Show SPELTER production SIX MONTHS the production of spelter for the first six months of 1915 has been canvassed by C E of the united states geological survey with tile the following results expressed in short tons the output of spelter was tons made from domestic ores and tons from foreign ores a total of tons as compared with tons tolls for the prec preceding eding six months and with tons tolls for the f first six months of 1914 in addition there was produced by distillation from crosses and tons of secondary spelter as compared with tons toils the half of the 1914 output of distilled secondary spelter nto no statistics were obtained of tile the spelter produced by re melting crosses dr etc but it was probably not less than 12 tons tile the contal output of spelter from both ore and was therefore about tons or at the rate of tons per year the whole number of retorts in operation in june was about but many of these retorts had been but recently put in operation additional retorts to the number of over have since been completed are under construction or are planned the apparent domestic consumption for the six months period was tons as against tons in the preceding six months and tons in the first six months of 1914 the spelter stocks on hand at smelters shelters sm elters were tons an average of about tons each for the plants reporting the complete midyear mid year report giving the details of production imports exports prices and smelter capacity will be distributed in about a week |