Show SMELTERS NEWWAGES An Average Raise of Twelve and a Half Per Cent ORE HANDLING CAPACITY Oro Receipts Arc at Present Greater Than at Any Time in the History of tho State Lincoln and Gal eld Mines on Gold Mountain Bought by Syndicate Bert KimberlyHuck Holden In Charge of United States and Reorganizing tho Property 1l Reorgnuizng Working Forces Mining Notes I The new scale of wages at the plants le erf the American Smelting and Refining company In Suit Lake valley went Into according I 10 effect yesterday and accol11ng when Manager Jones who was present Superintendent Tucker made1 the ofll elal announccmcot shows an advance of about 12V f Per cent The lowest wage paid under the new schedule is now 5155 for eight I houis work as compared with SL10 under the old one I while n corresponding Increase has been made all along the line unless It I bo In that portion of It to which a voluntary vol-untary raise was conceded last season As previously announced there arc I about 700 employees to share the benefits j bene-fits of tho new scale while there is I room enough at the plan is for as many ns fey more persons desiring employment employ-ment thc month of May at the smelters Is ushered In with six blast furnaces and I twenty Bruekners in operation while two new blest furnaces and five additional addi-tional Bruckners arc now about ready tonal for commission The latter are being added to the set of fifteen now operated ope-rated at the Germanla while the Mln go and Germanla have each been equipped with a large new blast furnace fur-nace that will enable the management to handle a volumo of ore 6000 tons greater5 than eer before per month The receipts of ore said Manager Jones are at present greater than at any time In the history of the Slate i notwithstanding the temporary withdrawal with-drawal of the hitherto big producers of the United States Mining company and several others The outlook for the season is n most encouraging one and with the new scale of wages In effect conditions harmonious all round are sublimely f |