Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-01
FINAL COUNTY IS
 IGNORANT OF ! SLUMP
s. Acker Tells Phoenix Pa per That Stringency And Dull Times Have Not Reach ed That Section of Arizona,
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 If the slump m copper is hurting the mines of Arizona. 1t certainly has not reached into Pinai county, where have found greater activity than ever before" said ]. c. Acker last night
 Aeker has jusl returned from three days trip into Pinal mining dis tricts. in. some of which he is inter ested He visited in the vicinity of Kelvin, Ray. Winkelman and other parts of the country,
 In each of these districts Acker found that the mining men are doing things as fastas they can Proper ties that are not already at work are preparing to begin digging as soon as possible.
 T found one excellent indication of the prosperity of Pinai county mines. |" continued Acker. and that is the need of smelters. The mines have reached the point where they must have plants to reduce their output from ore to mineral
 Not only $ there need of smelters for the producing mines, but as soon as a custom smelter is put in opera ticn there are several small proper. ties that will begin operations with out further delay.
 f'As it IS HOW the mines have to ship to either Prescott, Douglas or Fl Paso. The freight charges repre- sent 8 large share of the profit from the ores. With a smelter located at Winkelman. Kelvin or Florence it would ke.Sp thousands Of dollars in this section. which now goes out for freight charges
 With the coming Of one or more custom smelters for Psnal county, Arizona will see even a more marked activity in the mines than ever be- fore. Many properties are being held now, and nothing more done than the assessment work, waiting until there is shelter near at hand to handle the ore product.
 "The London-Arizona, near Winkel- man. is moving as fast as possible to- ward the building of their smelter The plans have already been drawn. Several properties are taking out ore, which is being held until this smelter ss completed.
 T have talked with General Man ager Finney recently and he tells me that the company's plans for the erec- tion of it's smelter and the develop ment of its immense ore bodies are working out even faster than had been anticipated.
 ~On this trip I have taken the op- portunity to talk with as many of the mining men as possible, asking them especially what their plans are for the immediate future. While they admit that the slump in the market may have some effect I did not find any who believe that it will retard development that is now underway
 Tn all parts of Pinal county gold and copper discoveries are being made. There seems to be no limit to the copper bearing ground. Of course not all the claims on which mineral is found will become great mines, but there Is giing to be enough of them to make Pinal county one of the big sest copper producing sections of Ari- zona wsNhin the next few years"
 ProperSes in which Acker is in- terested wish Phoenix people around Kelvin and ASy are making good !. progress M9A are at work sinking prospect shSfts)in which better ind.. cations are baag te1SdIaS depth is EaIuBU-
 AckeF left last last night night for his in Prescott. which place he makes his headquarters. He stated that he would be in Pinal county again in a short time.