| Show smelters are unable to settle for ore ore settlements are being held up the various companies buy buying ing ores say tiny thy cannot settle until they quotations as to the prices AU 41 though the he smelter officials have been expecting ons daily they have received none s nee last friday saya says the tribune they are contina ng to buy ore and to treat it but they say that the they are unable to make any set clment until the metal market ribota itself all sh apers have been ad to this effect general manager C W whitley of the american smelting Re refining finina co said yesterday that with n a very short time he hoped to be able to announce to mine operators shipp ing to the murray and garfield plants some dennite definite plan by wh ch eh ore set clements tie tle ments would be made G W manager of the united states smelting mm min ng and refining corn com pany se sa d that none of the corn com pany s mines producing lead s iver or copper wo vo lid ild be closed lie ile also sa d that tha smelter at midvale would continue operations when asked re garding the the smelters accepting c iscom ores h said that their cios ng u 0 ild depend entirely upon the mm min ng corn com panics shipp ng to them chipp rs of co p r 0 es who have b been een looking in into the metal market satiation sit lation express the onnon op n on thattie that the markets 0 europe do clo ed to copper cannot remain closed very long they the advance the argument that if the war in europe continues the countries fighting will be forced to buy copper or to stop fighting they see noth ing but a bright future for the cop per industry of the united states for they point out that if it the war stol s there will be an advance in copper due to the sudden demand with a c ir tailed supply in order to tide 0 ocr cr the presen present t difficulty du to lack of ore settle ments some of the shippers have ad danced the plan of having the amel pay to the shippers a percent age of the values of cooper couper lealand lead and silver in th ores such percentage to give the chipi ars money enough to pay the operating expenses in eluding the wages of the men work ing in the mines and mills |
