Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-06
RRoE. JAMES DOUGLAS.

 PROF. JAMES DOUGLAS.
 Sitting in the pfivate car Nacozar. last Saturday with Prof James Doug las the writer was reminded Of inc time when he met this pioneer of in dustrfal development in Arizona. That was in 1890 in Solomonvile when the professor arrived by stage at the hotel kept by I. E. Solomon. Then, as now. be was engaged in the copper indus try and was going by stage one hun dred and fifty miles to examine the copper mines then owned by Lieber- man Bros. at Wilcox who had at tempted to develop and make them productive but had failed After wards these mines were purchased by the Phelps-Dodge people and operat- ed under the name of the United Globe mines; next the writer met Prof. Douglas when he was again on his way to Globe from Morenci where he had just closed a deal with Wm D-urch for the purchase of the copper mines. at Morenci, nearly ten years ago.
 In those days very few private cars reached Arizona and all the mining camps visited by ProI Douglas was reached by stage. When Prof. Doug las first arrived in Arizona there were no railroads, other than the South ern Pacific and the territory prac- tically had no producing copper mines. Clifton was making a little copper in Q very crude way; Bisbee was a small development camp; Globe had attract ed attention as very rich silver camp, put all the-big nuggets had been found and the Old Dominion was just beginning to turn out the first copper bars eyer smeIted in the camp. Hos l-.e Indians were frequently on the trail and travel from one mineral uis- trict to another was extremely dan gerous. However. none of the hard ships .or disadvantages deterred Mir Douglas from the purpose which turn ed his attention to Arizona and mat Uas to find and develop copper mines. He had faith in Arizona as a mineral country and results have proven that his faith was well founded. Today the properties developed under his di- Tection are among the best in the T~ y,r@ .o propetties at Bisbee, Nacozari, Mo renci and Globe many, many millions Of dollars have been spent. Many millions have been taken out of the ground it Is true, but while Phelps Dodge have reaped a golden harvest from the investments made by Mr. Douglas in arizona they have been the means of attracting millions from oth- CT companies to the development of the Arizona mineral industry. The great success at Bisbee has been heralded over the world by those who have sought to secure money from eastern capitalists for the develop Tnent of Arizona mines. Through the investments of PheIps-Dodge. as ad vised and directed by Prof. Dougia. Arizona has had the very best pos sible advertising and first became known as the rich copper country c the southwest.
 It is pleasing to see this pioneer il the Arizona mining industry now wis iting the camps which he has develop ed ia his private cars rolling on track constructed by the money which ha been taken from the mines whicl were mere prospects when his atten ton was first called to them. Phelps Dodge today own their own lines O railroads reaching every point wher they are operating excepting Globe the Eiorenci Southern to Morenci; tn Fl P1so 6- Southwestern to Bisbee an the Nacozari railroad to the mines a Eacozsrf. More than four hundre niles bf railroad have been construe' ed to scr5mmodste the mineesecurs in Arizona by ProE Douglas. Whe tbis fact is realized the magnitude c the development which has come fhis territory as a result Of the oaerg kcf this. one. .nah can be seen; es a r' suit of.his good judgment in the sele'
 for os h.s. mineral fields of opera ton thQUsands of men are now en 7,oyci kt g3ST wages, in the mine sa the smcllers and ca the railroads zrother result is that where there wa nothing of value there are today pro