The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-05-22
UTAH'S PRODUCTION
OF MINERAL N 1912
BIG PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILL.
YER, COPPER, LEAD AND
ZiNC-6EATs 1911.

The total value of the mine output
Of gold. silver, copper, lead and zinc
In Utah In 1912, according to advance
figures compiled by Victor G. Heikes
of the United States geological sur
vey. was $42.922. 3O2, against $36s37,
457 In 1911.
Gold Production.
The production of gold was valued
at $4,265.s5l, a decrease of $431,147, or
10 per cent, compared with 1911. The
largest producer Of gold was Juab
county, which yielded $l,SO4,S42,
against $1,500,359 In 1911. The Tintic
district, which is partly In Juab coun-
ty and partly In Utah county, pro-
duced $1,900,732 or A per cent of the
total output. The Bingham district, in
Salt Lake county. ranked first about
~ per cent Of the total Tooele coun-
ty is credited with $450,632 In 1912
and $5S3,917 in 1911. This county has
for 90 years been a large producer of
gold from the Consolidated Mcrcur
mines In the Camp Floyd district, but
at the end Of 1912 this mine was on
the verge of closing, having about ex-
hausted its ore bodies.
Silver.
The silver production of Utah In
1919 was 13.s35.9O3 fine ounces, valu-
ed at $s,509,0S0, and showed an in
crease of l,362,116 ounces. or 10 per
cent Juab county produced $685.
425 ounces In 1912, against 4,673,69S
ounces In 1911, and Utah county $751;
AIS ounces In 1912 against 934.76S
ounces in 1911. The Tintic district,
covering parts OF these two counties,
increased It's output from S,514,7O2
ounces In 1911, to 7,O73,1O4 ounces in
1912. Salt Lake county produced o.
21S,S22 ounces in 1912. against 1884,
481 ounces In 1911. OF the Salt Lake
county yield, the West Mountain or
Bingham district contributed $685.
496 ounces In 1912 and 2,7S6,S10 |
ounces in 1911. The silver output of
The Park City region In 1912 was 81
642,749 ounces, an increase of 214,098
ounces, or about per cent, over that
IF 1911.
Copper.
The copper production was 1877 307,-
1855 pounds, valued at $22,655,735, and
decreased 9,653,342 pounds, caused
argely by the 40-day strike of the
miners in the. Bingham district. The
district produced 116.621,793 pounds of
copper In 1912, against 1895, S65
pounds in 1911; 113,725,2S0 pounds in
$40. and 92,56O,340 pounds In 1909.
The Tintic district yielded 13,339,026 II
sounds in 1912, against 10,922,154
'ounds in 1911. an increase of 2,416,-
"a pounds. The Park City district
t Summit and Wasatch counties,
reduced 1.96S,249 pounds in 1912, {
gainst 1.2S1,190 pounds in 1911. Bea-
err county yielded 100000 pounds in
912, against 3,739.2S2 pounds in 1911 !,
Lead. (
The production Of lead in Utah in {
912 was 14O.311,l35 pounds, valued at >,
b,Sl4 .oOl, against lS6,496,75O pounds t
. 1911. OF the 1912 output 81 per /
ent was derived from mines in the I
ingham district, which produced 49,.
'2,495 pounds, against 46,576,337 +
ounds in 1911. The Park City dis t
let produced 42.111,561 pounds in
NJ, or 30 per cent of the total lead
ltput. The Tintic district mines
elded 2S,572,966 pounds in 1911 and
.356.04l pounds in 1912. o
Zinc. n
The zinc production OF Utah was II
067,177 pounds, valued at $1,177,- &
IS in 1912. against 17,S40,261 pounds tt
1911. The Park City mining region Ia
one produced S.001,512 pounds of Il
nc in 1912, against s,596.564 pounds II
. 1911, The Weld of this region in n
II was about ~ per cent of the to- N
zinc production of Utah. The Tin A
; district was also an important pro- Il
cer for the first time In the his
ry of the district and Welded a2 per
mt of the zinc, or 3,709,737 pounds,
1912 The Bingham district was g,
'ge producer, but it's output de-
eased from 4,715121 pounds in 1911 o,
2.T11.9S2 pounds in 1912, The n,
,unt Nebo district in Juab county
slded some zinc. Beaver county o,
itch produced 1.l76,1S6 pounds, and o,
oele county which produced 1,234.- II
pounds. were the only other coun-
8 In which zinc was produced In
l2. The zinc in 306,450 tons of zinc
containing t0,713494 !,
unds as spelter all came from
mint, Wasatch and Salt Lake
mites. -,
Number and Location OF Mines. 90
There were 207 mines producing ~,
ID, silver, lead and zinc in 1912, 10
,inst 20S In 1911. OF these were T.,
all placers in 1912. The number of ~
mines In the Bingham dis -,
It was 80; Tintic. 40; Big and Lit ..
Cottonwood IS; Park City, Is; ,a
'ckton and Ophir. 90. "a
I Lake County Produces Half OF s..
States Output. az
he total quantity of ore sold or CT;
ated in Utah In 1912 was 7.770270 re-
rt tons, an increase of 501.74O tons. 1 A
3 average total recoverable value du
ton was $5.52 in 1912. against du