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Show ' Uoffl Kll ELECTS I MMEE1G1 President's Report Shows' Year's Record Best in j Company's History. .:!i I l.i I."' sh.-uon le-pre-ientod out m ti'O to!.i! iM:e of roOAV. the Siler Kir..: Con.-oti.i.itod Muniiij company u-l it annual iiiootiiia yesterday ami i-'cfed liif following OUli'i'rs it 11 .i dl- roc!i)r by ninnimods ote: Solon Spin), urosi.lcut and general malinger ; li. I Morr . m,c president; V. 1.. Wort-beinter, Wort-beinter, tiea',irer; She: m.v.i raio, Her-iv.m Her-iv.m Hums. Harry A. l-oo arid William rischel, additional directors, tl. W. rrovu'.ng as re-elected o,i ct ary. In V arMKe of president opiro Vice 1'rcfideut Morns presided '. the moot-inn;. moot-inn;. l:i his report President Sptro said in part: .-Vr ih.-a ear ending Peeeniber 1917. surpassed all previous yours .a iirc.- cai-ant.; and dt -.dcnd ' pav-- j tceti-.s, witnessed ibe adiiistiiietit of our iv ; 11 :o its norma! capacity and pioxedj ::ie gieat mint)- ot the new tratuwav, i-t :he ontsiiitidrtc leaturo ot this j Versed, in the opinion or ti.e manage-j tiient. i the "-o-:es made toward the! deve'o'-mont of t:ie oid ;:oue in our ivest-er:v ivest-er:v domain. Respite the elimination of one month trora the liscal year, an merease i was itonn in near'y a 1 itenn ot tvo-aiie- j r.o'.i. rer.iiai.o or ore and conectittates 1 for tlui eleven months was I'VJoM tons, .1.7.1:11 10.-);-'..' .or the preceiiitii; t)veoj tcoi-ths; the silver output was 47t.0'77 o :-.cc, a.f.nsv 4"-'a , 7 ouiiees; the lead o:;:i-'.it was o.'p.ii'JT conn, is. against !rt pounds; joU, -to;; ounce?. ::a:".st -t-o ounces, and copper 'Jt.771 pounds, against :',l!l pounds. 'Net '.i.elier rei.itns tor the do en tuoiitiis :i-iiei:r.U'd to !'J.;u7, i empaled w.:h .V .".ius for the vear 1 . tore. Pivi-ecu Pivi-ecu is rail a,;-e;atel .:;.'.'s7, against ;'4.e-;l in li'lo. I'he .,!. carninj: ' yr sh.u wore s1'.' rents, out tne net ere:.' was n.ittirailv redneed bv tin sreat aian. es in iiu. cost of supplies, scarcity of eiii, iout la'uor, ear shortages and sa:e.ter emharoes. These drawbacks draw-backs were eommon to all mines and ail a lustres, and were a -oait of th priee tiiat a'.: should i uv eheorfudv to' the future freedom ;uu! happiness of the wo-1 i. The mi!!in plant re-oered -' "I'd from seeon '. ela-s ore. niH-er : rat es aer-a;:r. aer-a;:r. 5''. 7" a ton. T-e S:vro tunnel rea-.-?:e 1 a edstarvo of d,.1 1 feer from io-ta!. the last a v feet h-.-ir.c in the Wood.s'.ue shaie. On leaving t'ie sha'.o t'ue tunnel l outer th.e faoraMe ore- ji::h'ii was male of the rurehase of h i u'lfo-ira t'oir.st o.-U prvrrt- for |