Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-29
COPPER MARKET ENCOURAGING
 DURING WEEK
Departure of Prominent Mining Men After Close Examina- ton of Work In Hand Both In the Mines and Shelters.

h the Mines and Shelters.
 DOUGLAS, March 2S.-(SpeciaL)-
 The prominent mining men from the north who were in the district last week and for several days this week have departed. Thomas F. Cole, president of the Greene-Cananea, ar ter 0 visit of three days in the Mex ican camp, left last Thursday night over the Southwestern for the City of
 Mexico, accompanied by Captain Thomas Hoatson. President Charles Briggs came to Douglas Wednesday evening and remained here for two days for the purpose of visiting the smelting plant of his company. He left for his home in Calumet, Mich,
 Friday night Cleveland H. Dodge
 went to Cananea on Tuesday morn
 ing, accompanied by Walter Doug las and s. w. French. From Cana anea MT. Dodge came to Douglas and from here to Nacozari, where he re
 mained for two days, returning to the Shelter City yesterday. There has been nothing given out of inn portance as a result of the visit of these distinguished gentlemen.
 The action of the copper market during the week has been sufficient to very much encourage the hope and belief that the red metal will now continue to advance until it reaches
 IS cents, where it is expected to settle for at least a time. Producers are insistent that anything less than 15 cents for copper would be an in adequate price to meet the cost of production and pay a reasonable
 return on investment During the past week copper has been making frequent advances of B of a cent; it has never during that time ad- vanced more than 1k during one day, but during that time there has not been a break in the advance and this is taken to be an encouraging significance.
 The visitors to Bisbee during last and this week went through all the properties of the Calumet and Ari- zona and-the Superior and Pittsburg and they were all agreeably surprised with the conditions presented, not withstanding the good reports which had been communicated to them be- fore they left Michigan. Captain Thomas Hoatson told the writer that in the Hoatson shaft he found one of the finest bodies of copper ore that he had ever examined. This body is on the 1900 level and has been de- veloped SC feet by 360 feet and that its value could be safely placed at F per cent. It is the opinion of MT. Hoatson that the future will demon strate that the larger ore bodies or the Warren district will be developed between the 1900 and 1900 levels. While the greatest showings are now to be seen in the Hoatson, the June ton is presenting an excellent ap- pearance and continues to produce steadily.
 It is known that the Superior and Pittsburg properties are now ready to double their output whenever the capacity of the smelter at Douglas has been increased. This work is now being done as fast as possible. The new smokestack has reached a height of sixty-fiye feet; this stack is for the purpose of accommodating additional converter stands which will be ready simultaneously with the stack The present converters will be moved to the opposite sIde of the building from where they now stand and the old converter site will be used for two new 500-ton furnaces One of these furnaces is to be rushed in construction and 1t is hoped to have it ready by July 1. When this furnace is ready the old furnaces will T ,as-sTar the capacity of each to 800 tons from 300. After these enlargements have been completed another new 500-ton furnace will be erected, thus giving the plant just double the capacity it now has.
 There is hardly anything to mention in connection with the Copper Queen this week Development work is be- ing continued much the same as for the past two months The Sacra- mento shaft. through which is to be hoisted in the future the entire out put of the Queen mines, has been the hoist for this shaft has been shipped but the date of it's arrival is uncertain The new power house has been completed and all the power machines set It is ex- pected to begin the use of the power from this new source next week, but it is not expected that all arrange ments will be complete for hOisting the ore through the Sacramento shaft according to the new planned system for at least three months. During the month there has been slight in-I crease in the production of Queen ores though there has been no in- crease of the force at either the mines or at the Douglas smelter. The Queen smclter has operated eight furnaces during the month of Marcn, the same number in commission dur ing February
 There has been no definite an nouncement from Cananea as toI when the production of copper will be resumed in that camp. President Cole of the Greene-Cananea visited the camp during the past week, but so far as known he made no state ment as to when activity would be resumed. Dr. Ricketts returned al week ago from the east and was at Cananea on the occasion of the visit of MT. Cole. The work of remodeling the reduction plant has not been com pleted, though 1t was reported this week that two of the furnaces would be ready for operation very soon af-