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Show STEPIOf SHELTER USES 1000 BARRELS OF FUEL OIL DAILY Since oil was Instituted for fuel at the Hteptoe smelting plant at Uctilll a considerable con-siderable saving In the operating expenses ex-penses haa been made. It la not only cheaper than coal, but can be fed to the furnaces with leas expense. This .saving has something' to do with recent statements sent out from the east to the effect that this company la producing pro-ducing Its copper ore at less than cents a pound. Fuel la quite an Item at the big smelting and mill plants of the Nevada Ne-vada Consolidated, as shown by the statement from the property that 1000 barrels of oil are used 'dally. Following the policy of the parent company. com-pany. (tah Copper, the management of the Nevada Consolidated Is retknt about f riving out statements regarding ope rat -ng coat. When General Manager Lake- i nan was recently anked to confirm lb statement that his rompany waa producing produc-ing copper at a cost of less than C cents a pound, he said that It would Issue the quarterly report within another month and this would tell the story. When verbal ver-bal statements re given out -4 he experience experi-ence has been that too many constructions construc-tions aj-e placed upon these reports, which result In an erroneous Interpretation Interpreta-tion being placed upon them, he aald. No effort It being made jo crowd the production at NY v ml a pits. tn average of from &000 to 10,ni0 tons of ore la sent down from the mines dally. The new Liberty pit Is sending out regular shipments, ship-ments, though no effort tr made to produce pro-duce a lrge amount. The ateam shovel development In this ponton of the company's com-pany's large estate has been very satisfactory, satis-factory, and It can be made to produce heavily at anv lime there la a mishap at the old Copper Klat workings. With the two pita and extensive underground workings this company la In a position almost to double Its production on short notice. |