Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-05 | Page 12 | Copper Production to be Handicapped

COPPER PRODUCTION TO BE' HANDICAPPED Cnppor production In the mlns of northern Michigan wil! not ret bunk to normnl during the current year. l'.UH, unless un-less there is some radirri 1 change in the lahor situation, says th I-toston New? Hurcau. The explanation is perfectly simple there ar not enough men to do tt. While a r. as"n.ih;p percentage of the Michigan rnimitf are coming back from the automobile industries, t here win rot be enough in total to offset the number who I-ft (n the sj-rinn. It may he posihle to put the miners in ""'iectc'1 slopes, w hero tht richfr coiner ore mav he mined, but efforts alone that lino will he productive of no sensa! huial Increase in output. Mine managers fiirure that th days of cheap production have bc-n eliminated, never to return. T-.Tibr.tr always will receive hot tor com-pens;t!ion com-pens;t!ion than over boforo, and mechanical mechan-ical deicej offer the only hope for minim; min-im; f'oiinmi"fl that may bo intndjc,'d Into the operation of Lake Superior mines. The liml's of metallurgical improvement. It is quite eenorallv believe,!, have boon pointed out, as appli.-d both to the conglomerate con-glomerate and the arnycdololdal formation forma-tion J. Other cha hires that mav operate to offset the b'.irher wan-s that labor properly entitled to reeolvo will have to come in the mining end of tho business. busi-ness. No labor Is expected from Kurope. VikW the elreuniHt anoes. few, if any, of the in Iiioh of tho ! .ako Superior dist rlct will make any startling showing Jn copper cop-per output for the current year. In fact. If they aehlevo normal out put h by CV tuber tu-ber nr November they will h.ivo to accomplish accom-plish miracles of operative efficiency.