The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-04-17
Snlc|tcrS Call Halt On
Zinc Orc Shipments

On account of the unusually high price
OF zinc, and the consequent activity In
mining same the smelters have become
so congested that they have had to re-
strict shippers to certain tonnages.
AS a result. the amount of ore which
has been produced at No shaft of the
Amalgamated Phoebe company for the
past three months exceeded the allow
ance apportioned to this company by the
smelters.
And now. finally. they have had to
insist on so great a curtailment thar
on'y part Of the mines crew can be
employed In keeping with this situa-
ton, 1t has become necessary to have
the McCormac and Jurgens leases sus-
pended.
1t Is possible that there will be
further curtaiment at the mine proper:
but to what to what extent, Supt. Van
Wagenen does not know at this writing.
1t is hoped. however. that the trimming
of forces and the reduced output will
be only for short time
The situation has not only affected
Nevada mines. but those of Utah and
other states. The following is taken
from the lDeseret News OF Thursday:
For the first time since Utah started
to pay attention to its zinc shipments
there is now practically no local market
for them. Only on contracts are the
smelters taking any sulphide ores at
present prices and the smeters are all
endeavoring. 1t is said. to cut down
stock piles before going into the mar
ket again. A few shipments of carbonate
ores are being taken by the local buyers
| These ores do not require roasting SO
that they can be easily handled, but
sulphides are taboo for the present. All
smelters are running at full capacity ani
have more ore than can be taken care
| OF.
The uncertainty of the market and the
prevailing high prices are said to have
been the cause of the smelters instruct
ing their buyers to stop purchasing ore
Just how long this condition will pre-.
vail is something that none Of the local
men can answer. 1t Is believed that just
as soon as the smelters are back to nor
NAL again they will be purchasing ores.
For several days the spelter market
has been declining in the Missouri
Kansas Oklahoma belt where most of the
local product Is sent. The spelter mar
ket quotations have been further COM
plcated by the decision of the Merch-
ants Exchange at st. Louis, to stop Civ
ing quotations to the Associated Press
because those that were given to the
exchange by the brokerage firms Were
unreliable according to the Joplin Globe
AS the New York market has not report
ed any specific price of the metal fol
several weeks the only actual market
figure generally available in London,
which last week reported firm at g.:
cents per pound. The confusion ir
: the market quotations in both st. Louis
and New York Is commonly believed tt
be due to efforts to manipulate the
market either up or down. There hav'
been sales of metal at both these places
but satisfactory quotations cannot be Q.
tained.
Zinc mtning in Utah has become quit
an industry. Park City was one Of tn
Y pioneers in the production of zinc i
the state The Daly-Judge and the DAILY
& West mills are both producing a consid
cradle amount of zinc concentrates eac
d year, One of the heaviest producer
: in the state Is the Horn Silver propert
e in Beaver county. During the past fe'
e years Tintic has come to the front a
l. zinc producer. Already this year it HI
n added number of shippers of zin
20 These are the Colorado, Beck Tunns
ys Bullion Beck and others. During Marc
If Iron Blossom marketed $50 tons of /;
" per cent zinc ore.
at The production Of Spelter in Utah 4
lie year of heavy shipments In the stat
a amounted to 3,709.737 pounds, wort
st $255, 1872. During that year spelter we
ey as high as 72 cents a pound. In 19
n shipments amounted to 3,596,544 poun
es worth 1901 ,4O6