New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-27
n penslon Of 81 900 year to Mrs. Mary orooA' "'
OF Major. General George Crook
ASKING FOR FREE COPPER AND NlChhl"
An AMERICAN COMPANY, MINING AND sMEhiAN'
THESE ORES N CANADA, SEEKS THEIR
FREE ENTRY FOR MINING.

FREE ENTRY FOR H.tlNlN"'
Washington. March 20 (speciaD.-s ). h''''n' on'o
represents the Canadian Copper Compan'' ,,no
corporation with an Office at Cleveland but carry 7
on the mining and smelling OF copper anu i cam
al sudbury ont today addressed the HOUSE -
mite, ln WAYS and Means in furtherance Oh '"o o
pan, quest to he allowed to bring theso VIZ Tho
INT Ego United states for refining purposes
ore, he said, composed OF sulphur VIII ~
nickel iron and silica; as at present sihei'cu ~
furnaces in Canada, only the nickel ana ooPPc, ,
saved all the other metals being thrown into TIC SOB
pile and wasted. The company now produces wy
copper and nickel in the form Of matte VINO" "a
smpv reducing five or six tons into one THIS matte
was sent to Great Britain and Germany where III,
metal contained in it was rehncd ih'o puio "'''i w
into pure copper The company DESIRES no"c'ot ~
do all this refining this country, II poS'iDe' anu W
plant necessary TO treat 200 or l'ooo oi's VI U
ore a day. aud 10 save the sulphur coh'a'neu ~ IT,
woud require an outlay several millions OF ooar''
The alloy of nickel with steel had shown SUCH rc"'"
able results in Europe that II WAS highly i''I'''
70 manufacture the article In TINS country. 'HP
rcnts had been made last spring. undei '"o e"p0
vision and direction Of the Iron and steel lhs'iu "
Great Britain. The results were reporlc" ~ W.
,.o,,r, "a that Institute held in London In May
$50 by James Riley, the manager Of the eteel 'o'
many of Scotland at Glasgow and by }. l. i'"ii '"'
manager OF the great Criciblc steel WORKS Vi "''
| Jcssop & sons. at sheffield, England """oo' -o'
into dcails il could be stated that by the adui,io"
| OF "A comparatively small quantity OF hichei 10 "''
| steel in the form of an alloy, the materinl was en-
allied to withstand severity Of test twice a. 3re"
a. any now rcaured in the specifications Tor S'''i
uscd for guns or arnlor plates by either the 'he'
| states Navy Department OF the English Navy vi ""
| Department. similar results had been oo'"'''" ~
. France IT, the last two years. $500 .
Having seen the report Of these results 'ir' h''
said further the Secretary OF the Navy last s"''"''
rflne n
| 10 the different great workshops OF Europe 10 "a
amino into this question Of nickel steel; anu lTon
tho information thus obtained. the Secrctar! l"i a.
dressed +, the committee letter Ia favor Oh "o'''-
| thc ores and matte free into the ,hl'eu 0'"0,'' ~
order that this nickel steel might be MADE ID non'c'
instead of being manufactured solely III Europe l'o
CONDOS which the speaker had of the text oi tie
| hin neither the ores nor the mates prV"u'"' '
,hem vcr, to be placed upon the free list N'oei was
q, he dutiablc at = cents per pound, ana copper 81
| | IL cents per pound. 49,.
Mr. pitrhie then argued against any duty on cop
| nor The United states, he sald' Na9 "u'" ~
| largest copper producing country III the "o'''
| worlds entire production for the year ioo' "'' ..
900 cro,, tons. and of this amount the Ni''u H'"'
| .Inu,cd ~, "a tons. or more than 10 per cent
,,r,c amount Of this product was exported anu ''
in the European markets at less price tiah ''V an
| article was sold 10 home consumers i"'''
| country in the world in which copper "aa p'"''''
| 20 chcaply and prontaby as III INC '"''' g., .,r
AT the great pyrites mines Of Hpn" 'opP ,nc
form - MATES cost more than relied copper ~ ~,
., ,he Lake s,p.. ior district or in Nont'ra l"'
,ned At Rio rinto yielded less than 3 per 'e''
, conner on an average. This was Only aooU' 0,'
half the Weld Of Lake superior ores or QUO io"' -,
,,d ~ Montana ore, and yet the r;opfc'os u "''
,paui.h mine had made an cNpcnHHu''' io' .'o ~,,
I.c and putting In order Of thS iniNe ~ .no Ia,
'il, , r. rro FIX, was A sum much larger tian ha'
,, -, n.ndcd for similar purpose upon ~ ,, o
ncr.nrlluc.ng mines IN the tinted states e. -
,,"ir .r,,,,, ntnr, costing TINS vast sum Oh ""'''
AID producing only su,h low grade ore, MeT re, ' how
,i ,.-, nrouc~tic, In Europe. Iher Cpuu w. ,,
'l' ~. rncir nroduct 10 the I niied otl'c' am
sell it in competition WIN America, a., Kmsrican pro
49, could and did into their market anu .' -
competition with them of VIVA, mS'; ,r,, none
,i,, ~, ,onucr when the United state, lml9rvu "n
and exported A larsc percentage 81 l"c "'0'0 ''"
product . vr Richie said in con
.,,.l,u asked only fair chance I" u""u "P "0'0
new and important industry