Show 1 Business Barometer j General Electric earned 2650 a share In 1917 compared with 1831 1831 in 1916 The Continental Refining Relining company has declared regular monthly dividend of 1 per cent on comment commont the dates being May ay 10 and April 30 Hudson Oil company recently brought in its No 14 H well in the Lander field Wyoming the oil sands being tapped at ata ata ata a depth of ot 1800 feet The well is being cased and will be shot shortly Kinney Oil and Refining Relining company has haslet haslet haslet let a contract to Elmer Green Creen one of Wyoming's best known oil contractors to drill five wells on the company's holdings In the Pilot Butto Butte field This property consists Si o of about O acres and n already has two commercial O Ci wells fl on the heal tract l These wells were drilled in two years years' ago by Charles E. E Orchard now general manager manager manager man man- I ager of ot the tho Kinney company and have remained capped since that time I I This week the largest shipment of ot high grade concentrates ever made from Crom Colorado was made by the Climax Molybdenum com company pan The shipment shipment shipment ship ship- ment is said to have consisted consulted of oC twenty- twenty five tons of concentrates and Is rumored rs s being valued at A A. new mining camp is being established In the vicinity of Redrock twenty miles north of ot Lordsburg N. N M. M with I Lordsburg as the shipping point for the mining of ot S C C Output of silver from Cobalt mines Is understood to be approximating ounces or at the rate of ot about two tons dally daily or tons a year With silver at 93 cents an ounce the output has a value of about dally daily or about yearly In 1917 value of silver sliver amounted to and In 1916 the high record year ear to S C S Pittsburg expert estimates that unfilled orders orders' for Cor pig pip iron and finished steely total over ton tons tone Inquiry was made by federal government a week ago for box cars steel gondolas and s steel hoppers 0 and when these g orders 1 are placed 1 e It fe will mean o tons of ot steel in five months oil Japan possessed gold amounting to on March 15 15 of which was held at home and abroad Compared with end of February gold held in Japan decreased but gold held abroad Increased War industries board reached agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment with lead Industry whereby government government government govern govern- ment will be furnished all Its requirements require require- ments ments tons minimum and 12 tons maximum a month month month-at at average average aver aver- age e of ot 7 cents a pound |