Show ORE AND BULLION Settlements for the Week Show Very Large Increase The onward march of Utahs meta production continued with great strides last week The total settlements In the ore and bullion market footed up 463 I 000 as against 5399400 for the preceding week In some States an Increase of 61000 In one week would set the population popu-lation wild but we are getting used to that sort of thing In Utah In addition to the receipts of the American plant the copper handled by the independent smelters forms no inconsiderable In-considerable item In Utahs mineral wealth This Item too shows an Increase In-crease that Is nothing If not gratifying to a community which Is striving to overtake the largest producers of the red metal In round numbers 16000 pounds more of copper bullion left the Independent plants than on the week preceding The total number of pounds handled was 666224 pounds The bowIng bow-Ing in of a fourth furnace by the United States last week will enable that company com-pany to Increase Its output hereafter and Manager Whltley of the American Smelting and Refining company feels safe in predicting that his plant will handle between 1 and C per cent more I copper from now on Increasing the normal nor-mal 300000 pounds to 312000 or 315000 pounds per week The reports from the Independent plants are us followsPou Poundn Din ham Con 1811CO Highland 1 Boy 301000 United States 180121 Total GG42IM American 300000 Grand total 9I224 Yesterdays ore and bullion settlements settle-ments amounted to 54000 McCornick Co report it as follows American bullion 29600 gold silver lead and copper ores 23000 In the metal market silver quotations ruled at 6Gi cents per ounce lead at 350 per 100 pounds and casting copper at 12 cents pound |