Show IN AN interesting inter eting article on the copper situation the new york sun says that the marvelous increase in the demand for copper that has developed the last year is going to continue and several good reasons are advanced by the sun in order to maintain its position on the subject one of which is that at the present time there is an actual scarcity of copper in the market while the mines of the world are not producing as mu muan ch of this petal metal as is needed to carry on the tremendous electrical improvements now in hand and in contemplation to say nothing of its extensive enormous uses in other directions in fact the statement is made that there is not now a ton of free copper in the country notwithstanding the fact that during the past six months the mines of the united states produced tons of the red metal the united states according to all data obtainable is now the greatest copper producing country in the world and europe which is short on this commodity looks to this country to supply the deficiency and the demand from this quarter is hard to meet for the simple reason that the requirements for home consumption in this re regard gard are difficult to fill this being the case there is very good reason to look for a still higher advance in copper quotations in the near future THE REVIEW from time to time has urged it upon the owners of co copper p per properties to push work in the development of the same and has held to the idea and opinion that a copper mine but fairly opened will command a handsome figure at no distant day here is the opportunity of a lifetime life time for the prospector and miner |