Show ORE RESERVES FALL TO danderline DAN GERLINE P a rl tp I 1 A atit A ii at 1 1 A 4 f W 01 1 1101 T 0 K t IV I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 0 IV RA t ka IX ina f at jak T tw 1 ca scenes like ti ams is men and machinery tunneling through rock to find ore is paramount need in utah today probably at no time since early history has the ore reserves ot of the underground mines of utah been lower than they are today as a result ot of the patriotic policies adopted throughout the producing mines of this state exploration work has been neglected in favor ot of production in an effort to keep the war machine ot of the united nations functioning shortly after the war broke out the mines lost men to the armed services and to war industries established in utah which were in a position to offer much higher wages t i I 1 Mine operators ware were faced with two alternatives sacrificing dicing production in favor of development work or sacrificing development work in favor of 0 production naturally they turned almost entirely to production with the limited crews that remained As a result 1942 saw much of the blocked out ores in underground mines fed into the war machine these ores are gone and more must be found to replace them months and months ot of systematic work will be required to place the producers on a normal operating basis again some relief was granted to the mines when the army furloughed turlough ed former miners to return to their former occupation utah mines received 1009 1000 of these workers but still more could be used to insure metals tor for the future needs of the war program |