New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Copper Mines
To Begin Soon
On a Big Scale
20. 900 Additional Men Will
Obtain Employment on
Assumptions in Indus
tsy Planned for April

The copper industry g gradually
emerging fro mtne worst depression in
its history and is preparing TO resum-
operations on large scale Already
number Of mines have begun work nE.
while others VII star. up April ]. or
shortly thereafter
Production of she westcrn nem's-
pherN during the last month has sp-
proxjmated 5000 900 pounds. but whrn
the majority OF the big mines begin
operations during April the OUTPUT
should jump TO rate equal to $1,000
000 pounds month. Il is predicted
that monthly production Of 100,0 900
600 pounds u ibe reached before md
summel
A result of tne contemplated r"-
turu Of activity At the mines ne1t
month It s estimated that about 10000
additional men viii receive employ
ment One Of the great problems o.
copper mining companies has been the
embling Of their workers after
period Of prolonged shutdown. When
the mines closed down. more cban
year ago. thousands Of miners 'eft the
camps to seek employment elsewhere
and a result they have been scat
Aeieu ali over tUe country.
Many Of the companies 20 r-opcr
their properties found they we're IN
able 10 obtain sufficient number a.
miners and they nave been busy during
recent weeks in rebuilding their wors
ing forces. This has been tremcrd
ous task.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany e umed operations on Janusr>
1G and is gradually increasing its ou'
put This concern. ore Of the lsrgcst
OF the copper producers. now has
di1ect outlet for It's production throuqn
the recently acquired American Bra
Company. For this reason Anaconda
found it practicable 20 resume sooner
thsn other mining companies.
Calumet Hecla will start or Apri
operations o. its mines. known as the
Calumet Hecla. Ahmeek and Isle
Royal. in the lake districts. The
Phelps. Dodge interests began the
operation o. It's Douglas sneitsr on
February l. During shat month 10000
tons Of orc wern smelted. During
March Approximately $4,000 tons vii
be smeltcd. This corporation had some
10000 tons Of ore in Is ore bed v'hen
tho mines were closed down year ago
II expects soon to smelt approximately
100000 tons a month at its Doug 81
5MeIter or ABOUT 0u pc recent o. Capdc
ity.
Coppcr Queen, At Bisbec. Ariz., is ta.
only ono Or the Phelps. Dodge group
now operating The others arc cz-
pectcd to start up within few weeh,
The Kennecott company. in Alaska.
has been operating for several weeks
in a moderate way. Its output is a.
pectcd to be materially increased tAe
first wccls o. April. Inspiration. Ca.u-
met and Arizona and United Verde EE
tension will all resume around April !.
The so-called Hsyden-Stone group are
expected to announce in the near future
resumption of operations at the por-
phyry mines.
Chile. Cerro dc Pasco and Mama and
Tennessee have been operating on {.
small scale while the others were closed
down
The Coppcr and Brass Research A.
sociation. watch il composed Of a. the
large producing interests and brass lso-
ricators. mas inaugurated its educa
tionai campaign for stimuli stirg the use
OF copper brass and bronze products
1t 8 announced that more copper is
being used for roofing purposes this
spring than at any other time during
recent years. An unusually large ton
mage OF brass is being used for plumb
ing purposes in the construction OF new
buildings.