Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
ARIZONA COPPERFIELDS
 FUTURE OF WICKENBURG
THE GREAT EXTENT OF THE RED
 METAL REGION.
A Territory in Which Copper Is
 Found in Every County.
(Rv Emil Holden.l


 Commencing at the United Verde in the Black Hill range, about forty five miles in northeasterly direction of Wickenburg. Maricopa county, Ari- zona, and the Copper Queen at Doug las, this region produces from 100000 to 9,OOO,OOO pounds of copper monthly; the various Bis bee camps contained also con siderable native copper, and the sul- phides are of a No. 1 character; also the Greene Consolidated mines at Cananea, all turn out an excellent ore, but which demands extensive treatment before it is marketed.
 Arizona is without hesitation the most promising copper field in the United States; it's increase of pro- duction is greater than that of other countries. Copper is found practi cally in every county in this won derful territory. Thirty-five per cent of the copper companies are located in Arizona.
 The ore bodies here in Arizona are blanket deposits. Instead of the enor- nous shafts sunk and employed at Calumet and at Butte, tunnels are driven mostly through which ore is extracted. The great lenticular ore bodies are very often deceptive ;K to it's immense mineral contents
 This is the great problem of our Arizona mines that makes them more precarious as investments than the copper properties further north. It is further due to the fact that both mining and refining charges have been radically reduced in the last two years, owing to the number of fluctuating conditions in mining; through the depreciation in the me tallic contents of the ores; certainly different mines conduct their oper- ations in different ways. All this depends great deal on the officers in charge of such valuable properties. There is absolutely no more chance for a yellow legged expert than there is for a grocery clerk or shoe maker to run a mine in Arizona, but straight upright, theoretical man connected with practical experiences will always find here a wide open field.
 In copper mining as in all other present day industries, the secret of success lies in low operating costs. compounded with the extraction of every pound or ounce of by-pro- ducts.
 It will require several years yet to educate the public to a knowledge and appreciation of copper shares as an investment, for the demand for copper will increase one hundred fold yet from generation to generation.
 The writer of this has been on the staff of the great Iron Mountain Cop per Co, in Keswick, Cal. for years: has worked for Capt. DelamOre 25 years ago in Pioche New, also lately in Copper City and Bully Hill in Shas- ta Co.. Cal, but for the last 4 years with Thomas w. Lawson of Boston at Kennett, Cal; under the general man. agement of w. H. Brown, and has ac- quired the knowledge that copper will always be a commodity with any market on the globe; as the chief con- cern of the consumer is: "to get the red metal" regardless of price.
 There may be more excitement and romance in the discovery of gold, and men may face death in more forms to be the first in such camps as Tonopah and Goldfield and other new gold dis coveries in Nevada. but to sensible mining men and capitalists there is equally as much satisfaction in the opening of property of virgin copper; and hundreds of these people from the east and other countries will turn their backs in disgust and will inves- tigate in new copper camps such as Maricopa O., Ariz., with l great promising but unde- properties, within easy access of two railroads and plenty of water | Unlike most other copper fields. this ! section of Arizona while it carries | higher per cent in copper. its gold val ues which are indeed prominent make | the industry of double value.