Show THE ADVANCE IN SILVER ls silver quotations have advanced to a marked degree since restrictions have been removed in the matter of price and export as announced in our last issue and as a consequence there has been a renewal of activities in silver mining operations throughout the united states and this condition is especially ally noticeable in the mining camps and districts of the west it is too soon to make a correct estimate of the level to which silver prices will attain when men the announcement was first made of the removal of all embargoes the sale of some small lots of silver bullion was reported up to and an ounce this figure was not sustained however and was too much of an advance to be maintained however the market has since been fairly steady at and for several days and a gradual gain is anticipated some financiers venturing the prediction that the old par value of will ultimately be attained t 1 t the present ruling quotation however ho wever the mining for silver w will 1 11 be greatly stimulated throughout this western country and the fact that copper is stronger while lead has chronicled gratifying advances will still further encourage mining operators it is truly wonderful to see how quickly the mining industry responds to favorable conditions this is particularly noticeable in old silver mining camps where properties which were worked to advantage forty years ago but which have been practically idle for years are being resurrected and juven reouven re abed at many of the old mines the workings are being cleaned out modern machin ery is being installed and regular Product production iou started on a scale that is most gratifying and these veteran properties which were in ill their glory years ago are now giving promise of duplicating records made when they were in their prime ih eiith for silver was never better belter |