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Show ORE SETTLEMENTS INCREASE, j ' A perceptible Increase In the settle, ment of ore and bullion in the open market mar-ket was noticed last week, when McCor-nlck McCor-nlck A Co. reported the total amount Involved In-volved to be $573,000. Even this amount Is several hundred thousand dollars short of the amount regularly used In the payment pay-ment for the precious metals that are sent In by mine 'owners who are dependent depend-ent upon the custom smelters for the treatment of the product. If, however, the market settlements Included all of the larger producers who have smelters for their own use, there Is no question but that the settlements each week would foot up more than $1,000,000. Saturday's settlements amounted to $76,000, divided as follows: Silver, lead, gold and copper ores, $16,000; base bullion, bul-lion, $60,000. . |