Show METAlS METAlS' NEED FOR WAR NAR PURPOSES ALONE VERY LARGE It J is surprising the amount of ot metal metal that is consumed consumed for war munitions Almost all the Western te mining operators have ste expressed r a desire rl that silver metal might enter Into these materials for it i is the one metal that has not been in big demand as a result of ot the increased Increased in in- creased demand for munitions Some Idea idee Ide of the amount of ot metal that goes Into shells Is given in the following de tie- sc Metals needed to execute war orders already alread placed are estimated at over 10 per cent of the tha 1914 copper production of the United States about bout 7 per cent of ot the tho spelter output and nearly 20 per cent of ot the lead pr production by the London Iron and Coal Trades Review A British 18 IS or Inch shrapnel requires 5 pounds 9 9 ounces of brass cont containing 66 per cent to 70 per percent percent cent or nearly 3 4 pounds A small smal copper band around the tho shell shel adds 4 ounces making total copper pounds Spelter consumption of ofa a shell shel of this thin size is ia about pounds Lead bullets weighting pounds and composed composed com corn posed of ot 7 parts lead to 1 part antimony constitute the metal load lod Estimating total orders for shrapnel and other shells placed in the United States Stats by Europe at they would call for l' l pounds of copper e oo of spelter i and 0 o pounds oi of lead Actually the metal consumption Is larger as a fair fain fair proportion of or the shells sheila are are inch howitzer shells us usIng usIng us- us ing more brass s some som 6 inch inch 7 and probablY inch 9 shells hels are also be being beins be- be ing ins made Rifle cartridges are made of copper main mainly one pound of ot it being used in making 24 Lebel cartridges a type tye widely used by the French Trench army Every Ever of these take one pound of ot spelter and a small sma-ll amount of or nickel nickel Steel consumption per shell shel varies arles widely in different types A finished 3 Inch shell shel contains contins 6 pounds 15 4 15 ounces of steel the shell shel weighing 6 pounds 5 4 ounces and the diaphragm I 9 ounces If I the shell shel Js is made marIe from from- froma a bar the weight is about 17 pounds while a forging for the same purpose weighs approximately 14 1 pounds and a a- bottle botte made by the seamless tube procesa process pro pro- cess cesa som somewhat what less |