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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
Statistical Position of Spelter
Engineering and Mining JournaD

uncertainty, especially at present.
Closely connected with that is the eff
feet of the railway embargoes and
the stocks that manufacturers are
carrying in their yards. Such stocks
nave probably been much larger this
Year than in ordinary times.
We can get but some glimmerings
of ideas. Stocks in the hands of pro-
ducers accumulated to the extent of
about 10000 tons from January / to
July l. While production was in
creasing during that period, the max
lmum has but now been reached.
Since July there has been a great
increase in consumption for brass
making, which increase must at one
time have outstepped the increase in
production, and even may have dimin-
ished the stock. The behavior of the
market reflects something of that sort
which may have happened couple of
months ago.
Now production is forging ahead,
swelled by the advent of the Amazon
das spelter and, although likely to be
checked slightly by cold weather trou-
bles in the natural gas districts, is
probably on the point of outstepping
consumption unless the latter ad-
.Fances beyond what the figures for the
|third quarter indicate.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
BIG INCREASE IN COST
PRODUCTION OF COPPER
ADVANCE IN WAGES is BIG FAC
TOR, BUT PROFITS
INCREASE.

The cost of producing copper in
this country has risen from an aver
age, generally placed at 10 cents a
pound, to u and 10 cents. The rec
ord earnings and dividends of copper
producing companies are being made
In the face of constantly advancing
costs of production which in some
cases are 30 per cent over normal. The
advance in copper prices has SO much
more than offset higher production
costs, however, as to make the latter
relatively unimportant, says the Ana
eonda Standard.
Into the increasing copper costs
gest and most important factor and
the higher copper metal prices go the
greater will become the wage bill on
the North American continent, for
under agreements between most mine
arrangements and their employees, the
wages advance as copper prices ad-
vance.
In some districts miners now re-
ceive $3.50 day as compared with SO
to $3.50 a day two years ago. Common
mine labor now receives pay on a
scale undreamed of two years ago.
The following statement applies to
the Jackling group of mines; Costs of
copper production in some instances
have increased from 20 per cent to 80
per cent and of this increase from 60
per cent to rs per cent is due to the
higher cost of labor.
In Montana copper costs have riser
from " to cents a pound. Wages
are about 80 per cent over normal AND
supplies and other items have risen
on an average about Is per cent.
At another big western group cost
of producing copper has risen about
80 per cent over normal. This is very
largely due to labor, which is being
paid in some places so per cent more
than formerly. Timber is 80 per cent
higher and fuel oil. an important fac
tor, is 30 per cent higher.
| The situation mas be summed u[
as follows: Labor is the big factor anG
the advances in wages which have
been freely granted have advanced
copper costs a cent a pound. Practic-
ally all supplies show a big jump ir
price, notably powder, fuel oil and
timber. The biggest jump, however
has been in tools and drills which
have advanced in some cases 200 pei
cent.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of North Franklin Mining Com
pany, Wallace, Idaho, November 20,
1916.
Notice Is hereby given that at a
meeting of the directors held on the
18th day of May, 1916. an assessment
of five go mills per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, which is now, by order of the di-
rectors, payable on or before Decem-
Der 80, 1916 to Gary C. Burke, treas
urer of the corporation, at his office in
Kellogg, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 30th day
of December, 1916, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public aug
tion and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on the 22nd day of
January, 1917. at 1880 O'clock p. m of
said day, at the Office of the president
of the company, 40S Sixth street, wal
lace, Idaho, to pay the delinquent as
sessment thereon, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
GARY c. BURKE,
Secretary Treasurer; Office: Kellogg,
Idaho. N30-D2S- OF
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
SPELTER.
Price Continues Strong and Orders
Extend Second Quarter in 1917.

Extend Second Quarter in 1917.
Premiums are being paid for the
prompt shipments Of spelter. More
than IS cents a pound has been paid
for December spelter, which a week
ago could have been bought for about
IL cents.
Curtailment of production continues
a most important factor in the spelter
situation. One or two entire plants
have closed down, while portions of
others have been forced temporarily
to suspend. 1t is estimated that cur
tailment at present amounts to be-
tween 1000 and 5000 tons Of spelter
per month.
Shortage of gas at plants depending
upon natural gas for their operations,
brought about by cold weather, has
been the primary cause Of such cur
tailment as now exists.
Current demand for spelter runs to
nrime western and brass specials, al
though there have been some sales OF
the higher grades In the current buy
ing movement. The export buying
which was in force several weeks age
ut lower prices, seems to have disap-
reared for the moment, but has beer
replaced with a healthy domestic in
louiry. chiefly from brass mills.
Indications of fortnight ago thai
brass mills would have to fortifN
themselves with spelter requirement.
lin proportion to their copper pur'
chases have started to materialize
The brass interests still need NOR,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

I'm thinking seriously of starting a
moving picture theater." Well, there
is good money in that business" 1T
isn't the money I'm after. But l
would like to see my wife and children
once in a while."--NeW York World.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

spelter, Stin prices are anticipated
tor deliveries as far ahead as April.
Current business extends into the
second quarter of 1917, but not in the
same proportion that copper has sold
through June.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

The United States leads the world
in the production of tungsten ores and
alloys of tungsten. Before the war
Great Britain controlled the tungsten
production and Germany the manu-
facture of tungsten alloys.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

Since the middle of the year two
very striking things have occurred
the exports of spelter in slabs, etc.,
have increased to about 10000 tons
per month, while the exports Of brass
manufactures have increased to a
probable 1920. We state these figures
on the basis of the average monthly
expectation during the third quarter.
The expectation of brass bars declin-
ed slightly Employing these figures,
together with those for other uses at
the same rate as in the first semester
we get a probable delivery and dis
trlbution per month at the present
time approximately as follows
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

It Is to be remarked that one KIND
of present consumption can not be ac-
counted for quantitatively; namely
the brass that goes into cartridges
the expectation of which Is reported
under the heading Of explosives" ana
as the finished article in terms OF
value only
Our estimate of spelter for brass
manufacture totals 22,500 tons per
month, corresponding with $4,000 tons
or 90,00O,O00 pounds of copper, which
is lust about what authorities in the
copper trade estimate for the total
copper delivery to brass manufactur-
ers at present.
In this statistical study we dlsre-
gard the position of spelter derived
from scrap and waste products Ac-
cumulations thereof probably were
completely drawn into the marker
long ago, and the present production
doubtless represents only the quaint
ty that is constantly going round ano
round; that is, the galvanizer buys
spelter, loses part of it in dross
which is reworl1ed by the dross smell
ter and by him is returned to the
market
At the present time we can no
draw very close deductions from any,
statistics Many conditions are TOT
much confused The difference, II
time with which individual figures ar
correlated is in itself an element o
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

We save you IN tire expense. Write
us. NEW LIBERTY RETREAD
SHOP, OFT Sprague, Spokane, Wash.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK
HOLDERS.

Office of the Silver Moon Mining Com
pany, Limited Wallace, Idaho. No
Vember rs, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that there Is
delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock on account of an assess
ment of five go mills per share, lev
led on the S0th day of September,
1916, the several amounts set oppo-
site the names of the respective
shareholders as follows, to-wit
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

And IN ACCOruanCe WITH law SO HIttHy
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold on the
23rd day of December, 1916, at the
company's Office namely, Stewards
Drug Store, on Bank street, in the
city of wallace, Idaho, at 500 o'clock
D. m. Of said day, to pay the delin-
quent assessment thereon, together
with the costs of advertising and ex-
penses of sale.
GUS EHRENBERG,
Secretary Treasurer Silver Moon Min
ing Company, Limited; Office Palm
erston Hotel, Spokane, Washing
ton. NSVDzI-4I
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

In tunneling under bodies Of water
or in shaft sinking through water
bearing ground special methods are
required. Many cities are driving tun-
nels under bodies of water for trans
portation purposes or for water sup
ply, and the bureau has been asked TO
give advice, more especially at Mil
Waukee and Cleveland, where tunnel
disasters have occurred. II the funds
are made available the bureau VIII
take up this work and also study the
methods of insuring better ventilation
in tunnels.
In Investigations relating to the iron
and steel industry the bureau viii en-
deavor to develop methods of produc-
ing iron and steel with smaller con-
sumption of fuel, to discover and make
available materials now imported, and
to develop processes for recovering
useful substances from waste products,
Among these proposed studies are: An
Investigation of blast furnace coke;
the use of an oxygen enriched blast at
furnaces; the feasibility of recovering
manganese and other ferro alloys from
the wastes of the metallurgical indus
tries determination of the amount of
potash and PHOSPHORUS salts available
theoretically in the fumes, gases and
slags of the industry, and the practic-
ability of recovering them on COM
lmercial scale.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

During the first six months of 1916
the American production of spelter
was officially reported as having been
$4,000 tons, giving an average of
about $4,000 tons per month. The
smelling capacity had been steadily
increased during the period and at the
mid-year there were reported an ag-
gregate of about $4,000 retorts, with
$4,000 building or contemplated, giving
a total prospective capacity of about
$4,000 retorts.
At the present time it is reliably re-
ported that about 100000 retorts are
ready for operation, and judging from
actual results that are available, the
United States is in position to make
spelter at the rate of 10000 tons per
annum. Assuming that 95 per cent of
the capacity is in use, we get an an
nual rate of about $4,000 tons, or
about $1,000 tons per month. In ad-
dition to that we are already produc-
ing electrolytic spelter at the rate of
not less than $500 tons per month, the
product of the Anaconda company,
which Is putting its several units in
to operation one by one and has not
yet attained its full scale of opera
lions. The present American produce
ton of spelter is therefore about Ca
500 tons per month. Whittier is all
this spelter going? And why should
the spelter market lately have been
so strong?
Before attempting to account for
the disposition of the present produce
ton of spelter let us try to account
for what became of the output in the
first six months of 1916 The produce
ton during that period, officially re-
ported, was 316,255 tons. The exports
were 7S,204 tons. The domestic de-
liveries We're 228,700 tons. Domestic
deliveries averaged $4,000 tons and ex-
ports 10000 tons per month, a total of
$1,000 tons per month.
In accounting for the use Of this
spelter, there Is available certain def
AlAilC AhAOA buS " u Soioi1SA
able extent We must depend upon con-
lecture. We have definite informa-
ton respecting the exports of spelter
and of brass in bars and plates. Man
ufactures of brass exported are also
reported, but only in terms of value.
We may compute approximately the
quantity by dividing by the average
price of brass plus an advance repre-
senting manufacture. Let us add 10
cents per pound, which is probably a
low figure We can approximate the
consumption for galvanizing and the
sheet zinc from information communi
Gated by the galvanizers and rollers
AS to brass for domestic peaceful pur-
poses the figure must be chiefly con-
lecture. Before the war it used to be
20 to rs per cent of the total con-
sumption of spelter, the latter being
about 100000 tons per annum. Reck-
oning 20 per cent of 100000, we get
1900. Our estimated distribution of
the monthly delivery of spelter in the
first half of 1916 is as follows:
Mons
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
Mining Terms.

In any proposal recommended as
basis for mining laws that seek to in
crease safety or efficiency, it is essen
tial that the terms used shall be pre-
else and have more than d local use,
or that the terms be carefully defined
in the act itself. The confusion ana
uncertainty caused by using terms OF
varying significance without defining
them is we'll illustrated in the legal
decisions constituting the federal min
ing land law. Recognizing the need OF
a comprehensive glossary that shall
define mining terms with particular
reference to their usage in the United
States, the bureau of mines is prepar-
ing a glossary that will contain all
available terms used in coal and metal
mining, uuarrying and metallurgicai
practice; geological terms as related to
mining; names and definitions of the
commoner useful minerals, and also
terms used in the oil and gas indus
try. The work has progressed to such
an extent that about 10000 terms have
been arranged alphabetically, and work
is being conducted to verify terms sell
ected from former glossaries and to
add new terms.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
AID TO MINING

CONTINUED from Page 81
bureau has been instrumental in in
creasing efficient utilization of natural
gas, petroleum and products, through
its studies of the recovery of gasoline
from natural gas, and the attention 1t
gave to the Rittman cracking process
for obtaining gasoline, benzene and to-
hlena from netroleum
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14

Office of North Franklin Mining Com
pany, Wallace, Idaho, November %,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
Sentence Sermons by Ell Paso Ministers


who the blessings
church.
When sincerely willingly A
Of the East FL PasO Presbyterian
only satisfies
Jesus-Rev C. H. Riddle of the East 81 Baptist
Christian the churches must insist with ever
increasing application
commercial ana pol mRev Perry Rice Of the First Christian church
The that the charity fraternity
nen the church rails IN Of the above respects it
times does all the world hears about
any performed rarely mnonedas matter but the pan
DEEDS ey organizations frequently heraded
while their failures and
mantle of antyRev Chas
rather than plants about their
parents Rev Paul G. Bbmann of the Evangelical Lutheran church
its primary object the
salvation OF souls Unless this be its greatest desire it vanRev
Arthur Harris Of the St. Purs Evangelical Lutheran church
wished for in the mothers heart all the
from the cradle to the coffin
IN gy-Kev N Langson OF the Highland Park Baptist church
leading Henry
Easter of the Church of St. Clement.
shows great faith in as an
sufficient To call for shows lack faith will the
xaaion OF mans wisdom at rRev J. W. Dunn of the
develop good
character whether should woHedRev J. Allen of the
Austin Park Christian church.
John angel having everlasting
habted earth But the angel It is
not angels to preach the gospel glorious pregehe exalted
Then couldn't the
mand The angels in heaven have therefore, have
the saved by ge"Rev. the First Baptist
church
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
WILL DEDICATE CHURCH SUNDAY
Seventh Day Adventist Con
gregation's New Church
Mas No Debt.

Seventh Day Adventists. at II a. m,
Sunday, will dedicate with appropriate
ceremonies, the new church built by
the congregation in Government HILL
on the corner of Westminster and
Houston streets.
The dedicatory sermon will be
preached by Elder George F. Watson,
Of Fort Worth. president of the South
western Union conference of Seventh
Day Adventists. who has come for this
occasion
The new building stands as me-
mortal of the earnest and persistent
labors Of pastor N. R. Proctor and his
wife, together with the loyal coopera-
ton and sacrifice of the congregation.
which they have built up during their
seven years OF labor here.
began in Small Way.
The beginning of this Congregation
was a few believers who met in a pri-
vate house. As members increased.
there followed some years of rented
netting places until a year ago two
lots were donated by Mr. and Mrs c.
A Reynolds, and money has been
raised by the sacrificing efforts of the
until the new building
will be dedicated practically free from
on Sunday night Elder Watson will
speak on the subject Of '"The War i'm
Europe in the Light of Prophecy"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

erence to Jesus saying: Take no
thought for the morrow" Sell all
thou hast and give to the poor" They
seem to teach a doctrine Of shiftless
Indifference TO material matters which
is quite impossible Of application.
Inward Warfare.
There is a sort of inward warfare
going on in the minds and hearts Of
many good people. We want to be
true to Christ; we want to honor his
teachings, but we feel that We cannot
and live in this present world. Va
rious expedients are resOrted to with
more or less Of satisfaction Some fol-
low a process Of selection picking out
the sayings of Christ which seem prac-
ticable and naively forgetting all the
rest. OF course this is practical re-
lection Of his teachings.
Must Withdraw.
Others regard the teachings OF Jesus
as practicable only to a few who wish
to withdraw from the world OF every
day life and live in seclusion. They
make a distinction between what they
call 'precepts" intended for all and
councils Of perfection" intended only
for the few who wish to retire and
give themselves to the pursuit Of the
higher life This is to impose a double
standard OF morals quite visciOus in its
results Various other eXptdients are
to, none of which presents
are to accept the ethical ideals Of Christ
at all we must accept all he said in
terpreting each single statement in the
light Of all the others, and after such
rules Of Interpretation as must always
govern fair minded men,
Jesus an Oriental.
Jesus was an Oriental and spoke as
such. He was fond OF the paradox
His speech abounds in the boldest fig
lres designed to arouse interest and
awaken the apathetic. 1t is impossible
10 understand him at all unless we
keep this fact in mind. The use of
)ne's common sense is indispensable
% a proper Interpretation of the say
ngs Of Jesus.
Then again we must remember that
Iesus always dealt with principles, not
With specific details Of conduct He
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
CHURCHES IN UNITED STATES ARE
UNITING ON NEWPLAN FOR PEACE
Hope to Aid in Making Peace Between European Ma
lions and in Removing Friction Between the United I
States and Japan; Money of Andrew Carnegie
is Said to Be Back of the Movement.

Studies at all of the conferences this
season. under arrangement with the
mission boards. viii give prominence to
Latin America. in preparation for mis-
sion studies in the churches OF the
country beginning next September,
which are to take up work where the
recent Panama congress left off The
topic Of these new studies will be 'sThe
Two Americas" Instruction books are
in preparation, and efforts are makffE
this season to bring to these centers
larger numbers of men, and especially
officers of churches.
The missionary education movement
conferences start at Blue Ridge I'M
North Carolina on June p. and close at
Lake Geneva in Wisconsin on August
s. Attendance expected runs from zoo
at the new conference in the northwest.
to 600 at Silver Bay on Lake Georrs
the largest and best known of all Th9
new united missionary program, start
ing in September next on Latin Amerf-
can conditions, is planned to continue
to the end Of 1917.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
SALVATION ARMY FAILS
TO REACH S5OOOOO MAaHr

In it's campaign just closed the SAL
walton Army failed to get its $500. 600
for a Gen. Booth memorial training
school In New York, getting S4O2 600
only In spite Of this fact il announces
that it will enter soon upon a car7-
paign in Chicago to secure s25O,O 600 for
similar Booth memorial there, and
also upon a campaign in Pittsburg to
secure 100000 for a building in that
city similar to the Salvation Army Peo-
pies palace poor mans Y NJ. c. A
as the army calls it. The New York
fund will be. it is believed by the army
completed to the half million nal
within short time by ordinary ap-
peals
It is stated that the New York Booth
memorial is to cost but 1890, 600, and
that $4,000 is to be put into a ma
ternfty home. $4,000 to secure a per
manent home for army work in We
famous Bowery and $780, 900 to COM
plete payment Of site for army work in
upper Manhattan Island, including also
$4,000 for enlargements The army
states that students for work at home
and in foreign fields are greater in
numbers than can be accommodated in
existing training schools. The United
States is now looked to for workers for
most Of the army plans in the far east.
From May 10 to % commander Bo0tiQ
is to conduct the army congress. to -
held in New York for all officers east
of the Mississippi, some 1850 in number.
At this time 100 cadets will be cOnse-
Grated. some Of them to go to China and
Java At this congress the future Of
the army in the United States will be
considered. 1t is stated that changes in
plans are contemplated.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

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