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Show I IJhh Pours Forth Metal For War T ' L I t k ; ' . I : , - , a-- ,, ? . , Yv ,7.. . , J . ' ' ' : '- -. t ... v ; '- ." ' $ - - y . ..4- -'-. .- , , : ? . ' i A'. .. - ; VVV-' ' ' V.-y-'t , ''.'y ' : - -' ' : ' , ' ' , - Molten metal from Utah's mines has been flowing into war program at rapid rate. Development needed to restore reserves. Utah has given much to make America strong and to help win the war. Among the contributions she has made has been metals melals which will not be returned to the hills of the state. Utah's metal industries have contributed con-tributed to the war effort approximately approxi-mately f.0 per cent of the nation's supply o copper; 20 per eenUof the molybdenum ; -to per cent of the vanadium; approximately 15 per cent nf the lead and 7 per cent of the -Anr. This record was achieved in the face of a serious manpower shortage short-age which made it necessary for the industry to place virtually all available men on production and neglect development work. The result has been that Utah's known ore reserves have been reduced I a low level. For every pound of ore minei' another must be found if the lifi of the industry is to be perpetu ated. Utah's operators have ad-heared ad-heared to this policy in their programs pro-grams of balanced operations and that is why the state's mining in dustry has grown and expanded. While the situation is not alarm ing today, a condition does exist that calls for the cooperation of everyone in order to insure propel rehabilitation of the industry when the war with Japan has been won. An atmosphere of encouragement, rather than restrictive taxes, low tariffs and laws which retard the flow of venture capital into, the fit: ancing 'of prospects, would be good postwar toiiic for Utah. |