Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 32 | Great July Copper Production 167,000,000 Pounds New Estimate Utah Copper Holds Second Place

GRET GREAT JULY COPPER PRODUCTION POUNDS NEW ESTIMATE UTAH COPPER HOLDS SECOND PLACE Copper COPIer production In Jul July by all mines mine in the time United Slates States total totaled ell possibly possibly pos pos- alj sibly pounds pound against an estimated output t of or pounds In Juno an and pounds In July Jul 1917 says tho the Wall Val Street Journal These figures are aro based on a continuance ance amice during durinA Juno June anti and July o of tho the ratio rato of or the entire yield to tIme the combined output of or United States mines tabulated ed below which for five months preceding pre pre- ceding averaged l over o 71 i per cent of or the time total domestic production Julys largo increase over oyer the corresponding corre corre- month of ot last year ear was of course expected In view of tho the heavy curtailments duo due to tho time labor strike in the last half bait hl of or 1917 and monthly gains lor br 1918 should continue durIng during dur lur- lurIng ing Ing- tho tIme rest of or tIme the year ear The de decrease decrease le de- de crease In last months month output as ns compared com com- pared with that hat of or Juno June was owing to time the Increasing shortage of or labor a 5 u h. h t 0 r 1 3 condition w 1 ninny I I u I United States- States Anaconda Arizona Copper Calumet Arizona Cat Cal lIcca Subs Copper East Butto D Inspiration l Miami Nevada NC Consolidated r. r New Cornelia Cornela Old Dominion Phelps Dodge U. U S. S I k r. r v 1 Greeno Greene Cananea Sh Shattuck a t t u c k Uta Utah h Cop Copper per Total Foreign Foreign- v x 1 C Cerro do Pasco r i. i C Chile h I e Granby Green Consolidated 4 Phelps bodge Dodge Mex v tr Total Grand total No production For seven months ended with Jul July United States Forel Foreign n i To Total tal not c expect to substantially Improve during the tho war In fact It I Is predicted predicted pre pro by some somo producers that a Curt further fur Cur t timer ther decrease will wil likely res l result t from tIme the extension of or the draft tho time ef effect of- of c- c fact of or which cannot be bo offset b by 11 a ci higher price for Cor or copper an and Increased wa wages wage e for miners With domestic consumption as Indicated Indi cate tho total United States output for tor seven se months ending with wih Jul July Mould be bo pounds in RI 1918 1018 compared with wih total tot of or 1230 pounds In Iii 19 1917 If It production continued during luring the remainder of the time j year car at time the fame rame month monthly average r as s for Cor seven months total domestic production in 1918 1018 would approximate pounds against total of or 19 pounds In 1917 i Separate outputs of various domestic and ami foreign mines owned by United States companies aTe Me are compared In the time timetable table tabla below Phelps Dod Dodge e and Or Gr onG ole made notable In- In n n creases ul July 1918 JUno lOiS July 1917 I 2 1 26 73 00 G. 2 S OO I 2 86 Jul July 1918 June 1918 July 1917 1 J HIS 1918 1917 3 1075 2 1