The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-30
METAL OUTPUT Of
UTAH LAST YEAR
Over Thirty-two Millions Are
Added by State to the
Nations Wealth.
INCREASE OVER 1909
Output of Copper and Zinc
Increased; Other Metals
Decreased.
INCREASE

| gold silver copper lead and zinc IN
Utah in 1910. according 10 v c. Heikcs
of the United States geological survey,
was S3o,lo3,lS5. against $5l,3so.o92 in
1909
| The total gold production in Utah in
1910 showed a decrease in value of SlIa.-
i63, or i3 per cent. The largest producer
Of gold was. Salt Lake covnty "a which
l9O9 The West Mountain or Bingham
district produced s1.767.9o2 OF the gold
credited to salt Lake county and 1873 per
cennS cenr produeeG a9s sG a 500 in 01P s agss
sl,t4S,o ,osS in 1909, and Utah county si23.-
e. in 1910, against Se76:sla in 1909 TN The e
aanny s3TG nnS paH Thnh m Utah i Rafy coyn IN jeo
duced sl,s7o. 32o or "a per cent of the gold
production Of Utah in 1910. Tooele coun-
csspt about $4,000 came from the Camp
Floyd district) in 1910. against sS9o.4ss In
1909
Tintic and Park City
The silver production Of Utah In 1910
of S"HGl o1,l opmoes ID
3.s35, ,O62 ounces in 1910, against 35tt9lS
ounces in 1909. and Utah county l.5Oo.6
The The Tinttc district Silver weld declined
from 6, lO4 sa7 ounces in 1909 to 5.222,1
ounces In 1910, Salt Lake county produced
3oos ounces vance n 1910 against i.S0,9t2
/
Yield. the West Mountain or Bingham
district, contributed 1.so0.4lo ounces in
1910 and 1,6l5.3s4 ounces In 1909.
The silver output Of the Park City min
Ing region in 1910 was 2,57l.77l ounces,
decrease OF 253,61d ounces, or 10 per cent
from that of 1909
1S,6i9.261 pounds In 1910. a larger in
crease than in any other of the copper
producing states. The Bingham district
1910 against 9256O.34O pounds in 1909,
! 1.155740 pounds In 1908 and 55,i31.964
pounds in 1907. The Tintic district yield
ed S,393. .036 pounds In 1910. against 5,9l5,-
$50 pounds in 1909. an increase OF 3.o77.-
S67 pounds. The Park City district, In
Summit and Wasatch counties. produced
l,423e29 pounds IN 1910 against l,655. 749
pounds in 1909.
Lead Statistics.
The production Of lead in Utah in 1910
was 122. .324 ,635 pounds, valued at So 1885,
2Si against 14S 4S6. 1853 pounds. valued at
S6,5si9ls. In 1909, OF the 1910 output
the Park city district. which produced
pounds in lsos The Bingham or West
as In 1909, and 24.5 per cent Of the total
Utah lead output The Tintic district
w4n yeafS DHl pounds In In s Gs
This district Yielded IS per cent of the
Utah lead In 1903. and only SO4 per cent
or that In 1910.
The, zinc production of Utah was ls.-
S6I.104 pounds, valued at Sss3.s2+, In
1910 against 9S60,7IS pounds valued at
S532. 4s2. in 1909 This shows an increase
of s.o06,3oS pounds. or S6 per cent, The
Park City mining district alone produced
9431.922 pounds Of zinc in 1910. against
6737237 pounds in 1900. The district
yielded in 1910 over 81 per cent Of the
total zinc production Of Utah. The Bng
ham district was also a large producer
and increased its output from s49:549
pounds In 1909 to 2,572.3F pounds in 1910
Tooele county. which produced 2.s43,032
pounds and Beaver county. which pro-
duced 513. 1888 pounds. were the only other
of zinc in 1910 The zinc concentrates,
amounting to IL o5a422 pounds all came
from Salt Lake, Summit and Wasatch
counties
Number of Mines.
There were ls3 mines producing gold,
silver, copper; lead or zinc in 1910;
lplacers. The number OF producing mines
in the Bingham district was 81. Tintic.
40; Big and Little Cottonwood. H. Park
City, II. The total quantity of ore sold
or treated In Utah In 1910 was 6,3s9. .39S
short tons, an increase OF 266 S09 tons.
The average total recoverable value per
ton was caused by the large increase In
"copper" ores. OF which 5.i17, 5oS tons were
sold or treated in 1910, This quantity
and an increase Of l20l 1892 tons over
the 1909 production OF copper ores.
OF the total tonnage OF all classes Of
county. went to gold and silver mills,
5,lS2.057 tons. OF which 4 ,93',2 ,2Sb tons were
from the Bingham district, went to con-
centratlnG mills. and S96 s34 tons were
sent TO smelters.
Mine production OF gold. silver, copp