Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-24
A GREAT COPPER CAMP.
What the Yuma Copper Company has
 been and Is now Doing.

what tue M hWa tetfNf NtNhhehA h'~
 been and Is now Doing.
 In the southwestern part of Yava- pai county, about aS miles from Prescott. Is located what promises to develop into one of the most magnificent copper properties on the continent, The property Is owned hy the Yuma Copper Com pany of N. Louis, and embraces thirty-three claims, The company was organized in lSSti. hut owing la dissensions among it's members slow progress was made for the first two ar three years of itsexistence. Whom harmony had finally been accom- phshed. another great drawback oc- cured in the shape of the failure to secure an adequate water supply to run the 5o-ton water jacket shelter, which had in the mean time been erected to reduce the ore.
 Aboat month ago four members of the company arrived iu Prescott from St. Louis. and proceeded to their camp "a Superintend the start ing up of the plant, Last evening two of the party returned hero, en route east. the other two having pre- viously lef, via Phenix. The two who came in last evening are MesSrs. |. W. Prange, vice president of the company, and Alfred Berkey, its treasurer, The JoURNAL-MlNEs representative called on them to- day at the Hotel Burke. and elicited the following information from a very pleasant interyiew;
 Speaking of the difficulties ex- perienced m obtaining a. water sup ply, they stated that i; lad cost the company not less than S75,0a, but the problem had now been satis- factorily solved. and there was no question of having an abundance in the future. The company first ex- perimented hy boring three deep wells, resulting in failure. They next eXpenmented hy sinking well, with no better results. Finally a survey was made to a spring up in the emountains and pipe line laid Ia IL. Water was turned into this pipe May 26th, and under the pressure of the water accumulated at the spring flow of 5000 gallons per day was secured. The supply has decreased since to 40,0oo gallons this being the natural supply of the spring, and k fully adequate for all their demand. On June lth their shelter va started and has been running con staptly ever since turning out fine grade of cooper bullion ninety to nInety-six per cent fine in copper and over $l00 per ton in gold and silver. The copper is of such an ex ''ellent quality that the company has be able to contract for their entire product for year at the same price received by the Calumet and Hecla mines.
 Messrs. Berkey and Laage will leave for St Louis tomorrow. aud on their return other arrangements will he made to construct an addi- tional smeiter or two, put up an electric light plant and build tram ways for the systematic working uf the property.
 The transportation question has been d serious one to the company. but both gentlemen expressed them selves as confident that the S. F., r. X F. railroad would be immediately constructed as it is one of the great est necessities of the territory. At the meeting of those interested in building this road, which was held in Chicago some time since. repre- Sentatives of their company had been present and pledged tho financial aid of the company towards its con >truction. Prescott k at present | he nearest railroad town to their prop erty although their freighting has heretofore been via Phcnix. The proposition of changing the base of their freighting from Phenix to this section will be taken up for consider alton at the next meeting of the di- rectors. While the roads from here are more mluntsinoassa portion of the Phenix road Is very sandy. and railroad communication with the east k more direct from this point than the former to the eastern Both gentlemen expressed themselves highly pleased, uot only with the outlook of their own prop erty, but with the bright mining out look generally for the entire terri tory.
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