The copper era., 1908-09-24
Official Copper Figures Prove Arizona
Leadership.


Leadership.
The advance statement of the L.
S. Geological survey has been issued,
showing the production of copper in
the United States for the year 1907.
1t is explained that a more cOmpre-
hensive report is in preparation to be
issued later, this being given to sup
ply the demand for official figures at
the earliest possible moment. There
has been no attempt to furnish the
figures on the secondary supply enter
ing the trade during the year, such
as scrap, dresses, etc, and these fig
ures are merely returns from every
smelter and refinery in the country
save one, though which one is not ex-
pected to correspond accurately with
mine production though the variance
should not be great. This report
may be obtained by addressing the
director of the Z. S. geological sur
vey Only a few facts taken from it
are given here.
The production of copper in the
United States in 1907 was sos, 1896, 49l
pounds. From the record figures of
1906 this is a decrease of IS, 1909. 191
pounds, or SO per cent. the largest
actual decrease ever recorded since
the American copper industry became
important. This is the first time
since 1901 that the annual production
has been smaller than that of the
preceding year and the first time
since 1872 that it has been smaller
than that of the second preceding
year.
In the following figures apportioned
to the states in which the copper was
mined, the total is made up of the
fine copper content of blister pro-
duced and of the smelter output of
ingot and anode copper from Michi-
gan.
1907. 1906
Arizona. PSF, 77S, 437 252, SIT, 1O3
Montana . 224 ,263, 789 294, 7Ol, 252
Michigan. 2l9, l3l SOB 229, 695. 100
Utah. .......... 66,4lS,370 80, 500, 10
The above are the figures on the
four greatest producing states. The
others rank for 1907 in the following
order: California, Tennessee, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico, Idaho, Alaska,
Wyoming, Nevada, Missouri, Yer
mont, North Carolina, Oregon, Wash
ington, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia,
and Maryland, .making the total OF
SOS, 1896, 49l.
The production of refined copper OF
both foreign and domestic origin, in
American refineries, was 1,079, O52, 4O9
pounds as against l,023, 5l6, 247 pounds
in 1906.
The stock of refined copper on
hand January /. 1908, was l25, AS, 79t
as against 46, 497, ISL January l, 1907
The report says the apparent con-
sumption of refined new copper in
the United States in 1907 was about
485, 100000 pounds as compared with
about $50, 900 pounds in 1906.
H. L. MarmiOu, of Hachita, wht
has been working the King mine
there for some time, has located Z
group of claims up the hill from the
King, which he has named Vicraywir
group, and which he has transferred
to the newly organized Vicraywir
company. Mr.. Marmion has beer
working on the King for some months
the King being developed some 4O(
feet to water level. 1t is expected
that arrangements will be made tC
continue work on the King in con
nection with the work on the Vicray
win group.-Liberal.
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