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Show Until quite recently, employment of coper in building construction has been confined almost entirely to office and public structures whore its value from the standpoint of permanence perman-ence has been well recq?nized. The building public being uninformed as to relative costs, has generally dis-resarded dis-resarded the possibility of using copper cop-per to r.ny extent in residential work. The Utah Copper Company has lecently laid out a new townsiic about two milei from Us mine, and is constructing dwellings thereon for its employes using copper whe.reever practical. Caref.ul records of cost were kept, with the result that it is now known that the u;e of copper and its alloys increases the rust of an average four or live-room dwelling dwell-ing only 5.8 rr,r cent, or an averafe increase of $310 per building. The increasing use of cooper, lend and zinc in all kinds of construtlon work is encouraging western met." mines, the successful development and operation of which is so essential to proper Industrial progress In this nation. Considering the great durability of copper in comparison to cheeper materials, with consequent lowering of maintenance and depreciation costs, the use of copper in home construction con-struction will receive considerable (nipetiiH within the next year or two. |