Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11
IMPROVEMENTS
At SHELTERS
Calumet and Arizona Makes
Changes for Expanding
Operations
WORK AT COPPER QUEEN
New Casting Machines Reduce
Cost Of Moulding BY
Halt
WORK AT COPPER QUEEN

At the Calumet 4 Arizona smelter, in
Douglas, extensive improvements are
being made in preparation for expand
ing operations. The new track sys.
tenn for the benefit of the Stag service
is completed including spur to every
furnace, all on the trolley plan. The
new settlers are expected to be In place
on the east side within thirty days,
when the new service will 60 into eff
feet. A new standard spur has also
been completed to accommodate coke
trains. In the power house many i'm
portant improvements are to be seen.
The new $50 horsepower Nordburg en-
CINE is a beauty and works like a
charm. The most recent additions in
clude several modern generators, COM
pressors, eondensers and an equalizer.
The latter is to regulate the handling
of the converters, that work being done
on the hydraulic system.
At the Copper Queen smelter No. 2
furnace is being remodeled. The rever'
beratory is again running and will be
kept in commission. The Copper Queen
now has two casting machines which
are the wonder of the works and work
ing to perfection. II is stated on unfail.
ing authority that these machines have
reduced the cost of moulding about 81
per cent. A fine new system of water
plugs, painted brilliant carmine, now
ornament the yards at this smelter.
Rich Strike at Chloride.
In the old workings of the Samoan
mine, at Chloride, Mohave county,
great body of rich ore has been en-
countered by the lessees. The ore ii
the richest ever found in the property
and already is being dressed up TO
shipment to the smelter.
Litigation Ended.
The suit of Nellie B. Kemper agains
the New Comstock Mining company ha
been compromised and settlement ef
fected. The settlement Of this litiga
| ton will result in the operation of tn
properties again. The company is tn
owner of the Katherine, the Sheeptrai
group and other mines in the section o
the country west of Union Pass. 1t ais
owns the Pyramid twenty stamp mil
on the Colorado river, Mohave county
Arizona's Good Showing.
In a review of the American cope
industry published in the last number
the Mining World, Horace J. Steven
says:
"In Arizona the effects of the PAM
varied in different camps; but on tn
whole Arizona laid off fewer men an
effected a smaller reduction in outpu
than any other district in the Unite
States, with the exception Of Michiga
and Utah. Many of the developin
mines in Arizona were forced to SUI
oend, either temporarily of permanent
ly, but the largest producers, includin
the Copper Queen, Calumet & Arizoni
United Verde, Old Dominion, Arizon
and Detroit laid off few men and II
dueed produe ton to but trivial exten
"The Shannon, which APPARENT
should have been one Of the first of tn
middle class mines to suspend, surprise
even its best friends by largely cuttin
costs through a great increase in GU
put. The Imperial Copper company,
Pima county, is arranging to increas
, production in the near future, and th
superior G. Pittsburg is increasing II
output az well. A number of tn
smaller mines have hung on remarkabl
we'll, and have demonstrated their abil
ty to take punishment, though the di
fculty in selling ore, which existed IL
some months, made the situation awl
ward for the mines lacking shelters {
their own.
'sOn the whole, Arizona has CON
through the test in manner highl
creditable to the mineral resources {
its mines and the courage and sagacit
of its mine managers.
A Good Start.
The exports of copper for the fir
! four days of June were 3495 tons.
Big Dredging Enterprise.
It is stated that the Golden Jew
Dredging & Mining company is maxim
ready to place a $4,000 dredging plaI
on its placer ground in Oak creek, ne'
Walnut Grove, Yavapai county. I'll
company also has quartz holdings
the same vicinity.
Will Enlarge Stamp Mil.
Reports are that the Mount Ellio
Consolidated Mines company, whiC
owns eleven patented claims in Bigbu
district, one Of them being the wei
known Dividend mine, will double Il
present capacity of it's ten.stamp mi