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Show uk; c.vmi's riionrciNt; Shipments of ore from minis in Utah during the first half of 1924 indicates in-dicates a high rate of production of metals, especially of copper and lead, according to a statement issued by the Deppjj-tment of the Interior. The value of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc output in 1923 was ' CC, 472. 911; the value in 1922 was $40,424,199. Gold valued at $3,-' U76.7S3 was produced in Utah in 1 923, as against f2,296,S55 In 1922, the inert ase luring due in large part to the aetivtiy of the producers of copper ore. The output of silver in 1923 was 19,137,47(J fine ounces, a record for the state and an increase from 17,271.100 ounces in 1922. . Production of copper in Utah in1 19 23 was 222,393,572 pounds Y; com-; pared with 97,1 93,850 pounds in 1922, The Utah Copper Co., at Bing- : ham, the largest producer of copper in the United States, was producing : i t the rate of about IS, 500, 000 pounds of copper a month during the j first quarter of 1924 njnd even exceeded this rate later. The price of lead, which reached 9 cents a pound in March, has stimulated production j in the Park City region. The output of recoverable 2inc in Utah in-J creased from 5,119,410 pounds in 1922 to 11,330,913 pounds in 1923. No increase is indicated for 1924, but shipments of zinc ore and concentrates con-centrates are being made reguarly. |