Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-26
OUR ENORMOUS NATIONAL JUNK HEAP

tHillt NNNAl"H hIt NMNloHt Nlu tbNIhHi
bases % electric lamps llght wire.
and springs are al eathered and sold.
though aueh articles are not deslra-
bic scrap and have a limited market
compared TO heavy copper. brass, bab-
Bit. etc. II IL impracticAble to seq
regate the refining, remeltIng and
refuse OF secondary metals according
to states. but over 90 per cent 81 the
refining and smelling OF dresses and
scrap metals In tho United states is
confined 20 the territory east OF 81.
Louis and north OF the Ohio river
Reports were made by approximately
SEQ Users Of secondary material. OF
which about i50 were In Pennsylvania
and West virginia. 100 IN New York.
New Jersey. Connecticut. Maryland
and Massachusetts,. and about lee In
Ohio. indiana, Illinois. and Michigan.
Some " the largest plants that re-
smelt or refine secondary metals are
az Philadelphia, Chicago. New York
city. Pittsbufg. Detroit. and 81. Louis
ana az TOttenville y. Y. and Rome.
lN.Y.
Nearly $4,000 Tons Of Copper Ttecov.
erred.
The total amount OF secondary cop
per recovered. on the assumption that
the brass rcmelted had an average
copper content OF 20 per cent, was
is7.507 tons, Of which 1851 tons was
recovered by plants refining primary
metals and the remainder BY plants
treating only secondary metals. The
copper produced By shelters OF the
latter class includes 42.623 tons Of
1T. a - 81 -.
alloys other than brass, and 7i.06e
tons OF copper In rernelted brass Al
least $1,000 tons were recovered from
clean scrap made In the course Of
manufacture OF copper and brass
ware, so that only about 100000 tons
was obtained from ashes cinders. and
scrap. or from material that had ac-
tualiy been used and discarded. The
value Of the copper both as metal
and In ALLOYS. 10 computed al the
average yearly price quoted for cast
ing copper by the american Metal
Market" According TO the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, the
exports OF scrap brass fit only for
romanufaoture. for the calendar year
1919. we're t4.t35 tons. and the inn
ports were 3,29s tons. while many
railways sell or turn IN their brass
and copper scrap 10 dealers In part
payment for new material, the re-
ports received show that the rail-
| ways utilized IN their own shops az
foundrles over 10000 tons OF brass
In addition TO 1851 tons OF ,opIe.
and i.si3 tons OF copper In alloys 9th.
or than brass.
The production OF copper from sec.
ondary sources In 1919 were elusl q
i7.5 per cent OF the smelter output
of primary copper IN the United States
from all sources or 22.3 per cent oi
the primary copper smolted from 10
nestle ores.
Large Increase In Lead Recovery.
The secondary lead recovered
amounted to 67.lss tons, or about 49,.
Geo tons more IN 1910, The second
AIRY lead recovered as pig lead in.
creased about 5000 tons. "a normal In.
crease In view Of the fact that tbs
average lead price was the sanie il
1871 and 1912 The recovery OF leat
In alloys WAS very large. increasing
over 10000 tons compared with 1911
This abnormal Increase was malnl,
the result OF the prevailing higi
prices for the other metals In the al
Toys and OF the expansion In manu-
factJring and In transportation. which
occasioned more extensive use %
remelSed babbitt and bearing metals
other important sources of secondar!
, lead were old pipe. lead Innings OF aci'
tanks. and dresses from whlte-meta
alloys Regular smelters reporte'
the recovery OF 1885 tons of lea'
from lead and antimOnial lead scrai
The total output of secondary Leaf
WAS equal TO l3.3 per cent Of the re
fined lead produced In the Unite
states In 1919. compared with IL.
per cent In 1911, or 60 1871 per cen
Of the refined lead produced from do
nestle ores In 1914, II was exceeded
. by the domestic output OF only tw
states. Missouri and Idaho.
Increase Ia Secondary Aimee and
spclter.
The output Of secondary zine Tin
Guiding that In hrass) amounted
si,a4a tons and oaualed 2i.i per cen
OF the total production OF primar
speltcr la the United states In 1871:
compared with 25.l per cent In 1911
The zinc recovered IN alloys othe
: than brass amounted 60 3.si2 tom
OF the 52.25t tons of secondary Gin
recovered as speltor. 26.054 tons wa
obtnined by Redistribution from dtosse
skimminRs. etc. In addition to IN
large quantity OF spelter recovere
several thousand tons Of zine ohlorid
|, was made from Dresses. Swimming
etc. and likewise several thousan
tons of the zinc pigment, lhhopone.
The quantity of spelter recovered 4
. rcdlstillinR Dresses. skimmings, etc
4 increased about 1900 tons. Two 1ir
(. smelters la the eastern states whic
: recover spelter entirely from drosso
sklmmlngs. etc, useu large 500
| .OOO pound retorts instead of u
v small ones used by smelters treatlr
4 ore or mixed ore ana Dresses. lara
\ portion Of the secondary spclter y
!. covered was reported 60 be OF his
: grade. ranging above 90 per cent pui
= and equal Ia practically every respe
"a tho speiter made from ore. ID
y nestle spelter prices we're too his
!, during most OF 1912 To permit u
! profitable export OF xinc dross. so IA
J. 1 IN. a~nnrta declined from f.Si6 tot