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Show UNITED STATES CO. -DICKERS FOR CERRO DE PASCO IMS That the I'nlted Stataa 8melfln;. He-fin He-fin in-, and Mlnln -rompany had dtr-mlned dtr-mlned to expand haldinca In mines and plants beyond the boundaries of this country was evinced several years ago when Its consulting enaineer Invaded the dmnaini of Mexico. That this company is till reaching; out Into new terrmry has rome to IfRhi of recent date, and If Is learned that Its officials Uave held aev-eral aev-eral conferences with sir. Haaln, relative to the purr ha of th CertjO da Pasco mines and plants In Peru. Mo far' aa la known nothing; has come of theae itift-Inas, itift-Inas, and It fit now reported that some of the other )srs;e copper In $e rents are making" an effort either to purchase this property outright, or to set a large ln-tereai ln-tereai ' A. W. McCune of this city Is at the head of the operating department, and has a large Interest In the stock of the mining and railroad company. Ha devotes de-votes n Is entire time to the company affairs, af-fairs, making frequent -Trips from the properties In South America, from the company headquarters In New York. The Ouggershelms have taken this hlleter copper cop-per as lt arrived from tha boats, and converted It Into a marketable form at. their Paltlmore reflnerj'. Thla gtvea the. American Smelting and Refining; company the privilege of selling the product along with other ores It Is now aeltlng through Ita own agenclea. While the large copper producing p roper rop-er t lea of this country have curtailed their output to some extent during th past twelve months, the Cerro de Pasco haa carried on Ita oporatlona at full capacity capac-ity This is evinced by the report thst the' company has produced 17,000,000 pounds during the first four months of this yesr. A greet many millions have been Invested In the property to bring It up to Ita present state of efficiency, out it la paying good Intereet on the Inveat-ment Inveat-ment even at the present low eelllng price of copper metal. Some Idea of what the company la doing can fee ascertained by reference to the following tablea aa to the output In pounda: , mil win lo Jaifuary ... 1.9S.4S 4.952,241 44I.41: February .. 4.403.810' 1.603.29s ' .!4.ST0 ,Mrch .. .. 4.734 811 S.SO0.7S4 1.071. 10S April 4.170.(r7S 2.9"5.292 2,17.20 4 months ..17.2(7.716 12, 763.690 .83,52 |