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Show cSiiiipui Production of Red Metal in 1909 Shows Big Increase. In-crease. EXPORTS ALSO SHOW UP MUCH STRONGER Greater Portion of Surplus Piled Up Early in Year. Statistics and estimates received hy the United States geological survey from all plants known to produce hllstor coppor from domestic ores and from all lake mines Indicate that the copper output from, mines In the United States in 1300 surpassed all previous records. The figures, which have hecn collected by B. S. Butler of tho survey, represent the actual production of each company for olevon months and Include an estimate esti-mate of Its December output. The November No-vember figures for a few companies were not available and theso companies furnished fur-nished estimates for the last two months of the year. According to tho statistics and estimates received the output of blister and lake coppor was 1,117,SOO,000 pounds, as against 012,570.721 pounds In 1U0S, an Increase of over is per cent. This not only exceeds the Increase of any previous year, hut it Is considerably greater than the total yearly increase since 100-1. Output of Leading States. It Is Impossible now to give figures that represent accurately the distribution of tho -output among the states of origin, but a few general statements may be positively made concerning the leading copper-producing states. Montana shows a lnrgo Increase, again taking first rank, a place lost to Arizona in 1907. The production pro-duction In Montana will nearly cn.ua! or will possibly exceed the state's previous record output. .114,750,000 pounds, made in 1305. Arizona holds second place, with a slight Increase over the 2S9.523.000 pounds produced In 100S. Michigan also exceeded tho 100S production. 222.2S0.000 pounds. Large gains wore made by Utah und Nevada, and California also Increased Its output considerably. Ecfined Coppor. Statistics showing tho output of refined copper by plants In the United States are not now collected by the geological survey. sur-vey. Figures published by tho Copper Producers' association Indicate that the production of marketable copper from all sources, domestic and foreign, for tho Hrst eleven months of 1000 will exceed 1,400,000,000, as against 1.1G1.176.0S5 pounds In J00S. Statistics showing domestic do-mestic deliveries for the first eleven months of the year, as given by the Copper Cop-per Producers' association. Indicate a consumption of copper in the United States considerably greater than the previous pre-vious rocord consumption 6S2.000.000 pounds, In 100G. Exports and Imports. Estimates based on figures for the rlrst eleven months, published hy the bureau of statistics and also by the Copper Producers' Pro-ducers' association. Indicate that the exports of copper will surpass by soverul million pounds the exports for 100S GG1.S76.127 pounds. According to the bureau of statistics, Imports of pigs, bars, ingots, plates, and old copper for the first eleven months amounted to 213.100,281 pounds, and the copper content of ore matte and regulus imported amounted to 74.70S.IS2 pounds. If tho Imports for December were eciual to the average monthly Import for the first eleven months the amount of copper entering the United States for tho year wns about .111.SOO.000 pounds, as against 21S.705.-JS7 pounds in 1008. Surplus Stocks. Stocks of refined copper In the United States show a considerable Increase over those of January 1, 1900, hut the accumulation accumu-lation occurred for tho most part during the first half of the year. European stocks, however, have Increased rather uniformly throughout the year and at the close were probably nearly double those of January 1, 1000. The price of coppor has remained close to 13 cents throughout the year, the average monthly New York quotation for electrolytic copper cop-per being a little under 13 cents. Mine development has been active In most pf the Important camps, but especially espe-cially so In the deposits of. disseminated oro In Arizona and Nevada. The mines and the smelters of tho country are now In a position to make tho output of 1010 larger than that of 1000. So many factors, fac-tors, however, enter Into the determination determina-tion of the output that any forecast of production of the coming year made at this time would be without value. New York Mining Stocks. James A. Pollock & Co.. bankers and brokers, furnish the following, received over their private wiro yesterday afternoon: after-noon: NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS. 1 Sales.l H. I L. IClse Newhouse -11 I -li Utah Copper 1.100 GO 505 593 NEW YORK CURB RANGE. I Sales.l II. L. IClse Boston Con 2001 22 22 22 Cobalt Central G.00OI 22 21 2U Ely Con 5.000 S4 82 S2 First Naft Cop 100 G fi G Glroux Con 3.500 12J 12 121 Inspiration Cop 500 0Z 08 0! King Edward 3 8 S Miami Copper 12,000 2SS 27 2SJ Mont. Shoshone . Ig 1 1 Nevada Con 1,000 27 2GZ 27 Nevada-Utah G.000 13 IE 13 Ray Central 5.000 4 .11 3; Ray Con 3.500 2fi3 262 263 Tlntic Mining 2J lj lj Yukon Gold 100 5 5 5 Cumberland Ely 0i 8 S Gila Copper 500 10 10 10 Chlno Coppor 1,500 12i 128 12 J Ohio Copper 3,700 oj 51 5P. La Rose 5 4 -M Keystone 800 7 63 fig NEW YORK CURO CLOSE. I Bid. lAskod. Butte and London 25 29 Nlpls3lng 105 103 Davis Daly 4 4J Dominion Copper 2 5 Ely Central 23 2 7-16 Green G & S Com .1 5 Mitchell 1-16 I Nevada Smelting I 1-16 1A Silver Queen 22c 2Sc Silver Leaf 13c 14c Foster Cobalt" 3G 10 Tennessee Copper 38? 30 McKinley-Darragh .., 7R S5 Gibraltar 2 3 North Butte Extension.... 1 5 Pennn-Wyomlng 1C 5c Bradon Copper 43 4 13-16 |