Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-12-05
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR GLOBE

Globe Silver Belt:Prof. James Doug
las and party. including Robert RAJ.
general travelling auditor. and his wife.
took their departure for Bisbee on Mon
day evening at o'clock. VIM. Garland.
president, and A. NJ Beal superin-
tendent of the G. ". G.. & n. railroad.
and Superintendent F. w. Hoar of the
Old Dominion. and Mr. Welsh, heal
dreughtsman. were also passenge s. Mr..
Hoar and Mr.. Welsh going to Bisbee
on business in connection with the new
plant Of the Old Dominion company
Prof. Douglass, in conversation with
the editor of the Silver Belt, expressed
himself rs being we'll satisfied with his
inspection of the Globe properties and
while the consolidation of the Old Do
minion and the United Globe was no..
and has not yet been completed, never
theless the success of the plan was so
wen assured Gas indicated by the Silver
Belts advices of last Thursday. telling
of the large deposits of Old Dominion
stock that Prof. Douglas felt free to
speak of the plans for the near future.
1T was certainly gratifying to us, and
will be good news to Silver Belt read
ers to learn from the professor that.
barring contingency. the old smelter
would be kept running continuously un.
til the new plant IS completed. This
is made possible by the very ia
vorable rates granted by the C. V, c.
& y. and Southern Pacific companies
on ores shipped over their lines from
Bisbee To- Globe. which will enable the
Old Dominion company to lay down
sulphide ore from Bsbee here st a very
low figure.
Several cars of sulphi lie have already
been received and shipments will s7on
be regularly made and viii probably
average two cars day.
l. is also the intention of the Old
Dominion management to operate two
furnaces q part of thu time at least,
cur ng the coming winter and 4 second
furnace will in all probability he blown
in at an early date which means an in
creased mine force and additional smell
ter crew. Also, after January next,
shipments of siliceous ores from the
United Globe win be commenced al
though not on so large a scale rs was
proposed before the merger was plan
ned.
Work on the new plant and the big
shaft of the Old Dominion COMPANY
will be carried forward with all possible
dispatch. but it will probably be next
July before the new smsltetr and con-
verter are ready to go into commission.
The plan for the concentratcr to be To-
Gated Immediately above the lew smelt-
en- was condemned by Prof. Douglas
and II has been decided to build a. con-
centrator of so tons capacity. with some
changes in construction, at a point be-
tween the smelter and the mine not
definitely decided upon Probably a
years time will be required for the
construction of the concentration.
Professor Douglas stated that it was
the intention of Phelps, Dodge & Co.,
upon completion of the Douglas reduc-
ton works next February to cater the
market for the. purchase of ores. and
that they. would offer the most favor
able terms possible for shippers. With
the completion of the old Dominion
plant. that company Will buy ores,
which vii insure still more favorable
conditions for the mine owners and
leasers of the Globe district. Asked if
ten per cent ores mined in this district
and shipped to Douglas or sold to the
local smelter would pay the owner a
per. Professor Douglas said he had no
doubt that it would. 1t would seem
probable that, with the much better
market for copper ores promised, there
should be witnessed in the Globe dis
trict far more activity in mining and
greater prosperity among all classes
and interests than was ever witnessed
here.
In reference to the starting of COM
pany store in Globe, the possibility of
which has disturbed some of our bust
ness men, Professor Douglas has stat
ed that so long as local merchants
charged reasonable prices for staple
goods the company would not engage
in merchandising so it is a question for
the merchants themselves to determine
Professor Douglas will probably re-
turn here the second week in Decem-
Der to meet President Smith.