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Show ill DISCUSSES MINING CONDITIONS Well-known Utahn Writes Review for Mining and Scientific Press. In the current issue of the Mining and Scientific Press is an interesting artlc:e, entitled "Mining in Utah." and written by L. O. Howard, a well-known mining engineer of Utah. In part, Mr. Howard says : Difficulties with labor appear to be ended for the present. Outside the strike at the International smelter and allied disputes, none of the troubles trou-bles became serious. After tying up the plant at Tooele for several weeks, the strikers went back to work the last of June, accepting the offer of a new sliding scale of wages. This provides an increase of 10 cents per day for each 1 cent increase in the price of lead. Eight cents is taken as the basal price, ?-.S5 per day being the base for unskilled labor, S3. Si" for semi-skilled, and $5 for skilled. Before this settlement was made the company tried to get the producers to share part of the increased in-creased cost, but this they declined to do. Federal mediators had a larse share in arranging a settlement. Ar-the Ar-the conferences the other smelters and mine operators were represented. A general increase of wacs throueh-out throueh-out the state was put into effect July 1. The American Smelting & Refining company advanced wages at Murray and Garfield 25 cents per day. Mines in the Tintic district posted an increase of 5't cents per day. In the Bingham district employees em-ployees who had rereived $3.25 per day will now en. icy an increase of 25 cents. Those receiving Ipss will have their pay increased 20 cents. Common Com-mon labor at the Arthur and Manna mills of the Utah Copper company has been advanced 2 cents. and skilled labor 25 cents. Operators frorn Bingham. Park City. Tintic. Cotton-woods, Cotton-woods, American Fork. Tooele county, coun-ty, and southern I tali, represented in the conference, adopted a uniform scale for different kinds of labor. They will pay machine men $4.5", miners 54. 2o. shovelers and trammers $-1. and timbermen $4.5n. I The Utah chapter of the American ! Mining congress was unsuccessful In j j obtaining a reduction of the insurance rate to be paid under tne terms ol the workmen's compensation act, I which went into effect in 'July. The j rale has been maintained at 15.59 for metal mines by the state industrial ' commission. Xo relief from this op- pressive rate is in sight. 'i On July 11, the D. & R. G. railroad announced that it had rmred one j track to service In Carbon and ICm- ery counties, and wa. ready to re- snme haul Ins coal. Some of the : mines are still without transportation j facilities, however, and thpre is a ?e-rlous ?e-rlous shortage of coal at Salt Lake; it arouses fear as to what may hap- pen next winter. j Various municipal and Mat authorities au-thorities have been inveFtiatin? thA sit mp t ion. An appeal was made to Waphimrton. and an embargo Fought on all shipments over the t. ft. K. rJ. expert coal. Chairman Willard of the advisory commission nf the council of national dfnfe has had the question under consideration with the officials of the railroad, and a meeting with the authorities in I'tah has be"n arranged ar-ranged that may result in Rood. There appears to be plen ty of coal at the mines. |