Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-06-28
VAL VERDE COPPER COMPANY LTD., LARGE NEW SHELTER.
Enters the Field for the Reduction
 of Ores
Water Rights ard Land for it's losa- ton Secured in the Agus Fria val- Iey-Pians and Preliminary Sur
 VeYs Almost Completed.

{, 0ne Of the moss remarkable facts that ArlkouRns have to consider is, that while the chief bulk of Ari- zOna's wealth les ln it's mineral de- p1sits, and it's principal industry IS the developing aud utilizing of it's vast ore bodies. there is not a custom stneltsr withiu about six hundred miles of the center of the territory. As a smelter IS most essential iu tue utilization ot vast amounts of ores, concentTs es, tailings and other values that are ot too low a grade to stand the tIrif required by a long ] haul Co Pueblo or Ei Psso, the cree ! tion of large custom plant in the center ot the territory, conveniently located 10 the bulk of its producing miues, it can be sen at a glance would be of vast bsne6t to all cou- cerued, and convert what Is at the present time dead property, into huudrc s of thousands of dollars for the owners, and result in the iume- diate circulation in Arizona of these additional suns of money.
 This eau be observed at a glance. but who can estimate the vast ben eft of the stimulation of tue work inx snd development Of large mum Der of m.nss. especially those of a luW gralis or refractory aatuTe, which at the present time are either idle, or nothing more than pros poets, hence we believe that GUS tom srpelleT. 2. so l0catsll. and equipped with roasters aud ali th, modern machinery of tue present day, would do more for toe develop meat of the territory thaL probably ,ea times the amount of capital TO- veaed in this, applied in any other
 iir.'ciion.
 The Wal Verde Copper Con pany, Limited" hls fu. the past month had its msn1glng director and general manager carefully studying the vaT!- nus districts, udt gre ui the ores. pos siblc future product ot the miues through the entire territory. After large amount of data has been carefully obtained both as result of heir observations aud iutes Ia- tions. they have decided to erect a IO0.ton smelter with interchangeable hearth, (thereby euabling thvn- to handle both copper and leadl, roast err. sampliux atifks, eisrtTic ligat plant. sir com pAtsSpr puaIps, Cts- !iSs engines, aud iH fact the FerJ best and mes imprTsed machinery tba, Is to bs obtained, to be located near She Agua Fria Vai,r falls, and on the line of tho Prescott X Eas cru railroad.
 With this enl in view thay hav, recently transferred tl the Prescott hanRs ffty housand dollars (S50.0N) and purchased She Agua Fna Water Falls, ahd are now making hgir pre- imlnary surveys MachisHry plans are almos. complsted. The com pany's civil engineer and metailut- gist will shortly be on tEe eiuuud ta commence th. snrses for ,n- eTnc- ! tiou oi the huilJiugs, railroad tracks, sidings etc.
 The eompany's iBtentinu Is to utilize its own ores Of the Val Verde ! niaes a~ Aux. thereby furaling a basis with theDoTe refractory ore of ! Yarlpai and sarroBnding couoties. ' Thry have also contracted for suf- iicient ore to ru1 their large furnace ste4dily. with the intention on the pari of the company to increase the capacity of the same by another stack as soon as they are assured of the requisite ores.
 Three thousand tous monthly at a valuation of $50 per toa me ans a turn over oi Sl50,000 per month that will be placed in circulation, and in fac, newly created visible wealth.
 Taking these things into careful consideration, We feel that central Arizona is to be congratulated upon enterprise and progress of the Val Verde Copper Company Limit d, particularly as we uudeT,t tlnd that 1t .yas offered large inducements ID the shape ot bonuses, Tree water and site, from ether sections 10 locate there.
 lN NNNiA Ndft UCFu htIAuttAF AAA4- possible for the company 10 have located in a more central district, and for that reason we can readily understand, as this company $ policy since its organization has been that of rtctlv progressive nature and consequently the S25, 600 inducement which it vas offered does not sway
 9 from the location that it believes ! to be the most central and desirable ID the territory, 5u i1C We uudeTstsuftta large DOT ! tion of the stock sold by this com pany to it's share holders was for the erection of this smelting plant; ln fact. any one who has read the com pany's prospectus or official au- uouncemen,s published three and four months ago, may have observed the same fact.
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