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Show BELL COMPANY OWNS BIG COPPER STOCKS The Bell telephone system Is the greatest great-est owner of copper In the world, SJCClud i n c unmlned supplies. At the close of 1911 if had 12.000,000 mi!cc ,-:r wire on poles and in cables This represents upward up-ward of 530.0O0.00ii pounds of copper, or more than twice the world's visible supply sup-ply of the metal on December 81, iMi. which was 217 700,000 pounds In addition addi-tion there are several million pounds more Of copper in the S. 600,000 telephone instruments. which are constructed c'nleflv of brass Mining 8elence. |