Table 6.—Mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in
1967, by counties, 
in terms of recoverable metals 
 
Mines 
Lode material 
Gold 
Silver 
County producing 1 
 — (lode) (placer) 
sold or —________________ 
treated 2 Troy Value Troy Value 
(short tons) ounces  ounces 
 
 
 
Beaver              
Juab                
Piute               
Salt Lake            
San Juan            
Sevier                   
3 
1 
1 
3 
S 
1 
' 142,323 
15,485 
(3) 
 
21,088,731 
30,630 
  
' 1,054 480 
(3) 
 
220,439 
 
1 
$36,890 
16,800 
(3) 
 
7,715,365 
  
35 
' 1,055,410 29,771 
(3) 
 
2,686,027 
604 
1 
' $1,635,886 46,145 
(8) 
 
4,163,342 
936 
2 
Summit             
Tooele              
Utah               
Wasatch             
Washington          
5 
3 
1 
1 
1 
 
88,917 
38,395 
(3) 
 
131,347 
1,500 
1,234 
154 
(3) 
 
64,988 
-   
43,190 
5,390 
(3) 
 
2,274,580 
  
310,449 
235,999 
(3) 
 
552,699 
3,680 
481,196 
365,798 
(3) 
 
856,683 
5,704 
Total: 
 1967 22 1 21,537,328 288,350 10,092,250 4,874,640 7,555,692 
 1966 33  34,458,734 438,736 15,355,760 7,755,411 10,027,746 
 
—~ 
Copper 
— 
 
Lead 
Zinc 
—— 
 
Total 
Short 
Value 
Short 
Value 
Short 
Value 
value 
tons 
 
tons 
 
tons 
 
 
Beaver 
Juab 
Piute 
Salt Lake 
San Juan 
Sevier 
Summit 
Tooele____________ 
Utah 
Wasatch 
Washington 
' 2,364 ' $1,807,058 ~15,190 ' $4,252,920 ' 8,577 ' $2,374,905 $10,107,659

 14 10,436 73,381 
  (3)       (3)   (3)    (3)   (3)    (3)     (3) 
164,593 125,835,252 25,349 7,097,916 13,744 3,805,039 148,616,914 
 515 393,995 394,931 
37 
 87 66,475 4,159 1,164,730 4,938 1,367,038 3,122,629 
 178 136,123 3,441 963,424 2,178 602,904 2,073,639 
 (3)  (3)  (3)    (3) (3)    (3) (3) 
  857 655,002 5,674 1,588,650 4,814 1,332,846 6,707,761 
  1    612     6,316 
Total: 
 1967  168,609 128,904,953 53,813 15,067,640 34,251 9,482,732 171,103,267

 1966  265,383 191,977,918 64,124 19,384,685 37,323 10,823,655 247,569,764

THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF UTAH 
787 
 1 Operations at slag dumps and old mill or miscellaneous cleanups not counted
as producing mines; various uranium mines from which copper was recovered
as a byproduct not included as they are in the mine count of uranium. 
 2 Does not include gravel washed, tonnage of precipitates shipped, or uranium
ore milled. Production of Beaver, Piute, and Utah Counties combined to avoid
disclosing individual company confidential data. 
 
 With the new Bonneville crushing and grinding plant in operation and the
expansion program completed at the smelter, facilities were available to
handle more ore. The cost of handling smelter slag was greatly reduced at
the Garfield smelter by granulation before placing on slag dumps. The copper
ore mined in Bingham Canyon contained about 15 pounds of copper per ton of
ore, compared with 19 pounds in 1952. Even though a 20-percent increase occurred
in daily ore production, copper output (not including the leaching operation)
was about the same as in the mid-1950's. The installation of 26 precipitation
cones increased daily copper production at the leaching operation from 150,000
to 400,000 pounds. 
 West Toledo Mining Co. purchased a controlling interest in American Mining

Co. The Bawana mine was closed and production was started at the 0 K mine.
A newly constructed $300,000 leaching plant was operated for the first time
on December 29. 
 
 Gold.—Gold output, recovered principally as a byproduct of copper
and complex ores containing copper, lead, and zinc from 18 mines in six counties,
was down because of the strike; however, an increase in production was recorded
at the Mayflower mine of Hecla Mining Co. Utah was the third largest gold-producing
State in the Nation. 
 
 Iron Ore.—Iron ore was produced at five mines, all in Iron County:
the Blowout and Comstock mines operated by Utah Construction & Mining
Co. for CF&I Steel Corp. (CF&I), the Desert Mound