Show ST JOE LEAD COMPANY BUYS MINES the st joseph lead company has purchased the mines owned in southeast missouri by the federal lead company a subsidiary of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company these mines are adjacent to the mines owned by the st joseph lead company it has also contracted with the smelting smelling sm elting company to smelt two thirds of the combined output of the southeast missouri mines of both companies I 1 the control of the mines by a single com will result in many important operating economies and will make available much ore which could not have been profitably mined by either company independently thus tending to increase the oi output of lead from the district and to prolong the life of the mines |