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Show METAL DEALERS ARE PROSPEROUS Washington, Juno 27. Junk dealers deal-ers during 1912 dld'uti enormous business busi-ness the geological survey asserts In a statement Issued. TJio vaiuo of secondary se-condary metnls oxcluslvo or gold, sliver, platinum, Iron and aluminum, recovered last year was $77,396,843, as compared with $52,585,390 in 1911, nn Increaso ot more than $25,000,000. Tho survoy's report does not sot forth tho quantity of old iron nnd Bteol recovered, neither does It In-cludo In-cludo the precious metals. Tho quantity quan-tity of aluminum scrap returned to tho secondnry smeltors Is incrensing rapidly, says tho survey, owing to the rise ot tho automobile and It adds that the reports next year probably will IncluMo secondary aluminum. Tho totUl amount of secondary copper cop-per rocovored was 137,507 tons, assuming as-suming that tho brass remolted and an average copper content of 70 per qent; secondary lead recovered amounted to 67,109 tons; recovery of secondary zinc amounted to 81,543 tons, nnd secondary tin recovered reahed 15,401 tons. Tho quantity recovered re-covered as tin was 8,333 tons and that in alloys and chemical compounds com-pounds 7,068 tons. |
