Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR
By w. Fl. TIBBALS.

single year of the handling Of the Utah
Copper company.s output. This con-
tract Ia expected 10 revert next spring.
however. to the American Smelling &
Refining company interests, as the Gue-
genheims arc largely Interested in the
Utah companycs stock.
Tho settlement of the differences
arising between tho United Metals Sell
ing company and the American Metal
company over the Greene Consolidated
contract In favor of the former was q
fortunate thing for that concern, for
had the selling of this copper reverted
to the American company by virtue
OF an agreement entered into between
this agency and Col. Greene before
the latter lost control OF the Greens
company, the United company would
have lost the selling of 100000 pounds
year at tho present rate of the Cam
anoa production.
The American Metal company has
made contracts With three new proper
ties, the most important OF which was
that entered into with tho Imperial
Copper company, which is now turning
out at the rate of 100000 pounds u
year but which Will shortly double
that output The other two contracts
were with tho Douglas Copper COM
pany, which has made a few small ship
ments, and the Giroux, which has yet
to start its mill and slnelter
Tho selling OF the Oxford Copper
company product changed from the
American Metal company to the T..
Vogelstein agency and the American
also lost through the shutdown of the
plant approximately 100000 pounds
year from the Teziutlan company of
Mexico.
Before the blowing IN Of its own
shelter, the Imperial company had its
product treated by Phelps. Dodge u
Co., and the Tintic company output.
which comes from the Tampa shelter.
The Arizona Smelling, bingham and
Britannia properties being closed down,
this agency thereby lost some few
million pounds.
Handling Of the Mountain Copper
company, which is now down to 1000, 900
pounds per annum from 100000
pounds few years ago, Is done by
Jardine Matthewson & Co. rather than
by Vivian Bond & CO.
Charles Raht of New York is the
selling agent for Calumet 81 Hecla and
Victoria COPPER company. Vice Pres-
dent Lircrmore of the former corpora
zion, however, has direct charge OF the
company's sales.
The New York Metal Selling COM
pany. while having no contract for dis
POSING Of any individual copper, han
dies about S0,0O0,0D0 pounds year.
some of which is obtained from other
| which sell direct. There are also q
number of large foreign metal selling
| companiesc which maintain offices III
| New York and which are instrumental
| in impnrting large amounts of copper.
| which are generally in an unretined
state.
From the following ffguros may be
| obtained a good idea of Just how the
copper in this country is sold. the to-
tails being compiled from Inst month
production: the tabulatlon therefore
presents tho rate at which tho compa-
nles are now producing copper:
UNITED STATES SELLING co.
Amaga1nated mines Gnclnd-
Ing North Butte. Butte Co
alition, etcD .s..s... ...',. q. aso. Ooo, 900
Lake dncluding Copper
Range and BigeloW mines). 10000. 00G
Arizona Copper ................. 10000, 900
Utah Consolidated ,..s.......i.. is, 600, 900
Greene Consolidated ......f..3... Al, 900, 900
Tennessee Copper ....... ". $4,000, 900
Boston Consolidated and
Newhouse mines ...t.....,... 5000, 600
Utah Copper Observation-Disclosures. 50.ooo,DoO
AMERICAN METAL co.
w A. Clark mines in Butte. 30, ooO, GOO
Old Dominion .......s5.s......s... 3s,00o.ooo
Shannon ....... ...............,. IS, 0op, 900
Imports
CRANKY .......... ,........ ~. 81 900, 900
Mt Lyell Observation-Disclosures. $4,000, OOQ
Shelters product ............. 20,G00,eo0
InlpeNal ................,...... 100000
PHELPS. DODGE & co.
Own properties--Copper Queen,
Detroit Nncluding Calumet
& Arizona, Superior &c Pitts
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