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Show DnLNlOTliC EXCELLENT SHAPE Treasury Will Contain Bal ance of Between $600,000 and $700,000 on Dec 31 t George V7 Larobourne secretary treasurer and general manager of the Daly Judge of Park City who has just returned from an extended v s t in the east states that his company bes des d Bburs ng $300 000 in prof ts n 1915 will have earned by the dose of the year a suff c ent s m o er all operat ng expenses to co er the di 3end d sburse ments fo 1916 wh ch ha e been fixed at 25 ce ts a share guarterly and ag gregat ng $300 000 for the 3 ear The treasury w 11 conta n a balance of be tween $o00 000 and $700 000 December 31 The Daly Judge o es conta n silver lead zinc copper and gold, with suf f c ent values in each of these metals to ma e them marketable after concen trat on The crude ore carries about 10 ounces of s lver to the ton, while the concentrates carry about 35 ounces of s lver 40 per cent lead 40 per cent z nc pounds of copper and $1 00 in gold The m 11 wh ch s of the Tvet concen trat on type has a capac ty of 500 tons of cru le ore a day It s equ pped with a recently nstalled flotat on plant wh ch takes care of all the slimes the n II can produce The rat o of concen trat on s four to one of lead concen trates and three to one of all products con b ned The ad ance o the pr ces of the metals is a tremendous factor in the poss We future profits of the Daly Judge A striking instance in th s par t cular is the change m the bas s of settlement for z nc The m ll s now produc n- about 600 tons of z nc con cen rates a month A vear ago the company was gett ng between $'0 00 and $2 00 a ton for its z nc Now t is reee v ng from $80 00 to $150 00 a ton On the bas s of the production of the m ne for the year 1914 as shown by the last annual report the advance in the pr ces of the metals if ma nta ned at the present le els means an add tional prof t of about $o50 000 a year In 1914 the rr ne produced ol9 9 9 ounces of s lver 9 675"o pounds of lead 3o48 pounds of z nc 384 8' pounds of copper and 34 ounces of gold wh ch were sold for $d08 801 99 An ncrease of 10 cents an o nee n the price of s lver would add $ 1 997 to the value of the Daly Judge's product on of that metal m 1914, an ncrease of 1 1 4 cents a pound for lead would add $190 949 an increase of 10 cents a pound for Z nc wo Id add 3o4 889 and an in crease of 5 cents a po nd for copper would add $19 "39 making a total of $047 0 4 In 1914 the Daly J dge shipped 5606 tons of crude ore which netted the com pany $913o a ton or nearly $120 000 The sh pments of crude ore are runn ng about the same th s vear as m 19lf The ncreased value of the sh pping ore due to the advance n the prices ot the metals s not taken nto account in the forego ng computat on It wo Id add at least 30 000 to the yearly prof ts |