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Show Five more of the largest copper mines in western states have announced an-nounced the resumption of operations opera-tions and on April 1st, eleven of the fifteen principal mines which closed down one year ago were again working work-ing their properties, although on a greatly curtailed scale. Sales of electric power for industrial purposes pur-poses in February continued on the same level as in January, primarily reflecting the activity in lumbering and mining. Much prosptcting and development of small mines is taking place, especially es-pecially on silver and gold properties. proper-ties. This is due largely to the passage pas-sage of legislation which encourages these industries along legitimate lines of expansion. Laboring men are receiving the greatest benefit and the government will profit by obtaining ob-taining new supplies of precious metals. met-als. When lumbering and mining gain their stride the whole west booms. For this reason it is essential that our financial interests extend every credit possible to these industries and that our people get behind the demand for reduction in taxation which is today preventing normal development de-velopment in many lines. |