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Show now one half cent below the peak of 11 cents which prevailed a short period during the World War. One thing is certain, never in the history of Bingham could the camp more appeal to those who are desirious of investigation investigat-ion mining properties which are now lying dormant, many of which, it is claimed can now be worked at magnificent profits. Bingham Mines Mean Much to the State t - VV During the year the product- ion of copper increased in the . State of Utah from 222,393,572 pounds in 1923 to 242,700,000 j pounds in 1924 ; but the value : of the output was lessened by the decrease in price. The high position of Utah as a copper producer, is due largely to the I operations of the Utah Copper L, Company, which made an aver- rr age of nearly 18,000,000 pounds i a month- This year we have the 1 1 Ohio Copper Company which ) - produced a million pounds a ; j ' month by a leaching process. I :. The Utah-Delaware also made - shipments of copper. Bingham's total 1924 production being 235,450,000 pounds. The output ' of silver decreased from the re- I cord output of 1923 of 19,137, 470 ounces to about 17,000,00 in 1924. The main producers of silver in the Bingham district , 'are the United States, the Utah Copper, the Utah-Apex and the Bingham Mines, the output from J, the Bingham district increased materially in 1924 owing to act-! act-! . ivity of the United States and the Utah-Apex companies, the total number of ounces shipped Sj from this district amounting to I 2,338,000. it Lead ore shipped during the yf year from the Bingham district 7 - from the United States, Utah I Coper, Utah-Apex and the Bing- ? ' ham Mines company amounted 'I , to 63,123,000 pounds. The re coverable zinc in the ore mined by these different companies in ! ' ' that period amounted to the ,l ' . startling amount of 11,669,000 ' pounds, most of the zinc product having had to be , shipped to K - r - Great Falls, Montana for treat-(V treat-(V - ' men. The strength of lead is h: . one of the present outstanding f - " features of the metal market and means much to Utah, last . year's production being the third ; . ' . . highest in the United States. Ac-cording Ac-cording to the latest market re-'.i re-'.i ' ports,1 lead reached , the high !,,'"' price of 10.50 this week. The highest price lead has ever reach ,. ed in peace times, and in only |