Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-11-17

ore of silver. We have ores which
arc known to meta!Iure;sts aud
miners a. ''l-ad silver" cooper
s,lvrr," .'iron silver" .'xi"c silver"
"antimony s,lver," "bs,yta silver,"|
slime silver" end which may or may
not he profitable for extraction IT
metals other than silver, although
such m tails may be the Predominant
""es finn which an ore g. Is i'r char
acter,st'c name. such ores are kno w
A.. and univ ersslly call. d, "s,lver
ores, but among mining men aud
SIM tiers they are called dist'ncii.ciy
BY tho names If the associated metal,
the word solver" b~,.g frequently
omitted because il 10 understood 10
he meant. The M-x,can lead silver
or silver lead ores are want d by
certain sm-lting companies to NIX
with domestic refractory ores for the
p'otitahl recovery of the silver con-
tents of the latter. Without the lead
IN III" furnace mixture, the trpa,m
would be failure. The poor csrh"n
ate "t~s aud the lime ores, the sui>
phn.iz-', the arsenicsl, sntimonial
aud zinolf-rous ores cannot he
orked with profit without the lead
ores to mix with tnen. The practical
smelling mixture requires ut i-sst Is
per cent. Of Lad to gather all the
silver and make the charge melt
easily. And this lead should, OF
cou's-, for profit, contain ~ much
silver as may b.; that is. it Should
he III silver ore. And as many Of
these mines are worked on n very
narrow ,nar1i" Of pr' fl, this means \
closure Of them. he dem"n.t,z.ti. n
OF silver hy the Republican party in
1873 was not a more deadly blow at
the royal metal than the imposition Of
the tariff on lead ny the audacious
con-p'rators ~h" now pose As the
special champions and protectors Of
tho miners OF Idaho!
Tue control Of the smelling OF the
dry ORES tf the southwest rests with
the few companies who have control
Of the suitable flnxi' Y ores, ard these
lead ores are i. ficirnt in quality and
Feasibility for the .m-ltir9 Of sll
the refractor. silver. These companies,
in consequence, raise the sm-lt'ng
rates, or l. wer the pr,ceof the r-frsc>
tory ores TO " ha,ev+r extent they pie use
aud the miners must stand the loss
or give up the ghost. II the Mexican
lead.sil,er ores were admitted free
this disability w.uld be removed in u
great degree; both nv the increase in
the desir. d misunderstanding ore-and
by the competition If nm tiers who
cannot now compete from lack Of the
sans.
The exclusion of Mexican lead
means the exclusion of Mexican gold
and silver also, in ore or in coin, f.,
these metals III the ore require the
!. ad for their extraction, and we have
MT enough OF this for our own ore;
and Mexican co,n aud Mexican trade
are cer,a,n TO abide where Mexican
products are disposed of, aud will not
he sent here except for reciprocal
favors
The importation Of Mexican ores of
gold. silver aud lead hi, nd-d in proper
proportions for prof able working. a.
VAS done until recent prohihi'ive
rulings, means the bringing into on,
country 1T just 40 much hard cash
ard return Ia the Mexicans Of only q
portion Of il; aud just as long as the
Mexican is not paid more than the
actual valu" Of his ore. just so long is
il to our interest to let u come and to
work it here, n few lead men aud
teaching process people to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Yours in the Democratic faith,
| A. +. Parker.