Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
DOUGLAS MAY
 HAVE FOURTH
 SHELTER PLANT
Bank President Knows of Plant That Could Easily Be Trans ferredEWould Want En- couragement From City.

"suppose the Shattuck company Is building new smelter here; Douglas can have yet another new customs smeIter of her own, practically for the askinq. I know of a 3oo-ton plant now yino idle and | know of the necessary capital to bring this plant to Dougla and put it in operation inside of six months"
 So said George Mitchell, president of the First National bank of Douglas who has been in town for a day or two looking into present conditions and future prospects for this city-
 If the Douglas chamber of commerce would like to make grand stand starr in its campaign of boosting for great CT Douglas it should certainly connect at once with MT Mitchell for informa' ton on how to bring a new copper smelter, and, in fact, several other m dustries to the city. All that Is re auired is a site and little encourage nent from the people of Douglas and MT. Mitchell stands ready to do the rest. sf9itiS S
 He stated last evening that he had come to Douglas to see how the town was getting along and to get in closer touch with it in a business way. He remarked that he found things quieter than usual and wondered at it.
 You know I have often wonder why they have not got together here and put up a customs smelter for the purpose of taking care of the surplus 1s1 4Ia mir of here and 50 develop the big mining country that could be made tributary. Why. there is all kinds of ore from Bisbee and mines not much farther away, going right away from us to the Fl Paso smelter. Then there is lot besides that they can't afford to ship so far. A customs smelter would not only make money from the start, but it would soon grow to be an i'm mense plant, the equal of any in the country. Then, too with customs smelter located here, it would be only a short time before there would be an- other railroad here, bringing in ore from mines in new fields. l know Of a 30O-ton plant that for some time has been lying idle, and I know of the necessary capital to bring the plant to Douglas and put it in operation within six months if the city will just extend a little encouragement"
 We'll, what do you mean by little encourageemnt, Mir. Mitchell?" was asked.
 Why, I mean the city's offering a site for the plant and the usual cour- tesies and privileges and assistance that is offered in getting a new plant or business enterprise. Another much smaller town not so many miles away has gotten together and offered site and all that sort of thing, and if Doug las was to do the same thing she could have a smelter in no time. In fact, I would agree to raise the capital If I had any sort of a proposition It would require about s150,000 to put such a smelter in operation, and don't believe I should have to go outside of the city for all of the capital. I be- lieve there is plenty of Douglas capital that would invest in Douglas smelter and it would be that much better for the city. have been looking into the output of the mines in the surround ing country for some time and am con yinced that a new Douglas smelter could easily come in here and make money and grow without curtailing the output or interfering in any way with either the c. & A. or the Copper Queen smelters, which are here now, or the new Shattuck smelter, which I hope will soon be built. I should like to see the city take an interest in the matter and will certainly do all can to as sist."-Douglas Internationa[Amert can.