Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-04
WARREN DISTRICT
 PRODUCTION
Output of Shelters at Douglas Show Total
 l2,6O5,968 Pounds
COPPER PRODUCTION.

For the month of January | . the smelters in Douglas pro . 1 . duced copper bullion as fol ( q lows: . . Copper Queen... 7,636,000 lbs . : c. < A........ 4,969, ,96S los . Total. l......l2e eO5 9GS lbs . . : . . . z $ : . . : : ' < . : The great smelting plants in Doug las made most satisfactory showings for the month of January At the Copper Queen the output for last month would have been larger had not shortage of coke compelled shut down of a couple of furnaces for sev- eral days. The Calumet & Arizona records the largest output in it's his tory, the amount being practically five million pounds of copper. The
 large output of the c. & A. may be attributed to the fact that the grade of ore smelted is perhaps the highest now undergoing treatment in the ter ritory. similar in character to the rich ores handled by the Copper Queen during the early days of its production.
 At the Copper Queen a great deal of very low grade ore is being smelt- ed, including much that could not possibly be handled were it not for
 the unusual price of copper. The Queen has much ore blocked out of ! excellent grade, but the policy seems l to be that the lower grade ores are
 to be given the preference during the present condition of high price for the metal
 At the Copper Queen. It has been decided by the Copper I Queen management to start at once
 on the work of erecting two more blast furnaces, of equal size to the three new ones added 10 the plant fast
 year, which have capacity each of 400 tons. The extension of the smell ter building made last year Is sufh- l cjent to accommodate these two ad.
 ditional furnaces and they are to be hurried to completion as fast as pos. sible.
 1 Reverseratory Furnaces. l In addition to the two new blast l furnaces the Queen management is | planning to place in their plant in this city three reverberatory furnaces to have each a capacity equal to the
 new blast furnaces. This has not
 been definitely determined. At Nor
 enci the Detroit Copper company is
 now putting in a reverberatory fur
 mace as an experiment, and if il proves successful, as is confidently
 expected it will, then three will be
 immediately installed at Douglas. The five original furnaces built al
 the Queen smelter are all to be re
 modelled and enlarged as much as
 not be quite as large as the new ones recently erected, but they will be l nearly so.
 i The present coke supply at the Cop per Queen is now considered to be beyond the danger point, and suffi,
 cient coke is now coming daily to l feed the furnaces and to allow put
 ting some in the stock piles. Unless
 another unexpected blockade should
 occur on the railroad, it is not an
 ticipated that there will be any fur.
 ther trouble on account of shortage of fuel, which was most serious proo- lem for several days last month. 1 Further enlargement of the Copper l Queen plant is in harmony with the
 report of a few days ago to the ef- feet that the Mocteznma Copper com pany al Nacozari will soon start the work on the building of new 1000 l ton concentrator
 | The C. & s
 The Calumet & Arizona people are
 also pushing the work of erecting an | additional furnace at their plant Just | when fl will be completed cannot
 be definitely stated now, but it will be hurried forward without any un- necessary delay. Other enlargements
 are expected 10 be put on foot at the c. & A. before the end of the year, ! as the mines in the Warren district
 are constantly showing increasing | quantities of ore The work on the
 steel trestle al the C. & A. has been ! delayed on account of the non-arriva. ] of necessary material
 
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