Show UTAH COPPER NEVADA CON AND BUTTE SUPERIOR FIGURES comparative figures and totals for the first four months of the present year by utah copper and nevada consolidated also the earnings of butte superior are given as follows by hayden stone company of boston utah coppers april figure was pounds this compares with in march of this year with in april 1916 and in the same month of 1915 in the first four months of 1915 this company produced pounds and in the first four months of 1916 while during the same period of this year the output has been 50 nevada consolidated made a particularly large gain last year so iti it is not surprising that the figures this year for the first four months are about the same pounds as against in 1915 however the output for this period was but 15 at butte superior the decrease in the earnings for the first quarter of 1917 was more apparent than real the difference between this and the fourth quarter of 1916 is chiefly accounted for by the absence in the later quarter of any credit for metal inventories and quotations and by an allowance of approximately for excess profit taxes there was treated also during the quarter owing to interruptions caused by changes in flotation apparatus somewhat less tonnage of ore resulting in ill a total production of zinc in concentrates of pounds as against there was also some increase as was to be expected in the cost per ton of mining and milling the profit for the quarter of 1 l was at the rate of approximately IE per share per annum |