ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY, an American company, incorporated in 1895 to succeed the Anaconda Mining Company; it has, through the acquisition of various min ing and fabricating companies in the United States and elsewhere, developed into the world's premier company in the non-ferrous metal industry. Directly, or through its subsidiary and associated companies, it controls the annual production of more than I,000, 000,000 lbs. of copper, 500,000,000 lbs. of zinc, 15o,00o,000 lbs.
of lead, and more than 5 % of the world production of silver. In addition to almost the entire ownership of the Butte (Montana) mining district, "the richest hill on earth," it has large investments in fifteen other American states, as well as in Canada, Mexico, Chile and Poland. It is also a large producer of lumber, coal, gold, arsenic, sulphuric acid, superphosphate, zinc oxide and white lead, and has a large custom smelting and refining business, with plants situated at Anaconda and Great Falls, Montana; Tooele, Utah; Miami, Arizona; East Chicago, Indiana; and Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Through its ownership of The American Brass Company, and its equity in Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, it is the world's largest user of copper and manufacturer of copper and brass products. Among the subsidiary and associated companies of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. are : American Brass Company and subsidiaries; Anaconda Lead Products Company; Andes Cop per Mining Company; Arizona Oil Company; Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company; Butte Water Company; Chile Copper Company and subsidiary companies; Diamond Coal and Coke Company; Greene Cananea Copper Company; Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company ; International Smelting and Re fining Company; International Lead Refining Company; North Lily Mining Company; Raritan Copper Works; Santiago Mining Company; Tooele Valley Railway Company ; Utah-Delaware Min ing Company; Walker Mining Company, and the Silesian Holding Company, which, through the Silesian-American Corporation, con trols the Giesche Spolka Akcyjna, a Polish corporation, one of the largest producers of zinc and coal in Europe. In 1935 the out standing capital stock was $433,716,900, and the total assets, $581,531,908. The net income was $11,180,087 and the surplus for the year, $10,911,587.
The principal office of the Company is at Anaconda, Montana, the executive offices being in New York City. (E. O. S.)