Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-13
COPPER PRODUCTION LAST
 YEAR 141 500 900 PounS


 The midwinter edition of the Los Angeles Times contains the following about the mining industry in Arizona:
 It is propahle that the metal pro duction of Arizona during 1902 will more than equal that of the previous year, though copper has dropped i1 value, and labor troubles have some what cut down the output. The great smeiter of the United Verde, at Je- rome. has just resumed work. after shutdown of a couple of months due to fire in the mine, and to trouble with the workmen. The Old Dominion works, at Globe, also tried conclusions with it's hands and won, though its furnaces were left cold for four months. or more The Black Warrior company, near Globe. ran its teaching plant for a couple of months only this year Ihe output of the Congress mine was lessened by a strike Of
 300 miners The Bisbee copper smelter soon to be moved to Douglas, has been doing even better than in the pre- vious year, and the product of copper al Clifton and Morenci has been heav- fer. as well. The new ShannCc shelter. near Clifton ran only four .. II, ducing 2.000 900 pounds Of bullion. to await the completion of a concentra- tor. The Troy smelter. in the Pinal mountains. had only a short run, as had also the new smelter at Gleason, Cochise county. The new Val Verde smelter. in Big Bug district, south of Prescott, has been successfully operat- ed on custom ores, largely copper, the better part of the year. 4 custom sme.tar has also been blown in at Chloride. mainly for silver ores. The Calumet and Arizona smelter. at Douglas of 600 tons daily capacity was blown in about November l, and is now in successful operation. run ming through 500 tons Of ore a day. This ore is secured from the proper ties of the company near Bisbee. twenty-eight miles distant. At Doug las. also. is being erected the new l. 500 ton shelter of the Copper Queen company, plant designated to be the finest and most convenient in the west.
 The suspension of operations at the United Verde mine gave opportunity for the overhauling Of the shelter The old 250-ton water jackets are be- ing replaced with soc ton furnaces, and it is believed that the bullion pro- duction of 1903 will exceed that for the present year. The works of the Arizona Copper company at Cliff ton are new. five $50 ton jackets hay ing replaced seven eighty ton furn- aces. Production is aided by concen- trators, with a united capacity for HOO tons a day. The works of the Detroit Copper company at Morenci are also new, and of remarkable efficiency. The Silver Bell company operating in Pima county. reports a production for the year of 2600, ,000 pounds of copper bullion. Two furn. aces. one of them for pyritic ores have been running for part of the year at the Val Verde smelter, south of Prescott. A concentrating mill is attached to this plant. new oil burning smelter has been erected in the same locality for the Treadwel company. New custom smelters are projected for Wickenburg. Yuma Ben son and Wilcox.
 According to the best information tc be had. the copper product of the year apprOximates the following fig ures. in pounds:
 Copper Queen, Bis0ee 36 900 .OOC United Verde. Jerome B 900 OOC Arizona Copper. Clifton g 900 OO( Detroit, MOrenci .......17. 900 0OC old Dominion. Globe ......12 900 coo Caiumee & Arizona. Bisbee 5000 .OOC Silver Bell. Pima ...... ? 500 O0C shannon. Clifton ....2 GOO 0OC Val Verde. Big Bug ........ ? 900 .00C
 Total copper production. .141 600 ,OOC