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**MI i t i f i f jt. r $ it urn muiLi-ii.mu hj niMipjwi,p^lie^wpiBippppipww^ffWiy^ LIA16275 .y ' u aj ) WDoacnD - Ut ah as rw aouiarer # V. C. Ps, Vie* President and 0*n*ml Manager of Western Operations United State* Saeltir.g Refining and Mining Csepaajr, lac, 5*11 laic* Ciiy, Utah Oantlwoan, it la *1**7* a real pleasure for we to attend these l*ad ***t-- Inga, wore particularly b*i*us* of th* opportunity they pr***ot to greet old frl*Dd* and acquaintance* and to oak* new on**. frank Werdlscw ar.ked a* to report to you oc th* lead production of th* geo graphic area he corered at th* annual aeetlng of two year* ago. It eabrao** th* i tat** of Colorado, CTtah,werada, California, Arisen* and Sear Mexico. X have prepared a tabulation shewing th* pound* of r*oore ruble lead {ro deoed In thee* itate* for th* y*ar* 19t*6 through 1919 and th* aetlaated production for th* year 1950. 1 shall not burden you with reading the figurea, fo oaa i --1'1 -- then it Idcure. in iimlrctisf. of tb.-a, c o u y ,, revee i U-- f that lead production increased roughly ninety aillion pound*,or carer U&f, aa be tween 19L6 and 19k9. Me* Mexico le th* only etat* of the group that produced leaa lead in 19,9 than in any of the preceding three year*. 1990, on the other hand, preeenta a aoawrhat different picture in that production for that year will shew a substantial drop. So far aa X haw* been able to aso*rtaln,th* lorer pro duction in 19$3 resulted frew low aetal price* during the early part of the year and labor disturbance* during the auaner and fall aoctha. My ccspary1* 1550 pro 0 duction is off because of a strike which aiut its Utah wining and sealting ope rations down for five weeks during th* suaaer. Th*n, as many of you kaow,duriag th* atrlk* a fir* occurred in th* company's Lark Section wtd.dk we did not get tinder control uctil October 30 when w* **r* abl* to rewua* operations on a limited seals. Other win** in Utah, that suapsndsd operations la 191*9 due to kw nstal prices, resumed operations during the tuaater and fall wontha of 1950. 1a1.larly, in Orant County,See kexioo, a number of ninea that had suspended operations la 19ti9 did not resue* until May and June, 1950, thereby affecting th* overall produc tion In that stat*. s Mine Production of Recoverable Laed tin pounds) Utah Ariel* Colorado California Mrrada Rea Mexioo 19t*6 61,122,000 1*7,860,000 3k,072,000 19,816,000 Hi, 350, 000 9,798,000 19k7 99.396.000 57.132.000 37.392.000 20.160.000 Hi,322,000 12,766,000 19k8 111,900,000 59.798.000 50.236.000 18.220.000 19, 551*, 000 15,306,000 191*9* 106,H*1*,000 67.136.000 53.706.000 20.636.000 21,252,000 9,30k,000 1950-- 99.527.000 52.160.000 53.580.000 32.220.000 18,806,000 8,200,000 187,31*8,000 210,168,000 275,061*,000 278,178,000 26k,1*93,000 Motdi Fro* preprint U.S.i .M. Minerals Ir Book 19k9. 0 e* Approximate figures only* Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting,lead Industries Association, May 17-18, 1951 Msw fork, N.X., at the Pans! Discussion of lead Prothiosrs. j w u piu l j iih j u u w*WT"W> w >w h s i b w WWjlS i'S nw iaem w iaffi .>s*n r < [WI W ^ t W!'psisiW'l'y ia ir i y >es 'it* LiAlfa?76 Vi Ci fit* ' f ~ ~ "" Thill th# results of our effort are always gaged by production ft*or*# of th* part, In a diacuaaion at Vila aaetin, rich figures appear to -- to be of value crly to th* extant that thy e-in fc iud to predict tha results of future effort. So aarjr variable! ara confronting th laad miners today that tha crystal ball is extre-ely cloud/ to *ay ths least and predictions lean aa to the imeulete future are difficult If cot impossible to anke. In two ont-hs from no* **ny of us in ths aining game in tha internecertain ragieo will ba oonfror.tad with a deadline data with respect to union esntrsct negotiation* or wage reopening nefotietlcm*. The two aajor union* in this field, l.e.. International Union of Wine,lil11 and S--lter Worker* and tha United steelworker* of America, har* both publicly announced their wage and other benefit goals far this year. Mine-gill is dsnr,ding a }C4 par hour wage increase, whereas Steal la asking for 25d an hour. Both unions are rlewerating adjustments is wag* dif ferentials and tha allclnation of geographic differences in wage rates. Is addition, fringe benefits are being requested which, if oonwerted into oenta par hour and added to the wage demands, would wary likely result is a oonbtned iicreese epprusieewiug 5C* or more per hour. ir we are asasuzlng reasonably aoeorately the present teaper of the unions with respect to ths omlng wage and contract negotiations. It a.jpeara now that negotiation* nay and in * stale--t* and nay precipitate strikes in sea* wining districts. Unlike ths World Tar It situation tha Ad-rlnlstration has not this ties insisted upon no-etrika pledge. . It nust be r--sabered that these two unions are today engaged la a oonflict for ai^reoecy in the non-ferrous --tala industry, lack union will att--pt to schisw* its goal in order to oorrrlnoe ths workere of its superior strei^th to make tha best gain* for than. Ths operator, aa usual, is caught la the adddls. A new factor in the prediction figure presents Itself this y*ar in the form of matching fund aid fer exploration projects by D.X.A. That the n*t result of the Oorsrn--nt'e effort will be oannot now be predicted, nor will it be --asnr _ able for so-- tin* to ccaa. The** of ua who work rather closely to the grass roots in ths prediction and of tha business feel that if properly siteIni aterad, the funds txdartha EXA. pregi-- cay be productive of at least so-- good results. I have asked so-- of our --n who ere in the field a great deal end who are Is touch with the prospect-r, tha lessee and ths a--11 operator, to give -- a f-- figures that ni^ht present a bird's eye view of those snail ninsa and prospects that year after year nake their oontnbut!on to the sun total of laad procuretion in tha intemountain area. It is not intended that ths --veral figure* I have represent the oosplet* picture by ary naana,but I think they an an in dex which shows that with the Intelligent use of funds fer exploration purposes a fsw new nines night possibly be developed. Our esti--tse show that la Utah, Sereda, Western Colorado sad Northern Arisons there are at least 16$ likely prospects end snail wlnts. Approximately 2Of of then are --re or lees oon alatent shippers. So-- of thorn --y only ship a truck load a --nth. Others, on the other hand, ship upwards of five railroad oars a --nth, lot necessarily consistently --nth after --nth, but through the year* thee* prepertias do pre duo*. We esti--te that in the aggregate their average product! cn ie in th* neighborhood of a quarter of a wlllion pounds of lead per year. Most of the-- prepertias live what night be tensed "a hand to --nth existence." Many would not qualify aa participants under a sound exploration progrea and actual --ploration work will no doubt take others out of ths oategory of "nines,* Howare r, It la unrealistic to assu-- that all of tha-- snail aloes will fail to neasure up and it la entirely probable that so-- good ore bodies nay be found as a result of the D.M.A. program that are singly out of r-- oh of th* *--11 operator when he relies upon hi* own resources. I, therefore, beHave that the E.M.A. progrea *111 is all probability locate sc-- oew potential prod-era of laad or*. ss im. IIII ||||IWH, ypkH:WL!i.j|s|**,1^l,y LI A16277 0 I i I V. c. Pu*e -3- I have not tcuehsd on the question of whet It a reasonable prloe fbr lead* nor on the subjects at taxes and import tariffa, These subjects ara being treated by others. In closing I ae rely erlsh to neks this observation - that the wjges now oe rally being paid In the non-ferroua Industry approlineteiy In clude the 1C< general adjustment that la permitted under present Kage Stabili sation regulations. Iny further increases will go beyond thli Id and will re quire e "thawing out" of the present wage frM or Tfage StafclHaatlon approval. Should the Wage Stablllaatlon Board see fit to permit wages to rise a ub*tarttally over present ceilings, it suet be Bade to realise that the lead vicing and seeltlng industry should receive a higher price for it* product without which there can be little or no Increased production of lead, but rather it Bay result In noticeable decrease. Tcu oan Judge froe this situation that the western lead producer la far froe cptialstlo as to the imediate future, Seas of us > even d o w see the "old wringer" beii* set In notion. : 'r t i [ y t ^ .ew r' rM U fu'm ejj.1 j| f r mmm -"w ...'wuwmr 1J 1