Show ari arizona zona copper production correspondence jerome arizona aug 20 the mines of arizona produced over one hundred and fifty million pounds of copper during the month of june and july the largest individual producer being bisbee douglas douglar of the phelps dodge corporation inspiration followed with an output of over nineteen millions and magna and ray secured third place in the list july recorded a notable increase over june the production in pounds follows name nam of company june 19 1918 18 july 1918 arizona cop co clifton phelps dodge cor Alo morenci renei shannon cop co Aret metcalf calf ariz commercial min alin co globe iron cap copper co globe united verde copper co jerome old dominion globe cons ariz sm ref C humboldt american sm co miami copper co Alia miami aliamo ml phelps dodge corp bisbee 4 douglas 15 new cornelia ajo inspiration miami magma copper superior ray cons cop co ray united verde ext jerome shattuck ariz bisbee denn ariz bisbee calumet ariz bisbee disc custom ores totals magma Alag ma and ray cons production for july included in the american Si Sm elting refining Re finina company july results were attained on a 31 day month as was also the may record when revised figures showed pounds pound the production for the last three months makes certain unforeseen interferences excepted that arizona will show a monthly average of over pounds of copper for the year 1918 practically every pound of arizona copper is going directly into war usage in gain in production of the metal for aid in defeating the kaiser arizona miners and mine operators are leading all copper producing divisions of the world by a liberal margin the july record in the face of the unusual heat and some other untoward conditions is a particularly 9 brilliant record for the arizona men above and below the surface in the copper industry and a splendid confirmation of the claims which have been made that patriotism is more responsible than the dollar for the arizona record in the present year money being earned by the arizona producers of copper on their output is materially te teri bially ally less than the earnings and 1917 wages being earned by the tives of arizona mines opera are ard the hig highest hestin fa the history of any mining division 11 in the world in 0 connection with the employ employment employee me n t of large bodies of men but the their 1 r roots profits on their labor are not proportionately proportionately high although greater than since 1916 while advances in wages have more than met increased costs of living increased copper prices have not equalled equal led the advances in cost of production in addition copper pro dubers are delivering considerable metal contracted for before the government advanced the price from 23 cents sone some of these contracts cover a number of months production |