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Show MEXICO AS COPPER PRODUCER. Increase of Copper Production Due to American Developments. Tho Incrcnso of tho copper production or Mexico Is fairly measured by tho statistics sta-tistics of exports for the past four years. Just available In an official publication. Tho other Mexican mining product that has Increased In anything like tho rato that copper has Is gold. Twenty years ago Mexlvo was not classed among tho world's copper producers. In 1901 she occupied oc-cupied the -fifth place. In 102 the third, and In 1903 she has reached second place. The stullstlcs show the exports of copper cop-per In each of the last four years to have been: ifr.9-i9oo r...:::....:...T26c 1000-1901 33,00 If01-1M2 A.".. CI SOI 1MG-1903 v. 02,132 The greater part of this Increase Is duo to the American developments In tho northern states, nono' Of which havo r.'cached tho maximum production as yet, sfo that Mexico has a prominent futuro assured n3 a copper producer. Mining World. |