Abstract
COPPER is one of the earliest metals known to man, and has always been an important commodity. Next to iron, it is the most valuable of base metals. In the early part of the nineteenth century, the world supply was obtained from the British Isles, chiefly from Cornwall, Devon and Anglesey, but about the middle of the century Chile became chief producer. During the last decade of the century the United States came to the front, a position she has maintained, although it appears that Africa attained a higher output figure in 1934.
XVI International Geological Congress
Copper Resources of the World. Vol. 1. Pp. vii + 441 + 22 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. vi + 443 855 + plates 23–41. (Washington, D.C.: XVI International Geological Congress, c/o U.S. Geological Survey, 1935.) 5 dollars each vol., 9 dollars the set, to Members; 6 dollars each vol., 10 dollars the set, to non-Members.
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XVI International Geological Congress. Nature 137, 886–887 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137886a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137886a0