Show DRA MINING CO IN CHICAGO n m. m May fay 29 President President F. F H. H Brownell of ot the Federal Mining Smelting company who Is 18 In the d city y for or a few da days says operations at tho the company's mines and mills mis are nr proceeding proceed ing without marked marked change Earnings for or the first quarter quaner of oC this thin Yea year ye were wera ere approximately or m a in excess ex ex- cess cese of ot th the tha quarterly dividend dividen require meats mentH and this quarters quarter's earnings Vas as as Indicated by the two months months months' elapsed will wi total approximately the tho same ame as for or the first quarterS quarter Th The Federal Federa has hu benefited by the ad adVance advance ad- ad a- a avance vance i In e 81 silver prices but bitt lead at at- at t 10 cents cent a pound is near tho low level of or 4 cents cants reached earlier euler in tn the year ur About Abut has ha been spent in Improvements Im Im- im- im at the Morning mine and plant and better beter extraction results are arenow arenow arenow now being belg obtained Ore rC reserves ers at at tho the Morning are larger than ever over before before but the character of ot ore still continues refractory re uro- re and shows no Indication of ot change e. e It I is this refractory ore that has b boon beep t the stumbling block in Fed Fed- Fe- Fe elal's pathway BS as no process yet ap applied tip tip- 91 plied pled has brought the same sam extraction that tho the Federal Federl formerly obtained from tram the Morning Moring ores ore V Thomas Edison's new discovery discover for tor treating low grade refractory ores orf may mayor ma or may not appertain to the Morning problem as the company's officers officer have hae as yet et rec received o l no report from Mr Edison Edison El- El Edi Edi- son on 01 the matter maUer The Tho great Inventor In has hag ha been at work ark arkon ork on the Morning ores ors for some ore time Unie and It Is hoped by those Interested d that he ho will wi or has hu been able abe abeto to solve the difficulty |