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Show UTAH'S MINERAL j PRODUCTION Utah holds a unique position among I the metal-producing states In the dl- verslty of its mineral output While the state does not rank first in the production of any particular metal. I it ptands well among the leaders In j the production of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and vanadium minerals As compared with the other suites, it ranks second In silver, third In lead, fourth In copper, sixth In gold and seventh In zinc. In 1911 the copper content of the oree mined In Utah was 146,960,827 pounds against 137.307,485 pounds In 1912. While this shows a decrease of nearly 10,000.000 pounds, the value val-ue of the 1912 output shows an Increase In-crease of $4,285,632 over the value of that produced In 1911. The production of sllv?r, which ranks next to copper in value, shows an Increase both in quantity and value, from 12.473,787 fine ounce's, alued at $6. fill. 107 In 1911 to 13.- 8H5.903 fine ounces, valued at $8,509,-080 $8,509,-080 In 1912. 1 he lead content of the ores mined in Utah in 1911 was 68,248 short tons valued at $6,142,364, which was Increased In-creased to 70,156 short tons, valued at ?6 314,001. in 1912 The output or i'Dc. in 1911 was 8920 short tons, valued val-ued at $1 016,895, in 1912 it was S534 short tons, valued at $1,177,636 Gold, the fourth in importance among the metals produced In Utah, showed a decrease in the 1912 output compared with 1911 The 1911 production pro-duction was valued at $4,696,998, against $4,265,851 for 1912 The only t. ineral products besides gold showing show-ing a decrease in value for 1912 were Iron and salt, the total decrease of the three during the year amounting to $563,546. However, the marked Increase In the value of Utah's other minerals far more than offsets this small decrease, the total 1912 output telng $51,004,942. against $43,774,331, in 1911, an increase of $7,230611. In the production of coal the increase in-crease was 20 per cent from 2,513,175 short tons, valued at $4,248,666. In 1911 to 3,016,149 short tons, valued at $6,046,451 in 1912 The munuiac-ture munuiac-ture of Portland cement began In Utah In 1910 with an output of 811,-800 811,-800 barrels, valued at $1,005,960 It decreased nearly 150,000 barrels In 1911 to 662,849 barrels, valued at $827,523, but Increased in 1912 to 760.-668 760.-668 barrels, valued at $937,119. Tho principal stone quarried In Utah Is I'Iim .tone, a large part of which is rsed for flux In smeltr.-. though some is used for foundation work ad also for building. Other mineral products of the state are asphalt, gems, grindstones, gypsum, gyp-sum, iron ore. lime, blneral waters, petroleum phosphate rock, salt sand and gravel, scythe-stoney. sulphur, minium, and vanadium ores. |