Show underground mines seek to solve problems V R ak more war Wor keril such as these are needed to keep metal production up tha state of 0 utah ats public publia of 0 and its citizens are aie becoming alarmed over tile the decline in the production of lead and zinc which comes comas primal lly from underground mines 1 it Is well known that mining la Is tha ithe backbone bick bone industry ol 01 utah and that during normal times the industry supports directly and indirectly nearly one halt half the population ol of utah yet during a world war the production of 0 lead and zinc has been permitted to decline 15 per cent from the first month la in 1932 to the middle of 1912 first let us consider the market for mining stocks which Is a barometer at 0 conditions stocks of utah producing companies are selling at depression depies slon levels the pub ince uce has virtually abandoned tho the mining market indicating that there Is no confidence in their ability to earn a fair return under present conditions why cannot they earn a fair return most of the producing companies have large reserves of low grade fiade ores the tha answer scams to lie he la in costs during the bast els lat months numerous war industries have located in utah surplus workers have been employed and the war industries have drawn upon the tha older established ladus industries trIes tor for their employees plo Des despite tilte the tact fact that man ing Is an important war industry it has not been able to hold its men as it has not been in a position to meet the lie higher wages offered in other war r construction industries thus mines with inexperienced men and an insufficient number of 0 mines have been forced into an unbalanced operation whereas one underground miner formerly produced in excess of one ton per shift the output has fallen to 7 ot of a ton in one important mine recently steps have been taken looking toward solution of these problems soldiers who have worked in mines are being given furloughs furroughs it they return to their work wage and metal price adjustments just ments are also under consideration era tion |