Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
ARIZONA THE GREAT COPPER
 FIELD.
What Eas Been Dose and fs BeinS Done
 Toward fs Development.

i first smelter started up on the Coppe Queen, end yet, that mine has developed
 into the second in point of production Tn the United States, if not the world The ore already developed, so that i can be measured up with the same cer
 taInty and ease as 50 many cords o wood after 1t Is piled, will keeep thell
 two 36-lnch smeiters running full blast night and day, for three years. To bt exact the amount wIl not fall below 9O,UOO tons, of a grade that will average as II flows from the shelter, 13 per cent
 which is equivalent to 3,40O.OOO pounds
 or ll,1UO tons of copper. The gross
 value Uf this mass of metal at present
 prIces Is S4,2l2.OU0. one half of which
 may safely be set down as Iet profit.
 The production from August 2lth lSe1, mp to April 1st, 1881. was l, l44..
 lo23-2tOJ tons of copper. From Aprll
 lsr. 1881, up to April lst, 1882, was
 2,SI6. l255 2iUO tons. From April lst,
 Ip the 18th day of June, 1So2, was
 S19.19O-2OOO tons. Total production
 from August 20th, 1881, up to June 18th,
 los2, one year and ten months, less two
 days, 4,9OO. O.lS3S-2000 tons. This came
 from 29,254.623-2O1O tons of ore. The
 monthly production at the present tune
 Is not less than 450 tons. It IS safe to
 estimate the last half of the current
 year at these figures which will give
 2iOO tons of copper of a gross value of
 59f2,OOO. The above fgur, give a good
 idea or what one productive mine has
 done and IS doing for the Territory.
 The Clifton copper company, in Gra-
 ham county, on the Colorado river, near
 the hne of New Mexico, although a
 smaller producer than Copper Queen,
 has been longer in the field, and has the
 reputation of having made millIonaries
 of the Leszinsky Bros, who became
 nearly bankrupt Tn their efforts to place
 their property on paying basis. Their
 production last years, according to
 published reports, was only a trifie over three-fiths of that of Copper Quee...
 This is no fault of the mine, but solely | due to the less efficient mode of smelt- ing the ore. At Clifton the old style of | furnace iP in use, while at Copper | Queen the latest improved water jackets are Tn operation, the two 36-inch fur naces (commonly called 30-ton smelters) averaging l20 tons of ore run through every tweDty-four hours. From all re- ports, the LOngfellow, one of the Clifton mines, has developed immense reserve of ore, aud the outOut of copper is only limited by the less efficient method of treatment that prevails at Bisbee.
 The next III order of production come the mines near Globe, in Gila county. They are but just coming to tle front as producers. The Globe mine, says the Globe Silver Belt of July 1st, for the nlne days ending June Both, produc d .6i,2j5 pounds or S2.255-200O tons of
 ,opp.r. This was an average of a little over niue tons per day which Is an evil
 ience of unusual richness of the ore
 reated. The Silver Belt says this beats
 'lther one of the Copper Queen furnaces,
 which Is very true, and true for this
 rasUn only, that the Globe furnace was I'd from toe richest ore from the mine,
 nile Ill the Copper Queen everything
 worked down tU hve Der cent, It hay
 IS been demonstrated that q at per
 ent of copper pays all expenses leaving
 Ie eurpuIs SIS profit. There is Do
 ,ouut but what the managers of the
 IlOOe lnines wIii adopt d similar policy
 that of COl p Queen and work its
 Ie,iIum and low graIe ores with the -,h, and thus insure a long and uni
 fml! prosperous era for tLe property.
 Ihe oil DOMlIIJn comes next, an, aasmucL as tlis cOrpuTatI0n has bOug II .se mines of the former 1t may be sad
 be Globe ali D ,mlniuu combiued.
 sd now represents tle most extensive
 operiy III the world. line mines are
 'i repres -nted ts belHg extensive and ..ch, and when w'rse1 upon the sea, Iticitrd ly tIe company will rank next
 Q Calumet and Hecla the present great -at mines m tie world.
 Next in order comes the Russell mine, H COchise county, four miles north oi -ummIt ation, which has become a
 rotitable pr1ducer, ia fact, one of the most profitable, all things considered, 4Ow tur ing out bars. The reason of -nls ls tue richness of the ore in gold, it l sing reported that 1t averages about l .,., rirsr fun.-tTJ,th0t- p'Ft. Is. n'''a will | : SlUU per JO.i IL e...----.otai. Auis nore tn m double the value of the pro- duct, estimating the ore smelted at 20 per cent. copper, which 1t fully averages. They are turning out four tons of bull hon per day at the present time. with in running, owing to a short supply of water.
 We now come to the mines in the Santa Catalinas, where a good deal of activity exists, and from which great re- suits have been predicted. The lodges are sad to be large and the ores ri, b, ont thus far have given no product, not Eithstanding a shelter was erected there last winter. The fault is said to be in the management and not in the property. Be this as it may the time is not far distant when the Santa Catali- mas will prove an important factor in the production of the Territory.
 frbara Tc gunaltar in nnarattnn in ! Silver Bell district, if we mistake not, that has done some good, but iust what the results have been it IS impossible to gay. Then there are the Santa Ritas. said to be prolific in copper. and the Huachucas, that show upon the surface abundant indications of rich mines. It IS safe to say that Arizona could pro- duce sufficient copper to supply the markets of the world, if her mines were all developed, and at a cost of produc- ton with which no other country could compete.
 The question of over-production is one that has caused more serious thought than any other. With the rap d extension of electricity into domestic economy. anxiety on this point would ,eem to be so far useless, and that event remote, 1T not altogether improbable. With the rapid spread of electric lights and electric mOters, together with tele- -raphic and telephouic communications here is an almost illimitable field open | mp for the use of this metal. Then,
 V recent invention, n plate of copper .ln he r,lsced in machine and fash ioned into almost any s,rt of a vessel -nr dome tic purposes, and at a cost hat will place these vessels within the reach of the humblest person. For cus- pidnrs it will supercede the cOmmoner metals of ron and tin, being iu the na. ture ot things more lasting and orna- mPutal than anything less costly than silver The field for the economical use f copper is so rapidly enlarging that to NOTION ouhle on the score of over production is one of the most useless md unprofitahle occupations that the human mind can he Iut to.
 FrOm Mistress io ChsmbermaId.
 At the Atlas Hotel, on ROckoway Beach, 1t Is said a cOnely woman of about forty years Is employed, whose history is highly romantic. A writer tO the Albany Press states that her maiden uame was Van Buren, and that she was born in Schodack, Rensselaer, county. President Van Buren was brother of her grandfather, and other relatives were of favored ancestry. While receiy- ing an education ut the Willard Semi nary she became infatuated with man named Elliott, who m sh married des pits her parents pI otest. With Elliott she removed to California. There her husband, who had considerable money engaged in stock speculatio1s, and with such dazzling success that Mrs. Elliott participated Each investment yielded golden returns, and the Elliotts soon became noted for their princely hospi- tality, elegant residence, horses, car