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Show THE. CITIZEN to western states and unemployment IMPORTANT. BT strike at, gold " shut-dow- n ROCKY" BAR, IDAHO Idaho, March 23 nportant strikes have just been n the gold mines at Rocky Bar, ntain Home, great development summer are rapidly In one property at vein has of 150 feet a (i pped which runs $100 a ton or of two feet and $60 a ton the ng three feet. On the adjoin-pert- y vein at a depth a 5 feet shows ore running a ton. Neither of these boasted of pay ore a month plans for iring and completed. ot five-fo- ot uni-$3- ie Vishnu property of the Idaho in close juxtaposi-ngineer- s of that company an-th200 feet of sinking will p at a new horizon the rich dch years ago produced $3,000,-$8- 0 to $100 per ton gold ore. ivelopment is to start at once, onal results are expected. De- is also to start Immediately Jorporation, at fntIdaho Gold . Corporations Mine, which from shal-el- s produced $3,000,000. The old Corporation owns the g area of the camp, a 700 acres adjoining the town of in Goat prin-oducin- lar. reports have aided n to of mining men that y spring will see one of the mining rushes in the history west, with Rocky Bar as the Despite the fact that the stimu-predictio- now deep on the ground, t, Inspectors have already which fifty years ago of the most famous gold projections in. all the world. The of the camp is 5,200 feet, once reigned as the third gold g district in the Union of the States. Now there are wise enter-jdistric- men who in this predict that Idaho d prestige, perhaps they predict her gain will ex-an- Rocky Bar. opPER SUMMARY SHOWS POSSIBILITIES wrin, chairman of the board edral Reserve Bank of San has Prepared a special rent copper mining industry in istrict, which treats the austively. He cites pres-w- s of copper industry with rocess 1 u? of refining on Janu- - ng 793 000'00 Pounds, the of1 pre'War average. CPPer on March 1 was J e rice ' of S three-quarte- r cents 1 Cent Under hereas of miners since the general of the industry in April, 1921, has resulted in serious loss of wages to workmen, depressed business tions in the mining regions, loss of public revenue and decreased sales by all firms that normally sell goods either to the companies themselves or to the persons dependent upon the industry for their living. Discussing the resumption of copper production, Mr. Perrin writes: Based upon the hypothesis that permanent improvement in the industry must depend upon reducing of present stocks, certain provisional calculations which have a bearing upon the resumption of mining operations may be made from the foregoing facts. 1. If additions to the supply continue at the same rate as at present and deductions therefrom continue at the same rate they averaged during 1921, the excess of stocks over normal will vanish in eight months. 2. If additions to the suppply continue at the same rate as at present and domestic consumption and exports were to increase to their 1913 amounts, four to five months would be required to eliminate the present excess of r stock above normal amounts. 3. If, as now seems probable, domestic production of copper is increased,' longer than five months from January i would be required to bring r stocks down to amounts; even assuming an immediate increase in the rate of consumption to the 1913 amount. If domestic consumption and a re-w- ar average level an commodities at whole- minin?! abVe pre-wa- r 8 of vital importance -- 11 increased output of the mines with larger equipment. The return to normal world market conditions can only be hastened by larger volumes of gold and silver to remove the commodity spread. . .Heres what an ounce of gold will buy in hours work: In the United States 17.22 In Great Britain 50.16 In Japan 95.60 In France 117.30 done to improve industrial relations with labor for some years. How many know that the American Smelting and Refining, company, with large plants in Colorado, Montana, Texas and other states,-hagone five s years without strikes or jabor bl68? In those five years the department of labor reports 4,866 strikes and lockouts in the United States, and losses reaching into millions. But the great corporations operating mines and smelters in the .west have learned to. apply reason and friendly counsel instead of force. .. Voluntary mediation, employes representation, and pensions, with a disposition to help and not to oppress labor are factors of success. . 201.66 The figures were presented to the National Union of Manufacturers of Great Britain. Perhaps they would have been fairer if labor had been measured in something other than gold. It may be that the German worker who does twelve hours to the Americans one for an equal return in gold gets more for the gold than the American. Perhaps if we saw the hours work in terms of bread or shoes, the difference might not be so great. That divergence in wages for hours worked may be a very potent weapon for Germany or it may be valueless. Long hours may defeat their end by sheer physical breakdown. Long hours may be inefficient because unsupported by power. But the potential weapon is there. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. pre-wa- Few persons realize yrhat the great mineral industries of the west have utensils, copper ornaments, and copper in many places where inferior substitutes are now used, not to mention enlarged uses of copper' in various lines of industry, we would see an early revival of copper mining on a sound basis. BAN 8ILVER EXPORT PREMIUM PROGRAM. The legislative assembly of India last week punctured another attempt of the British office to interfere with the silver position of that country, A proposal to levy an import tax on silver brought into India and to provide a premium equal to the import tax on all silver shipments out of that country was rejected. It is said that this proposal had been somewhat quietly added to the revenue bill. Improvement in the Indian situation resulted in higher silver prices during the week. Exchange rates between X Another Great Oiler For lousewivesl! will hold great interest and profit for you be sure to wait and watch for this big event! MINING AMERICAS BULWARK. The needs of the world for a larger metal basis for its monetary standards places a premium on gold and silver production. In all the precious metal mining districts there is a general movement for UTAI POWER & i . pre-wa- exports are no greater in 1922 than in 1921, longer than eight months would be required. 4. The rate of reduction of present copper stocks depends primarily upon domestic consumption and exports, but is also subject to the uncertain influence of resumption of production by mines now closed down. This summary of the' situation em phasizes the fact that a return to normal conditions in copper mining rests to a large extent with our home people. There are many uses to which copper can be put which we are simply neglecting today. 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