Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-28 | Page 4 | Latest News from Intermountain West

LATEST NEWS FROM INTERMOUNTAIN WEST YEST I Nevada Montana Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana UTAH MINERAL OUTPUT HIGH WASHINGTON D C July 27 27 The The shipments of ot ore front from mines In Utah during the first halt half of 1924 Indicate a 1 high rate rato ot of pro pro- production pro production of metals ot of copper and lead according to a aI statement Issued b by the tho depart depart- department ment mont I of the tho Interior bated upon statistics collected by V C Heikes 1 of the tho geological survey sos As the prices of metals meta other than lead wOre were much larger in 1924 than In 1923 the production may moy be bo con con- con considerably decreased before th the tha end endot of the tho year SI BG 60 SITT TOTAL The value of oC the output of o gold er copper rod load and zinc In 1923 ws was 66 the tho salue alue In 19 1922 1 22 2 was ns 40 0 Early In 1924 lead Iad ore its wis being activelY l Produced by the mines In the Park CIty district an and copper ore was as being at BinghaM Binghan at an increased rate but the tIme output ot of sliver silver ore in the Tintic and other districtS of Utah was ass much less es during the early part of the year than thon In 1923 GOLD l E B Gold valued at 3 was as produced in Ut h in 1923 as In 1922 the In- In Increase in increase crease being due du in large largo part port to the tho ot of the producers of ort ore The Gingham mineS produced gold 1101 valued at 2 1 1 In 1923 the Tintic mines the tho Park City mInI mines l 7 and the mines mine In Plute Piute count counti Durio During the early part of o 1924 there Aas as Sit n Increase in the out out- output output out output put of gold associated 1 with Ith cop cop- copper copper copper per ore but no DO Increase In of the total gold from rom oil alt sources as the tho output of ot ore oro contaIning gold and er was as curtailed The Deer Troll Trail mine tl iq Plute county the only mine In the tho state that r rOc ue bullion from rom cyanide op- op op ration 1 was as practically closed early In 1924 and the mill was Idle I IN SILVER The Tho output of silver In la Utah In 1623 was as 11 19 fine ounces a 0 record for tor the state tate and an In in- in increase in crease from 1 ounces In 1922 During the tho first five months of o 1924 the tho decrease In Inthe inthe Inthe the production of oC o silver has been I on account of ot the drop In its price which averaged 64 6 5 cents an ounce Several SeHra sll- sll sil sll silver ver vet mines have been seriously at- at af affected by this drop The Tho mIne has hils n t been operated since es the Pittman act I were ere stopped and other large producers have greatly curtailed their output 00