The copper era., 1907-12-26
ARIZONA, NEVADA, COLORADO.
Their Mineral Greatness Compared With
 Surprising Results.

Surprising Results.
 From Fitz-Mac's Arizona Copper Book. ? Copyrighted. Used by special permission.
 Colorado is the largest producer oi gold in the United States. The total gold output of Colorado for 1906 was s23, 500, 900.
 That makes a big noise in the , world.
 Total value of the output of Ari. zona's greatest copper camp, Bisbee, for 1906 was $23, ,S32 ,53S.
 Balance in favor of Bisbee over all Colorado, S332, ,53S.
 That doesn't make so much noise in the world.
 All Arizona figures mentioned in this article are the sworn statements turned in to the county assessor for taxation, therefore above suspicious exaggeration.
 Nevada's total gold output for 1906 was worth s9, 100000.
 The value of the output ot Ari- zona's second-to-greatest copper camp, Clifton, for 1906, though badly crippled for over a month by a flood, slO,9S3.693.
 Balance in favor of Arizona's sec ond-to-greatest copper camp over all Nevada, S1 ,O83, ,693.
 Cripple Creek is the greatest min ing camp in Colorado and the great est gold camp in the Western Hemis- phere. It has made great noise in the world. Arizona's greatest camp, Bisbee, has made so little noise that most of the people of Colorado (who are the most intelligent people any where on earth and the most gener- ally we'll informed) couldn't tell if they were to be hung for it whether Bisbee is in Chihuahua, Sonora or Arizona.
 The value of Cripple Creeks out put for 1906 following all that the camp itself claims, which is proba- ably 10 per cent. too much) was Sl6,- 268,29l. Value of Bisbee's output, same year S23, S32, ,53S. In favor of Arizona's greatest camp S7,564, PAT.
 Nevada's greatest gold camp is Goldfeld. It is really and truly a wonderful camp. It contains the very smartest mining population on top of this trembling old sphere. If the five principal copper camps of Arizona, Bisbee, Clifton, Yavapai, Globe and Pima, contained a mining population as clever, as bold, as alert and as enterprising as Gold6ed's the output of the territory would double in three years.
 The people of Goldfield understand better than any other mining camp numerous disadvantages of being too modest. When they find piece of mineral they all get out and holler to the limit of their lungs, till the whole world stands gasping in amazement and admiration. They are too im- pulsive to keep a circumstance like that a secret from the world as Ari- zona does.
 The, gold output for all Nevada in 1906 was S9, 100000.
 The exact output of Gold6eld is not accessible at this writing, but I know the whole state of Nevada up to date as we'll as any man that lives, and I feel safe in putting the output of Goldfeld at 75 per cent. of the total gold.
 Goldfeld's output, 1906, therefore S7, ,425, ,000. Arizona's third-to-great- est copper district, Yavaipa county, embracing Jerome camp, produced in 1906 S9,57l,3 1905. Excess over Gold fields output S2, 1905.
 The output of Arizona's greatest camp for 1906 exceeded the output of Goldfeld by s16, ,4O7 ,53S.
 The output of Arizona's second-to greatest camp for 1906 exceeded Gold6eld's by s, ,558, ,693.
 The output of Arizona's third-to- greatest camp for 1906 exceeded Goldfeld's by S2,146,3O5
 Don't fail to take notice that these are not opinions; they are authentic statistics-the best obtainable, and as to all Arizona camps they are sworn tax statements.
 Statistics are a dull study-until they are illuminated. Then they be- come magical with a sort of radio activity in penetrating the mind.
 The sworn output (for tax purposes) Arizona's greatest mine, the Copper Queen, of Bisbee, for 1906 was sl4,- 236,428. Total output of all Goldfeld S7, 7,425, ,OOO. Excess of Copper Queen S3,8l1, ,42S.
 The sworn output of Arizona's second mine, the United Verde, for 1906 was sS ,O3S, 125. Of all Goldfield S7, ,425, ,OOO. Excess of United Verde S6I3, l25.
 The sworn output of Arizona's third greatest mine, the Calumet & Arizona, of Bisbee, was $7,337, ,74S.