Show Mine and Mart Mar l Comment By LEE WILLIAMS COPPER COMPANY DEAL Directors of Qt the American SmeltIng SmeltIng Smelting Smelt- Smelt Ing and Refining company have ratified ratified rat rat- Wed the sale of the Michigan Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per and Brass company of Detroit Detroi to the newly newlY formed forme Republic Brass corporation a holding com company any for Lot fora Lota a brass merger according to an Associated Press dispatch from New York rork Rome Rohe Brass and Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per company of 61 Rome N. N Y is included in Irs the merger METAL MARKETS Sal Sales s of or lead led were wele fairly large large large-In In th tho past past week and and- with London firmer prices hero helo moved upward Engineering and Mining Journal re rep re- re p ports rt Trading in other nonferrous metals was sl slow with wih domestic business in copper the smallest in several several m months Export demand for copper has Improved Zinc has has- be been n quieter ti tin tn advanced early Carly In Inthe the week LEAD STOCKS Receipts Receipts' of lead In ore by smelters smelt smelt- ers era 18 in United Unie States and Mexico In Iii 11 October totaled short tons tons against in September and 77 77 01 in October r 1927 according to American merican bureau of metal statis statis- tics Total stocks stocks' o of lead in stats stats- United Unit Unit- ed States and ald l Mexico were tons on November 1 against tons on October 1 and on September 1 O 6 |