Show west has large larg e ore reserves to meet bricis nonferrous non ferrous metal mining Is probably unique la in what it can offet offer in the current emergency the mining industry has been crippled somewhat during the past tew few years but it can rebound almost instantaneous to an ant stimulus mining booms take place overnight over oyer night and there la Is sufficient si sm elting capi capacity lotty existing la in utah to take care of almost any emergency tho the lead zinc smelters shelters sm elters only used about one third ot of their capacities in 1311 1911 due dua to the lack ot of ore production from smaller mines in order to more clearly visualize t the he situation for the reader let us take ake the case ot of the metal lead the reserves ot of lead ores are measured by the llis metal content of 0 the ore qt of course it must be remembered that the ores ot of this region virtually all contain certain amounts ol at gold silver copper lead and zinc but using the tha production of 0 lead isid it la is found that at 5 cent lead only a lew few ot of the high grade mines can operate at 6 cent lead more mines can operate and the high grade mines can turn to larger production edtion od tion at 7 cent lead additional marginal producers can be b brought t into production and the mines minas already in production can increase the volume ot of their out put aul at eight tent bent lead vast now new reserve ot of low grade ores orea can be opened up to production this nation Is not lacking in ore reserve fineable Mine Allne able ore reserves or what can be ba called ore reserves however are arc based upon what Is pa paid td for or the metal mines of 0 utah otah and western united states can and will meet inset any emergency placed upon it by the demands ot of mechanized chaliz chani zed ed warfare |