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Show METAL MINING FN UTAH . I The mines of Utah showed unus-j ual activity during the first half of 1923, according to a statement is-1 sued by the Department of the In-j terior based, upon statistics collected by V. C. Heikes of the Geological-survey. Geological-survey. The output of gold, silver. I copper, lead and zinc in 1922 was! valued at $40,424,199. and a substantial sub-stantial increase mav be expected in 1923, especially in copper, lead and i zinc. The production from the Park City, Tintic and Bingham districts has been especially large, owing to the effort of the companies to market mark-et silver at $1 an ounce. Gold Gold at $2,296,855 was produced in Utah in 1 922. an increase in-crease from $1,769,905 in 1921. For ten years prior to 1922 the gold output out-put has gradually decreased in Utah, but the output in 1923 will probably not be less if the present rate of ore producing is maintained. The mines of Bingham produced gold valued at $1,187,355 in 1922, the -Tintic mines $465,321, and Piute county $377,265 As the Utah Copper company and Utah Consolidated Mining company are returning to normal production in 1923, the go-ldl from copper ore will probably show a decided increase Shipments from the Deer Trail mines in Piute county, have also- been increased in-creased and gold from the silver ores especially from the Vlpont, Park. Utah, Ut-ah, Chief Consolidated, and Grand Central mines, has made a remark-ble remark-ble record. Silver The output of silver in Utah in 1922 was 17,271,100 fine ounces, which was a high record for the state. Though this output was greater than that of any other state the large producers are making decided de-cided gains in 1923. During the first five months of 1923 he Chief Consolidated, Conso-lidated, Tintic Standard, Park, Utah, Silver King Consolidated, Judge, Vipont, Victoria, aril other mines were rushing shipments to the smelters smel-ters at an abnormal ly large rate. The drop in the prl.-e of silver will certainly affect profits, hut none of the large producers will cease to operate1.. The operation of the Grand Central, Cen-tral, and Eureka Hill mines by :he Chief Consolidated Mining Co. has made a marke'l. improvement in the output of these mines. The most astonishing as-tonishing increase in silver production produc-tion was made by the Park Utah Mining Co. whih was shipping 7,000 to -8,000 tons o' silver ore a month in 1923 more than double that shipped ship-ped in 1922. Copper The production 'n 17;-h " l was 97 """it' o- cN, 'valued 'val-ued t $13,121,170'' as r. i- rared w 1 1 1 1 oO, 891, 403 po inds. valied at ?".984.991 in 19?1. The Utah Copper Cop-per company, at Bingham was producing pro-ducing at the rate of about 11,000,-000 11,000,-000 T'Ounds in 123 and gradually increased its oi'tput. Both the Arthur Arth-ur and Magna mills were active and flotation equipment was being added to the several units of the Magna plant. 'The Utah Consolidated Mining Co, o"no Copper Co., and Montana Eingham Co., were also producing iruch cepper. Marked increases were made at the copper smelting plants at Garifield and International, Utah. Lead The output of lead in Utah increased from 89,187,269 pounds In 1921 to 135,332,144 pounds in 1922. As the three smelting plants and all the large lead-producing mines are running at their full capacity a large increase in the lead output in 1923 seems certain. The United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co., at Bingham, has increased its shipments ship-ments of lead-zinc ore, and the Utah Apex is regaining its old place of prominence as a large lead producer. The hief Consolidated mine, at Eureka, Eu-reka, produced more than 7,000,000 pounds of lead in the first quarter of 1923. If the mine continues production pro-duction at this rate it may become the largest producer of lead in addition addi-tion to being the largest producer of silver in the state. Shipments of ore and concentrate from Park City district have been more than doubled, in the first half of 1923, and the Silver King Coalition, Daly West. Judge, and Keystone mines have made unusual records. Shipments of ore from the Tintic district dis-trict have increased about 20 per ct during the first six months of "1923, and increased shipments of lead, ore were made by the Tintic Standard, Chief, Gemini and Victoria mines. In 1922 the Tintic district produced 47,291.192 pounds of lead, the Bingham Bing-ham district 38.695,793 pounds; and the Park district 32,257.595 pounds. Zinc The considerable activity in marketing zinc concentrates early In 1923 indicates a decided increase over ov-er the output of zinc, in 1922. which was 5.119,410 pounds. In 1918 the mines of Utah produced more than 29,000,000 pounds of recoverable zinc. Early in 1923 the Park City Mining and Smelting Co. was Increa6 ing shipments of roasted zinc concentrates con-centrates from the Judge ore. The electrolytic zinc plant at Park City was not operated. Zinc concentrates from Bingham ore milled at Mldvale was being shipped to plant in Colorado Colo-rado and the East. Dividends were paid in the first part of 1923 by the Uth Copper Co., Silver King Coalition, Chief Consolidated, Consol-idated, Park City, Iron Blossom, Park Utah, Tintic Standard, and United I'States Smelting and Milling Co. |