Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...explorer named Collier was pitching his tent in northern Rhodesia. Down a wide lane through the forest he spied a roan antelope, shot it. U. S. copper producers wish he had dropped a rabbit instead. For in its death struggle the antelope kicked up the ground, revealed that the forest lane was caused by a rich vein of copper ore, 200 ft. wide, 10 mi. long, 3,000 ft. deep at the centre. Now owner of the vein is Roan Antelope Copper Mines, Ltd. Six years ago Roan had not been formed. Two years ago it was not producing commercially...
...inseparable agents, Messrs. Fernand Pisart and Camille Gutt. When they saw the conference getting no place they announced they had booked reservations for Europe. When it became clear that Director Storke would accede to nothing, Messrs. Pisart & Gutt sailed and the conference was officially ended, all copper companies were free to grab for all they could. Roan's Storke remained alone on the battlefield, told the U. S. Press his company was not alone to blame...
...producers waited to see what jungle law would do to copper prices. U. S. consumption and production are about balanced now at 300,000 tons and it was felt U. S. prices would sink no lower than last week's 5?. But a fierce war for the other markets of the world was in sight, a war that would end either with the high-cost producers driven off or with a whipped Roan Antelope creeping into the corral. Running at full blast Roan can supply only 14% of the copper needed outside the U. S. But Roan...
...expatriate who lives in London, was 23 when graduated from the Columbia School of Mines in 1898. Since then he has traveled the world, turning up whenever a big mining development was starting, usually leaving with a fat wad of shares in his portfolio. Once consulting engineer for Utah Copper, he has been affiliated with the Guggenheim Brothers and John Hays Hammond. In 1911 he was associated with Herbert Clark Hoover in the successful flotation of unsuccessful Granville Mining Co., formed in London to acquire Yukon placer claims. Two years ago his mining work in Jugoslavia secured him the Grand...
...Prescott. Ariz.. Thomas Taylor. 67, retired superintendent of United Verde Copper Co., before committing suicide wrote a will leaving $150,000 to his wife & son, and $10,000 to his daughter Lillian Taylor Briggs "to go to hell...