Show west has large ore reserves to meet bricis nonferrous non ferrous metal mining la Is probably unique in what it can offer in the current emergency the mining industry has been crippled somewhat during the past few years but it can rebound almost instantaneous to any stimulus IN mining booms tar place overnight over night and there is sufficient smelting smelling sm elting capacity existing in utah to take care ot of almost any emergency the lead zinc smelters shelters sm elters only used about one third of 0 their capacities in 1941 due to the luck lack of 0 ore production from smaller mines in order to more clearly visualize the situation tor for the reader let us take the case ot of the metal lead the reserves ot of lead ores are measured by the metal content ot of he ore ot of course it must be remembered that the ores of this region virtually all contain certain amounts of gold silver copper lead ind and zinc but using the production ot of lead it is found that at 5 cent lead only a few of the high grade mines can operate at 6 cent lead more mines can operate and the high grade mines can turn to larger production at 7 cent lead additional marginal producers can be brought into production and the mines already in production can increase the volume of their output at eight cent lead vast new reserve ot of low grade ores can be ba opened up to production this nation Is not lacking in are or reserve fineable Mine able ore reserves or what can be called ore reserves however are based upon what baat in paid tor for the metal mine of 0 utah and western united states can and will meet any emergency placed upon it by the demands ot of mechanized chani zed warfare |