The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
LAKE SECTION NOT
OVER HALF NORMAL
August Output Nine Million
Pounds, and Some Mines
Are Still Idle.

The production OF Lake copper durinl
August is given at approximately 5000.
600 pounds. as compared with a norma
August is given at approximately 5000.
pounds This decrease was naturally eX
pectcd as the result Of the strike, whicl
has been In force since July %. In
dispatch TO Boston paper the fo,Iowin:
conditions at tho mines were disclosed
during the second week OF the curren
month:
There is practically no copper on
hand at any OF the docks here. The
cleanup since the strike has been
gradual but none the less complete.
several OF the mines had enough 10
make deliveries on contracts which
had 10 be fulfilled. but in the major
ity OF cases the holding OF copper was
for an unexpected advance in the
price, which appeared shortly after
the commencement OF the strike. The
Calumet & Hecla smelter is the only
plant that did not find it necessary
10 close. They had a lot OF unre-
fined mineral on hand when the strike
started and quite an amount that
might have been shipped 10 Buffalo.
This was all handled here at the plant
ar Hubbell, and the resumption OF
operations at the Calumet e. Hecla
mine, resumption which started In
side OF TWO weeks following the an
nouncement OF the strike, has fur
nlshed the smelter with a limited
output OF mineral regularly. This
amount has been added TO regularly
each day as more men go to work.
and larger shipments Of copper rock
go to the stamp mills.
While the strike gradually Is peter
ing out, the difficulties at the Mo-
hawk, Ahmeek, North Kearsarg and
Wolverine mines are not going to end
for some time. Judging from the indi-
cations at the present time, The
strikers at these mines are very strong
Socialists and their leaders are very
influential in that movement. The
majority of them ire Films and Croa-
tiaDs. They have had this Socalistic
doctrine drummed into their ears for
months and months, and 1t has made
such all impression that they refuse
TO believe anybody or anything. The
strike leaders tell these men that
none Of the mines are working. that
the Calumet & Hecla is not producing
any copper al all, that no men are at
work at any of the other properties,
and insist that they must not believe
word Of the data that Is published
in the English newspapers. The strike
leaders dominate the Finnish news
papers pretty effectually. These men
are going to be the hardest TO get
back TO their work. At Hancock
where the Quincy mine Is located,
there is very strong party Of the
own a daily newspaper and have a
large public hall.
In the past few days a large num-
Der Of the strikers have departed for
other mining districts, They are be-
ginning TO realize the difficulties they
are going 10 be up against whether
the strike wins or loses. Many of the
English miners who went to the iron
district when the strike first started
are returning and resuming their
nllpes This ic ~ ri
the Champion and Trimountain mines.
At Calumet a good sized delegation of
Cornish miners came from the old
country yesterday. and they reported
that a good many more would follow
soon 1t will be the first OF the new
year before the local mines can hope
TO get back TO normal output al
though il is more than likely that the
Calumet & Hecla will be operating
fun force within sixty days II the
increase in the working force con-
tinues as notably large as II has
lately