The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-10
BISBEE MINES
PRODUCE MORE
Than ONE HALF
Per Cent of Output Larger Than
Per Cent of Men Employed

During the past week copper condi-
tions have been picking up. 1t is also
notable that during the month past
copper conditions as concerning tho
Copper queen, the c. & A. and the
Shattuck and other mines Of the War
rem district have been oncoura gingly
bright, regardless of the clouds cast by
the European struggle and the seem
ing hard times hanging over the head
of the camp" says the Bisbee Re
view.
There is but one apparent lack OF
the present time which is delaying
the shipping of much copper that real
ly goes to Europe. There is no abso-
lutte assurance that the shipper will
receive the money for his product
when Il Is delivered. However, the fl
nancial conditions of the European
countries are adjusting themselves to
the war conditions, and as the ship
ments which have become more fire.
quent in the past week increase i'm the
weeks to come, il is likely the shipper
will gain more confidence in the mar
ket and that a regular and ever in
creasing demand in England, Germany
and France, especially will be readily
supplied.
In fact, the whole proposition at the
present time is not where To sell cop
per, or how to sell it. II is a matter
OF finding a way to market the metal
wi &c al
than the supply by many times. The
100000 pounds OF copper which was
the visible supply of the European ma
tons at the outbreak of national and
international troubles is hardly drop
in the bucket. Each of the countries
will need the metal more daily as the
war progresses. None of the countries
with the exception of Russia produces
Spain turns out little, but her pro-
duction is hardly sufficient for her own
consumption. Russia can use all the
copper she can mine i'm the present
times of war and stress.
The proposition reduces itself to an
axiom. The United States can pro-
duce enough copper TO meet the de-
mands OF the warning countries. At
the present time, with the forces of the
mines of the United States curtailed
there is a monthly surplus of almost
half the size of the production piling
| up in the eastern markets. Europe
can and would use this copper if il
could obtain it. The matter is simply a
question of marketing the red metal
and the aims and endeavors of the
copper men and mines of the United
States are to open a path for market
ing their production and the surplus
which at the present time is piling up
i'm the store houses at the eastern
plants.
Curtailment Not Depressing.
With the passing of the first month
of the war, the results of the mines of
the Warren district in their present
curtailed conditions do not impress one
as disastrous or depressing. In all
three Of the large local producers there
has been a decrease in the tonnage
for the month past as compared with
July. However, in none of the mines
nus lIt uttltiSt III output tlueillIu III
per cent the decrease in employees.
This is occasioned to a large extent
by the Copper Queen, the Calumet 81
Arizona and the Shattuck abandoning
most of their exploration and develop
ment work and working the high grade
slopes and sections of the mines alone.
Although the forces were lower and
the amount of ore produced was low
or, the average of the product taken
from the ground was so much higher
than usual that the production ran
above the anticipated cut. In none of
the mines in the district was the cut
I'm production fifty per cent of what
had been turned out the month preced-
ing, while in all OF them, with the eX-
ception of the Copper Queen, the cur
tailment OF employees was at the least
fifty per cent.
For the month Of August the output
of ore by the Copper Queen was seven
ty-five per cent OF the output of the
month of July. Calumet and Arizona
stood next. They put out during Aug
ust sos per cent of the July total of
60, 900 tons. Shattuck mined 60 per
cent of the July output of 6,542 tons
during August, while the pounds cop
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