Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-05-01 | Page 10 | Copper Production Last Year Increase over Previous Year

COPPER PRODUCTION LAST YEAR YAR INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR YAR Smelter production of primary copper In the United States last year was M 1097 9 pounds an increase of 11 H p per r cent over th the pounds produced in inthe inthe the previous pro loul year and the largest larget in inthe inthe the country's history United Unite State States State geological survey sureY which ha has ha Just completed it its It preliminary re report report re- re port por on copper gives gUes the production of principal states as follows pounds a tol 1911 it 1910 Alaska 0 43 26 California l Michigan an Nevada Utah 55 Arizona Colorado ColoMo Montana Montan 2 Tennessee Nt New Mexico Details Deall of ot renn refined production were available last lat January Januar from the Copper Producers Producers' association the yield of re refineries roo ro- fineries amounting to pounds Th government states however that that refined output for the year ear totaled 16 1648 pounds It If the th output of plants tr treating purely purI secondary material bo be included This production of secondary material from plants handling this thle class plant cUI of or copper CoPper exclusively amounted to pounds as copper and in brass and nd other alloys aloys making total production from secondary sources pounds as re regular ular refineries 1 turned out turne about pounds pounds Po Production of primary and secondary copper by regular refining plants for past pat two years was ts as follows 1911 Primary Domestic Foreign Electro Lake Pig Pg Tot Tot prim o 1910 Primary Domestic Foreign Electro 76 Lake Casting PI pta Pg Tot prim Se Secondary Electrolytic Casting Tota Total see sec see Total output 1