Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-29 | Page 12 | 1918 Copper Cost Producers 16 [Illegible]

1918 COPPER COST PRODUCERS 16 C CE WASHINGTON Oct 29 Copp Coppi in 1918 1915 98 cost slightly more 1 i t average of 16 cents a pound ao ac aoto 3 to the report of the 1110 federal federl tract mission to congress made public tl t The Tho report cover cover- fUe e i inies nie nies In the United States tates Canad Canada Mexico and ad South America proximately pounds c per and Includes per cen cent total production of ot the tho United StaThe Sta Tho The amount of or Investment five eighty companies In 1918 wa and the averaged a rate rale of or 28 23 per cen cent Investment 3 Slightly more than titan 15 Hi cents a aIn al In Inthe the New Arizona-New Mexico the tIre lowest average cost and ovi ov cents a I pound In Michigan was th theat est eat cost of the states tabulated report while copper produced Ij lit iii America Cuba and Mexico in 19 an average of ot about 15 1 2 cents cents' a aThe aj The report represents 94 per cent ceno production of Chile Chie 71 per cent cent oi of 53 58 per cent of Mexico and 20 pc pe per Cuba t