Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-11 | Page 10 | Mining and Oil

I I MINING AND OIL I 0 0 Poundage shipments of at product finished finished fin fin- and by American Brass Bras company durIng March were th the largest of ot any month war or peace In its history That Tha should be larger than thanIn In war time means even more than K it I seems In that during the war much ol 01 the poundage output was wal in large arge disc dis and castings involving little littie labor I lr Or finishing while at present most of ot th tile tH output is in products involving much expenditure of ot labor in their finishing Despite this tact fact crews at present ar are about 75 per cent of ot war time tm size aize sIzE Indicating indicating In in- 26 25 per cent greater efficiency The brass bras company is Is' Is short of ot labor with all al departments department booked well wel ahead and despite two raises raIse in wages during the thirty last thirty days cannot get the men It needs The brass company and other fabricators fabri fabri- catora are noting no falling taing off or in bookings book bookings ings of ot orders as result of recent Increases In increases creases in price of ot finished product ant and little creales If any decrease In On present rate 01 ol business I ss is at present expected during the rest of ot 1 the year Future bookings however will wll be dependent somewhat upon money rates that prevail I Fabricators other than cable maken are booked well wel ahead the ahead the the ar three Brass company about month Bral ahead with competitors possibly not nol wih quite so well covered by bookings An important wel Middle Western fabri cator reports March arch business SO 50 30 pel pet cen cent t higher than during any of ot the wai wat Wll m months while While m copper coppe buying is la quIet fabricators are keeping in close clos ClOS touch with prices price and are eager to make mak large huge commitments should producer show willingness to shade prices Doa Bos Boston ton News Bureau Burau The mines of ot the Cripple Creek dl produced In March March a. a a total tonnage of ot with a R bullion bulon value value of 1345 the average value b being 1076 This la ia an n increase In tonnage over February Feb of 2007 and an Increase in bullion value ruay of ot Hedly Gold Ining company Ltd Ltd at a. of December 31 3 shoWs total assets al ol oj and profit and Ind loss loa against and ad 24 re r at the close ot of lUl loti