Show UTAH EXAMPlE MPLE CITED IT IN COlORADO MINERS MINERS' STATE INVESTIGATION Herewith Here Is another extract from tho the published 1 account of ot the results of ot tho the Investigation of ot the complaints of or tho Colorado oro ore producers t tho smelters and ore bu buyers ers of ot the state An appropriation of or was mado made b by tho the state and the committee given cn Inquisitorial powers Robert H. H Seyer Seer of Central City said sald in Part rt The Gilpin Count County Mining association tion h has haij endeavored to get you ou what Information we thought you ou wanted In our first speaker Mr Ir Kirk we wo have o more or less presented pre a crystallized Idea of what the tho average ave metal minor miner thinks about tho the sampling and smeltIng smeltIng smelt- smelt Ing Ins sl situation Mr Ir 1 has taken up In considerable detail the matter of settlement for metals Mr lr Patterson has hns taken up tip the matter of sampling and It Il finally remains for rno me to bring up UI one or two points and perhaps give Sl you ou tho the benefit In a n. wa way of or some oine orthe or ot the work that the committee of tho State Metal Mining as association which was appointed to Investigate the smelting business that Is Is some of ot the data that wo we got Jot As a a. matter of or fact when that committee appointed b by President Velle got to work orl we wc could i iset Set get schedules of tho the different parts of ot the ho state but we hadn't any more than started to work on tho the thin thing be before foro foroe we e realized that all the thc Information wo we could get g-et without actual acce access s tD to tho ho smelter business or the smelting books wa was very cry little Indeed Now ow In iii talking with tho ho smelter people which I have havo done a n. many times and taking up particular tho ho matter of or copper they sal said SNow w you haven't ha a copper producing cour tr try ry up there at all it Is a I load lead here bore or in Denver Den an and 1 of ot couise In a smelter copper Is a n. product bl-product and w w. w cannot pa pay for tor It In that connection I want ant to bring to your attention returns return of or the United Stat States os geological survey urvey for tor 1915 1916 from the various counties counties coun- coun ties les In the state Now OI mind you at that hat time In 1915 1916 they deducted 1 H per cent from the copper content of ot orthe the tho he oro ore before they started to pay you youat youat ou at all a I Imagine that practical all the he high grade ore we have in Gilpin and ind Clear Creek counties except up at nt the Georgetown end will all carry some omo copper and probably It will t average somewhere from 1 to 2 per cent ent so 50 that amount or probably nine nine- tenths of the ore which contained tho the copper did not get paid for far at all aU no e nevertheless what small percentage there horo was which contained copper was paid for tor copper In 1916 1015 tho the smelter company compan paid to Gilpin county count for pounds of ot copper copper- Clear Creek count county for 49 pounds of copper In n Boulder county count pounds making a a. total of or pounds of or copper opper Now If It m my analysis of ot tho the ore situation Is 18 rl right ht that only onh part ot of the ho copper bearing ore oro would show at atall atall all nIl on this statement th then n we t have from torn these three counties which are aio classed together b by tho the smelting corn corn- Ilan pany any a production for 1915 of or any- any from to pounds of ot copper And I want to submit submit submit sub sub- mit the proposition that this is a a. copper producing country up here and we want to get got something for tor that T Gives Example Now In a a. state where they they do produce produce produce pro pro- duce more copper In Utah they were not paid vor very vory much for it thero there until the he miners all got sot together and began an agitation tho the way W we have In this state tato for Cor better rates Among other documents that were handed in to this his committee of ot which I was a n. member member mem morn ber we were ere given a n. copy of ot a private vate ato contract made by the U. U S S. S SmeltIng Smelting Smelt- Smelt Ing Refining company compan and a copper company operating In Utah Un- Un wo are not allowed to divulge the namo name of or that company because because because be be- cause It was isas a n. private ate contract but butI I am just as sure as I am that I am sitting here that that was tho the contract b cause I have seen sonic of or the vouchers Now for tor instance gold sold in that bat copper schedule schedule schedule-if ule-Ir ule if you OU had over two wo hundredths of gold old it was paid for Tho The deduction for tor the wet assay of oC copper waa as only onh tenths six of oC 1 percent por per cent at that time When wo were making the Investigation In wo we 0 were beIng being beng be- be Ing ng deducted 1 15 H per pcr cent cont It has hns now come como down to 1 Then tho the deduction hero In this S state I from the payment on in copper Is 6 cents off ort tho the quotation Under th this this s contract It was waa 2 cents per pound when pound when copper was under under- l 15 1 cents it 11 was WI 2 cents per pound Then another remarkable difference between what wo pay Jay out for copper and what the they paid there was 83 a treatment charge chargo o oot of ot a n. ton flat Then Just briefly to go 0 over in part what their lead situation waa aB out there there now now mind you ou this was wons supposed to be a copper country country country coun coun- try It w was In tho the same con condition In regard 1 to lead that we aro are in regard to copper according to tho the smelting com company pan They start out with wih gold bold an and start to pa pay you ou when you havo have two one hun ono or over oer silver sl er 9 95 per percent percent percent cent copper it It lt Is so complicated that I want to g go Jo into that matter mater particularly par Par- t but tho the lead Is tho the Important part T They e pay par you for tor 90 per con cent t tot of ot the load bid content content at the average price for tor lead le In Now York From this price there shall ho bo deducted 11 cents por per pound That gives gI es you OU an n idea Iden of ot what what could be accomplished in this state in tho the wa way of ot smelting rate on copper and lead If It we were treated treated as ns asI asI I think fairly In the tho mater matter 10 To Bo Bc Be Continued |