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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28
Situation Of the Metals; Copper,
Lead and Zinc
Engineering and Mining JournaD

Interest is now being centered on
ed sister 1t had it's day, and glor-
ous day it was. 1t is scarcely likely
to have a repetition of it. On the
other hand, it looks as if lead was
coming in for somewhat the same sort
of thing that zinc enjoyed in 1915.
The price for it is already about three
times the normal of ante bellum days
and it is having the unusual prestige
of selling for higher price than zinc,
the usual condition being the other
way around. The explanation of the
situation in lead is simple; namely,
the consumptive demand is more vio-
lent than the productive ability Now,
lead production is made by fewer and
stronger concerns than is zinc. 1t Is
not possible for new people to go into
the business so readily as it was for
zinc. Nor is there the same extrava-
gance of ideas, the same relish of in
flated prices. On the contrary, the
principal producers deprecate the adj
vance to high levels. They have done
all they could to restrain it. They
know that high prices inevitably pre-
vent some Of their customers from
using lead. and some day they will
want those customers whom high
prices have driven away. They know,
moreover, that there will inevitably
be disturbance of labor conditions
that will not be easily corrected.
Furthermore, the contractual relations
between producers and manufacturers,
which had been established for mu-
tual security in ordinary times. are
being seriously dislocated.
I But no matter how averse the pro-
ducers of ar-sightedness may be to
extravagant prices for lead, the natur-
| al law of supply and demand prevails
as always and the price for the metal
is bound to go to the point that de-
mand decrease. Consumption has got
to strange itself, and in doing so il
must apparently accomplish that with
Cul uSSioldHSC liohi INV CuoihE
production, for in the case of lead
production does not, and cannot, in
crease very rapidly. In this" industry
the trouble Is not with the smelling
and refining capacity, but with the
mines.
The delay on the part of the gov.
eminent in signifying it's requirement
for lead" and the uncertainty abou
that is a very disturbing factor in thu
market. Involved with this is the fac
that the major part of all the Leaf
that is produced Is turned over to thu
consumers (manufacturers) on aver
age price contracts. AT any time tn,
quantity Of free lead is relativel.
small The reason why the OUTSIDE
market, as II Is sometimes called, ha
lately ruled higher than the contrac
price published by the American
Smelling & Refining company is sim
ply that so large part Of the pro
duction is booked for consumption a
that contract price. If 1t were not SC
the price for all the lead would man
! ifestly be a mean.
Now, II the government comes IL
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28
COST OF ARMY EQUIPMENT
Cost Of Soldiers Ration Advances and
Also Price of Rifle.

Computation of the experts In the
quartermaster corps, says the Army
and Navy Journal, show that the next
estimates for subsistence of the army
will have to be on basis Of 32c daily
ration, as compared with 27c only
four months ago A further indication
of the effect of the rising cost Of all
materials is shown in the statement
that the per capita cost of personal
equipment" in the @. M. c. estimates
for the new army Is $194. against SITS
about six months ago. This equip
ment includes shoes, socks, uniforms,
half of shelter tent and other things
necessary to place man In the field
after his arms are supplied. In the
case of rifles the cost has jumped in
a year from $3.50 to $3.50.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

These figures are not given as statis-
tics, but are offered merely as illus
trating an idea.
Zinc.
The situation in zinc may be dis
missed with the few words that smelt-
ers have unsold stocks. The zinc
market Is in a perfectly normal con-
dition on an elevated plateau of price
at which many producers do not, ow-
ing to higher costs of labor and ma
terial, make any more money thar
they used to at low prices, while Of
course those miners who produce
high grade ore still reap fabulous re.
turns.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

of the region, from start of milling
to December 81, 1915. is given as
229,700,00O. The total value of gold
output of the Witwatersrand since the
discovery to December 81, 1916. is
given as about G454,0g 900; the~in-
ference being that the future of the
newer region may prove as interest
ing as the past of the Rand proper.
money
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28
SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD.
Value of Yellow Metal In East Rand
10 Estimated at Over Two Billion.

The gold value of the far eastern
Rand, where prospected, Is conserva-
lively estimated at G450,000,000 by
the government mining expert, Mr..
Katie. The Statist. of London, quotes
dealing with the Importance Of the re-
gion: calling attention to the fact that
the ordinary run of investors in the
shares of gold companies, who fix their
eyes on their own pet investment ig-
more the vastness of the whole propos-
ition. The value of total gold yield
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

and contracts for a quantity of leaG,
the amount of free lead will be fur
Their diminished and what remains will
go to the highest bidder. Some con-
sumers will have to buy it almost re-
CARELESS of price. Thus, the manu-
facturer of lead arsenate for horti-
cultural spraying would probably con-
tnue to take in lead at a much higher
price; similarly. the builder Of sulph-
uric-acid chambers. But the point will
be reached at which the plumber will
use galvanized pipe instead of lead
pipe and the eorroder will lose bust
ness to the manufacturer of zinc and
barium pigments and through people
postponing the painting of their
houses.
But 1t is possible that the govern
ment's requirement for lead might ex-
coed the present tonnage of free lead
in which event the existing contracts
would have to be trimmed down by
force majeure In other words, the
government, probably through the lead
committee, would restrict the lead to
be supplied for ordinary consumption.
Whether it would do that pro rata, or
whether it would, give preference to
Indispensable uses, or what it would
do, nobody knows The whole ques-
ton is highly complicated. and be-
cause of the uncertainty are some
reasons why the lead market is be-
having as 1t Is.
Copper.
The copper market also is very
strong, but, in an orderly way. Here
| likewise the delay on the part of the
government is factor, but perhaps
less SO than in the case of lead. The
lead producer does not normally sell
far ahead. except through his contrac-
tuak system, The copper producer, on
the contrary. figures even in normal
times on having his order book well
filled for Several months ahead. Al
the present time the copper producers
are not sold so far ahead as they were
last November, which is due to the
fact that the foreign governments have
not yet negotiated for their supplies
in the latter half of the year. There
has been during the last six weeks
some very good domestic business
which has probably been placed in an.
ticipation of congestion later, Just a.
there was active business last fall i'm
mediately before the placing of tn,
great orders. h.
The great economic factor in tn
copper market at present seems to b.
that production does not increas
much in spite of increased refinin
capacity. An explanation of this ma
be that our plants have been SO take
during the last two years that the
cannot do SO much as they used t.
along with which is diminished eff
cheney of labor. Thus it may be tina
when we had refining capacity @
IA billion pounds per annum we GO
100 per cent efficiency, while wit
three billion pounds of capacity an
80 1-3 per cent efficiency we would, &c
Jonly the same production as formerl,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

engineers out into the highways and
byways of the mining world. After
the copper development in Butte his
attention was called to the United
Verde property at Jerome, Arizona
The mine had been worked in a small
way until he took it over, and. under
his vigorous management 1t speedily
became one of the important. copper
producers of the United States, and
is said to have since arrived at a
value almost beyond price. The
Croesus was growing. After he had
organized his mining interests to his
liking he turned his attention to rail-
reading.
Built Railroad.
He conceived the idea that the long
stretch of country between Salt Lake
City and Los Angeles needed a rail-
road On his own account he began
I the construction of this road. Not a
bond was sold, not single share of
stock was disposed of. - He was well
Pacific bought half interest in this
undertaking. He needed a newspaper
to protect his railroad interests. AHe
bought the Salt Lake Daily Herald.
The road was completed and has since
done thriving business.
In the meantime his Butte interests
continued to expand. He built the
first waterworks for that city, the
first electric lighting, plant and the
street railway system. He built
beautiful playground for children,
Columbia Gardens. and ran a line Of
his street railway to it, This has
since become one of the institutions
of the copper metropolis He acquired
large timber holdings in the Missoula
country, put an electric lighting and
water system in for Missoula, as well
as street car system. He also built
electric lighting plants for several
small towns and cities in the Bitter
Root valley. He built the Paul Clark
home in Butte, a memorial to son
who died in his youth. 1t is endowed
in perpetuity, a home for orphan chill
dren. AS memorial to his mother
he built home for working girls in
Los Angeles at cost of 100000.
He has coffee plantations in Mexico,
the development of which would be
in themselves sufficient achievement
for one man. The Same can be said of
his sugar growing tracts in Central
America. His interests are SO vast
that he is considered the seventh in
dividual in the matter of wealth in
the United States.
For a man who drove into Mon
tana with a team Of jaded oxen, wear
ing a soldiers overcoat that had been
scorched in camp fire, he has ac-
complished enough to make the av-
erage individual wonder just what the
of one man are. a.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

The calling out of the electricians
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
SECRETARY BAKER TELLS WHAT
THE ARMY HAS DONE

The subjoned rtten by Secretary of War NeOton
d. Baker in to request statement of s0Gt the
War Department has done to date and is doing the prose
cution of the against Germany.
Ten millions of registered under comprehensive
plan for orderly procedure in raising the armed forces
of the country and all of them assigned to their relative
places within that body;
A Regular Army trebled and National Guard
than doubled through voluntary enlistment with united
force now of more than half million men,
An aircraft program of great proportions in processf
realization;
Substantial orders of weapons from small arms to
heaviest artillery in process of rapid manufacture;
Great camps throughout the country beginning to turn
out their thousands of ntensve trained officers for the
new troops and second series of camps about to Begin
Huge environments being rushed to completion for the
housing of half million called into action under the
seectve draft law and extensive camps coming into
being for the accommodation of the National Guard;
Special camps to provide for thousands of men in the
hospital companies and units;
Specialized forces such engineers forestry men and
avlators, being dispatched to the aid of allies.
These of the activities that occur to me in
answer to your inquiry to the work upon which the War
Department is engaged.
1t IS not for the War Department to assign valuation
to this work which accomplishing attempting to
Judge the degree of perfection which these efforts may have
put may speak for the unlimited devotion of the great
body of loyal officers and for the splendid assistance of men
OF large affairs who have side in the crisis that
is upon us the War Department will not have played an
lgnoole part in these first months of the great war
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
VICTORY OF ALLIES
IS MADE CERTAIN BY
AMERICA, SAYS RIBOT

PARIS, July 29.-Premier Alexandra
F. Ribot has given the following ex
preston on the close OF three years
of war:
The entry OF the United States into
the conflict that is pending in the
world was the capital event of the
third year OF the war 1t was wei
coined with enthusiasm by the allied
peoples. They know what may be the
effort of the American soldiers who
have come to fight by their side.
That event resounded nightly
throughout the entire world. Certain
Latin:American states where France
received touching marks OF sympathy
on the day. OF her national Seto al
ready have shown. by breaking on re-
Iations with Germany, that they had n
clear vision OF the GermanIc peril.
Greece, wrenched from the In
trigues Of a foreign faction, is pre-
pairing to send fresh contingents to
fight with us on the Macedonian front.
The cause OF national liberty in all
countries is finding more ardent ad-
vocates, who are heard with increas-
ing attention.
THE enemy, disappointed in his
insensate hope OF stopping ocean navI-
cation, disillusiOned in his effort to
sap the courage OF the allies by false
offers OF peace, can do no more than
to seek to envelop the origins of his
criminal enterprise in a veil OF un-
truth.
May the peoples with whom we
are at war finally awaken and free
themselves from the detestable
regime that Expresses tnem. Until
then nothing will stop the allies in
:heir effort that will bring back peace
to the world by the triumph OF their
arms"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
BABY DOOMED TO
DIE BY FATHER
SAVED BY KNIFE

NEW YORK, July 29-Physicians
today believed that the infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Levine will be
saved as a result OF the operation
performed at the Jewish Maternity
Hospital
The baby has passed the crisis and
has excellent chances for complete
recovery.
The baby was born Thursday morn
ing. An immediate operation was i'm
perative. The father said not to op-
crate, inclining to the theory of DR..
Haiselden, the Chicago physician. that
is was useless to prolong the infants
life under the circumstances.
At a consultation OF surgeons, Il
was decided to operate in spite OF the
father. DR.. Irwin Arrow. superin-
tendent, telephoned Coroner Healy
and secured his unqualified approval.
The father. physicians said. appar-
emily could not grasp that this case
was different from that OF the de-
formed infant in Chicago.
The Levine baby is now well formed
and sturdy, except that he has an
extra thumb on one hand. but sur
geons say IL can be treated so no
sign Of its presence will remain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29

DIR. e. Sauer, a Boston Physician
who has studied both in this country
and great European Medical Institu-
lions, said: "Nuxated Iron Is a won
derful remedy. Not long ago a man
came to me who was nearly half
century old and asked me to give
him a preliminary examination for
life insurance. l was astonished to
find him with the blood pressure OF
boy OF twenty, and as full OF vigor.
vim and vitality as a young man; in
fact. a young man he really was. not
outstanding his age. The secret, he
said, was taking iron-Nuxated Iron
had filled him with renewed life. At
80 he was IN bad health; at 46 he was
careworn and nearly all in-now at
so. after taking Nuxated Iron,
miracle OF vitality and his face beam
ing with the buoyancy Of youth II
people would only take Nuxated Iron
when they feel weak and rundown in
stead OF dosing themselves with
habit-forming drugs, stimulants, and
alcoholic beverages, l am convinced
that in this way they could ward of
disease, preventing ii becoming or
ganic in thousands OF cases. and
thereby the lives Of thousands might
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29

Probably no remedy has ever met
with such phenomenal success as has
Nuxated Iron-Over three million peo-
pie annually are taking it in this
country alone, to say nothing Of the
vast number who are using II in
France. England, South America. and
other countries. II has been highly
endorsed and used by Former United
States Senators and members of Con-
gress: physicians who have been con-
nected with well-known hospitals have
prescribed and recommended It: Mon
seigneur Nannini, q prominent Cath
ollie clergyman, recommends it to all
members of the Catholic Church.
Former Health Commissioner, VIM.
r. Kerr, of Chicago. says it ought
to be used in every hospital and pre-
scrIbed by every physician; DR.. n. H.
Hornstine, for ten years connected
with the Department Of Public
Health and Charities of Philadelphia.
says the administration of Nuxated
Iron in a number of stubborn cases
where other tonlcs had utterly failed,
only served to convince him absolute
ly OF its remarkable and unusual
power: Former First Assistant Post
master General of the United States,
c. p. Crandfield, strongly endorses
and recommends 1t to the tens of thou
sands of civil service employees who
know his name and signature. Sarah
Bernhardt-"theD Divine Sarah" the
worlds most noted actress, has order
ed a large quantity sent to the
French soldiers to help give them
strength, power, and endurance.
Former United States Senator VIM.
T. "a FAgulTa he OH
tanned from its use in his own case
were so beneficial that he feels II
should be made known to every merry
Gus, rundown man, woman, ana chlld.
OF the Sixthy-fourth United states
Congress, says the effect of Nuxated
Iron on him was almost magical, that
after taking II, nothing seemed to tire
him out no matter how strenuous IL
might be. DIR. A. ]. Newman, late
Police Surgeon of the City OF Chicago.
and former House Surgeon JEFFERSON
Park Hospital, Chicago, says Nux-
ated Iron has proven through his own
tests OF 1t to excel any preparation
blood, building up the nerves.
strengthening the muscles, and cor
recting digestive disorders.
DR.. Schuyler c. Jacques, Visiting
Surgeon St Elizabeth's Hospital, New
York, says he has never before recon-
mended any remedy TO the public, but
that in the case Of Nuxated Iron he
would feel he were remiss in his duty
not to mention II. DR.. Ferdinand
King, New York Physician and Medi-
cal Author, says that in his recent
talks to physicians on the grave and
serious consequences Of iron deficiency
in the blood OF American women he
has strongly emphasized the fact that
doctors should prescribe more or
ganic iron-NuXated Iron-for their
weak, rundown, nervous, haggard-
looking patients.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29

suffer from iron deficiency and do
not know II.
II you are not strong or well, you
owe 1t to yourself to mako the fol-
lowing test: See how long you can
work or how far you can walk with
out becoming tired. Next take two
flve-grain tablets OF Nuxated Iron
three times per day after meals for
two weeks. Then test your strength
again and see how much you have
gained.
NOTE-Nuxated Iron, which has been used
by Former United States Senator Towne with
such surprising results. and which Is pre-
scrtbed and recommended above by physicians
in such a great variety Of cases Is not q
patent medicine nor secret remedy, hut one
which IL well known to druggists everywhere.
Unlike the older Inorganic iron products. Il
Is easily assimilated. does not tntura the
teeth. make them black. nor upset the Stoua-
ach; on the contrary II Il a most potent rem
edy in nearly all forms Of indigestion a. well
as for nervous, rundown conditions. The
manufacturers have such great confidence IN
Nuxated Iron. that they offer to forfeit $4,000
to any charitable Institution II they cannot
take any man or woman under sixty who
lacks iron and increase their strength 100
per cent or over in four weeks time. provided
they have no serious organic trouble. They
also offer to refund your money II It does no.
at least double your strength and endurance
IL ten days time. II Is dispensed by TAs.
U DOnuen Drug Stores, Peoples Drug Stores,
and all good druEgistS-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
CALLS TEUTON RESERVES
INADEQUATE FOR DRIVE

PARIS, July 29.-That Germany has
not enough reserves to engage in ex-
tensive offensive warfare is proved by
General Lacroix in a recent issue of
the Temps. The writer furnishes
striking figures on Germany's losses.
based on careful Investigations. He
says:
"On the LIST Of June. 1917, the num-
Der OF Germans affected by the appli-
cation OF military laws since the be-
ginning Of the war was estimated at
Is, 100, 900.
From this number we must sub
tract losses definitely placed at 3. $780,
900; re-formations. $4,000 those
living in foreign countries and the
wounded under treatment. nearly l.
10000. This makes a total of $780,
600.
THE number OF Germans actually
in service on the first of last June, in
Guiding the soldiers in the first line.
those in the rear zone, and those in
the interior, amounted approximately
TO 6.435.0OO men. The men thus en-
ployed, together with those mentioned
above, form q total of 1918, 900,
which, subtracted from I3,13O,OOO,
leaves 755,000 men for free DISPOSE
ton"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
GERMAN

BERLIN. via London, July Pc
Further gains by the German
forces were reported southeast OF
Tarnopol by the war office.
"On both sides of the DnIester
the defeated Russians are retreat
ing, destroying roads and rail
roads," the statement said. 1--WE
crossed the Jagielnica-H orodenka
Zablowow line. drawing close to
the Pruth plateau. In the wood
ed Carpathians the enemy is re-
treating.
I'VE retired from Bereczker
mountain"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
Gen. Sibert Visits
Trenches Through
Hail of Shell Fire

CAMP OF THE AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALLY FORCES, July
2e.-Shels shrieked within 200
yards Of General Sibert COM
mander OF Americas FIRST eSpe-
dictionary force, when he visited
the trenches yesterday.
This is the first instance of the
commanders being under FIRE.
He donned a pOilu's helmet for
the occasion. The Frenchmen
declared he looked like Hinden-
berg. From a tree-top the gen.
eral watched the progress of q
real battle.
Members OF his stan took trips
in observation airplanes, flying
high over the enemy trenches.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-29
MURDERER OF GIRL
SAYSIT'S MISTAKE
TO KILL ONLY ONE

NEW YORK. July 29.-Kenelon
winslow, twenty-five, Wall street
clerk, was in a philosophic mood to-
day as he awaited indictment on 4
charge Of numbering Frances Bradley,
tweHty-three.
81 accidentally killed a woman in
defense of my property" he said, land
I'm held In jail. II had killed a lot
of people in battle I'd be q hero"
WInslow. whose home is Elizabeth,
N. J., is charged with killing the WON
an by beating her over the head with
an inl1well. The couple registered as
man and wife at a hotel here. Wins
low said Miss Bradley tried to steal
his watch as he slept
His principal worry seemed to be
that he would be unable to answer his
draft call for national army service.
81 suppose that's all on now" he
said.