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no: min: The copper output was the sensa- tion of the year. “Government fig- ures "are to be relied uponâ€"and the data is obtained very largely from official sourcesâ€"the copper refineries of the United States in 1916 turned out no less than 2,311,000,000 pounds of copperâ€"n total vastly in excess of all previous estimates. Never be- fore has our production even ap- proached the two bllllon pound mark. At an average price of 27 cents a pound. the 1916 production had a value of $520,000,000. compared with $243,000,000 the year before and 8198.â€" 000,000 in 1913. Prices averaged slightly more than 27 cents. 8.8 against about 17 cent in 1915. COPPER, THE BIG SENSATION capital eMJllIonFi‘ Copper production in 1916 has broken all recordsâ€"and not because of war orders. popular impression notwithstanding. With an estimated consumption of 1.400.900.000 pounds and the former high figures under the billion mark. America has ship- ped less copper to Europe than be- fore the war. OUI‘OBER IS BEST MONTH From Chicago Tribune. Dec. 30th. 1916. COPPER OUTPUT ‘ SETS NEW MARK Over 1,400,000,000 Pounds Con- sumed in 1916â€"Wu Re- duces Exports W team-Mm m 1,500,000 51:. The Company controle extensive properties In the Hop- klne Mining District, In Quay County. New Mexico. situated about 30 mileSj from 'l‘ucumcari. the County Seat. D0, 000 5 Par Value $17300} OFFICERS Jas. '1‘. Hopkins, President ......... San Jon, N. Mex. W. P. McCall,§Vice-President...‘ ..... Norton, N. Mex. Dr. Jas. T. Pdrker, ViceoPresident ....... Chicago, II]. D. F. Thomad, Secy.-Treas .......... Norton, N. Mex. B. H. Kress, Asst. Treasurer..f..' ..... Deerfiem, III. 5 Board of Directors J. F. Hopkins; , W. P. McCall Jas. T. Parker D. F. Thomas J. M. Whitmore Benham Cain ' W. S. Townsend ’ LOCATION "The National Baker. in e recent lune. makes the unequivocal eute- ment thet the combined dividends paid by the gold and silver com- pnnies oi the United sates m greet- er than the combined diVidendl paid by all banking institutions of the United States; that the combined dividends. paid by the290iner com- panies oi the United States‘nre greet- er thnt the combined dividends paid by all the railroads ol the United Quiet. and tint 52 per cent of the freight ”handled by theee lame nil- roade is either are :or some com- modity connected with the mining and milling of ore. _ A Inlet brothel“ - ~ In e um: recently mule by Chester R. Lawrence. ‘ e prominent financier ol' Baden. the claim In rude that o! the “venue remn- trem the capital tunnel ln' Verbal industries. mum; letd- ell others. He nu: tfi . mumgmmflu