Show UTAH MINES ADD MANY maff TO WEALTH OF STATE COPPER IS FIRST utan mines will close tie tle year if 1910 nth a record breaking ore output of gold silver copper beld and zinc having a total value of about as estimated by victor 0 fl heikes eikes of the united states geological lo 10 survey department of the interior this record indicates an increase of nearly 77 per cent or over the output of 1915 all the metals showed increases and there were record outputs of copper lead and zinc about tone of ote 01 e were mined in 1916 against tons in 1915 the mines af a gingham bingham produced the larger part of this ore or nearly tons mostly by steam shovel mining this quantity includes about 12 tons of porphyry copper ore the output of which in 1915 amounted to tons in all districts many of the old mine and tailing dumps were worked or shipped directly to the smelters shelters sm elters these ara are some of the impressive facts brought out by the report of the geological survey to secretary tary lane just mide never before said mr line his has so large a draft been made on tho the natural resources of our country as during this year and never before have the metals been extracted from froin these ores with less waste or utilized to better advantage advant ige in the general prosperity of the country even as written in the plain figures of 1910 production the wonderful record of our mines sets forth a degree of national industrial independence only hoped for a few years ago again copper stands out as the best illustration of how american mines can meet a world demand the output of nearly pounds of the red metal is double that of ten years ago aso and its value 1 la twice that of tho the copper produced in 1915 add to this the facts that in value copper now contends with iron for first the metals and that together the amount of these two metals produced last bad a value of more than one billion dollars and we have a measure of what this country can contribute in useful metals i t the output of zinc from domestic ores increased last year tons which nukes a new record for that metal the tile total value of spelter from united states ore being million collais dol lais lead also shows a large in crease the dollar out put being a gain of more than per cent with all this activity in metal production the coal mines have had bad to meet a heavy demard so that the Utu bituminous minous coal output has now passed the half billion ton mark an increase of 12 per cent over the previous year coke production increased 30 per cent and it is gratifying to note that by product coke made the largest gain which means a corresponding gain in and other valuable by products again the oil wells have given a now record for petroleum yield the estimate sti mate of marketed production of crude petroleum yield for 1916 being barrels or 0 0 barrels more than 1915 another mineral product which furnishes an inde if business conditions is cement the 1916 production of which is estimated to be barrels in excess of the output of the previous i 5 ear while the shipments were even greater aggregating ing barrels with the outlook reported as good for the new rear year the rhe reports rec received eved from the tho surveys vs western office contain moat most sign signia Meant cant mining ever western state shows f ft large increase in yield of metals arizona leading with a gain e ain of over last year while shile utah and mon montana tano together report another gain alaska also had bad its best year contil buting a total value of more than this jar year or over 50 per cent in excess of any previous year these advance statements not only show that 1916 marks a n new tw advance for the mineral industry of the country but this remarkable increase promises to be approximately 25 per cent over the 1916 1915 production product fon so that we may expect the final fig ures to show a total of 11 |