Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-23
COPPER MOST
USEFUL METAL
TO The WORLD
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Issues Booklet Telling of
It's Many Qualities.

topper dS Ine mOSL uSeIul VI Meto1S
and. save for its abundance, more to
be desired than gold, is the theme OF
booklet issued by the Butte cham
ber of commerce in connection with the
Copper exposition given in that city
during the last week.
Here's what the writer of the book
let facetiousIy gives of the facts OF
copper uses and qualities:
Copper is one of the most talented
and exclusive of metals.
Man could get along without gold
very comfortably. but if there was no
copper on earth he would have to re-
tire with great haste from the present
Copper is a strawberry blond metal.
1t can be beaten into great thinness
with a hammer or beaten into as many
positions as successful politician.
1T is cold and naughty in the pres
ence Of oxygen and does not elope
with it in water and form rust.
1t Influences Electricity
Copper is most useful because of
its influence over electricity. Eiec-
tricity is as hard to control as South
Carolina governor, but a copper wire
can lead 10000 volts Of home made
lightning wherever it pleases.
Copper is also exceedingly useful
in the modern brand of war. 1t is al
most impossible to kill man III an
up-to-date and scientific manner with
out using copper wire. The nation that
goes to war without copper is worse
off than it would be without board
of strategy.
If the United States were to sit
tightly on it's copper. it would cause
either the trolley cars or the armies
~ &lr ri {a
side of Michigan and Montana there
isn't enough copper in the world to
supply both
This is what the booklet gives on
the worlds use of copper:
Figures on Production
when one considers the worlds
production If copper it will be under
stood that the statements are not ex-
aggerated In 1895, the worlds pro
duction was but 73S,O00,OOO pounds.
more than half of which was produced
in the United States. In 1918, the
peak year of copper production, ap-
proximately 3,1OO,GO0,000 pounds were
produced, of which more than 2.OOO,-
100000 pounds came from the mines
of the United States. OF course, with
the end of the war. production fell off,
although in 1919 Americas contribu-
ton to the worlds supply was nearly
1.5OO.OOO,OOO pounds. OF this amount,
the Butte mines produced approximate
" one sixth or 270,OOO.O0O pounds. as
we'll as approximately 1S5,OG0,0OO
pounds of zinc.
ELECTRICITY is the greatest indi-
vidual user of copper. No metal has
ever been found to take its place III
this field, it representing the maximum
Of perfect conductivity power with the
minimum of bulk.
Brass Second Consumer
BRASS is second greatest consumer
of copper. American fabricators can
produce about 1.O00,O0O,OOO pounds Of
copper and brass materials year and
this production represents about 750,-
100000 pounds of pure copper.
Cooper has no equal for general
roofing purposes. Where it is used for
straight roofing, Hastings, cornices,
cutters or drainpipes it requires no at
tention once it is properly applied.
Year in and year out it gives the same
service.
when the copper roof on the
famous old Faneuil hall in Boston was
recently examined after a century Of
service, chemical tests proved it to be
in perfect condition and apparently
good for another hundred year; Of
service.
"A copper dome removed from the
roof Of the National City bank of Wall
street, New York City (the old customs
house,. was found to be in perfect
condition after 20 years of service.
Withstands Salt Water
Copper sheathing removed from the
hull of the e. S. :. Richmond. the flag
ship of Admiral Farragut, was found
in excellent condition after g. years
immersion in salt water.
The booklet gives some "A uses of
copper and zinc from the Montana
mines in automobile supplies; ~ in
builders supplies: % in electrical
equipment; - iu household appliances