The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-22
COPPER OUTPUT 1907.

The smelter production OF copper
in the United States in 1907, accord
ing to l.. C. Grafton, of the united
States geological survey, was S6S,-
/ 996.491 pounds. From the record
/ figures of 1906 this is decrease OF
/ 4S.SOe.191 pounds, of 90 per cent,
/ the largest actual decrease ever re-
corded and the largest relative de-
crease since the American copper IN
dustry became important rms Is
+ the first time since 1901 that the an
nual production has been smaller
than that of the preceding year. ana
the first time since 1872 that 1t had
been smaller than that of the second
year preceding.
The total given above is made up
of the fine copper content of blister
nroduced and of the smelter output
of ingot and anode copper from
Michigan. OF this quantity, approx
imately. 10,075, 04S pounds i'll bis
ter were produced in foreign smelters
from domestic materials exported. In
addition to the domestic materials
handled, smelters in this country
turned out as blister 64,l 1913
pounds from foreign ore, concen-
trates and matte Domestic blister
containing 1880 963 pounds was ex-
ported unreined. while blister from
foreign sources obtaining approx
mately 1s3,530,132 pounds fine cop
per was imported for refining in this
country.
The greatest decreases in smeltel
output are shown by the returns from
the three states that rank highest.
Montanas production, which was
.294,7O1.252 pounds in 1906, was but
-224,263,7S9 pounds in 1907, and the
state Welded first place to its rival,
Arizona, whose production, however.
showed a decrease of nearly 6,000,-
GOO pounds. from 262,566, 1903
pounds in 1906 to 6,77S,437
pounds in 1907. Michigan still holds
third place, with its production de-
creased from 229. 695,730 pounds in
1906 to 219,131,5O3 pounds in 1907.
Decreased production is also shown
by the returns from Alaska Ores IN,
Washington and North Carolina.
Many of the other copper prod
ing states showed substantial gains.
The output of Utah. the fourth state
in point of production, was nearly
1000. 600, pounds in excess of
that of 1906-66, 1870 pounds in
1907 as against 50,S29,11s pounds
In the preceding year. The produc-
ton of California increased from IS
153.2O2 pounds in 1906 to 33 &C.,
602 pounds in 1907; that of Colorado
from 7,427.253 pounds in 1906 TO
l13.99S.496 pounds in 1907; that of
New Mexico from 7.099,s42 pounds
in 1906 to 1910, 40 pounds In
1907. and that of Idaho from S,57S,-
DAG pounds in 1906 to 9,7O7 ,299
pounds in 1907 Nevada and YER
mont also showed productive gains.
The production in 1907 of refined
new copper of domestic origin was
l7S4.271,427 pounds, decrease OF
1913, 410,960 pounds, or 1872 per
cent from the production of 1906.
The total output of refined copper
exclusive of domestic scrap, etc.
by domestic refneries in 1907 was
1882, 216,247 pounds. In addition
to this production of refined copper
25,129.617 pounds We're recovered
during the year by the regular cop
per refining companies of the coun-
try from domestic scrap, dresses, etc,
and returns from practically all the
known refiners of secondary materi-
ais indicate that 35, 3 $3.50 pounds
additional were turned out by them
as casting copper and in alloys The
copper produced from secondary
sources in 1907 was therefore some
what in excess of so, 900, 900 pounds,
or more than 10 per cent of the
years production of refined new cop
1 per.
Returns from all the Lake and
/ electrolytic refiners are practically
! complete and show the following
stocks of refined copper on hand at
| the beginning and end of the year:
/ Pounds.
January /, 1908 80. 125, z 45,796
/ January |, 1907 ....... 40 ,49f,lSl
4 Increase during 1907 -. 79,24S,6lo
Undelivered sales are almost en-
tirely 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 refneries and at the
refneries blister copper and material
in process of refining 10 the amount
of 1856, 31O,239 pounds on January
/, 1908.
The apparent consumption of re-
| fined new copper in the United States
in 1907 was about 4S5, 900, 000
pounds. as compared with 6S5 ,000,-
900 pounds in 1906, and it is prob
able that in addition most or all of
| the so, 100000 pounds of revoked
] copper was consumed.
/ The figures are compiled from the
records of all sbut one known pro-
duoing company.
ODDS AND ENDS.