Show THE LEAD COFEEGE Utahs Delegation Is Now All on the Ground THIS STATE AS A PRODUCER Sampling Mines at Mercur for Proposed Pro-posed ConsolidationGreat Prom iso for Copper Near Thompsons Gratifying Developments in the Yampa International Ores Sample Well Another Reduction in Price of Silver Active Again at La Plata Mining An afternoon dispatch from Now York says thai the Utah delegation to conference is now the lead producers on the ground and that while the large interests at stake have made the deliberations de-liberations necessarily slow the pace should now be Improved As yet however how-ever nothing has been handed out by the conferees nor Is much expected before be-fore an agreement between the producers pro-ducers and the smelter crowd is reached Advices contained In a letter by Wash where the way of Spokane Cocur dAlcne Interests are largely controlled say the whole thing is now up to the Utah producer and that It Is for him to make concessions that will overcome objections on which the MIssourian MIs-sourian is landing out According to the Spokane letter the producers of the Coeur dAlene have for six months or reduced out more been running on a put with those of Missouri and Utah sharing the advantages The argument that Utah is a petty producer says the writer will not stand The record on the contrary discloses that its mines i are turning out about 5000 tons of lead per month or about a fifth of the countrys total production The Mls sourian who has found this out Is making mak-ing trouble over It says the writer from Spokane and he wants to hear something some-thing from Utah Reference to the record in this city sustains the figures relating to the production oC lead in this State and the course taken by the delegation will be awaited with much interest It is an able delegation however and commands com-mands the confidence of producers here generally |