Arizona republican., 1898-03-06


 A. F. Brown, representing the Cali fornia Powder works of San Francisco was in Phoenix yesterday. MT. Brown has travelled over Arizona and visited the mines for the past eight years, and he is we'll acquainted with the large producers as well as the smaller ones His company enjoys an exten- sive trade among the mines of Arl- zona. Speaking of the development of the territorys mineral resources dur ing the past eight years he said the growth has been very remarkable "When I first came to Arizona there were but two great copper producers. They were the Clifton ana Morenci properties Now there is the United Verde, the Bis bee copper mines, and the big producers at Globe, and hundreds of other smaller mines which have come into existence since then. This terri tory is bound to become the greatest cooper mining district in the world. The Michigan and Lake Superior mines will have to take back seat when the Arizona copper mines are thoroughly developed. When l think of the number of mines in the terri tory eight years ago and compare them with those operating today the growth is simply astonishing. And these mines which have been opened are just at the beginning of their growth and development. At Bisbee a few days ago I was in the Copper Queen mine with one of the owners Of the property. We came to an i'm companion asked the foreman why this ore was not being taken cut. The foreman replied that he would not be able to touch that portion of the mine for five years unless the company added to it's facilities for treating and handling the ore from the mine. This shows the kind of copper mines Ari- Zona has. And the output of the Cop per Queen is almost as great as any mine in the territory with their pres ent smelting capacity. Over at Cliff ton they are treating the low grade ore by a teaching process. precipitat- ing scraps of iron and tin in the treat ment of the ore, and they are enabled to work ore running three and four per cent copper with profit It is my belief that Arizona will soon become the great copper country of the entire world
 ''The increase in the consumption of powder is a fair barometer of the growth of mining in Arizona. Our company supplies most of the large mines in the territory and I can mo- tice decided increase in the powder consumption every year. For the past six years there has been an in- crease of more than 20 per cent each year for the entire territory. Of course there has been a greater in- crease in some properties, but my es- timate is for the whole territory.
 "The gold mines in the territory are becoming better each year. Congress is d richer mine every year, and the late strike of exceedingly rich ore in the mine has placed it among the rich est gold mines in the world. Arizona is new country and its mineral de- FelOpulGuI Has put Iduly begun. Wherever mining has been carried on extensively in this territory there are good producers to show what can be done in other sections of the territory with like energy and the same good management
 ''I do not know of a mining section that has made greater strides during the past few years than has Arizona I find that there is a great deal of in- terest in the territory among Califor- mia mining men, and in fact wherever go this is apparent. Its growth will never come in the nature of boom but there will be the same steady de- velopment from year to year which will ultimately place Arizona at the head of the list of mineral producing regions of the world"
 MT. Brown left last night for Yuma He will visit the new copper strike north of Gila Bend in Maricopa county which The Republican mentioned ex. clusively several days ago.
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