Arizona republican., 1899-04-22
PRODUCTION OF COPPER.

A Citizen representative had an in- teresting 4Chat yesterday evening with l G. Frank Judson, the representative of
 the Denver Mining Reporter who is ] giving Pima county his, attention at present.
 MT. JudsCn is Q mining man of ex- 1 tensive experience and bread ideas, and he looks at the business always 1 from the standpoint of the progress sionist. His remarks along the lines included in our interview are well worth needing.
 "I am mere than agreeably sur prised, said Mr. Judson, "at the num- Der of mines and the amount of min ing activity you have here and around ! about. If you people only knew 1t, you have the making of a great min i ing center. Copper seems to be turn ing up all ever your county, and cop per is king. While of course it cannot be ascertained whether or not the very high price will continue, it is practi- cally certain that good prices will maintain for years to come. The Eu- ropean production of copper is rapidly decreasing and the mines of the Unit ed States will havei to meet this 6efl- ciency as we'll as supply the added de- mand for the metal now being made by the artisans and manufacturers. The trust will do it's best, also, toward keeping pricss up.
 T have met with different views on the subject among your business men, but feel sure," continued Mir. Judson, with enthusiasm, that a smelter here would pay, and you ought to have one. Half of the money now spent IT. freighting ores 10 the smeltsrs would buy your coke, while almcst all of tie oxide and carbonate ores of Pima county are self fluxing. Besides being a matter of economy, sme.ter here would materially assist in the develop ment of your mines, as hundreds of owners who cannot now afford to go down on their claims could get their ores worked at Tucscn and make their properties, in many instances, pay for their development until they could get them in shape to attract the attention and command the respect Of the min ing man with means
 In conclusion, referring to his own work of investigation in this section, MT Judson paid a high compliment to the prospector. For learning things give me the old prospector. I can find out more facts from one of them in an hour than I can from a mining ex- pert in week."
 MINING NOTES.
 D. M Riordan, president of the King of Arizona gold mines, returned from the big geld camp yesterday. There are sixty men working in the mines. At a depth of two hundred feet the body of ore is very large and very fine grade, which has been determined by 6Tiff nrOCcp1Tftinp ArraQO ments have been completed to bring water to the mill from the Colorado river, distance of thirty-seven miles, and the project will be completed in side of four months When this is completed the King of Arizona will be one of the great god producers of the Rocky mountain region, and as MT. Riordan says, it will be turning out daily many thousands of 1.-two dollar gold dollars"
 An additional demand for copper will be created since the Tipp4er pro- cess of liquifying air has been discoV- cred. This harmless looking stuff has the power of dynamite when confined. The only known stuff that it will not render brittle is copper, and it is trans ferred in tanks made Of that metal, open at the top. Scientists say that the use of liquifed air for refrigerat- ing purposes is certainty in the near future. There are many things that it will be used for and as copper is the only metal that it will not disintegrate it will be seen that as it's use increases the demand for copper will increase.
 Cy Wilkinson and H. P. Griswold, who own silver-lead claim in the Cerro, Colorado country, about fifty five miles from Tucson, from which they are taking ore, have 1000 pounds at the Tucson sampling works. It samples we'll going in the neighbor- hood of $50 p5r ton.
 The Blue Jay mine, near Helvetia copper group, is turning out fair quantity of rich silver ore. It is an old property, and has yielded a great deal of money. The deepest working is 365 feet Five men are employed at present doing development and pro- ductiOn work