The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
OQT7VT or TIMES GREATEST IN THE HISTORY OF TIE STATE
Metal Production in 1902 Reached Total of Nearly
S2lOOOOOO in Value.
Most Productive and Profitable Year in Mining industry in Utah
and the Promise of the Coming Year Is
Still More kluring.

while copper has barely held its own.
But the Observation-Disclosures and several
other mines of Tintic have not contrib
uted at anything like the rate they did
during the year before, and the same
is true of the Dixie, o. K, Horn Silver
and a number of other mines which
have curtailed shipments for various
reasons.
It is safe to say, however. that the
year 1903 will witness some important
changes in the ratio of production OF
the metals. Copper. instead of occupy
ing fourth place will most likely move
up to second, if it does not go to the
top. while gold is sure to make great
gains
Copper mining as distinctive enter
prise is only just beginning to assert
itself. Two years ago the Highland
Boy company occupied the deld prac-
tically alone, speaking in a broad
sense Since then numerous companies
have brought their properties up TO
producing stage, and from now on the
production of the red metal Will in
crease very rapidly The Bingham
cOmpany's output will be largely in
creased, as will also that of the Higs-
land Boy and Dixie, which is now. be-
ing equipped with a new smelter. The
Majestic company will be handling
large tonnage of copper ore during the
next few months in its splendid new
plant. and the Tintic Mining & Devel-
opment company will also be in the
productive list before the summer is
here. Samuel Newhouse's Cactus prop
erty. in Beaver county, is to be
equipped with a mammoth cOncentrat-
ing plant. and the Boston Consolidated
will be adding to the states output of
the red metal in large quantity. The
United States company is getting its
/, 0O0-ton planI down to regular work.
ing order. and before long it will be
vieing with the best of them in its rate
Of production. This brief mention in
dicates imperfectly what may be ex-
pected of copper during the next
twelve months.
Years Big Producers.
The biggest producing mines of the
year have been the Daly-West, Silver
King. Highland Boy, Consolidated Mer-
cur, Ontario, Mammoth, Bingham Con-
solidated and Anchor, the latter now
/ included in the Daly-Judge's possess
siOns. To the list of tOp-notchers dur
! ing the year to come will be ADDED the
/ Daiy-Judge, United States, Majestic,
Cactus, Tintic Mining DeVelopmeinlt
/ companys Yampa, the Boston Conso9-
dated, Ophir Hill, Honerine, and very
likely a number of others.
| In the list of sure and prospective
new dividend-earners can be included
/ the Annie Laurie, Johnny, sunshine,
! Sacramento. Mammoth, Grand Central
! Century. Utah, COmstock. NaildriVer.
Little Bell, Ophir, Scottish Chief and
/ several others.
In the list of coming producers, otner
J than those mentioned, can be included
with confidence the American Flag,
! Wabash. New York Bonanza, WolVef-
! Inc, j. !. c., Bonapza Consolidated
! Kearns- Keith, Keystone, Lone Pine,
/ Creole. Silver King Consolidated, and
a number of other Park City proper
/ ties, as we'll as a half-dozen at Stock
/ ton and Ophir as many more at Park
valley and Stateline. two or three new
/ ones at Alta and American Fork, a
dozen or more in Beaver county and
/ several in other districts.
The new year certainly opens most
tauspiciously for the mining industry
and great though the record of the past
year has been, it viii have its lustre
badly dimmed during the year TO come