The herald., 1897-04-22
Arizona Output Will Break
the Record
MANY IMPORTANT TRANSFERS
CAR SHOPS TO BE MOVED FROM
TUCSON TO BENSON
Fare Jewels Of the Grand Lodge Of
Odd Tsllows--Feed Plentiful
and cattlsmen Happy

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
PHOENIX, April 17.--Thess are days
Of q mining boom In Arizona. Only
few people. comparatively. are interest
ed in politics now, but everybody who is
not interested in cattle is interested in
mining, and both Of these industries are
In a fiourishing condition.
The Los Angeles shipments Of cattle
are slowing up trifie now, and the
movement is more to the east than the
west. Still, the western shipments from
now on will be far in excess Of those In
many years past. An immense shipment
is preparing at Yuma-if 1t has not yet
gone-under the supervision Of Ed j.
Roberts of Bisbee and Colonel Land OF
Yuma. In all parts of the territory the
ground ups" are beginning and many OF
them are fairly under way. This year
has been the best for a decade for the
cattle men. Feed is plentiful and disease
is unknown. The cattle are fat and
sleek and prices are the best for dozen
years or more. The cattle men are not
grumbling.
WHEAT IN THE VALLEY
In the Salt River valley some Of the
wheat has been bitten by the frost
more Of it. In fact, than most people are
willing to admit. The apricots, early
peaches and the nuts are ruined. except
In rare places. They withstood the ord!-
nary carly frosts ali right, but there %e-e
one or two extraordinary frosts. and
these did the work. The Strawberries
and early vegetables have not been
harmed much, and the fruit loss, though
, severe enough on the men directly af-
fected, will scarcely be felt in this very
prosperous year for the territory. 1t Is
getting warm in Phoenix, but still the
hotels are we'll filled, and vacant houses
are by no means numerous. Many OF
the foolish ones are running away from
the heat or are preparing to decamp.
The wise ones tarry, knowing that 1t is
the heat which cures. Still wiser ones
are preparing for their camping trips
into the high attitudes. AS feed will be
plentiful for the animals the mountain
Gus sections of Arizona will be huge
picnicking ground this season, from all
appearances. know of q score of camp
ing parties now fitting out for various
parts of the territory. and / have faith
to believe that there are many other
scores Of which know not.
THE MINING BOOM
But all this is merely an introduction
to the real news of the week. the news
OF mining. Not day passes now with
out its exchange OF mineral properties
and it's discovery Of new locations. OF
course there are many locations record
ed each day, but i do not think 1t an ex-
aggeration to say that out of all the new
discoveries at least one every day is
bona fide and will pan out to the en-
richment Of the finder.
The firm market and good prices af-
forded the copper producers has had
fine effect upon what is coming to be rec
ognized as Arizona's greatest mineral
wealth, and some unforeseen slump not
intervening the copper output for 1897
will be fully double that of last year.
The famous United Verde mine at Je-
rome Is being fairly rooted in by the
growth of its immense smelling plant,
and reverberatory furnace of the larg-
est make Is about to be blown In. This
will bring the ore consumption up tc
1000 tons per day and the daily copper
output will be 200 tons. And this output
will be mainly from converters. the black
copper product being within per cent of
absolute purity. The increase win mean
more human labor as well.
SOME COPPER OUTPUTS
AT Bisbee four large furnaces are
working, mainly on sulphuretic ores, the
rich carbonates that made the camp
famous having been passed. The mat
ter Is completely desulphurized in Pc
culiar trough converters which are the
invention of Manager Ben Williams.
The black copper product, which is
steadily being increased, Is now about
100000 pounds month.
A product even greater than this is
that of the Clifton mines, where the
Arizona Copper company, by means Of
the Danish sulphuric acid process. Is
working with profit ore from Metcalf
hill that runs as low as per cent In
copper. This company has the ad-
vantage of a dozen varieties OF ores,
ranging from the free carbonates OF
the famous Longfellow to the hard gray
sulphates Of the Humboldt, in Morenci
basin. The company has about two
score Of claims, and the largest store
of unmined copper in the west.
At Coronado a dozen miles away. are
some great copper lodges now being de-
veloped that are claimed to be even the
equal of the Longfellow. The plans of
the management embrace the ultimate
construction Of double tunnel five
miles In length, to tap a dozen Of its
more important claims at a depth of
1900 feet, and through which, propelled
by electricity, will dart the trains car
rying ores to the smclters on the San
Francisco river.
In this vicinity are located the work.
ings of the Detroit Copper company
the Morenci mines. lately absorbed by
the Copper Queen interests.
w. A. Clark, the Montana millionaire
who added fresh millions to his coffers
through the operation of his copper.
gold and silver mine at Jerome, is still
on the lookout for other opportunities
to keep his capital In harness. He
and his superintendent. Mr.. Giroux,
have been visiting q lot Of new min
eral discoveries. and he has made sew
eral purchases during the last few
weeks.
ore of his latest llnds Is at Washing
ton camp. Pima county, not far from
the Mexican line. Here he has secured
bonds on several claims covering great
ledge OF low grade carbonate copper.
Several other large copper properties
ers being operated n the same district,