Show MEXICAN MINING lEAD AND ZINC That the passage of ot the proposed new tariff with Its reductions on lead and zinc will wUl have a a. stimulating stimulating- effect ef effect effect ef- ef upon mining In Mexico and will affect those lines of ot Industry in the tho United States is the tho opinion of C. C C. C Sanders a a. mining engineer representing represent represent- ing the Lead company of Jop Jop- Hn Mo Mr lir Sanders wa Wll a 0 guest at Hotel Utah yesterday esterday The present duties on on lead and spelter are arc 21 and 11 18 cents a pound respectively while the proposed reduction assuming average average aver aver- age ase prices for tor these metals will correspond correspond corre corro- spond spend to about 1 to H 1 cents a a. pound on lead lend and i to I II cents a 4 pound for tor ter tor Mr Sanders sees much prosperity In fn Utah mining today Tho Picher company IB lA one ono of ot the biggest lead makers In to the world Its d dally pro Production Ms Js is approximately a of lead load This ro represents represents rev cents about 87 as a a. single Ingle days day's days day's business Relative ve to mining matters matters Mr Mr- Sanders said yesterday The Proposed reductions reductions of the tho tarIff tar tar- Itt Iff will undoubtedly greatly stimulate mining In fn Mexico It will affect both the e lead and zinc business In the United States statu but not b badly it will also stimulate ulato production on the other side and shipments from Liverpool However zinc Is la not an Important factor in to Mexican mining miffing But they have tremendous tre tre- tre- tre lead mines down there They were a a. revelation revel lIon to me At Nuevo Nuovo Leon Leon about about miles mUes Inland for In Instance Instance instance In- In stance they have old lead there thereIn In wh which ch tho the Hotel Utah might be bo set This Is a a. silver lead-silver mine Big faulting faulting fault fault- ing InS and big oro ore depositions characterize character character- Izo ize that country Yet the mining In places is of or a a. primitive nature In Inthis Inthis Inthis this mine there are about men yet at there is not one miners miner's cabin on the property The men exist under a a. thatch a n. tree treo or crude crudo temporary shel shel- ter The peon labor laborers get about 60 cents a 4 day American money Up In the mountain regions I saw beautiful specimens of ot manhood among tho the natives natives Some Somo of ot their hammer hammer- men and blacksmiths did excellent work Miters they labor labored d clothed In it a a. a Q G string and nd id sandals displaying dl's dis playing laying a a. a play lay of muscles es s that t would Rave have put envy In tho the eye of a a. Harvard Harvard- oarsman Youths Youths' of ot ie 18 would carry with ease a a. pound lOO-pound sack of ore up vertical ladders out of the mines And down the mountain went the tho ore on tho the backs of ot men Here the Oro was conveyed by primitive ox teams t twenty enty miles to mill It cost but but- 1 U a a. aton ton for tor this transportation From Prom there the concentrates were wera again borne by ox teams for tor twenty miles to the tho railroads Such men as these earned th their r wage wa e but down In tho the humid valleys valley's It Is a n. difficult thin thing to make mako even a a. cent 60 man earn his his salary When aSked for his opinion as to the near noar future prices of ot lead and zinc Mr Sanders said aid II I I believe we shall shan have better prices prices' for tor zinc But for war In Europe and threatened tariff changes It should hold at normal or about a hun hun- dred drad I do not look for tor much change In lead Ie-ad although tho the world just jUlit now is behind In lead stock on hand TheN Ther TheNIs i Is Is a large demand for tor the metal and y IC fair price should maintain |