Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-04
CAPITALIST TALKS ABOUT MINING
 DISTRICTS
w. B. Thompson Is Greatly Im- pressed by Cananae and Ely, Nevada-IS Now On Way to New York,

W. B. Thompson, of Hayden stone Co. New York; George c. Gum, or Salt Lake City, Utah. and Ely, Neva- da; R. B. Watson, who is associ- ated with the Thompson interests and J. E. Thompson, of the Cananea- Bisbee, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon from Cananea, being brought over as an automobile party rom Naco by & s Cunningham. The stay Of w. B. Thompson, sfT. Watson and Mir. Gum was brief, they leaving on the evening train for Fl Paso, where they today hold an important meeting with interests identified with them in msning Enterprises in theJ interior of Mexico. Tonight MT Thompson and Mir. Watson will leave for New York, Mir Gum returning 10 Los Angeles J. E. Thompson will probably join his brother and MT. Watson at Fl Paso this evening and go with them to New York.
 We spent a few days in the Can anea district,'' said w B. Thompson, in response to a reporters query. Tt is certainly a wonderful copper camp. We saw much, but I do not presume
 
 stant travel in the camp and see all of its resources and prospecting ground. From what saw of Greene Cananea and heard of the work Dr: Ricketts is doing they are certainly getting in splendid shape to do big things. I believe that getting Dr. Ricketts in there was the biggest thing that could have happened to the advantage of Cananea. He is a man of wonderful ability. X Of our own property in the district, the Cananea Bisbee, I can say that it looks good For the amount of work that has been done the showing obtained is very satisfactory"
 Speaking of the Sierra de Cobre Mir Thompson stated that he thought the recent development in the lime tunnel to be one of the most import ant discoveries of the district.
 Asked about conditions in Nevada where MT. Thompson spent couple of weeks at Ely visiting the Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely properties, in all of which organiza tions he is a director, and is vice president of the latter company, h. said that the general outlook is muct improved. Conditions are now fav orable for better understanding be tween operators and operatives, tC the end that they get on closer bas is and pull together for more raplC and extensive development of thi wonderful mineral resources of tho state than has heretofore prevailed Regarding Ely, Mir. Thompson i: highly enthusiastic Ore in sigh and reduction facilities being proyid ed warrant expectation that thu camp will have a population of 25,O0 within a few years, and that its out put of bullion will put it second onf! to Butte. The great smelter beini erected by the Guggenheims wIlI pro vide facilities in this line second t none in the world. Construction i along lines which will enable stead, increase in capacity from 5000 ton a day up to 10000 tons or better pc day. The ore bodies of the camp ar very uniform in grade and nave peel opened to an extent which gives iul justification for the erection of tn enormous smelter. In the town 0 Ely great Improvements have bee made in the last year, and an enorn ous amount of work is now underway Its location and natural advantage determine that 1t will become tn ;. mining supply, industrial and trad center of an immense country ip -as ern Nevada and western Utah.
 Mr. Thompson noted great improve menss in Bisbee since his last prev ous visit, four years ago, at whic time he was engaged in putting th Shannon Copper Co. to the iron Concerning Bisbee. he expressed tn opiHion that its great mineral n sources, of high grade quality. coui not help but make the town Col stantly advancing center of wealtl prosperity and general activity.