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Show ANNUAL REVIEW OF TRADNNJOPPEII Present Weekly Consumption Is Greater Than One Year Century Ago. WHAT THE WORLD DOES WITH COPPER Inereused Output of Closing Vear Greatest Ever Known in History. Copyright. 1S05. br Horace J BtSVcna HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan. 1. The world now consumes considerabl y more copper In a single week, than was required for an entire, year one century ago; In fact, the present-day consumption of those minor metals, aluminum and nickel, is about the same each as was Ihe consumption consump-tion of copper Pft years ;'KO. Despite the pi pnlai Impression that tho bulk of tho copper production la required tor electrical elec-trical uses, the demands or the ngineer-ing ngineer-ing trades still require more than half of the entire output of the metal. The minor uses ot i onper ar.- very numerous, and are Steadily increasing Sulphate of copper, used as n spray on grape vines and currant bushes, as an Insecticide, takes tens of thousands of tons of metal yearly. Copper for Small Things. Theie is a single concern In the Nauga- tuck valley of Connecticut that requires ten tons monthly for watch dials. The orders of the pin-makers take vast quantities quan-tities yearly, and such apparently Insignificant Insig-nificant things as brass bals for men s shoos require hundreds of tons annually. Modern buildings, both for residential and business purposes, art heavy consumers Of copper, mainly In the form of brass for plumbing, gas and elci trie lighting fixtures, door butts and locks Copper roofing requires large amounts of metal, and copper cornices consume mal rlally larger quantities While the bulk f the copper produced Is required for the nc-cessitles nc-cessitles of ihe engineering and electrical Industries no small amount is consumed for the 111 lie things, to which few but the close observers of ihe trade give attention. at-tention. Largest Output Ever Known Tho year lfiej has given much the laig-cst laig-cst production of copper ever known. For that matter. 1S93 is tho only year In the past quarter-century in which tho world's production of the metal has not Increased, and the falling Off In that year, as compared com-pared with IfcO. was less than 3 pei The Increased output of M06, however Is incomparably the greatest ever made In the history of the trade. The following table gives the figures of production foi P.-04 and l'.0.r., th- figures for lffi.". being nei essarllc estimates, based on the fullest data at command at the end of the vear. as the dual figures for the year wlli not be available for at Itast six months to COmi The 1901 figures are final Gross Tom. C,,unlrc l!HK.. Dnlted siates 42i. ow ::9 Mxlco 63.00" 6 '.IMS Spain ami Portugal 40.000 47.033 jLpan 37.50" M.UV) Chile H.H0 3i.iio Australia 30o .t.-.7 Germany Sl.WO il.045 fynuda :l.0i L9.1M Rue li . . li.0v JO, 700 Peru JO.OO" V.000 fnp Colony T.MO 7,775 Norway ... .... 6,710 .r415 Italy S.2S0 3.333 Newfoundland 2,780 3,910 Bolivia Z.S0 :000 Austria-Hungary 1 3Ki 1,150 Turkey 1.250 9;0 iba a SOa 430 Great Britain . 1 i MO Pweilen 50" .'9-1 Argentina 400 155 Totals TSH.:-W 64S.32I The production of copper by tho United States and by the entire world lias been as follows for the past ten years Grosi Ton Year U. t?. World JV 205.3S4 373.:i63 S97 2-J0.671 Slt,K6 ISim 2C3.05O i).V6 ! SM.870 4HS.310 100 26? Ill 4V5X.4 'Wl itH.IZi Ml. 019 J?02 294.7 642.167 YMi Sll.r2 5S3.0S1 J904 362.789 64S.9J4 1S03 421,000 728,850 Increase of 116 Per Cent. The estimated output of the world for 19(6. which will be found not far from correct, when compared with the final flu ures. Indicates an iu icase of more than Ho per cent In the decade since 1R951 he-largest he-largest int reaso over made tn anv ten-year ten-year period During the decade ending 1905 tho production pro-duction of the United states has increased IIS per cent and the production of all other mines has Increased S4 pel cent. Tho largest percentage t increauo outside out-side of the United States Is bliown In other North American countrTes Kor the decade ending 190f the Vinadlan mines have Increased production by 45 per cent, and the mines of Mexico have gained 469 per cent The mines of North Ann-: Ii v made i7. 3J7 tons of copper in U96 and (10,660 tons In 19i6, an increase of 17R per cent. The mines of the balanco of th world made 147,228 tons of copper I and 212.900 tons In 1906, an Increase Of 4u per cent. Greatest Gain by Arizona Mine. The greatest gain In produ lion has been made by the Copper Queen mine of Arizona. The Anaconda also has made substantial gains and the Tinted Verde shows a fair Increase The Trenton and Washoe mines are Amalgamated properties proper-ties In Montana that were not on the producing pro-ducing list In I'.rfX. The North Butte is an important new mine in the Bulto camp, made by an aggregation of a considerable con-siderable number of claims, with the old Speculator mine as the nucleus. The "uk-genhelm "uk-genhelm Exploration company's Mexican properties will be heard from In th f i-ture i-ture as Increasingly important copper producers. Utah Shows Healthy Gain Utah liajj not largeh Increased Its output, out-put, but shows a healthy gain Developments Develop-ments in the Bingham camp have i" highly important and very strong Inter-esti Inter-esti have secured two of the Bingham properties containing hundreds of inll-Iloni inll-Iloni of tona Of low -grade ore. 'While the margin of profit will be small pel ton, owing to tho very low grade of the ore. the tonnage is so enormous, exceeding that of anv other known ore bodies, that the Bingham camp must of necessity become be-come an Increasingly important factor in the world s topper supply. The Nov. - house mines, in Beaver counts Utah, have begun production during the year, and will be followed soon n ulher pmp- rrties in the same district, California's Decreased Output. i .illfornla shows a decreased output for the vear, duo to the construction of m-w and Improved smelting and acid works bv the Mountain Copper company, put will gain considerably in production during dur-ing the next few years The United States Mining company hne secured and la now operating the Mammoth mine and tho General Electric company has bought the Bully Hill mine and Will endeavor to materially enlarge its production. In Wyoming the Penn-Wyoming .omp.inv has produced about six million pounds of blister copper, and. with the completion comple-tion of a new railroad now building ino rurhon lounlv. Wyoming should gain several other producers. Great Needs of Future. Given a continuance of present coudl- I Hons for the next quarter century, It becomes a : rio.ifi question as to where the copper to supply tin- legitimate demands de-mands of the world Is to eomo from Maintaining the rate of Increase held for th.- p iBt decade, the world's copper requirements re-quirements for 1910 will be 1.060.UO0 long tons, for 1920. 2.29U.OOO tons, and for 1940 there will b needed the staggering total of 4.950.OUO tons. To carry the computation computa-tion ahead for another quarter century, would give figures that the present generation gen-eration would find Impossible |
