The Ordway new era., 1908-11-13
|NTS ATTACKS ON
GREAT INDUSTRY
:. AMERICAN SMELLING AND REFINING COMPANY DE-.
sea Of oF,s slIcY eolIcY OF THAT coRPoRATioN-HAVE NOT s
ENEs Isnseesp Ins IN POLITICS OF STATE IN ANY WAY

CohrOnA nAIlON-HAvE NOT
OF STATE IN ANY WAY.
price OF silver. came very great ono
In the price OF lead and copper. and
while the amounts OF these mctais ,s
sociated with the silver are not so
very large. nevertheless the deprccia.
tion In. the quotation of these metals
has brought material addition to the
great burden ths ore producers were
already sustaining.
The American Smelling and RefIp.
Ing Company. large as 1t Is, is and has
been utterly without influence on tho
quotation applying to silver, conner
and zinc. 1t has, as the greatest nro.
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 hcttcr
prices for lead. the lead producers of
the United States have shared the
benefit. The quotations which nre
sent out as governing the price Of lead
by the American Smelling and RcfIn.
Ing Company are taken from the rec
ord OF actual sales from week TO week
rs 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-
spect to the mining operators In Colo.
RADIO has been one OF consistent rcduc.
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 nctu.
atcd the company the salient principle
has always been borne In mind to lend
aid to such portion OF the ore reduction
which absolutely demanded II 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 1t TO
its utmost.
Smelling Of Ores Business DiHcren,
from Any Other.
The smelling of ore is a peculiar
business and differs In It's character
istics from any other Industrial bust
ness In the country. The industry is
one which calls continually for chem
ical adjustment OF the ore charge and
involves Mt 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 a
single raw product or number Of
graded raw products very similar In
their specific character. In the smclt
Ing of precious metal ores, however
most complex problems continually
present themselves. For the succc ss
ful carrying out of the industry II Is
necessary to deal with 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 smeltcr. that
IL. 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 II Is necessary To Sc
cure for the perfection of the general
| smelling mixture. II II SO happens that
such outputs cannot be produced un'
der normal treatment charges which
might be generally applicable. II 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, 1t has been
and always will be necessary to make
such charges as will permit the great
est production of ores from all dis
tricts in order that the mining bust
ness may be stimulated to It's highest
degree and the maximum output OBJ
tanned.
With the curtailment or cessation
of ore production which brings with 1t
concurrently 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'