The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-19

| price Of silver, came q very great one
in the price CT lead and copper, and
while the amounts of these metals as.
sociated with the silver are not 80
very large. nevertheless the deprecia.
tion in the quotation of these metals
has brought material addition to the
great burden the ore producers we're
already sustaining.
The American Smelling and Rein.
ing Company. large as 1t is. is and has
been utterly without influence on the
quotation applying to silver, copper
and zinc. 1t has, as the greatest pro-
ducer of lead In the United States.
lent its sustaining influence to the
maintenance Of lead prices and to the
extent which the company has been
able to aid in the creation of better
prices for lead, the lead producers OF
the United States have shared the
benefit. The quotations which are
sent out as governing the price of lead
by the American Smelling and Rein
ing Company are taken from the rec
ord OF actual sales from week to week
as made by the company, and this rec
ord is open to the inspection of any
ore shipper having business with the
company.
The policy Of the company with re.
|
RADIO has been one of consistent reduc.
tion In ore treatment charges as fast
as improvements were introduced
which in the lowering OF operating
costs permitted such reductions to be
made. In the policy which has actu-
ated the company the salient principle
has always been borne in mind to lend
aid to such portion OF the ore reduction
which absolutely demanded 1t and to
apply treatment charges on such other
portions of the ore production which
SO for from hampering the output
would on the contrary stimulate II to
Its utmost.
Smelling Of Ores a Business Different
from Any Other.
The smelling of ore is a peculiar
! business and differs in It's character
1 istics from any other industrial busi-
ness in the country. The industry is
one which calls continually for a chem
| ical adjustment OF the ore charge and
involves at the same time commercial
considerations of greatest moment In
| nearly every other industrial enter
prise the technical execution of the
work is referred to the handling OF n
single raw product or n number OF
| graded raw products very similar In
ing of precious metal ores. however.
most complex problems continually
present themselves. For the success
ful carrying out Of the industry 1t is
necessary to deal with a great variety
| of products and the necessity arises
OF so regulating the business that the
| mining output Of many sections and
| districts under extreme fluctuating
! conditions can be currently taken care
Of
In the consideration of the many IN
| tricate questions which are continually
| confronting the custom smelter. that
| is, one which does not mine but pur-
| chases all OF Its ores from mines
! owned by others, the company is obli-
gated to take notice Of individual ore
| outputs which 1t is necessary to Sc
cure for the perfection of the general
smelling mixture. If 1t so happens that
such outputs cannot be produced un-
der normal treatment charges which
might be generally applicable. 1t be-
comes necessary to give special in
| ducements to bring out the product,
and SO 1t happens that II is not pos
| sible in the carrying on OF the smelt-
| Ing business to make smelling charges
which are regulated by hard and fast
| rules. On the contrary. II has been
and always will be necessary to make
such charges as will ermit the great
est production of ores from all dis
tricts in order that the mining bust
ness may be stimulated to Its highest
degree and the maxim-m output OBJ
| tanned.
| With the curtailnent or cessation
Of ore production which brings with 1t
concnrrently an enforced reduction in
smelling operations, smelling ex-
penses quickly rise and the ability Of
the smelling company to make con-
cessions to any ore producer is quick
ly restricted.
In the carrying out of this policy
! uninterruptedly, the basis Of calcula-