The copper era., 1904-12-01
ARIZONA'S COPPER PRODUCTION. Us Output for the Present Year is Esti. mated at Two Hundred and Thirty
 Million Pounds

y copper mining is expanding bevo
 the expectations of all who fir
 dreamed of wealth from it's sopre
 Arl%ona Tn 1905 produced 60 per cen
 dS much copper as Montana. fl VA greatest copper region in the Unit, '"F states. It produced 73 per cent.
 much copper as Michigan with i "" great Calumet and HecIa mine 'i Each year the percentage of increas i"- IcSSenS the distance to first nIac. % the ultimate goal of Arizona's pro gross Tn this industry.
 "- The Old Dominion copper mine :, at Globe Is credited with having pro " "uCed during its span of intermit " tent activity l20,OOO OOO pounds ot 'l copper. With this yield to it's cred ] It, the mine is still considered in the t. first stages of its development. This 'i Is mentioned to show the substan- :, eIdpiilty of copper mines that have " pceh developed. Not all mines are ' Ike the Old Dominion, but think |, am sale Tn saying tn at every conner mine Tn the territory that has reach.
 '" the same stage of development can be cIdsscd with it as q wealth producer
 It mas been stated that Arizona contains onc-third of the conner mines of the world. This is no doub+ [ true when We take into account everv
 prospect and every virgin lode u,o,,
 "iii' monuments rest vesting owner Shlp; yet 1t is an unfair statement
 TOT the reason that it conveys 2 wrong impression. There are tbous- dhdS of mines in Arizona that are ! hoh-productivc, it is true. if tbev,re to be called mines. The Tinted verde and many other mines were also non-productive with the same amount of development Timiditv :. never accomplished anything in min i"%' An industry that returns such 4: great profits must have q corresnond- ing element of chance, and the value 'l d hllhe Is disclosed only upon ex- -. tenSive exploration. VI Durlhg the past year the Conner queen company transferred ifs N0 lheitlhg operations from Bsbee to ~ 'o" EIdS- Btsboe today is essentially :. ihihih% camp, and Douglas has be- one manufacturing ccata.--1 @s ---s ft-.I.o. and the ores from the Naco- lioI ,ri properties in Sonora VIII DC l reated. Aside from this the com up any has opened d customs depart it's ,an+ and ores from the thousands clu f mines in Arizona and Sonora Will CO e afforded q ready market. Hereto Ow or,. oncrators of small mines nave w hinned their products to Fl Paso be mclters at great expense Tn IrelSh' op ates. The opening of the custom is works at Douglas will encourage tn mining through the southwest anu pcrease the productiveness of the territory.
 The old Dominion Mining company fl, lt Globe now embraces the oni'e" cc Globe mines at that place. The az creoate output of this company dur ;,, i,o the month of May was close 10 1 600. 900 pounds. returning to the I, .,,unarv about S6o, ,OO0 net. This was :, the hest record in the history ot the company. and mentioned merely 'o d show the progress that Is pelhs D made. The company's smeitcr Is now treating about 6o tons of ore per dav from the United Globe property alone the average yield of which Is l5 ner cent. copper. The company Is ;; holding back the output or 'nc oi" Dominion mine in order to place the nroDcrtv in better condition ana open i,,-,r.. ore b,Jics to be mined in the | future.
 The great copper district surround inc Bisbee has attracted over st'o'o'- ooo of capital from the Lake superior district. The confidence of lnNest- ors who understand copper mining Is the strongest proof of the value or district Some of the richest mlneS in the Bisbee district have been de welcomed by capital from the older copper mining regions of the on'teo
 States. I The growth of copper mining dur inc the past year has been marVelouS . The Calumet and Arizona mine Tn ( Cochise county is good example of t the rapidity of progress Tn copper | mining. The first furnace of this ( company was blown in November l. o ,oo, and during the following elgh- e teen months the net earnings were at lS the rate of S2,O00.0oo year. This Is 2. one of the mines that has come into le nrominence within very short time'
 Among the new producers or cop
 per mioht be mentioned the shannon
 in Graham county: the Troy, in Plnal
 county: the Black Diamond, Ill oo'
 chise county, and numerous others
 There are many small shippers
 throughout the territory, the ore'
 coiug to New Mexico, Colorado an'
 Texas smelters for reduction. Int
 quantity of bullion produced iron
 these shipments can not be ascer
 taiued. ..,
 In the table presented herewith
 showing the production of ooppe
 from 1880 to 1901, the smelter shil
 ners and smelters are scarcely COT