The copper era., 1904-06-23
ALL METAL MINES
 TO BE MERGED.
Company of S2,5OO, ,0OO, 900 to Control Output-Jchn D. Rockefeller and
 Allies Back the Gigantic Deal.

A special to the Chronicle says tha
 official announcement will be mad soon Of a gigantic new com bination O
 capital in the United States an,
 Europe IL is notbiag less than al
 amalgamation of all the valuable
 metal mines of America, and the mal
 who is to consumma:e his --%-pe ndou
 lraiisaction is3Jtrr-- . Ss--tsi lcller
 Men who have some knowledge Of tn,
 work going on in furtheranCe of tn, l plan say the new corporation will hay,
 par capital of B. 300, ,0O0, 900. IL i: expected to control absolutely tht mineral output of the United State: except, possibly. that Of the Calume and Hecla copper mine Of Michigan. Within the last week Mr. Rocke ! feller has taken up personally the task
 which had been left to his brother William Rockefeller, and to II. H
 Rogers, who have been spicuOusly identified with the mineral interests of the Standard Oil company. For ten
 years the Standard Oil company mil lionaires have been acquiring the
 mines of America through their bank ing interests.
 DETAILS OF THE MINES TO BE NERO ED.
 In Colorado David Moffat and Den- uis Sullivan Of the First Natienal Bank of Denver have pad Cpt many
 
 ducing mines and are said coutrol 70 per cent. of the producing gold. silver and lead mines Of the middle Rocky mountain district. In Cali GOrnian the western mine owning con- bination controlled by tbe Haggin and affiliated interests has been ready for some time to enter into an arrange ment with Mir. Rockefeller for gen. eral com bination of mining properties.
 Senator w. A. Clark. owner of the United Verde copper mines of Ari- zona and with large holdings in many of the Anal gamated Copper com pany's mines in Montana, has been working with Mir. Rogers for several years. The eytens i've placer gold in- tcres:. Of Sodthe YACaliforni con trolled by the Southern California Banks are in such condition that they can be taken over at any time.
 HEINzE MAY BE AN OFFICIAL.
 F. A. Heinze. the young man who has given the Standard Oil copper in- tcrests in Montana so much trouble, has been in this city for several weeks. He will not affirm OF deny that he Is directly with Mr. Rocke- felle" for the turning over of his inter- est in Montana to the combine.
 The only stumbling block in the way 1f the deal in the insistency of Mr. Heinze on being made an officer Of the 5ible for him 10 keep certain promises made to the labor union Of Montana. l It is said that Mr. Rockefeller has 1 asked Mr. Rogers, who has sworn | eternal enmity to Heinze. to with | draw his objection to Heinze'S request | tO be made an official of the combine
 KEARNS SELLS TO ROCKEFELLER.
 Senator kearns. of Utah, has only | recently sold to Mr. Rockefeller his | val uable mines fo" oyer Sl, COG, 900. In | Idaho the Standard Oil company has | had control of the producing mines for years. In New Mexico the lead mines | near the western border passed into ] Of the National City Bank sev- | eral years ago, aud there are at pres ent, according to Mr. Robbins, law yer who has for years been identified | with Standard Oil mining litigation, lew mining districts in America where | Mr. Rockefeller is not dominant.
 In working out the deal Mr. Rocke- teller hopes to be able to secure from | -he United = - government a corps i 1f enginet rs to give to the public a re- | port on the actual value of the proper lies to be consolidated.
 Senator Kearns when in this city | ast week said that he had no doubt | that by January l, 1905, Mr. Rocke- | eller would be in q position to make | .he inal move in his long cherished | plan.