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Show Utah Ores Contain Lead - Zinc I ?y ryrt2r, K.. ... 4-- ? 1 A car of silver ore goes to market from one of Utah's mines. ( Contained in the ore Is much lead and zinc, needed for the war i effort. If the silver price is disturbed, Utah mining is disturbed. Recent threats against silver, have revived somewhat the old battle cry which ended with the Silver purchase Act of 1933. Since 1933, silver the turbulent metal, has experienced a rather quiet and serene existence. During recent months, however, certain government govern-ment officials have taken occasion to snipe at white metal. First of all silver is an Important factor in the production of all metals, and for that reason, this is no time to stir up a controversy that would react adversely upon the production of all base metals that are needed in the war program. pro-gram. Silver occurs in virtually all ores that yield copper, lead and zinc, and Its price is important to the producers of these metals. Morever, whatever some officials in our government think of silver as a money, it is not shared by the peoples of the Orient. In the Orient is the measure of value and the money of the people. There the banking facilities are not what they are in the western world and the people in a measure do their own banking. They must have something that is durable and something that Is not too small for convenience. Hence silver has been the predominating money of tha Orient for years. Now with the people of the Orient taking such an important part In the World at war, It seems that silver has taken an even more Important Im-portant place In the sun. India and China own the greatest stocks of silver in the world and it would not seem unreasonable if these people peo-ple were given the chance to enhance en-hance the value of their possessions. |