Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-10
COPPER OUTPUT
FOR PAST YEAR
CALIFORNIA SHOWS A BIG
INCREASE
NEVADA, UTAH AND NEW MEXICO
ARE ALSO AHEAD
other States Experience Greatest De-
crease In History of American Cop
per Industry-GoVernment
Issues Annual Report

The smelter production Of copper IN
the United States in 1907, according
to L. c. Grafton of the United states
geological survey, was S6S. 996,491 pounds
From the record figures OF 1906 this is
a decrease of S,S09, 191 pounds, or 5S
per cent, the largest actual decrease
ever recorded and the largest relative
decrease since the American copper N
d dve1 T,,' became important. This is the
first time since 1901 that the annual
nroductfon has been smaller than that
Of the preceding year, and the nrst
time since 1872 that it has been smaller
than that of the second year pre-
ceding. .
The total given above is MADE up OF
the fine copper content of blister pro-
dnced and of the smelter output of
ineot and anode copper from Michi-
gan. OF this quantity, approximately
IA O75 04S mounds in blister were pro-
duced in foreign smelters from comes
tic materials exported. In adoltloh 10
the domestic materials handled sIneit-
ers in this country turned out as DIS
ter 4,145,64S pounds from forelgn ore
concentrates and matte. Domestic DIS
ter containing AZ, 350,963 pounds was e&-
norted unrefned, While blister from
foreign sources containing approx
mately 1S3,530132 pounds hne copper
was imported for refining in this coun-
try. ~.
The greatest decreases in snelter
output are shown by the returns from
the three states that rank hlgnest'
Montana's production, which was Z94,-
7O1 .252 pounds in 1906, was but ga
263.7 S9 pounds in 1907, and the state
yielded first place to its rlVal' A arr
iona. whose production, however, show
ed a decrease Of nearly 100000 pounds,
from 1852, 500 1913 pounds in 1906 to 1885,
77S.437 pounds in 1907. Michigan still
holds third place, with its production
decreased from 229,695,73O pounds in
1906 to 219,131,503 pounds in 1907. De
creased production Is also SHOWN Dy tne
returns from Alaska, Oregon, Wash
ington and North Carolina
Other States Show Gain
Many of the other copper producing
states showed substantial gains. Inc
output of Utah, the fourth state IN
point of production, was nearly 16,O0O,-
non hounds in excess of that of 1906
sc .41S37O pounds in 1907 as against
80. 329.119 pounds in the preceding year.
THE production of California increased
from 2S, 1853, 202 pounds in 1906 to 49,
696, 6O2 pounds in 1907; that of Colorado
from 7,427,253 pounds IN 1905 TO lS,SSs,-
496 pounds in 1907; that of New Mexico
from 7,099,S42 pounds in 1906 to 10140,-
140 pounds in 1907, and that of Idaho
from 657S, 046 pounds in 1906 to 9,1O1299
pounds in 1907 Nevada and Vermont
also showed productive gains.
The production in 1907 of refined new
copper of domestic origin was 7S4,271,-
427 pounds, a decrease of 1O3,41O,960
pounds, or 1872 per cent, from the pro-
duction of 1906. The total output of
refined copper exclusive of domestic
scrap, etc. by domestic refineries in
1907 was 1,0S2,516,2 47 pounds. In addi-
ton to this production of refined cop
per 25,129,617 pounds were recovered
during the year by the regular copper
refining companies Of the country from
domestic scrap, dresses, etc, and re-
turns from practically all the known
refiners of secondary materials indicate
that 35,355,966 pounds additional were
turned out by them as casting copper
and in alloys. The copper produced
from secondary sources in 1907 was
therefore somewhat in excess of Co.
100000 pounds, or more than 7.5 per
cent of the years production of refined
new copper.
Returns from all the Lake and cleo
trolytic refners are practically com.
plete and show the following stocks of
refined copper on hand at the begin
ming and end of the year:
January l. 190S................ 125,745,7s6 pounds
January /, 1so7............... 46,497'1a pounds
aSINASSNAN PSNA~N4S
Excludes UndeliVered Sales
Undelivered sales are almost entirely
excluded from these figures, and stocks
carried by consumers and brokers have
not been estimated. In addition to
these stocks of refined copper there
were at the smelters, in transit to the
refineries and at the refineries blister
copper and material in process of re-
filming to the amount Of 135,3lO,239
pounds on January 1, 1907, and 175, 254, =
$50 pounds on January l, 1908.
The apparent consumption of refined
new copper in the United States in 1907
was about 4S5,000,000 pounds, as COM
pared with 6S5,000,000 pounds in 1906,
and it is probable that in addition most
or all of the 100000 900 pounds of re-
worked copper was consumed.
The figures given above are COM
piled by Mr.. Grafton from the exact
records of all but one known produce
ing company. A comprehensive report
on the copper industry in 1907 is in
the geological survey as an advance
chapter from Mineral Resources of the
United States, Calendar Year 1907"
The preliminary statement herewith
presented Is made in advance to meet
q demand for high official figures at the
earliest possible date, covering the two
most important statistical features of
the ndustry-productio and consump-
ton. So far as Is known at present,
no revision of the figures will be neces-
sary, but the right is reserved by the
government to make in the complete
report any slight reapportionment that
final analysis of the figures may re-
quire.
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