Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-11
ARIZONA HAS ADVANTAGE OVER
OTHER DISTRICTS
OLD DOMINION SHELTER MAKES
RECORD
Warren Companies Announce That
Old Scale of Wageo VIII Go Into
Effect Temporarily Mo-
vember 10

Gently been receiving a great deal of at
| tention among wide awake producers In
view of the present abnormal condition
of the metal markets 1t is pointed out
that Arizona in this matter possesses a
decided advantage over both Michigan
end Montana, in that all its deposits lie
relatively close to the surface, and at
| the same time its ores are mostly very
docile to treatment and quite largely self
fluxing, an item of great Importance for
low cost smelling. At Bisbee the pro-
duction cost is said to be close to cents
rer pound, which is about the average
throughout the territory. These figures
| are of interest in connection with the
| fact that in the Mansfield copper mine
| the gold and silver values are such that
the copper could be mined at a clear
profit, the gold values alone payirg al
costs of preparing the silver-copper ore
| for market. At the Black Cap mine all
the workings are in ore and show veins
of from eight to twelve feet in width.
Assays average over $40 to the ton. The
! Mansfield management has determined
upon the erection of the first section of
| their 1O00-ton mill, and bids will now be
received for this work.
| Notwithstanding the low price at which
shares of the Shannon Copper company
are selling, in common with the balance
| of the copper list, conditions at the mine
| were never better
The new furnace has been installed,
and although a maximum production is
not being forced, the smelter is outputting
at the rate of 100000 pounds per month.
The management believes that for some
time to come all excessive construction
expenditures have been completed, and
a. k1A fxYt1l e1
an ability to mine its copper and land
the same in New York at an outside cost
of 11A cents per poul d.
The concentrating ores have recently
improved from an average of 30 per cent
to 3.2 per cent. The smelling ores average
about per cent.
The company's finances are also in
good shape. During the past year, after
S450,00 was disbursed in dividends, $685.
00O was added to working capital.
Not Affected by Slump
There are two mines in Pinal county
that are not affected by the copper
slump. They are the Alto Mining and
Smelling company and the Oklahoma
Copper company. Both are now install-
ing machinery, the Alto expecting to have
1t in operation in a few days. Both
properties will continue to operate in
spite of the money stringency.
The Copper Queen company has started
work on sinking new shaft on the
Uncle Sam claim that adjoins the Shat
tuck and Arizona property. The shaft
will be regulation double compartment.
Tho Uncle Sam claim Is one of the old
properties of the Copper Queen company,
and a number of years ago was worked
by number Of parties under a lease
from the company and considerable high
grade ore taken out.
During the month of October the Old
Dominion smelter turned out slightly
over 100000 pounds of blister copper.
the record for the smelter and the record
monthly production of the Globe district.
The first half of the month all of the
battery of five furnaces were in commits
sion but when orders were received from
the east to curtail production, one furnace
was discontinued and subsequently an
ether was placed out OF commission, leav-
ing three furnaces at work. 1t Is under
stood that Superintendent Hegardt had
received orders to run only two furnaces,
beginning November /, but when he re-
ceived word to make the reduction in
wages he wired to Boston for permits
sion to continue with three furnaces.
He received telegraphic answer grant
ing his request.
Developments in the Shylock mine. dur
ing the past few months, have been more
than satisfactory to the management of
the Arizona Central Copper company, and
II is the opinion of all connected with the
mine that it will open into one of the
great producers of the Black hills range.
The ore bodies have been tapped by the
main shaft, which is now down to
depth of $3.50 feet From a depth of 245
feet to the bottom of the shaft five dis
tinct pay streaks. averaging in thickness
from four to, five feet, have been cut
| CT thal
full width of the shaft, Is now exposed
In the bottom.
In the face of the drift on the 1S0-
foot level, at a depth of about 225 feet
from the surface, a sample taken gave
returns of per cent in copper and
twenty-nine ounces in silver, with small
values in gold. An average sample of
the bottom of the shaft assays 81 per
cent in copper, forty-one ounces in sill
yer and $1.65 in gold, showing an increase
in copper, silver and gold values as
depth is gained.
Wages Reduced
The Shylock group is located on the
western slope of the Black hills, about
two miles south of the Yaeger Canyon
Copper company's holdings, which have
been proved to depth of over 1000 feet.
That the present price of copper would
compel the mining companies operating
In the Warren district to reduce the scale
of wages to the scale in effect last year
has been evider ced by the action taken
by the companies, w-iich announce that
the old scale will be temporarily put in
operation, and which became effective
today.
The order means reduction of the wages
OF the miners from 81 to $3.50, and like
reduction in the pay of every man In the
employ of the mining companies, includ-
ing engineers, blacksmiths, carpenters,
etc.
The Copper Queen company officials
gave out the word first and it was soon
followed by the action of the management
of the Calumet and Arizona. DEM, Shat
tuck, Lake Superior and Pittsburg and
the other operating companies in the
district.
The present scale of wages was given
to the employees of the mining companies
in the Warren district on November l,
1906, and at the time the advancement