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Show oo REOPENING OF THE MINES. Let us rejoice over the coming of hetter ttmea. Nine months ago tho j whole country w as disturbed by the outbreak of war In Europe and there were fears of panic and a dread of complete disorganization of industry Hundreds of thousands of workors were thrown out of employment and the future appeared dark. Within the last three months, there has been a decided Improvement and now wh hoar most encouraging reports from every part of the United Statee. Truu. there still are many unemployed workmen, but the numbers greatly have decreased Hero in Utah, the copper industry was most affected at the opening of the war, and at the Utah Coppor plants alone thousands of men wero placed on half time or dismissed. Now the announcement is made that on May 1, the Utah Copper company, the American Smelter & Rafinlng com pany, the United States Smelting, Refining Re-fining & Mining company, the Bingham Bing-ham t Garfield railroad aad other i copper Interests. vfQ operate on full time A Salt Lake paper says that, as a direct result, the coal mines in Carbon county will put more men to work and the enormous contracts ! which the smelters have for "spot " copper to be fumlhed England and I the allies mean that the mines and j smelters will continue running on full time until October 1, at least. The Utah Copper company has been adding ad-ding gradually to its fore of men j at the Bingham mines for two months but the great demand for copper cop-per since April 15 has decided the company to return to full working capacity The mine which had been running on half-time will have a full night and day shift from now on, with the exception that there will not b? as many "strippers at work. Tlip smelters will be placed on full time May 1 and the 1200 men who were laid off at the outbreak of tho European Euro-pean war. when the demand for copper cop-per fell away bolow normal, will re turn to work Tho mills at Magna end Arthur have been running on full lime for fifteen days and the (Jar-field (Jar-field smelter will be placed on full time today. The mines at Butte, Montana, are re-employlng hundreds of miners. That district Is tributary to Utah and the prosperity of the big mining camp will help nur truck farmers, fruit growers and othorB. We are now at the beginning of a period of great industrial activity and by the middle of summer all evidence of dull times should disappear. |