The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-06
STEVENS HANDBOOK.
Last Edition Of Splendid Work
EcIipses Authors Former Efforts.

/ The eighth annual edition of '"The Cop
} per HanuOOOk- Just issued by the au-
Z thor. Horace J. Stevens. Of Houghton.
Mich, Is at hand 1t is an octave volume
| Of 1850 pages. in BREWER type but By
slight increases in the width and height
or the printed matter on each page to-
getner with reduction in the leading
but without using a smaller face Of TYNE
each page carries one-third more matter
than formerly. and the new edition with
only l,J0o pages. contains one-half more
matter than the preceding edition. which
had 1,226 pages.
The principal chapter of the book de-
voted to detailed descriptions of the COP
per mines CT the globe, has IIS5 pages.
| describing no less than 6.767 copper mines
and copper companies in al parts of the
world. comparing with So listed in the
preceding edition This long chaDter
which was uurevised i'm Volume VII. ov-
ing to fire, accident and illness. has been
completely rewritten, even the obituaries
of the .defunCt companies having been i'm
proved by the addition of neat verbal
tOmbstones.
Copper is considered under great va
riety Of heads, in the preliminary chap
ters Of the book, these giving in non
technical but correct language. a vast
amount of information relating to the geo
iOgy and mineralogy of copper and conner
ores, with chapters devoted to mining
milling. smelling. teaching and refining
and vet other chapters treating Of the
history Of the metal. brands grades sub
sututeS and uses The very cOmpiata
glossary of mining terms is reprinted
from Volume VII. The final chapter. de
voted TO statistics. is the most complete
and compendiOus given in any work deal
ing with the subject whether issued Of
fiCially or privately. and its authority has
been recognized officially and by the cop
per trade.
1t is rarely that a single work is found
OF such general Importance 10 such q
great diversity of interests as is The
Copper Handbook. which is practically
an encyclopedia of the entire subject OF
copper and as such is of equal inter
est TO miner. metalluUgist refiner. pro-
Queer and consumer. To the investor o..
Spectator in copper shares. il IS as near
ly indispensable as d work OF reference
can become
As usual. "The Copper Handbook is
exceedingly frank i'm lis comments and
the descriptions of mining companies con
sidered by the author to 5a dishonest
are marked by the utmost limit of plain
speaking. That seven preceding editions
embodying language Of the same tart
ness. have appeared without a single IL
bel suit being brought into court. though
many gong companies are branded as
swirdles, is evidence that Mr.. Stevens. not
Withstanding the fact that h denolIuces
several hundred companies as frauds is
sure OF his ground IN making such scath-
ing arrangements as are contained in this
and the past editions of his book.
The price of THE Copper Handbook
Is >, in strong green buckram bind
ing. and the selling plan Is unique as
the book is sent to anyone ordering it.
from any part Of the globe. without a
penny in advance. the publisher prepay
ing carriage charges. and allowing the
purchaser a weeks inspection. and &C
cepting the return of the book g. settle
ment Of the charge il. uDon insDection
il docs not prove satisfactory That this
plan is successful Is proven by the fact
that IL has been followed for six co0sect-
tive years. and that The Copper Hand
book now circuates in every cOuntrr
that has postage stamp Of its own and
is claimed by the publisher. without r.
corded contradiction. 70 enjoy the largest
circulation Of any mining annual printed
in any language. Anyone Interested e.
cOpper. or copper shares can well afford
to write Mr.. stevens. ordering a COPY o.
The Copper Handbook" without sd-
vance payment. and subject 10 approval
after a weeks inspection