respectively, respect-ively, $2,050,005, $678,952 and $'82,461 in gold. These totals were less thnn those for 1917, and thoso for 1919 will show a further reduction on account of a decrease in tho shipments of ore. I SILVER I The output of silver in 191S was 13,41)6,697 line ounces, uvoagnng $1 an ounce, nearly equaling the output in 1917. A-bout A-bout half of the silver (6,681,-644 (6,681,-644 ounces) came from the Tintlc Tin-tlc district, which was followed by tho Park City region, with 2,572,586 ounces, and the Bingham Bing-ham district, with 2,056,005 ounces. There was increase of over a million ounces of Bllver Horn mines in tho Tiutic region, re-gion, due largely to high average aver-age silver content of tho ores shipped from tho Chief Consol-' idnted and Tintic Standard rmlnes. Park City and Bingham districts both had decreased outputs out-puts of silver, and in 1919 there will probably be furher decreases decrea-ses in tho output of theso twe districts, due to tho prolonged labor strike at Park City and tho curtailed production of copper at Bingham, but there should be no change In the Tintic district, dis-trict, because a now railroad '"iinch now under construction will givo tho mines in tho east-nvn east-nvn end of Iho district Increased facilities before tho end of 1919. COPPER. Utah Is credited with 227,169 pounds of copper, valued at $5-0,110,899, $5-0,110,899, in 1918, showing a slight decreaso from the output 'of 1917. There is a prospeol of a decided decix ,bo in tho output out-put of copper in X919 on account acc-ount of tho reduced price of tho 'metal, which was 15 cents a lb. in March. After March there was a general curtailment of 'production, especially at tho Utah Copper property, which is tho largest producer of copper copp-er in tho stato having yielded iu 1918 about 85 per cent of the total. Tho production of this company for the first quarter of 1919 was 60 per cent of that for ,tho laBt quarter of 1918, and the average monthly output for tho first five months was 9,500,000 pounds. Improvements are being be-ing made at two concentration mills of the Utah Copper Co., 'one of which has been closed since Mar. In 1918 the Bingham ( district produced 211,194,861, pounds of copper and was followed fol-lowed by the Tintic district, with 6,668,802 pounds. LEAD The .output of lead decreased from 178,521,958 pounds in 1917 to 167,008,224 pounds in 1918. The Bingham district produced 79,773,150 pounds of lead and was followed by tho Tintic district dis-trict with 30,662, 365 pounds and tho Park City region, with 24,302,074 .Ounds. As the price fell to about 5 cents a pound in May, 1919 and the Park City mines were idle nearly .two .months on account of the labor strikes, these totals will probably prob-ably bo greatly reduced for tho current year. In February the (Utah Apex Mining Co., a producer prod-ucer of both lead and zinc at Bingham, laid of 300 men awaiting await-ing better market conditions. ZINC. TJie output of zinc was 21,-(286,871 21,-(286,871 poundB in 1817 and 18,-1399,417 18,-1399,417 pounds in 1918. Most lof the zinc came from Salt Lako Wasatch, and Beaver counties. There will be a general decrease 1919, as the price is much lower and thero is difficulty in marketing the product Dividends in ho first part of 1919 wero paid by the Utah Copper, Chief Consolidated, Tintic Tin-tic Standard, Utah Consolidated Ontario, Eagle & Blue Bell, Jud-, ge, ' Iron Blossom, Daly, and . Bingham Mines Company. |
