Show porphyries RIES WILL FIGHT an eastern authority has the following to say on the present status of the oil flotation war so rapidly have new licenses been obtained by the minerals separation company that it is stated officially the companas comp anys flotation process is being applied to an annual output of over tons of ore most of this is copper ore although a very considerable tonnage of lead ores is also being treated by flotation the latest addition to the list ot of licenses is the so called bradley group of companies operating the bunker hill sullivan lead mines and the treadwell and alaska juneau gold properties in alaska the jackling porphyry companies show no disposition to recede from the position which they have always maintained and are determined to exhaust every legal process before they accede to the demands of the minerals separation company to date the copper companies referred to have had a hard time of it in the courts but eminent legal patent attorneys have advised them to continue the legal battle and state that while the recent opinion of judge bourquin of the federal district court in butte would seem to be e convincing from the haymans lay mans point of view there are numerous vulnerable points in it which should be fought out before the ivull bench at san difrancisco there are differences of opinion in the minds of the mining fraternity as to whether the owner of a patent in its practical application to big business is privileged under the monopoly of his patent to charge one scale of royalties to one company and another scale to another of course the jackling companies would jump at the chance to secure a license from the separation company on the basis of the 4 cents a ton royalty which the ryan companies now enjoy but the separation company see it that way whether or not it seeks to punish the jackling companies for their legal opposition iby by exacting maximum damages and maximum royalties in the event that its legal position is officially sustained is a question of course the separation company will ultimately desire to have these porphyry companies as licensee clients in any event the jackling com companies ponies have nothing to lose by carrying their case to the full bench at san francisco |