Title: Wholesale Price of Copper, Lake for New York, NY Series ID: M0415AUS35620M267NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Cents per Pound Date Range: 1860-01-01 to 1912-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:57 PM CDT Notes: Series Has Been Subdivided Into Two Variables: (1)-- Original Data, Lake Copper, 1860-1912; (2)-- Original Data, Electrolyte Copper, 1911-1955. Lake Copper Is From Native Copper Mines Of The Lake Superior District. The Standard Range Of Conductivity Is 99.5%. Electrolyte Copper Is Refined By The Electrolytic Process And Runs From 99.93% And Upwards For Cathodes. Source: 1860-1893:"Mineral Industry", 1893, P.253, And Following Issues; 1894-1955:"Engineering And Mining Journal", January 4, 1896, P. 5, And Following Issues (Also Available In "Mineral Industry" A Supplementary Publication Of "E & M Journal") This NBER data series m04015a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: m04015a DATE VALUE 1860-01-01 23.8 1860-02-01 23.9 1860-03-01 23.4 1860-04-01 23.8 1860-05-01 22.9 1860-06-01 22.1 1860-07-01 21.6 1860-08-01 21.5 1860-09-01 21.6 1860-10-01 21.8 1860-11-01 20.9 1860-12-01 20.0 1861-01-01 19.5 1861-02-01 19.2 1861-03-01 19.5 1861-04-01 19.4 1861-05-01 19.5 1861-06-01 18.5 1861-07-01 17.8 1861-08-01 18.4 1861-09-01 19.6 1861-10-01 20.1 1861-11-01 21.4 1861-12-01 24.8 1862-01-01 27.5 1862-02-01 26.5 1862-03-01 24.0 1862-04-01 22.2 1862-05-01 21.1 1862-06-01 21.9 1862-07-01 23.5 1862-08-01 24.2 1862-09-01 25.6 1862-10-01 29.9 1862-11-01 31.6 1862-12-01 31.0 1863-01-01 33.0 1863-02-01 36.0 1863-03-01 34.0 1863-04-01 30.5 1863-05-01 30.2 1863-06-01 30.2 1863-07-01 30.5 1863-08-01 30.0 1863-09-01 31.6 1863-10-01 33.4 1863-11-01 36.8 1863-12-01 38.6 1864-01-01 40.1 1864-02-01 41.6 1864-03-01 42.0 1864-04-01 43.2 1864-05-01 43.5 1864-06-01 46.5 1864-07-01 59.8 1864-08-01 51.2 1864-09-01 50.0 1864-10-01 47.5 1864-11-01 48.0 1864-12-01 49.2 1865-01-01 48.2 1865-02-01 45.0 1865-03-01 39.2 1865-04-01 34.5 1865-05-01 32.0 1865-06-01 29.5 1865-07-01 29.1 1865-08-01 31.1 1865-09-01 31.9 1865-10-01 32.5 1865-11-01 39.1 1865-12-01 42.4 1866-01-01 40.0 1866-02-01 36.8 1866-03-01 32.5 1866-04-01 29.2 1866-05-01 29.9 1866-06-01 32.5 1866-07-01 32.2 1866-08-01 30.6 1866-09-01 31.1 1866-10-01 30.9 1866-11-01 28.8 1866-12-01 27.8 1867-01-01 28.1 1867-02-01 27.5 1867-03-01 25.8 1867-04-01 24.0 1867-05-01 24.1 1867-06-01 24.2 1867-07-01 25.0 1867-08-01 26.0 1867-09-01 26.8 1867-10-01 24.8 1867-11-01 22.9 1867-12-01 22.6 1868-01-01 22.5 1868-02-01 23.2 1868-03-01 23.5 1868-04-01 23.8 1868-05-01 24.1 1868-06-01 23.6 1868-07-01 23.8 1868-08-01 24.1 1868-09-01 23.9 1868-10-01 23.5 1868-11-01 23.2 1868-12-01 24.1 1869-01-01 25.0 1869-02-01 26.5 1869-03-01 25.4 1869-04-01 23.6 1869-05-01 24.0 1869-06-01 22.9 1869-07-01 22.0 1869-08-01 22.5 1869-09-01 22.5 1869-10-01 22.4 1869-11-01 22.2 1869-12-01 21.8 1870-01-01 21.4 1870-02-01 20.9 1870-03-01 19.8 1870-04-01 19.1 1870-05-01 19.0 1870-06-01 19.8 1870-07-01 20.4 1870-08-01 20.5 1870-09-01 21.1 1870-10-01 21.8 1870-11-01 22.2 1870-12-01 22.2 1871-01-01 22.1 1871-02-01 21.9 1871-03-01 21.5 1871-04-01 21.5 1871-05-01 21.2 1871-06-01 21.4 1871-07-01 22.1 1871-08-01 22.8 1871-09-01 23.4 1871-10-01 23.5 1871-11-01 24.1 1871-12-01 26.1 1872-01-01 27.8 1872-02-01 28.4 1872-03-01 33.0 1872-04-01 41.2 1872-05-01 36.5 1872-06-01 33.5 1872-07-01 33.2 1872-08-01 33.5 1872-09-01 33.1 1872-10-01 32.1 1872-11-01 31.4 1872-12-01 32.2 1873-01-01 34.2 1873-02-01 34.6 1873-03-01 34.2 1873-04-01 33.2 1873-05-01 31.1 1873-06-01 29.2 1873-07-01 27.8 1873-08-01 27.1 1873-09-01 26.0 1873-10-01 23.2 1873-11-01 22.1 1873-12-01 24.2 1874-01-01 24.8 1874-02-01 24.6 1874-03-01 24.4 1874-04-01 24.9 1874-05-01 24.8 1874-06-01 24.4 1874-07-01 21.9 1874-08-01 20.0 1874-09-01 21.1 1874-10-01 21.8 1874-11-01 22.8 1874-12-01 23.2 1875-01-01 22.2 1875-02-01 22.2 1875-03-01 21.5 1875-04-01 21.5 1875-05-01 21.5 1875-06-01 22.8 1875-07-01 22.8 1875-08-01 23.0 1875-09-01 23.2 1875-10-01 23.1 1875-11-01 23.0 1875-12-01 23.4 1876-01-01 23.1 1876-02-01 22.6 1876-03-01 22.0 1876-04-01 22.0 1876-05-01 21.9 1876-06-01 20.0 1876-07-01 19.8 1876-08-01 19.0 1876-09-01 20.0 1876-10-01 20.8 1876-11-01 20.2 1876-12-01 19.8 1877-01-01 19.2 1877-02-01 19.2 1877-03-01 19.2 1877-04-01 19.4 1877-05-01 19.1 1877-06-01 19.1 1877-07-01 19.0 1877-08-01 18.5 1877-09-01 18.0 1877-10-01 17.9 1877-11-01 17.6 1877-12-01 17.6 1878-01-01 17.5 1878-02-01 17.2 1878-03-01 17.0 1878-04-01 16.9 1878-05-01 16.5 1878-06-01 16.2 1878-07-01 16.1 1878-08-01 16.1 1878-09-01 16.0 1878-10-01 15.8 1878-11-01 15.6 1878-12-01 15.9 1879-01-01 15.8 1879-02-01 15.5 1879-03-01 15.8 1879-04-01 15.9 1879-05-01 16.0 1879-06-01 16.1 1879-07-01 16.0 1879-08-01 16.1 1879-09-01 16.5 1879-10-01 19.5 1879-11-01 21.5 1879-12-01 21.2 1880-01-01 23.0 1880-02-01 24.1 1880-03-01 23.2 1880-04-01 21.8 1880-05-01 19.0 1880-06-01 18.1 1880-07-01 18.5 1880-08-01 19.0 1880-09-01 18.8 1880-10-01 18.8 1880-11-01 18.8 1880-12-01 19.0 1881-01-01 19.2 1881-02-01 19.2 1881-03-01 19.1 1881-04-01 18.9 1881-05-01 18.5 1881-06-01 17.0 1881-07-01 16.2 1881-08-01 16.4 1881-09-01 17.5 1881-10-01 18.1 1881-11-01 18.5 1881-12-01 19.8 1882-01-01 20.2 1882-02-01 19.5 1882-03-01 19.0 1882-04-01 18.9 1882-05-01 18.1 1882-06-01 18.1 1882-07-01 18.1 1882-08-01 18.1 1882-09-01 18.1 1882-10-01 18.1 1882-11-01 18.0 1882-12-01 18.0 1883-01-01 18.0 1883-02-01 17.8 1883-03-01 17.2 1883-04-01 15.9 1883-05-01 15.9 1883-06-01 15.5 1883-07-01 15.0 1883-08-01 15.0 1883-09-01 15.1 1883-10-01 15.1 1883-11-01 15.0 1883-12-01 14.9 1884-01-01 14.9 1884-02-01 14.9 1884-03-01 14.9 1884-04-01 14.5 1884-05-01 14.2 1884-06-01 14.1 1884-07-01 14.0 1884-08-01 13.9 1884-09-01 13.1 1884-10-01 13.0 1884-11-01 12.8 1884-12-01 11.6 1885-01-01 11.2 1885-02-01 11.1 1885-03-01 10.9 1885-04-01 11.0 1885-05-01 11.5 1885-06-01 11.4 1885-07-01 11.1 1885-08-01 11.1 1885-09-01 11.1 1885-10-01 11.0 1885-11-01 11.0 1885-12-01 11.2 1886-01-01 11.4 1886-02-01 11.4 1886-03-01 11.4 1886-04-01 11.4 1886-05-01 10.5 1886-06-01 10.0 1886-07-01 10.0 1886-08-01 10.0 1886-09-01 10.5 1886-10-01 11.8 1886-11-01 12.0 1886-12-01 12.0 1887-01-01 11.6 1887-02-01 11.0 1887-03-01 10.5 1887-04-01 10.2 1887-05-01 10.0 1887-06-01 10.0 1887-07-01 10.4 1887-08-01 10.5 1887-09-01 10.5 1887-10-01 10.5 1887-11-01 12.6 1887-12-01 17.0 1888-01-01 16.2 1888-02-01 16.4 1888-03-01 16.1 1888-04-01 16.6 1888-05-01 16.4 1888-06-01 16.5 1888-07-01 16.8 1888-08-01 16.8 1888-09-01 17.2 1888-10-01 16.5 1888-11-01 16.5 1888-12-01 16.5 1889-01-01 17.2 1889-02-01 16.9 1889-03-01 16.2 1889-04-01 16.5 1889-05-01 12.8 1889-06-01 12.0 1889-07-01 12.0 1889-08-01 12.0 1889-09-01 11.0 1889-10-01 11.0 1889-11-01 12.4 1889-12-01 14.4 1890-01-01 14.8 1890-02-01 14.3 1890-03-01 14.5 1890-04-01 14.4 1890-05-01 15.1 1890-06-01 16.0 1890-07-01 16.8 1890-08-01 15.4 1890-09-01 17.0 1890-10-01 16.9 1890-11-01 16.8 1890-12-01 15.9 1891-01-01 14.8 1891-02-01 14.5 1891-03-01 14.0 1891-04-01 13.8 1891-05-01 13.2 1891-06-01 13.0 1891-07-01 13.0 1891-08-01 12.2 1891-09-01 12.5 1891-10-01 12.2 1891-11-01 11.0 1891-12-01 10.6 1892-01-01 11.0 1892-02-01 10.6 1892-03-01 10.4 1892-04-01 11.5 1892-05-01 11.6 1892-06-01 11.9 1892-07-01 11.5 1892-08-01 11.5 1892-09-01 11.1 1892-10-01 11.5 1892-11-01 11.9 1892-12-01 12.4 1893-01-01 12.1 1893-02-01 12.0 1893-03-01 11.9 1893-04-01 11.4 1893-05-01 11.0 1893-06-01 11.0 1893-07-01 10.9 1893-08-01 10.0 1893-09-01 9.9 1893-10-01 9.8 1893-11-01 10.0 1893-12-01 10.2 1894-01-01 10.1 1894-02-01 9.6 1894-03-01 9.8 1894-04-01 9.5 1894-05-01 9.8 1894-06-01 8.9 1894-07-01 9.0 1894-08-01 9.1 1894-09-01 9.4 1894-10-01 9.9 1894-11-01 9.6 1894-12-01 9.8 1895-01-01 10.0 1895-02-01 10.0 1895-03-01 9.8 1895-04-01 9.8 1895-05-01 10.2 1895-06-01 10.6 1895-07-01 11.2 1895-08-01 12.0 1895-09-01 12.2 1895-10-01 12.0 1895-11-01 11.0 1895-12-01 10.5 1896-01-01 9.9 1896-02-01 10.6 1896-03-01 11.0 1896-04-01 11.0 1896-05-01 11.2 1896-06-01 11.7 1896-07-01 11.4 1896-08-01 11.0 1896-09-01 10.7 1896-10-01 10.7 1896-11-01 11.2 1896-12-01 11.3 1897-01-01 11.8 1897-02-01 11.9 1897-03-01 11.8 1897-04-01 11.5 1897-05-01 11.0 1897-06-01 11.1 1897-07-01 11.1 1897-08-01 11.2 1897-09-01 11.3 1897-10-01 11.1 1897-11-01 10.9 1897-12-01 10.8 1898-01-01 11.0 1898-02-01 11.3 1898-03-01 12.0 1898-04-01 12.1 1898-05-01 12.0 1898-06-01 11.9 1898-07-01 11.6 1898-08-01 11.9 1898-09-01 12.3 1898-10-01 12.4 1898-11-01 12.9 1898-12-01 12.9 1899-01-01 14.8 1899-02-01 18.0 1899-03-01 17.5 1899-04-01 18.4 1899-05-01 18.2 1899-06-01 17.9 1899-07-01 18.3 1899-08-01 18.5 1899-09-01 18.5 1899-10-01 17.8 1899-11-01 16.9 1899-12-01 16.4 1900-01-01 16.3 1900-02-01 16.1 1900-03-01 16.6 1900-04-01 16.9 1900-05-01 16.6 1900-06-01 16.0 1900-07-01 16.2 1900-08-01 16.6 1900-09-01 16.7 1900-10-01 16.6 1900-11-01 16.8 1900-12-01 16.9 1901-01-01 16.8 1901-02-01 16.9 1901-03-01 16.9 1901-04-01 16.9 1901-05-01 16.9 1901-06-01 16.9 1901-07-01 16.6 1901-08-01 16.5 1901-09-01 16.5 1901-10-01 16.6 1901-11-01 16.6 1901-12-01 14.4 1902-01-01 11.3 1902-02-01 12.4 1902-03-01 12.2 1902-04-01 12.0 1902-05-01 12.2 1902-06-01 12.4 1902-07-01 11.9 1902-08-01 11.6 1902-09-01 11.8 1902-10-01 11.7 1902-11-01 11.5 1902-12-01 11.6 1903-01-01 12.4 1903-02-01 12.9 1903-03-01 14.8 1903-04-01 14.6 1903-05-01 14.6 1903-06-01 14.2 1903-07-01 13.3 1903-08-01 13.2 1903-09-01 13.3 1903-10-01 13.0 1903-11-01 12.8 1903-12-01 12.1 1904-01-01 12.5 1904-02-01 12.2 1904-03-01 12.6 1904-04-01 13.1 1904-05-01 13.0 1904-06-01 12.4 1904-07-01 12.5 1904-08-01 12.5 1904-09-01 12.6 1904-10-01 13.1 1904-11-01 14.5 1904-12-01 14.8 1905-01-01 15.1 1905-02-01 15.1 1905-03-01 15.2 1905-04-01 15.0 1905-05-01 14.8 1905-06-01 14.8 1905-07-01 15.0 1905-08-01 15.7 1905-09-01 16.0 1905-10-01 16.3 1905-11-01 16.8 1905-12-01 18.4 1906-01-01 18.4 1906-02-01 18.1 1906-03-01 18.6 1906-04-01 18.7 1906-05-01 18.7 1906-06-01 18.7 1906-07-01 18.6 1906-08-01 18.7 1906-09-01 19.3 1906-10-01 21.7 1906-11-01 22.4 1906-12-01 23.4 1907-01-01 24.8 1907-02-01 25.2 1907-03-01 25.6 1907-04-01 25.3 1907-05-01 25.1 1907-06-01 24.1 1907-07-01 21.9 1907-08-01 19.3 1907-09-01 16.0 1907-10-01 13.6 1907-11-01 13.9 1907-12-01 13.4 1908-01-01 13.9 1908-02-01 13.1 1908-03-01 12.9 1908-04-01 12.9 1908-05-01 12.8 1908-06-01 12.9 1908-07-01 12.9 1908-08-01 13.6 1908-09-01 13.6 1908-10-01 13.6 1908-11-01 14.4 1908-12-01 14.4 1909-01-01 14.3 1909-02-01 13.3 1909-03-01 12.8 1909-04-01 12.9 1909-05-01 13.2 1909-06-01 13.5 1909-07-01 13.4 1909-08-01 13.3 1909-09-01 13.2 1909-10-01 13.0 1909-11-01 13.4 1909-12-01 13.6 1910-01-01 13.9 1910-02-01 13.7 1910-03-01 13.6 1910-04-01 13.1 1910-05-01 12.9 1910-06-01 12.8 1910-07-01 12.6 1910-08-01 12.7 1910-09-01 12.7 1910-10-01 12.8 1910-11-01 12.9 1910-12-01 12.9 1911-01-01 12.7 1911-02-01 12.6 1911-03-01 12.4 1911-04-01 12.3 1911-05-01 12.2 1911-06-01 12.6 1911-07-01 12.7 1911-08-01 12.6 1911-09-01 12.5 1911-10-01 12.4 1911-11-01 12.8 1911-12-01 13.8 1912-01-01 14.3 1912-02-01 14.3 1912-03-01 14.9 1912-04-01 15.9 1912-05-01 16.2 1912-06-01 17.4 1912-07-01 17.4 1912-08-01 17.6 1912-09-01 17.7 1912-10-01 17.7 1912-11-01 17.6 1912-12-01 17.6