Show Prospecting Needed To Restore i Utah's Metal i etal Reserves I IMore x y tr n A h a A Ax AMore x Jf More prospects dotting Utah's mountains such as the one above are needed to restore Utah's metallic reserves to normal basis Analysis of the mining situation In Jn Utah following the Second World War Nar indicates a period of higher cost production for most of the tho metal producers During the war naturally many mine workers went Into the rho armed forces and this combined with the general shortage of workers forced mining companies to place virtually all nIl on an production to meet needs of the war machine and thus neglect development work Development work In a mine Is just as necessary as the planting of spring pring seeds on the farm tarm as a aton aton aton ton of ore is mined another ton must be found Naturally with an m unbalanced operation for tor so many war years much of the available ore are In Utah's mining districts was mined and the known ore reserves reduced to a low level While the situation Is not alarm- alarm alarmIng alarmIng alarming Ing it will be in many of the tho producers to increase the ratio emended is ended for tor development as com com- compared compared compared pared to production la In order to catch up and once ag ln in operate on a balanced basis In n addition ore ore- bodies are Becoming more and more difficult to find as work proceeds pro pre reeds reed's ce farther and deeper under under- ground gr alias lind Rehabilitation of the under under- ground mines probably will require re require re- re require quire several years and there is no nod doubt d In the minds of the operators t t the thA Industry can be placed placedo ore onto o e again on a safe sare and stable basis bl However the cooperation of oC all agencies willaid will aId materially In Jn expediting that time limo and in doing this the best Interests of the business and industry of the tho state will wll be served |