Show m i rrt PER MINE MiS IS CAPTURED PT E BY AlLES AlLESI ALLIES I Serbia the allied In In northeastern reu have o captured a copper mine ch the time third biggest in tho tIme world I dispatch from London 1 rj a a rec recent nt It would producer sa says s 's I I good deal em cm that Americans have hn a learn regarding regarding the rapid develop elop ent et of copper mines On Only y In the last Jast few fe years ears has the of the Balkans re- re etal eal production Ted tho the honor of ot separate mention compilations of othe worlds world's n I sy ays tho the Wall Wali Wal Street Journal Fig Fig- FIG FIG- FIGes n quoted b by byK byI ts es from froC rota a foreign source K I United States geological sune survey ow low Serbia's copper output as follows 13 j 0 a 12 1 O 11 SO lw 10 10 0 Under German control spurred by bye I e cl exigencies of oC war var It Jt Is b ad- ad d- d I that the output which in 1913 1 declined to below 73 per cent oCt of oC at it t of 1911 probably Increased con con- It I Is h believed however howe that tha the Serin Ser in 15 n mine min Is outclassed in size by b many man mines In fact tact It is probable a I t the London dispatch meant to sa say it it t tho 1 S Serbian b mine was the third 2 gest eat in I Europe Anaconda produced In 1917 only 2559 7 ii 9 pounds declining on account of bor troubles from pounds 1316 Utah Copper turned out 25 pounds while Inspiration owing labor strikes which closed ty y r entirely during a part of ot tho ho year car I elded on only I pounds a against pounds in InC 1910 In 1917 sev soy pl 4 I other mines exceeded Inspiration d are arc re fast approaching tho IBM LL Copper Queen mine j on only h of oC Dodge corporation shows s 95 9 pounds for tor 1916 and anel In 1917 19 have hae gone far tar be beyond round ures ure except for tor tho the strike of ot marvelously mT rapid do- do are not lacking lackin among mines On New Cornelia Cornelta Cornela and United United Verde are aro a few tew examples of ot mush- mush om cm em growth In n point o of speedy de- de only onh it I Is pointed out r at years nare of or preparation lon preceded tho the I but out of ot these thee properties among tho the of ot producers For this and other I. I t. t reasons the statement In the 1 Patch h i. i I considered erroneous The Serbian mine I may a be bo the third I nut copper mine In Europe with the wih r. r works york in iii Germany German leading I id d a Rio Elo Ro Tinto of ot Spain second The i mines which w were re opened D D. D 19 1193 thereby Instancing lon ev f encouraging to copper share holds hold- hold s 4 w was Immensely profitable during S I fourteenth nth and fifteenth f centuries i ter r a desultory interval activity was md In ln 1671 but tho the present Mansa Mans Mans- Id a Mining company compan was t I until 1852 Production then B Pounds Increased d steadily to tom Pounds In 1897 In 1912 Its Il IlI I led m was as 0 and It It Is esti- esti cst cst- that this largest copper mino 4 0 ler der control produced 1 Pounds In l 1916 lG against In 1915 |