Show murray smelter reopens ef aw 7 0 gw alx lx 1 i AN 2 W 0 Q M mav we W r I 1 A 7 J 44 44 1 1 a N 11 W A A after a shutdown of nearly two months operations were resumed at the murray utah plant of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company last month about men were given employment at the lead plant A sufficient tonnage of ore has accumulated a athe plant to virtually insure continuous operations until next summer in the opinion of william J oconnor manager of the utah department of 0 the Sm smelling smelting elting company interruptions of scheduled shipments of ore and concentrates from australia and south america by the war var caused closing of the plant the war has made shipping shii ping space scarce as ores now must vie with other cargo as ship ballast from foreign countries added to this condition is the tact fact that the price of lead has not been permitted to advance in relation to mining costs As a result there has been no increase in the production of lead from western mines which could ship to the murray plant many marginal lad l ad producers throughout western united states are still idle when they could be adding this vital to the national defense effort if i itie ale price ot of lead were permitted to keep pace with costs |