E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . rom a little over $100,000 inthree times that of the years immediately preceding 1915. 1900, the value of the output increased to nearly $1,100,- It is hoped that the copper-mining industry may be still further stimulated through the advent of American capi- >Eng. and Min. Journ., Vol. 101, May 13, 1919, p. &4S. December 9, 1916 PEERING AND ii ,l .., Jul ItNAL OOO in 1915, and in thai year barely fell short of the value of tb Auction. While qo greal rise in this industry can be expected, bj reason o( the limited demand for bismuth and the fad thai the
E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . rom a little over $100,000 inthree times that of the years immediately preceding 1915. 1900, the value of the output increased to nearly $1,100,- It is hoped that the copper-mining industry may be still further stimulated through the advent of American capi- >Eng. and Min. Journ., Vol. 101, May 13, 1919, p. &4S. December 9, 1916 PEERING AND ii ,l .., Jul ItNAL OOO in 1915, and in thai year barely fell short of the value of tb Auction. While qo greal rise in this industry can be expected, bj reason o( the limited demand for bismuth and the fad thai the Bol autpul supplies -ii, ha cations are that it is ,,un. Tungsten is a metal subject to great-fluctuations in price and consequently the greatly. With this fai i in mind and also thai in L913 an export dutj became i Hi i tivi . thi igures of production indicate a skra grov tl ? pten-mining indu with considerable latenl possibilities for i 1915 output was the greatest recorded and the abnormally high prices now prevailing will ce. THE PRINCIPAL MlXIXr, laOGlnXS OF BOLIVIA high record in 1916. The mosl phenomenal showingmade in the Bolivian mining industry in 1915 was that ofantimony. It. likewise, is ibjei fluctuations,due to instability in price, but bad never achieved anygreat importance in Bolivia. From 186 tons in 191 ! thehigh prices prevailing in 191 lonsible for an in-crease in that year to L3,085 tons, with a valu , which exceeds that of any other mitin. Before the ei of the year the demand for ore hadalready slackened, and the 1916 figures are not likely toequal those for 19 15. In the pasl n rer and tin have been the principalproducts of the Bo ad since 1900 they haw constituted jointly 90 total value. Owing to the increasing importance of copper minii e par- ticularly to the unusual ac(i\ the rarer mi ?In the fulopper, and in, aibe the mosl important mi - ?(ility that • .extent, o mining during the di. and thai from now on attention will nQing and g 1 theoth
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