The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-01-09
1872 A RECORD YEAR
IN COPPER INDUSTRY.
IN YIELD AND VALUE
AT AVERAGE PRICE, WORTH 5000,
100000 AS AGAINST $137,ooo,-
600, OUTPUT FOR 1911.
The Six Largest Producing States Ex-
ceeded All Former Records OF Pro-
duction-Marked Increase Is Shown
in Domestic Consumption.

| statistics ana estimates received ny
the United States Geological Survey
from all parts known to produce blister
copper from domestic ores and from
output of the United States in 1912
exceeds that Of any previous year in
the history of the industry. Not only
/ is the output the largest ever record
ed but six of the large copper produce
| ing states-Arizona Michigan, Utah,
Nevada New Mexico and Alaska-have
each exceeded all former records Of
production, while Montana and Ten
nessee have nearly eQuallcd their pre-
vious records
The figures showing smelter produce
ton from domestic ores, which have
been collected by b. S. Butler, of the
Geological Survey. represent the actual
production of most Of the companies
for eleven months and an estimate of
the December output. The November
figures for a few companies We're not
available and these companies fur
nished estimates for the last two
months of the year. According to the
statistics and estimates received, the
output of blister and Lake copper was
1,249 100000 pounds in 1912, against
1,097.232,749 pounds in 1911.
At an average price of about 16
cents a pound the 1912 output has
value of nearly $2O0,OOO.OO0, agains,
s137,154,O92 for the 1911 output.
Preliminary statistics showing the
output of refined copper are not col
lected by the Geological Survey. Fig
ures published by the Copper Produc-
ers Association show an output Of
1.429,147,15O pounds for the first II
months of 1912 and indicate that the
production Of marketable copper by
the regular refining planth from all
sources, domestic and foreign, will
amount to about 1.56O.000000 pounds
for 1912. against 1,433,S75.O26 pounds
in 1911.
According to the Bureau of Stats
tics imports of pigs, bars ingots.
plates and old copper for the first II
months amounted to 276.50S.505 pounds
and the copper content of ore. matte
and regulus imported amounted to
94.4S6,04 pounds. If the imports for
December We're equal to the average
monthly imports for the first II
months the amount of copper entering
The United tSates for the year was
about 404,721,323 pounds, against 1884,
607,5 pounds for 1911. Considerable
Of the copper imported as blister had
been previously exported as ore.
Estimates based on figures for the
first II months published by the Bu-
reau of Statistics and also by the Cop
per Producers Association indicate
that the exports of copper for 1912 will
not be equal to those Of 1911 but may
exceed 750.00O0OO pounds.
Stocks of refined copper held in the
United tSates January 1. 1913, are
probably about the same as on Janu-
airy t. 1912 Foreign stocks show
decrease.
Statistics published by the Copper
Producers Association show the do
nestle deliveries for the first II |
of the year as 7G1,174.225 |
pounds and indicate a marked increase |
in domestic consumption. which will |
probably reach S25,OOO.OOO pounds for
the year and may exceed that amount |
The average quoted price of cleo
trolytic copper for the year showed |
a marked increase over that for 1911. |
The average for 1912 was about 16 |
cents pound. as compared with 1875 |
cents pound for 1911, The year |
opened with copper at about IA cents |
a pound. but since June the monthly |
average has not been below II cents. |
For 1912 Arizona again holds first |
place among the copper producing |
states. The output will show a large !
increase over the 3O3,202 900 pounds |
produced in 1911 and may exceed $780,
100000 pounds. This is not only the |
largest output ever made by the state |
but the largest ever made by any state |
for one year.
The production Of copper in Utah |
in 1912 will show considerable In |
crease over tho 142.340.215 pounds pro-
duced in 1911, the increase being due
to the increased output Of the Bng-
ham district. AS in previous years, |
the Bingham camp was the main pro-
Queer though the Tintic district had !,
a considerable production and the San
Francisco and other districts also con-
tributed. The output of the mines at
Bingham was stopped for a time in
the latter part of the year by labor
troubles, thus materially reducing the
ore production Of the state.
The copper output Of Montana will
show a large increase over the 27l.-
S14,491 pounds produced in 1911, ow-
ing to the stimulation to production
given by the increase in the price Of
copper The 1912 output may reach
100000 pounds. The Butte district,