Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-12-05
MINING OF COPPER
treat Strides Being Made in
the Industry
copper's Unique Place Among Metals
IFS Production in America
And Elsewhere.

Copper mining has assumed such
an Importance in the commercial and
financial affairs of the world, that
copper mines are being more eargerly
sought for by mining investors than
even gold mines, though gold mines
have been in demand when all other
binds of mines were looked upon as
drug. There is certain stability
about gold, in its undertaking selling |
orce Of sos per ounce, that gives
II an intrinsicality making it the peer
Of all other portable wealth, though |
It's purchasing power may fiuctuate,
and bv common consent it is looked
upon as the real money Of ultimate
redemption and settlement.
Copper has assumed the position
among base metals that gold holds
among precious metals. 1t has be-
come essential. The development of
copper mining has been phenomenal
and one Of the wonders OF modern
mining and Industrial sciences. The
copper mines OF Lake Superior,
Montana and Arizona have made
wonderful records in tonnage pro
duction as well as yielding dividends,
in the aggregate of such colossal pro-
portions, as to be marvellous even in
these days OF billion dollar fortunes.
Though the field Of utility for copper
as a metal has been most widely ex-
plotted within the past two decades,
and that principally in the United
States as the initiating country, its
sovereign virtues we're recognized in
the first dawn of civilization. The
ancient Greeks mined il extensively
in the Island Of Cyprus, and it was
copper that caused the Phoenicians
to seek the coast of Brittany to obtain
the metal from the mines OF Cornwall.
Il has been mined almost continu.
ously for centuries in Spain and Por-
tugal, but curiously enough the
copper mining industry has had com
paratively little exploita ton in Rus
sa.
According to the Stevens Copper
Hand Book for 1908 the Republic OF
Mexico has made relatively greater
strides in copper production during
the past five years than any other
country in the world Not only has
there been q most remarkable rela
tive gain, but the actual gain in out
put, SAYS Stevens, puts Mexico III
exceedingly close second to the United
States in point of increase. Tha'
Mexico will soon lead Spain, and RAM
second only to the United States
seems assured. On the other hand
it is equally remarkable to note tina
considering the wide distribution o
cuperous minerals, there are afteI
all only a comparatively few states
in the United States in which copper
is mined on a large scale, and OUTSIDE
Of Michigan, Montana and Arizona
that there are copper mines being
worked as against mines producing
other metals. OF the 293, 5O4 loni
tons Of copper produced in the Unite'
States in 1902, according to tn
Stevens tables SO per cent, or owe
three.quarters was produced b
Arizona, Michigan and Montana
The next two states in importanc
are California and Utah, which be
tween them produce annually som
10000, 900 pounds. Colorado and Ne'
Mexico are next in Importance bu
the two do not yield what Californi
and Utah do by much more than on'
third. Alaska has not figured as We
in the regular statistics as cope
producer, but it is only a question
time, probably, when that snow
realm of the far nor thwest will ais
be regarded as copper country
Journal for Investors.
improvements to the Merchant
Cafe still con inue. In addition
installing an up to.date hotelupstalr
Casey & Arden have fitted up tw
elauant nr;vata dining rooms in Il