The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-03

TIM sStirufi6r Press 81 San Francisco,
says 4 very significant TACT in connection
with our copper interests is that the Inn
ports into England and France for the past
orrmonths have exceeded that OF the same
period in 1888 by 1856 tons, while the De
~liyeries have decreased by 4 ,S42 tons. "
the increased import Till tons came rom
the United States whereas last year stocks
decreased 6,632 tons in the first our
months in England; they have this year m
creased 1865 IONS in this period. Inc
lower price Of copper has influenced foreign
mines as well as ours, OF course, The eHect
Of the low prices ruling for copper is seen IN
the reduced dividends OF the three large
Spanish mining companies, which are as
follows: The Tharsis Company, 70 per
cent. against 27k per cent. for the year
1882: Mason and Barry, s per cent. against
II ,ar cent. for the year 1888; the klo
Tinto Company, 8 per cent. against Il per
cent. for the year 1889; the average price
OF bar copper for 1884 being f54 9s. Id.
ner ton. against f63 SIS. 1Od. in 1888.
The three companies shipped 615,92O tons
of uyrites, against 639, 900 tons in 1888.
The Tl,arsis Company their IN
tention of shipping 1OO,0 900 tons or 90 per
cent. more pyrites than last year. partly to
compensate for the reduced value OF the
copper and the decline Of eight shilllngs per
ton in the value OF the sulphur contents.
The Rio Tinto Company have also con-
tracted for about 100000 tons more than
last year. while Messrs. Mason and Barry
now ship all their copper produce IN the
form of precipitate. The TharsisC Company
shipped 1906 tons of precipitate, against
6,717 tons in 1883, and the Rio Tinto pro
duced altogether 1865 tons (of q cwt.)
fine copper, against 1925 tons IN 1858.
Last month Chill sent to England 1906
tons of copper, while the United States
sent 1920 tons, and we also sent l,6So
tons OF copper to France last month. FOR
the first four months OF the year Chill e
to England and France 1924 tons OF fine
p against 1866 tons in the same
period last year. We sent to Liverpool
and Swansea alone this year so lar 1881
tons, as against 4,O45 tons the first
four months of last year. James
Lewis & Sons circular OF ores and
metals Iiverpoo=, gives some interesting
statistics for the first quarter OF the year
concerning copper. The imports into
England for the quarter were 31,447 Ions
fine; the exports from England were l3,95o
tons; British production, 524 tons; English
home consumption, 13,S45 tons; imports
of all kinds into France, 4 ,24Otons; English
copper to France, 726 tons; French con-
sumption of copper imported direct, 1878
tons; English consumption and French con-
sumption Of copper imported direct and
from England, S,444 tons. The Board OF
Trade returns show that America sent only
POP tons OF r%egulus in the first quarter OF
last year, while this year we sent ,2O6tons
of r%egulus. The English export OF wrought
and unwrought copper for the quarter was
9,O84tons I'll, 127last year,; yellow metal,
1890; brass, 1853 tons (1,O11 last Year,;
unwrought and part wrought (foreign),
1,14s tons (3,O49 last year,. The Cornish
mines only produced 524 tons OF copper
during the first quarter of the year.