The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-06
1914 COPPER PRODUCTION.
Showed Marked Decrease from That o
1918.

1918.
The copper production OF the United
States in 1914 will show marked de-
crease from that of 1918, according 70
figures and estimates collected by b. ,.
Butler, of the United States Geological
Survey. Reports have been received
from all plants known to produce blis-
ter copper from domestic ores and re-
fined copper. At an average price OF
about 1875 cents a pound, the 1914 out
but has value Of Sl52,4OO,000, compared
with $3.50 10000 for the 1913 output.
The large decrease in production IN 1914
was due to curtailment OF production
during the later part of the year on ac-
count of the reduction in tonnage ex-
ported to Europe.
Shelter Production--The figures show
ing smelter production from domestic
ores represent the actual production OF
most Of the companies for III months
and an estimate of the December output.
The November figures for few com
panies were not available, and these
companies furnished estimates for the
last two months of the year. Accord
ing to the statistics and estimates re
ceived, the output OF blister and Lake
copper was l,l29,000,000 pounds in 1914,
against .224, $4,000 pounds in 1913
Refined Copper-The statistics and es-
Inmates indicate that the output OF re-
fined copper from primary sources, do.
nestle and foreign, for 1914 was l,43u,-
100000 pounds compared with l,6l5,oof,-
600 pounds in 1918.
Notwithstanding to the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, the I'M
ports of pigs. ingots, bars, etc. for the
first IL months of 1914 amounted TO
1877, 1866 pounds, and the copper con.
tents OF ore matte and regulus amounted
to o. .34s. SOC pounds. total import OF
2s4 7s2. $40 pounds. This compares with
am import for the II months of 1918 OF
400 560,954 pounds.
Exports-The exports OF pigs, ingots,
bars, plates, sheets, etc. Tor the hrst
IL months of 1914, as determined by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce. amounted TO 7s004s,77T pounds,
compared with an export for the IL
months Of 1918 Of 926,44l,l42 pounds.
Domestic Consumption--At the begin
ming of 1914 there was about 90,0OO000
pounds of refined copper in stock in the
United States. This added 20 the re-
fnery production gives a total available
supply OF about ,5s3 100000 pounds Of
refined copper. On subtractiug the ex-
port from this, with an estimate for De-
cember il is apparent that the supply
available for domestic consumption Is
materially below the sl2,000,000 pounds
Of 1913. without taking account OF stocks
held at the close Of the year.
Prioes-The average price Of copper for
1914 showed a decrease from that Of
the preceding year, being about 1875 cents
pound. compared with 1875 cents In
llql3 After the outbreak OF the Euro
pean war copper sold considerably below
the yearly average, but toward the close
OF the year the price showed notable i'm
proyement.
Leading Copper Producing States.
Arizona continued in first place among
the copper producing states, but had a
notably decreased output The blister
copper production for 1914 will probably
not exceed $4,000. 600 pounds, compared
with 4O4.0O00OO pounds for 1918.
The production from Montana was
the smallest for many years and prob
ably did not greatly exceed the produc-
I ton Oh ANNHs MiAAAW was @RNs"NNHfR'
pounds. the smallest output made by
the state since 1895. In 1913 Montana
produced s5.700.000 pounds.
Michigan, with a production Of about
I I leo 900 600 pounds. made a slight gain
over the l55.7OO.0O0 pounds produced in
1918. but was still much below the nor
NAL output for the state.
I Utah will snow but little change from
the l4s.000lO0 pounds produced in 1913.
I The production from Nevada decreased
from the s5.2o0OgO pounds in 1913, and
probably will not greatly exceed 10000
! 0000 pounds for 1914.
I New Mexico made an increased pro
/ duction Of probably about lo00000o
pounds over the output Of 50le6.G00
pounds in 1913
California viii show a decrease Of sew
leral million pounds from the production
lof % .s82. O00 pounds in 1919.
The production from Alaska vii sh0w
Z but slight decrease from the 23423 go
pounds produced IN 1918. The output Tor
Z lgl4 i estimated 81 20S50 600 pounds
The production from Tennessee de-
creased somewlat from l9.fs9.0oo pounds