Show shortage ay of ore wy production ay yAy results in much better rates 0 the ww following paragraph y in the salt lake mining a review of novem ber calls attention to a condl tion in the ore aa market which ff should wv y be avy known to all producers i A report 0 ei is current f to the f effect that the smelters are hungry for desirable classes of smelting ores the market is zwy declared vf to be more 7 favorable to the 7 producer than for many months past under zsofe such a condition while transportation say ww rates are not as encouraging as they might be the assertion 7 r Is made that af ship i pers can count as on 22 smelting rates that alsy will aff offset the increased rates 9 which the railroads are demanding w it would seem worth taw while for com lyew banies and individual sy ew a shippers who are holding oreg 7 in reserve absy to make inquiries at least f iw w i this statement 2 so clearly reflects 7 the aseff conditions 17 that have come to the w attention ff of their office iafe iM that fe R aw H wy officer company assayers and chemists of salt lake city add sr their 0 wn advice isow to the ff suggestion iffa of the salt lake mining review the aff low for copper have jaw reduced the tonnage wy wis moving sy to the 0 smelters ff isey to V about 60 isy per cent of a year ago and the lead silver ores now coming to the salt lake aw market aar are only about Ss w 70 w per cent ff ww of the av tonnage of w ae fail of 1919 the TV smelters are nat aurally ia anxious su ayar to maintain f capacity to the highest possible point fitwi and ft to accomplish y sv this they are co I 1 ing r with the ff producers by r quoting wf t treatment reat ment charges dywer lower than the va g one or 1 I business conditions cs justify W recently aalf 0 one wy of our customers wy came to market tasi t with asi a carload of received univ uw iv an attractive ivi yv offer for owr it and consequently gon aa y sold faal fj it al at adf a price much wy better ww than would caf have been thought possible rf a few months 7 ago safe under these conditions we strongly aff advise aff the prospective Af ship yVA pers to investigate jaff sav the market con editions immediately raw wv with a view to selling aw their i ore while the demand is thus strengthened f |