Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-16
In GILA'S HILLS.
Globe, a Thriving and Pros
porous Town.
SOME GOOD MANAGEMENT T.
Where Freighting is Done for l4O
Miles to the Railroad, Yet
Money is Made.

den among the hills of Gila county two
very existence unknown to many. ii
plays an important part in the mineral
history of the country. Without the re-
turns from Globe the resources of the
te ritory cannot be estimated. AS a
producer of copper few, if any, camps in
the territory can surpass it, Be ides its
copper, the district and districts adjoin-
ing are rich il gold and silver ores.
Here is situated the old Globe mines,
,, operated by the Old Dominion Copper
company. The mines owned by this
company are simply wonderful and it is
doubtful if a parallel case can be shown
in this or any other country. The mines
of the Old Dominion are never idle
Times might be out of joint, the bottom
may be out OF the market and copper
selling for song but the work of pro-
ductlon never flags. With their base of
operations at Wilcox, on the Southern
Pscific. 140 miles away, and copper sell
ing at and 91a cents per pound in New
York, it is but little short OF the marvel
Gus that mines can be made to pay
Every pouu1 OF coke and supplies used
must be freighted in aud every pound
Of copper made must be freighted out
over roads made bad by constant traC>
fic, and still the mine Is made to pay
This l. the result Of good management
j -laf b. .
the right man at the wheel.
THE OLD DOMINION COPPER COMPANY.
The Old Dominion Copper company
employ at the present time $50 men, OF
who IN 133 work in and about the mine
aud forty-saven about the smelters
This does not include the official force.
The smelters. three in num- Der, are stu
ated nearly half mile below the mine
and the ore is delivered ct the smelters
by means of the trolley system, the cost
of conveying the same being practically
nothing as compared with the cost OF
delivery by teams as was done TIL recent
years.
There ars three smelters. two of which
are kept in constant operation, and the
other is held in readiness IN case of Rc-
cident 10 either OF ths others. The
avarage product of copper per day is
p 900 pounds; the average amount of
ore run through is 10000 pounds, for
which 10000 pounds of coke are used.
The copper produced IN April last
amounted in round numbers to 675,000
pounds. The product for May was
somewhat larger.
The total expenses per month aver
age $4,000, of which $4,000 is paid
monthly to the employees, the remaining
$4,000 being consumed in freight and
supplies.
Mr.. n. S. Berray is superintendent.
He bas been connected with the mine
| for years and it is said of him he knows
where every pound of ore comes from and
the position of every piece of timber in
| the mine. He is quiet, unassuming gen.
| tleman, but practical to the last degree.
His assistant, Mr.. l.. B. Walker, is a
young man of pleasing address and a
valuable co-worker in the management
of the mine.
Frank Boston is the foreman at the
mine. John Murphy occupies like
| position at the smelter. Both began al
the lowest step of the ladder and from
| pounding drills and pushing slsg pots
they gradually worked themselves for
ward to their present responsible posi-
| tions.
The chemist of the company IS Mr.
! Harry Simmons. Mr.. Simmons has the
rspuratIon of ranking high in his profes-
zion. His present responsible position
! gives assurance to that fact.
Mr.. A. q. Pendleton is chief engineer
and surveyor. In his Office may be seen
| plats Of the underground workings oi
the mine. AS progress is made below
| surface the work on the plats is traced
to correspond. At the end of each week
three blue prints of the plats are made
one Of which remains in the office, one
is given to the foreman of the mine and
| the other is sent to the home Office in
Philadelphia. Mr.. Pendleton is classed
among the best engineers in the terri.
tory.
| THE BUFFALO GROUP.
| The mines classed nnder the fOreoO