The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-25
Conditions Better Here Than In
Any Other Southwestern
Camp.
CANANEA MAN ENTHUSIASTIC
Declares This District Is Advertised
Too Conscrvatively; Greater
Than Represented.

A. Vatican of Cananea. Mexico, is
guest at the Steptoe hotel, having
come here for the purpose of making
an inspection of the Robinson dis
trict, in connection with inspections
of other districts in this state.
Mr.. Vatican, who is making IA tour
of the entire southwest, inspecting
copper producing communities in
particular, and mining conditions in
general, expresses himself as being
greatly pleased with what he has seen
here. He says that he has expected
much, but has found far more than
he had expected here.
Mr.. Vatican is today making tour
of the mines in Robinson canyon, and
will probably go over the work be-
ing done at the smelter site at Nc
Gill tomorrow.
q have been in Cananea, Bisbee,
Globe, Clifton, Morenci, the copper
districts of northern California,
Greenwater and Newhouse in the last
month";" said Mr.. Vatican to The
News last night, but in none
of these districts is there the
solidity, the freedom from scare
conditions and the lack of in
terruption to development work and
mining which appears to prevail in
your Robinson district
Another thing | want to say about
1t is that the visitor comes in here
with expectations of much, If he has
mixed with mining people along the
way. for | have yet to hear from an
engineer, expert, investor or miner
word of other than enthusiastic char
acter concerning the properties which
have been developed or are under de-
velopment here, and | have talked
with many. While have not yet had
the opportunity to verify through
personal inspection all of these good
reports, | feel from what | have had
the time to see that they fall under
rather than over the mark of CON
servatism. In other words, the dis
trict looks as if it belonged among
the few in the country where the Wis
itor finds more than led to expect.
"Reverting to other copper camps,
the situation is now and has been for
two months or more exceedingly
gloomy. During the latter part of
September the Greene Cananea COM
pany dropped a large number of men
from development and mining, con-
tinuing this policy into October. The
total number let out has been in the
neighborhood of ZOO. In the Can
anea district year of great activity
came to an end early in July, when
the stock market and metal price sit
uation, together with close money in
financial centers, occasioned tempo
rary cessation of work at several
properties belonging to independent
operators and brought about curtail-
ment of development and prospecting
generally. However, the district is
big one, enormous in extent, and
has investment of many millions. AS
result the commercial and indus
trial situation is far from as bad as
1t might be.
Bisbce's Slow Development.
In Bisbee they are two years be-
hind with their development work
and it has been given out authorita-
lively that while production may be
cut, and in fact has been, there will
be no material reduction in the force
of operatives. The smelters at Doug
las have eased off on production and
will probably show output Tor the
present month of something in the
neighborhood of 100000 pounds
under the production of September.
which was about 15 100000 pounds.
This is in line with an agreement
which, it is the understanding, was
arrived at in September by number
| of the large copper producing inter-
ests, notably Amalgamated, Phelps
| Dodge, Calumet & Arizona, and
Greene Cananea, to curtall their out
puts until the surplus OF 200, ,OO0,-
900 pounds of copper which is now
estimated to be in the market is
worked off The copper producers
! then hope to see the metal settle at
| around Is cents and remain there.
They fought the advance of copper
| beyond that figure more than year
ago, Col w. c. Greene in particular,
[ he at that time making the prophecy
| that higher price would ultimate
| ly bring disaster. AT Is cents the
producers and the consumers alike
would fare well and profitably The
consumption at such a price would
be sufficiently great to more than
make up for the decline from 20
| cents, while the assurance of steadier
conditions which would prevail would
| be OF large value.
Same Course mt Globe.
"At Globe the same course is be-
ing followed as at Cananea, IL num-
ber of men having recently been
dropped from the payrolls. Clifton,
Morenci district. has not been so
much affected. though the curtail-
ment policy will doubtless go into
effect there before the siege is over,
unless the end should be nearer at
hand than generally expected. In
northern California, as you are doubt
less aware, there have been several
shutdowns and curtailment of oper-
ations all along the line. Greenwa-
ter has declined very materially
The boom which prevailed there last
spring has for the time being. al
least, completely subsidized. At New
h1,,, tho anoratfpp fnrcp has bppT