| Show may day gets zinc contract the officials of the may alay day company have succeeded in getting a new smelting contract which will ad in t of the shipment of a large quan city of zinc ore N which hica is now exposed upon the various levels ien els of the mine i from the down to the 1100 thi ore to be shipped to bartlesville Bart lesville ma it it ib stated upon pretty good authority that the contract conti act will en able the may day company co to earna earn very larg sum of money mone as fully 10 tons of ore cari canting ying better than 40 percent per cent zinc is now aw av acting ship ment and there is a possibility that the mine will be able to send out sev oral eral thousand tons as the mining of the ore which is now in sight will un result in the opening of other large depo its for some months the price of zinc has been going up and at the present time the metal is b ginging 16 6 80 per pounds and at this figure the zinc ore from the may day should bring a better price than the lead product there are but few smelters p raz nore ore and ancl for that au reabon it is not an easy matter for the mines of utah to con hect up with zinc contracts the may day officials had bad one advantage over most of the other mines however owing to the fact that they have an exceptionally clean product the cost of transporting the may day CLO oe to oklahoma will be no small item but it is understood here that there will be a good piece of money coming to the company even after deducting for mining ra broad and smelter ex benses the smelting company agrees to handle all ore carrying better than 30 per cent but it is ver verb rare that the may day zinc goes below 40 per ent while in some parts of the mine there are bunches of ore abi which ch will run nearer to 50 per cent only a couple of weeks ago a new now body of zine zinc ore was found in the uncle sam ground and the new smelting contract mav i be beneficial to this company as we aej as the may day S 4 the thema may day days s new nom ore bod bently opened aiom the 1000 ae 1 showing up splendidly according i sapt 0 C griggs and ca can ii no don dout be called upon to foi some heavy ship n ants in the near future the p point nt where the ore has been opened to the e best advantage is something I 1 like e twenty feet below the main level and already the miners are breaking down ore which should bring the company tut ut 20 per ton what makes the na gement feel good is the fact the body is of liberal dimensions with pie room for it to mae make off into iw territory it afis is thought that the ift chich is now being driven upon he 1000 level will soon reach this ame a ore which will no doubt be id d to extend some distance above jevel fred ott s at the 01 aex ex mine is in pays pay n 0 i business |
