Show STATE SUPPLIES UES TENTH OF SILVER t MINERAL ACHIEVEMENTS FOr FOP YEAR 1925 SHOW UTAH IS GAINING GROUND Arizona Arzona Only State To Outclass Ubi Mine Mines In Value Of Production Pr I DIvidends Dividend Vf c-Vf I st lt t At Sum Salt lt Lake tak tah City Utah Utah has reached th the position anio amot among g g- g tho the meta metal producing states tates of ot the United State States th records of ot of mineral achievements I for 1 1925 1925 25 disclose Of six great min mm eral producing states state of the Hock Rocky i Mountains Utah Mountains Utah Arizona Alzona Montana Idaho Nevada and Colorado the Colorado the mines of this state stand out as the greatest dividend payers of any other state and second In the tho value of ot precious precious pre pre- cious clous mineral production Utah's mining companies I paid ald 12 In dividends to stockholders in 1925 as against again t for Arizona Ari Arl zona sona for Montana for tor Idaho for Nevada No report of ot Colorados Colorado's mining dividends divi has been received Arizona with Its pounds Of ot f copper copper produced outdistanced Utah In the value of its Us metals produced with but Utah Is second secondI by more snore than lead over Montana with a production value for tor 1925 of ot Idaho Is fourth with Nevada Novada fUth with and Colorado sixth with Utah's achievement In the production ton tion of ot precious mineral mineraI Is unique The state is the leading silver sliver producing ing lag state of ot the nation with o ounces ounces of ot silver which Is equal to one- one tenth of the worlds world's production and andIs Is more than one-ninth one of ot the combined ed 1925 silver sliver pr production ot of the United United Uni Uni- ted States Mexico Canada Alaska and Peru Utah produced almost three times as much silver as Idaho more than three times as much as Nevada and more moro than titan five times as much silver as Colorado state also leads all pt the six great mining states of the Rocky mountain region In the production of ot lead with pounds Id IdAlio is the only near competitor with I pounds the others falling way behind Arizona is by far fa U the e largest copper copperI I producing state with pounds but Ut Utah Uth h pushed Montana for honors being mer merely ly 0 0 I pounds behind For the first time Hmo In Utah romped away awa a or from to Montana in mineral mineral mineral miner miner- al al wealth by a large margin Not only did Utah Ufah mines es I produce more moro than more mineral wealth in 1925 than Montana but the tho mines of ot this state paid more moro In dividends dividends divi din and exceeded the dividends paid by Arizona by |