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Show A WORD ON MINING. Mining, second to none in the prosperity pros-perity of this country, contributed a lion's Share in 1929, says the Mining Congress Journal. Copper went over its war peak record; iron had one of the greatest years in its history; lead and zinc maintained a more than average performance; per-formance; gold and silver fared reasonably rea-sonably well. We produced 528,000,-000 528,000,-000 tons of coal, and the non-metallic industries showed a decided . upward trend. Good dividends were paid. . Production Produc-tion was fairly steady and thousands' of workers were employed at. high wages. There is a. persistent effort on the part of all branches of the industry to maintain a fair level during the current year. Vast projects in re- search work for new markets,, cheap5-er cheap5-er production methods, greater u'tili-1 zation, are under way. Mining will doits do-its part in helping, maintain America's Ameri-ca's prosperity. c |