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Show II PRODUGtiON OF IfUNERALS I SHOWS INCREASE II UTAH : IS 19211 OFFICIAL REPORT Review Shovs Last Year Was Prosperous Beyond Hope ol State in Mining and Smelting Industry; Decrease in Smelt ing Operatons Came at Close of Year; Anticipation That Better Conditions Will Prevail in Various Districts With Steady Labor Supply and Decrease in Operating Costs. I. tah's twin industries of mining and mi lting, and which remain the most Important of all tin various. Industries for Which 111" state Ih noted. IVPTC I I moi i i ill generally wax realized v tiil- tin- mi '- Operations were in progress. Announcement of the inlted state! geological survey, published at the HI opening of 1921 I h it tt-.i products the mines of I t, h in 1920 were of i 1 greater value than were those d" 1-919, came as a dt?tln t surprise, constder-ing constder-ing the scarcity of labor, the high cost of materials, and the condition o.'" metal markets generally As a result of these operations. I tah continues to I i 1 states Of -the. Union In smelting work; It k a . close second in the production of sit-' ycr -nd a close third in output of: i opper, while it stands high !n the : ; production of lead and sine, and li contributes each year quite a Mdj , sum to the gold output of the countr. ( l i H l i. REPORT. According to the report of the L'nlt- I Cd Slates geological survey previously ; ref erred t. the value of the five re-1 land minerals in Utah last year wee, approximate! $46,090000 or a sllglu 1 Increase over that of the preceding . ycajr The output of gold and i p-per p-per decreased materially and that ofi Silver decreased slightly, while that of lead and r.lnc increased to rjlte an I eM'-nr. The average prices of lead unj zinc' were higher than in 1919, hi t the prices ot euppi r i r.d er vv - i-ltglu- iv lower, in general, the report at: tea. production was retarded by the con tinned high costs of mining, milling, smelting and refining, and the In-' creased freight rale, on ore and bul-. lion added another handicap to mln-l ing. The mine production of gold de-1 creased from $2,159 4 1 1 in 191D to approximately ap-proximately 11,949000 last year, or about 10 pci- cent. Of silver-, the stale last year pio-: duccd about 11,618,000 ounces, valued ! at $13,664,000, a compared with 11,-649.961 11,-649.961 ounces, valued at ? 1 3 , t o 7 Mr.;, I in ll19. L1TTLK DECREASE. Copper production decreased (torn 134,061.807 pounds, valued at $23.-' 07.'.. -4 96. In 1019, to about 1 17,000.000 i pounds, valued at J ! V.'Dl.Oirn. last' yea r. The mine output of lead increased I from 128,839,051 pounds in 1919 to approximately 1 3 i.oon.ouo pounds last year, while tho value increased from $6,562,940 to about $10,939,000. In the production of zinc there was an increase of about 3a per cent. th" mine output of 1919 ha 'ing been 4,-481,034 4,-481,034 Rounds, at compared with; about 6,000,000 pounds last year, with $333. -lit; and about $487,000 a iht value for the respective years. The principal producing dlstrleU, were Bingham, Park City and Tintlc The four smelting plants In Utah were operated throughout In 1920. but there was a decrease in the output duilng the clos of the year, li Is the concensus of opinion of mining men generally that mining activities ac-tivities will materially increase in the early months of the present year, due to the stable price 'or domestic silver under the operations of the Plttman act. because of the assured improve-j meiit in the market for the tho e base , metals, the improved labor supply and the decrease In the cost of materials and general supplies. |