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Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
RESOLUTION IN HOUSE.
Democratic Member Brings Up Presi-
Dental Statement.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Representa
tive Herbert Parsons of New York,
who called at the White House, said
that so far as he was personally con-
cerned he had never needed a refuta-
ton of the statement that the presi-
dent would not be a candidate for re-
election. He had always understood
that to be the presidents position.
However, he believed no argument
this time
Representative Clayton of Alabama,
chairman of the Democratic caucus,
whose introduction last Monday of a
resolution declaring against the policy
of a third term for presidential In
cumbents was followed Wednesday by
his statement that he was awaiting
the first parliamentary opportunity to
call up that resolution for discussion
on the floor" with the object of put
ting the Republican members on rec
ord and the minority members as well,
has introduced the following resolu-
ton:
congratulated on the recent declara'
ton of the president of the United
States, affirming the wisdom of the
custom which limits the president to
two terms, which declaration demon
strates that he, in common with all
other patriotic Americans, recognizes
that the precedent established by
Washington and other presidents of
the United States in retiring from the
presidential Office after their second
term has become by universal concur
renee part of our republican system
of government and that any departure
from this time honored custom would
be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught
with peril to our free Institutions"
Members of the Democratic national
committee who were in this city were
among the most interested of the read
ers of the presidents announcement
and while most of them were reserved
i'm their comment it was evident from
their manner that they saw in it
favorable omen for their own party.
Several of them were frank enough
to express the opinion that President
Roosevelt could poll larger, Demo
cratic vote than any other candidate
and their inference was that with the
president absolutely out of the race
the Democratic candidate would not
only retain the vote of his own party,
but would stand better show of max
ing inroads upon the opposition.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
ROOSEVELT REITERATES.
Under No Circumstances Would He
Become a Candidate.

Washington, Dec. 13.-President
Roosevelt is weary with the constant
use of his name by press and poll
tcians as candidate for the nominal
tion for the presidency by the Repub-
lican national convention at Chicago
next June. He has repeatedly said in
private conversation that he has not
changed the decision which he made
On the night of the last presidential
election. Yet the busy gossips con-
tinue to use his name.
Now he has reiterated the words he
employed three years ago and adds
the statement that he docs not intend
TO change the decision which he then
announced, that under no circum-
stances" will he ''be a candidate OF
accept another nomination"
Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
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Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
CONSIDERED AS FINAL
Presidents Reiteration in Oppo-
sitiOn to Third Term.
CAUSES GOSSIP AT CAPITOL
Senators and congressman Have vari-
Gus Ideas of the Statement and Its
Effect-Democrats Believe With
drawa Strengthens Their Party.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The rean-
nouncement by President Roosevelt
that under no circumstances will he
be candidate for reelection or &C.
great deal of discussion at the Capitol,
l.. Obably more SO in the house than in
tie senate. The senators, as rule,
e.:r~o :sed qualification that the pro-
nouncement had come at last and a
large majority of them remarked that
they knew it would be that way"
discussions over the statement and
it's effects. Senator Bourne, the SEN
ate champion Of the third term move
ment, arrived at the Capitol late and
talked with very few senators in the
short time he was about the chamber.
He still believes that President Roose-
welt will hear the command of the
people Whether he will obey or not
is another question with Mr.. Bourne.
In one little senatorial group on the
Republican side the belief was ex-
pressed that the declaration of Mr..
Roosevelt makes the nomination of
MIR. Bryan by the Democrats pretty
certain and a belief was guardedly
hazarded by one Republican senator
that he might possibly be elected.
One Of the Illinois senators remarked
that the way was now cleared for
Speaker Cannon to receive the nom
nation A number of senators ex-
pressed their disgust that there should
ever have been any question about the
presidents sincerity when he an
nounced his intentions in regard to a
third term just after his election.
Every query On this subject since
then has impugned the president as a
teller of falsehoods," said one senator,
land such action is certainly not Civ
ing him fair treatment"
Morris tribune., 1907-12-14

The three wealthiest ma tons are the
United States. Great Britain and
France. the United States being nearly
as rich as the other two com bined
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
UTAH LITHoGRAPHiNG CO.
45-47 Richards ST.

Makes a speciality of bank and COM
raercial work. stock certificates, bonds
and diplomas. The only lithographing
house between Denver and the coast.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
Am. L. S. r. U. S. S.
OT,a.FA

quotations on the STOCK OF the united
States Reduction & Refining Co cannot
he given further back than 1202, because
the company was Incorporated in the
year previous; the record for the United
States Smelling. Refining & Mining Co
Is necessarily short because the company
was incorporated in March 1905 The
p!ites of the stocks show no symp&thetic
movement with the rise and fail IF silver
1t is generally believed that an I'M
pTOvement in the silver situation is at
hand When low prices prevail producers
restrict oDeratiorS. but this )ndltion is
Oni. temporary, for automatically the
price advances when the supply dc
creases.
The curtailment Of production by sill
yer miners naturally reduces gross bust
ne IS of the smelling and refining com
panieS. The recent shutting down of
many copper mines reduces the silver
Output( for, with many of them, silver is
an important by-product.
Vice President Barton SeWall of the
American Smelling & Refining Co. says
that his company neither makes nor loses
money by reason of fluctuations in the
prices Of silver or any other metal. When
ores are purchased outright the transac-
tions are based on the quotations pre-
vailing on the date of settlement and
the company follows the policy of SELL
ing it's production as fast as treatment
is finished. BY this system practically
the same quantity of metals is received
and delivered each day on about the same
price basis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
SENATOR KEARNS BUYS
THE LUCKY STRIKE

The negotiations which have been on
for soma weeks between the owners of
the Lucky Strike, J. B. Horton, r. NJ.
Horton and G. w Burge. and Senator
Kearns of Silver King fame, represented
by f. ?. Evans, terminated last week in
the transfer of the entire interest in the
rich property to the Utah capitalists,
says the Battle Mountain New Herald.
This property was one of the rich
strikes made here early in the fall and
caused considerable excitement at the
time. Rich ore was uncovered a foot and
a half from the surface. in q vein about
four feet wide, and the property became
a shipper from the first days working.
The work progressed without INTERRUPT
ton up to the time negotiations were en-
tered into which resulted i'm the sale A
shaft was sunk on the vein to a depth
of fifty-tWo feet and a tunnel run In a
little over 100 feet, intersecting the vein
and connecting with the shaft Leasers
on the property have driven a tunnel $50
feet in search of the extension of the
lode on the north end.
After the Lucky Strike was discovered
q townsite was laid out and all immedi-
ately surrounding territory became To-
Gated. While very little work has been
done on the other groups. number of
them have excellent shOwings and il is
expected that in the spring this section
of the district will become the scene OF
great activity. Mining experts who have
made a study of the geological conditions
characterizing the formation of this par
ticular portion of the Battle Mountain
opening up of Immense bodies of silver
lead ores.
The new Lucky Strike company has al
ready begun a vigorous campaign of de-
velopment. having started force of men
to work which will be increased as fast
as room is made for them. The work
Is going forward under the persona |
supervision of Mr.. Evans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
THAT KIHG EDWARD DEAL
How a Cash Outlay of $4,000
Brought Profits Exceed
ing 100000.

How an original cash outlay by num-
Der of New York promoters of $4,000
grew into profits Of $4,000 has been
brought TO light by an action COM
menced in the United States circuit court
IN tPlS city, seeking an accounting from
the banking firm of Mccormick & McCoT-
nick. William III. Brevoort, Thomas =
NJ. Raborg and Robert Leslie Moffett
of SS90,Ge0 paid to BreVoOrt for the prom
critics which went into the King Edward
Mines Co of Cobalt, says the New York
Commercial From Mr.. RabOrg indiVid-
ually the bill seeks to recover 1000
shares of the stock of the company Or
its equivalent. 1t is alleged that the de-
feId9nts. with the exception o. Mr. M1s-
felt, made a profit of S640,000 out Of the
deal by which the King Edward company
vas formed
Samuel Untermyer as counsel Tor the
corporation and some of its sto .kholdars
has during the past few weeks succeed
ed in recovering from a syndicate of MAIL
Street men 456,000 shares of King Edward
StOcE. a part Ofaa block of 500 0D shares
distributed as a promotion bonus. The
4.,00D shares for which Mr.. RabOrg Is
sued is the balance of this amount lie
is said to be the only one of the promo
ion syndicate who refused to give up
his stock when the facts as ascertaiaed
by the stockholders committee were pre-
scented. Most of the stock in the hands
Of the public was bought at prices rang
ing from $3.50 to 81 a share. 1t is now
quoted at about fifty cents share.
The bill for an accounting reciteS that
in October, 1906, Mr.. Brevoort got o5tiGns
on the two mining properties the King
Cobalt mine and the Watts mine, anG
represented to some of the members of
the syndicate that he had paid S641 COO
for the Watts mine and $250.O00 for Tie
Eiug Cobalt. With a requirement of
$4,000 for working capital, it was fig
Ured that the proposition could be fl
nanced through a holding company for
81 100000, and accordingly the King Ed
ward company was formed with a CAPT
tai Of 100000 shares of s. par value. OF
which 100000 shares were to be sold at
81 % share to provide the $1,000, 900: Ct
Co shares distributed to the syndicate.
and the other shares held in the treasury.
The Watts mine was offered on this
market during several months of the fall
of 1906 for a $4,000 cash payment and a
stock interest. A like option on the King
Cobalt property at that time could prob
ably have been procured
EN a modification of the syndicate
agreement, it is set forth. 100000 OF the
promotion shares were placed in the
hands of Mccormick & Mccormick, on
which to make a market for the stock
that the syndicate proposed to sell ca the
curb. The market was made. with the
result that the 100000 shares were sold at
s. 80 and $4,000 turned over to Breycort
to pay for the properties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
COPPER MINING
COSTS MONEY
Properties Are Operated on
Enormous Scale to Make
Industry Profitable.
FIGURES FOR 1906 GIVEN
SMELLING FACILITIES FALL
SHORT OF REQUIREMENTS.

Copper mines in general do not fall in
the class of poor mems mines" Ordi-
narily the ore is not amenable to any
simple method of reduction and is of Sc
low grade as to preclude very long haUls
10 existing reduction plants. Much money
must first be spent in extensive develop
ments of the ore bodies. The company
must usually expect to build its OWL
smelter or mill and TO operate on a large
scale to achieve low cost of extraction.
In consequence of these conditions, most
of the important copper mines OF the
United States are in the hands OF strong
companies able TO advance the capital
required to start. Fully 120,O00,OO0 pounds
OF the 1906 output was produced by four
operators. Operations at the prlnclpal
mines are on truly enormous scale, win
ore mined and copper produced by lndl-
Nidual mining units reaching 2,WgUuO tons
and lU9,O1e,OO0 pounds respectively with
single milling plants of a daily capacity
up to 5000 tons, and with smelling plants
turning out annually 100000 to 115.OOGOOU
pounds of copper each. To the magnitude
of these operations almost as much as to
the abundance of her natural resources
does this country owe its pre-emmence
as copper producer, with a record OF
over half the worlds production.
The production of copper in the United
States in 1906, was 81. S05.6S2 pounds. This
represents the years smelter production
that is. the quantity of fine copper IN
the blister copper produced during the
year and the production of refined lake
copper. The production of 1905 was eX-
ceeded by 1881 S39 pounds and the appar-
ent rate of increase in 1906 was accord
ingly LIS per cent. This is an abnormaHy
low increase the gain in 1905 over 1904 hay
ing been II per cent, and in 1904 over 1905
nearly 1910 per cent.
The mine production for 1906 was &c.
ST. 3H pounds. Statistics from the mines
were not collected for all districts in 1905,
and complete figures for comparison OF
the outputs of the two years cannot there
fore, he given. 1t may be stated. how
ever. that the mine production of 1906 eX-
ceeded that of 1905 by a somewhat larger
amount than the gain in smelter produc-
ton. In other words the smelters did not
wholly keep up with the output from the
mines
The following table shows the prOduc-
tons of mines and shelters appOrtiOned
TO the states from which the copper was
originally derived. The figures of smell
ter production-917,S sos $50 pounds. valued at
1I7.595. SSS-are those that most nearly rep
resent the actual contribution of each
state to the total available copper for the
year:
Shelter and Mine Production by
States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23

which was not mined expressly for fits
copper content. Ores in which the copper
is of subordinate Importance comprise dry
or siliceOus gold and silver ores, lead ores
carrying sufficient copper to make its
recovery profitable,, cupriferous zinc and
pyritic sulphur ores the ''cinders" Of
which are subsequently smelted for cop
per and ores mechanically concentrated
for values other than copper. Ores of this
class can not be separated sharply from
distinctly copper ores. and the figures rep
resenting their quantity Q,7OO,OOO tons) are
only approximate.
Crude Ore and Concentrates.
OF the total ore tonnage approximate
~ SOP 900 tons or about 20 per cent, We're
of sufficient richness or of so favorable
metallJHgical character as to be Smelted
without concentration. The remaining H.,
722. 600 tons We're concentrating ores. from
which were produced 2.9S50O0 tons of con-
centrates, the average concentration be-
ing slightly und0r into l. small guam
tity of copper was produced without the
mining of any ore by the treatment of
mine waters, and included with the con-
centrating ores is a small tonnage eX-
tracted by teaching processes. In both
cases the copper was recovered from so
luton by replacement of scrap iron. and
the resulting ''precipitate.' or cement
copper. which may be regarded as a high
grade concentrate, went into the smell
tiers.
Of the 9l7. sos. 6S2 pounds of copper pro-
duced in 1906 by the smelters, Il, 132, 562
pounds were derived from the retreat
ment of materials which had been sub
jected to reduction in previous years
namely, old sags, tailings. furnace lin
ings. and the cleanings from old smelter
sites. A great part of this material was
slags and tailngs, being consequently of
low grade and profitable to treat only be-
cause of metallurgical, advances.
The foreign ores imported for smelling
in this country We're, considering the more
costly transportation, necessarily of a
higher grade than tfle average domestic
ores.
The following statistical statement sum
marlzes the copper industry in the United
States in 1886:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
PROGRESS MADE
IN THE SUCCESS
Mine in the Duck Creek Dis
trict Will Soon Be Ship
ping Much Lead Ore.
(special to The Herald

Ely, New, Dec 22.-Work is being car
ried on rapidly at the Success mine in
the Duck Creek district, near here
according to d. c. Mcdonald,
superintendent and general manager
of the property, which is owned
Dy Salt Lake capitalists. includ-
ing former Senator PhOmas Kearns and
associates. and by the time the roads are
pdssaDIe IN the spring heavy shipments
or lead will be made to the smelters
Inc success is now one of the best
equipped mines in the entire section, in
so far as the surface equipment is con-
cerned. The management has completed
all the contemplated outside improve
houses, stables, shaft house and other
buildings and from this time forward
the attention of the management will DC
directed exclusively to the workings Of
the property.
Surveys have been completed for the
patentlng of group of thirty-two claims
belonging to the company, and the work
of surveying the balance of the property
will permit.
The main shaft is now down to a depth
OF 210 feet, and the force is sinking it al
the rate of four feet each day. On the
HO-toot level large station has been
made, and from this point cross-cuts are
being run to the north and south for a
considerable distance. These cross-cuts
are both in stringers of good ore the
stringers becoming stronger with every
days work 1t IS expected that the main
ore body will be uncovered with every
round of she's that is being put in.
From these crOSS-cuts laterals will De
run TO the west in order to expose as
great body of the ore as possible. The
plans under way now are to give the
property great amount of room for
stopping and chambering when the ore
body is reached.
There is already a large amount of ore
ready for shipment but not quantity
sufficient to Justify the breaking of the
roads from the mine to the railroad dur
ing the winter months. Mr.. Mcdonald
will not attempt to begin shipments until
spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT

The twenty-eighth annual report of the
United States geological survey, covering
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1907, just
published. records some notable events
in the, history of that organization. The
TetiTCmeDt of Director WalcOtt TO assume
the secretaryship of the Smithsonian In
stitutiOn was distinctly the most import
ant of these events. The new director,
George Otis Smith, in this, his first re-
port, briefly outlines the changes made
under his predecessor. Among these
changes he mentions the raising of the
standard of the topographic maps, with
the representation thereon of land sub
division lines, and the extension of exact
leveling and primary triangulatiOn; the
placing Of the entire topographic and geo.
logic force within the classified service;
the obtaining Of authority from congress
to issue in advance of the printed vol
ume the separate cha piers of the annual
States; the enlargement of the surveys
work in photography, mineral resources
and geology, and the provision for recon-
naissance surveys of regions of economic
Importance.
The growth of the survey during the
thirteen years of Mr.. WaIcOtts admin
istration is shown by the increase in the
extent and the scope of its operations.
The appropriations for the last fiscal
year amounted to more than four times
the total of those made thirteen years
ago. and there was, Of course. a CORE
spending increase in the amount of field
and office work performed. The deVel
Opment of the relations between the geo.
logical survey and the public within the
same period is measured by more than
fourfold increase in amount of official
correspondence, a nearly fourfOld increase
i'm number of printed pages in the vari
Gus reports of the wear. and a more than
fivefold increase in copies of maps print
ed. while the total annual distribution Of
publications-books and maps-greW from
less than 100000 to nearly a million copies,
the sales increasing from $500 to more
than SlS.000 The extent to which the
results of the surveys work are now
utilized by the industrial world and by
educational and scientific institutions
furnishes the best indication of the sue
cess achieved.
The completion of the separation be
tween the reclamation service and the
geological survey and the organization,
within the survey, of technologic branch
for testing fuels and structural materials
were also important events of the year.
The report gives detailed accounts of
the years work in topography. geology,
photography, technology and chemistry,
and in the collection of statistics of min
eral resources and mineral production of
the United States. Especial note is made
of surveys OF coal lands. of surveys in
Alaska. of work relating 10 water re-
states and the national survey.
The survey has suffered considerable
embarra ssment by its success as a train
ing school for mining biologists. having
lost seven biologists during the year
through their employment by mining
companies at larger salaries.
The publications of the year consisted
Of III new documents, 100 new maps and
255 reprints of maps.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23

The highest. price since 1900 was attain
ed on Nov. II, 1906 at 71% cents. The low
record of AZ cents was made on three &C.
casions. Nov. IS. 1902. and Jan. % and %,
1903. This year the highest. figure was
7O1s
Naturally, the decline affects to some
extent the smelling and refining compa-
MES. The largest of these. the Ameri-
can, earns at least S50,O00,000 annually
from treatment of silver alone. In its
metals stock. silver is given a valuation
of 80 cents per ounce. There is only 34s
cents margin between this figure and the
last quotation and If a further decline
ensues the cOmpany's metal account,
placed at S1S.251,5ST in its last annual re-
port, will be subject to some deprecia-
ton.
The high and low prices which the
stocks of>the American Smelling & Rein
ing Co, the United States Reduction q
Refining Co, and the United States
Smelling. Refining & Mining Co have
reached during the past seven years are
shown below:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-23
Union Assay Office.

NJ. S. Hanauer. j. V. Sadler
i62 So. West Temple. 2. o. Box 144s.