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Show COPPER RECORD DURING THE WEEK That tho copper output of the valley smelters now exceeds a million pounds per week, or over 62,000.000 per annum, was emphasized again yesterday and yet not a plant especially dedicated to the reduction of that class of ore has attained Its capacity, not a mine of which that metal Is productive has been urged to nnythlng compared with its resources. The record, which closed yesterday morning, showed that to the Eastern relnerles there had been forwarded during the week from the smelters at which copper smelting is made a specialty, SC2.352 pounds of that class of bullion every pennyweight of which contains Its unit of copper, while In the matte produced at the American Ameri-can was contained over 200.000 pounds. While the value of that coming from the copper furnaces is not Included In data so cheerfully released by the managers, man-agers, It undoubtedly approximates a quarter million dollars per week at this nine, nor is mere any graver uouot that this will be greatly exceeded before be-fore the close of tho year. The week's record of bullion forwarded from the copper plants was created as it follows: Pounds. Bingham Con 303.72G Utah Con 301.018 United States 257.580 Total ). 862,352 With the fourth In Its battery of furnaces fur-naces now in commission, tho Bingham Con. was permitted to hoist a new record rec-ord and from Its friendly contemporaries contempo-raries wrested first place. However, new records are promised at each as the year advances. |