The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-07

only 3.407 tons lees than the imports into
.hose countries during the cSrrsspon1ddipg Ps
,S"s Tohnsf .s hs q p
hsP gsS 2 80 81 fG9P 70 Sons
tuel decrease IN the general foreign oonsunp
nd AND France 20 Of "a tSn 2 he %
! distribution from those two countries to other
SddGd e the Quantity ths re
ior the nrst hall Of 1873; while the enormous
sumption"
THE STN readers are familiar with the ire
mendous boom that there has been In copper
stocks In oil parts OF the county. Thoy are
nnume T storie. 81 rioR COPPER finds every every
great lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico. But i1 spite
statements insisted upon by men familiar with
the copper bushes. ls that there is not in
find Of copper that will aid m ateriay il quickly
bringing the production Of that metal mp to the
Is such that II not another. order we're
placed for any article containing copper
T0 p 't The ' orders months ns y pa!s snF
ss orders G.Pss sss 9e ri ns @
inE., according to these men,. 70 to-day more
nrontabl. thpn gold mining. 1t is so profitable
cHp EepyWhos old Hff mines %rC bens "n
opened and thousands upon thousan Ids OF dol
lara are being sunk in tho effort to make them
to the high price at which copper Ia being sold.
are being made to pay. and. as said before.
bring IL or 10 cents pound
Whenever a new, mine is dtscovered. there
followed Ivy stories Of the probable overproduc-
ton Of copper very soon that are printed In the
%D Know n% oy G
Az a matter OF fact. you can find n copper min.
one dry and start Y going the next and take
work OF not less than two years generally the
work OF good deal longer time. to get a cop
per mine on basis where enough COPPER
the copper market. And II all the stories that
hay have been printed and believed are true and
the alleged discoveries are quite as rich as
their most sanGuine discoverors assert them
to be. i would take until 1908 or 1904 and the
and work before they would produce copper
e ,!ith to come anywhere near ear catching up
The Engineering and Mining Journal, which
Is an authority in the matter said in its issue
The great rise in price already referred to
and the demand for the metal has stimulated
of copper mines; A few OF these will doubtless
ar ynHe v sqt lie s n r
G .md gre spbss Tny
any importance during the present year The
time occupied IN opening c9pper deposit and
erecting q smelter Is considerable. even un-
der the most favorable circumstances In the
Lake superior region. experts consider that
three years and $4,000 are needed to prove
the valu" of a mine and put it in producing
condition. somewhat less il required in other
regions. perhaps but there il no place known
to us where a copper mine can he made with
out large expenditure of both time and
money The increase In copper production
which may be looked for in 1922 will come
chiefly from extended operations NJ the older
mines and "A few where previous work has
brought the properties into condition
There L. good deal Of talk now and then
about substances TINT NAV be used as suhst-
tutcs Tor copper a. soon as the prc" for copper
advances little more One of these substances
most ia kcd about is aluminium. aluminium is
said 10 be AS good conductor Of electricity or
q better one. than copper. But Inquiries ade
by THE SrS reporter of men who are familiar
with the ms and outs OF the aluminium bust
ness make II apparent that aluminium cannot
soon be the substitute tor copper, because not
aluminium ia produced There is one
in New York city. THE Sun reporter
was informed. that received an order for
1000 tons OF tho metal nine months ago and
II has been unable TO I'LL that order. Again
men in the electrical business say that alumni
mum could not be successfully used in most
OF the branches Of the business as substitute
TOR copper. even il II was plenty enough he
cause Of the great difference in bulk Of the two
metals. And it is stated by these men that there
is no metal to-day the use OF which as n sub
Stitute for Ia com m arpially Doasihe