The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-14
Refined Copper.

Refined Copper.
The production Of refined new copper
of domestic origin in 1905 was So,
$40, ,l29 pounds. AN increase of 9l,JT..
102 pounds, or 1l.6 per cent, over the
production of 1907. The total output
Of refined copper exclusive of domcs-
tic scrap, etc. by domestic rcfnerics
in zoos was 1904 700, ,l23 pounds The
details Of production Of refined copper
for 1907 and 1908 are shown in the fol
lowing table in pounds:
1907 80. ......... Domestic. Foreign.
Elcctrolytic =. ....5o2. 3iS,sOS 2l5, ,o62. .Sll
Lake ..... .......17S, ,52I11 ..........
Casting 80, ,....., l$.ilo,e7S 3.lS2.0O6
Total ...... ....7s4, 4,27l,i27 2iS.2il.S2O
Output domestic refineries. 1882. .5l6.2 2i7.
1908 80. .......... Domestic. Foreign
Electrolytic .. $50. 1899 2lS.Il6.2GS
Lake .... ......... 1915 ,502. .n99 ..........
tdSlllS -f,Ihb.bNl l6l.I 10
Total 49,. ......S75. .Si9.I29 2iS.S5c. .99i
Output domestic refineries. 1894 700 l23.
The 1905 figures for domestic electro
lytic includc 26.1S6,4S5 pounds lake cop
per which were refined elcctrolyticallv;
those for 1907 contain 34,917,9sS
pounds lake copper. In addition TO this
production of refined copper, 9,705, ,l03
pounds (of which 2.551 on pounds
were electrolytic and 7.l54,026 pounds
were casting) were recovered during
the year by the regular copperrcfning
companies of the country from domestic
scrap. Dresses. etc, and returns from
practically all the known refncrics Of
secondary material indicate that 49,
5OS.5i pounds were turned out by
them as casting copper and in allows.
The production from secondary
sources in 1908 was about $4,000. 900
pounds. as compared with about 60.
100000 pounds for 1907.
Stocks.
Returns from all smelling and re-
linlng companies show that the follow
ing stocks of elcctrolytic lake. and
casting copper were on hand at the be.
ginning and end Of tho year:
January j, l9VS: ..........,....125 p. Ii3. 196
January l, 1909 o9................r2 r2l S76. 759
Stocks decreased during 1905. 3.S69. .037
Undelivered sales arc excluded from
these figures. Stocks carried by con
sumers and brokers have not been as
certaiued, In addition to the stocks
Of refined copper there were at smeIters.
in transit TO the rehncrcs, and at the
refnerics blister copper and material
in process of refining to the amount of
5,254 $50 pounds January !. 1908. and
234,0l3,s45 pounds January !. 1909.
Consumption.
The apparent consumption of refined
new copper in the United States in
1905 was about 100000 900 pounds
The method Of deriving this figure is
shown in the accompanying table In
addition to the new copper consumed
probably nearly all Of the 23.000,O00
pounds derived from secondary sources
entered into the years consumption.
1901 1908.
Total refinery
output -; .:1,o52,51 1921 1,o9i, 7OO.1 .123
Stock at beginning
of year ....... ae4s7.1s1 125.7i5, 1876
Total available
supply o.. ..L07a,OlS,42s 1920 O4i5, ,o19
~-
Refined copper ex-
ported ,.... 5.4oG,oo7 6ls.6l3,Sa2
Stock at end Of
year -. ...., 125.745.7es l2l.s7s.75s
Total Withdrawn
from supply, 591. PAL S03 7i0 400 col
Apparent CON
sumption -. dS7, 771.s25 47s. $50. .31S
Export OF pigs. bars lngots, plates. etc
reported BY the bureau of statistics IN
l3Ua. icSs 4".zb2,2So pounds OF blister cX-
ported without refining.
A more comprehensive report on the
copper industry in 1908 is in prepar
alton and will soon be published by the
Geological Survey as part of a gen.
eral review of the industries of gold
silver, lead, zinc, and copper The pre-,
liminary statement presented herewith
! rs brought out in advance of this in
answer to demand for official figures
at thc earliest possible date. COVERING
the two most important statistical fea,
tures of the industry, viz, production
n->ItI