Show matali MF TAI MINING NING LN IN UTAH the metal output of utah was seriously retarded during the first half of 1919 not only by the lower prices jt f copper lead and zinc that followed the che curtailment of demand but by a labor abor strike at park city according 0 co o V C heikes of the united states Je survey department of the anterior the states output of gold silver copper lead and zinc in 1918 at 15 97 showed a decease from in 1917 liven aven if mining conditions improve considerably output of all these metis will decrease in 1919 the amel ers at murray midvale garneld nd aid international renial remained ned active ut many of the furnaces at each of hese plants were idle the value of the output of gold in attah in 1918 was a de rease from in 1917 most it if the gold mined in fit 1918 19 IS came from lie three main districts bingham L linc Inc tic and park city which pro lueel respectively 26 9 6 and in fit gold these atals were less than those for 1917 a nd ind those for 1919 will show a urther reduction on oil account of a de rease in the shipments of ef ore the output of silver lit in 1918 was fine ounces averaging 1 n ounce nearly equaling the output n 1917 about halt half of 0 the silver ounces came from the district which was followed by he park city region with junces un ces and the bingham Bin ghani district vilh sith ounces there was tit in increase of over a million ounces jt A silver from mines in the tintic gintic I 1 ebion due largely to the high averi averige I silver content of the ores shipped I 1 rom the chief consolidated arid and gintic standard mines park city ind Ding bingham liam districts both had decreased outputs of silver and in 1919 here will probably be further de 1 creases in the output of these two districts due ti to the file prolonged la labor tv r arike at park city and the cartall I jd d production of copper at bingham ut there should be no change in ill tl the 1 L brintle district because a new rall ral i oad branch now under construction vill give the mines in fit the eastern nid nd ol of the district increased facilities afore the end of 1919 utah Is credited with winds of copper valued at 09 in 1918 showing a slight decrease from froin the output of 1917 chere is a prospect ct of a decided decrease lit in tho the output of copper in 1919 on oil account of the reduced I 1 rice irice of the metal which was waa it 15 1 ants a pound lit in march after larch there wua was a general curtail nent of production especially at the copper property which is the largest producer of coper in the tate tale having yielded in 1918 about ig per cent of the total the production 1 for tit the first quarter of 1919 vas 60 per cant of that for the last quarter of 1918 and the average monthly output for the first five norths was pounds improvements prove ments are being made at the tivo iwo concentration guills of the utah copper co one of which has been closed since hince march in 1918 the Bingha til district produced pounds pound a of copper arid and was followed by the district with GG pounds the output eutimi of lead decreased irom pounds in 1917 to pounds lit in 1918 the bingham district produced pounds of load lead and was follow ed by the tintic district with 30 10 pounds hols and the park ci city ty region legion with pounds As he ac price tell fell to about 5 cents a pound in may iday 1919 arid and the park city mines were idle nearly two months on account of a labor arike these totals totals will probably lie be really greatly reduced for the current year in february the utah apex mining jo a producer of both lead and zinc at bingham laid olt off men await ng aig better belter market conditions the output of zinc was pounds bounds in 1917 and pounds lit in luls moot alot of the zinc 1 tame larne front salt lake wasatch 1 and beaver counties there will w III be a I 1 general decrease lit in 1919 as the price 1 Is much lower and there is difficulty tit ti marketing the product dividends in the first part of 1919 were paid by the utah copper chic f consolidated standard utah consolidated ontario eagle blue tell judge iron bloxsom Blo Blos asom daly and Jing hain alanes company Ceni pany |