Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-02
PRODUCTION IF COPPER
 AT DOUGLAS
Shelter Output for July Was
 Larger Than for Any Pre-
 viouS Month of the Year At Cananea.

The production of copper for the month of July at the Douglas smelters was larger than for any previous month this year. The total was ap- proNimately I2.250 00o pounds, Of which the Copper Queen produced s.Qo0,900 pounds and the Calumet and Arizona produced 4.250000. This is not very far below the maximum production at these two smelters since they began operation.
 The production at the Queen for July, 1908. was only half a million pounds less than the total for July, 1907, though year ago more lur- naces were ia operation. II is be- lieved that the Copper Queen has pre- duced more bullion during the first seven months of 1908 rom its own ores than il did during the seven cor responding months in 1907 This is explained by several causes. One is the almost total loss of custom ore which was coming from the various districts during the first half of l907 and amounted to an important per cent of the total charge fed into the furnaces. Another cause for the light production of bullion in 1907 was the large amount of low grade ore utilized and still another was the smeltlng Of the slag from the old dumps in Bisbee. The low grade ores and slag kept more furnaces in commission without materially increasing the output. A year ago the Copper Queen was smelt- ing the ore from the Shattuck-Arizona and also from the Imperial mine in Pima county, both important produc- CTS at the time, besides dozens Of small properties in southern Arizona southern New Mexico and in Sonora were shipping regularly.
 Seven furnaces are now in commis, sion at the Queen as against nine a year ago The varying quality of ore may be illustrated by the fact that the Queen smeiter is now only using f5O tons of lime daily as fiux, whereas a year ago 500 tons of lime were re quired daily to temper the ore in the furnaces.
 The present force at the Queen amounts probably to about 76 per cent of what it was when operations were at the maximum. IL will be year the first of September since the financial slump hit the country, causing a rapid decline in the price of copper. Dur ing September 1907. production was -curtailed at the Queen, as was the case with all copper companies in the west. However, all the reduction in the force at the Quen during the year may not be attributed to the curtaii- ment of production; economical feat ures have been provided which made it possible to dispense with a number of laborers, mostly Mexicans. For in ,,o-. bx, installation nf ba h. ing plant at the lime quarry dispensed with a number of laborers at the ore pits at the smelter where, under the old method of handling the lime. it was unloaded from the cars and spread over the top f the ore beds by men with shovels, .now the lime rock is crushed at the quarry and when it is brought to the smelter it is dumped into bins from which ii is taken into the small furnace feeding cars automatically. The two new casting apparatuses installed at the Queen have also dispensed with a number of men. Aside from the sam bling works, the machine shops and on the ore beds the curtailment c! the operating force has not been ser ious. Of course the construction force which was present at the Queen al most constantly up to year ago is not now visible. While extensive plans were completed more than 8 year ago for additional furnaces at the Queen, there is nothing being done or them at the present time and nothing has been done for several months The additions to the furnace buildins and to the powerhosse required fol enIargements planned were complet cd some time ago and machinery wa! installed in the power house sufficien to operate the increase in the plant but with that done everything Wal stopped.
 The feature at the Calumet and Ari zons smelter this week was the flood ing of the shelter on Monday night caused by a heavy rain west of tn
 pIant which sent a flood into tn smeIter and which for a time threat eDed to do great damage. The dan ape however. was not serious. but hal fine water continued at its maximur height much longer or had come il
 greater quantity than it did the entir DIant would have been put out of con mission for a time; as It was onl fhree furnaces were stopped and the were only idle for few hours.
 The converters at the Calumet an
 Arizona have all been moved to tn south side of the building and wor has been started on the new 500-to furnace. All the material IS at>han
 and this furnace, the sixth m th
 niant will be rushed to completion a
 fast as possible. The force now en
 nioved at the C. and A. is larger tha ever before in its history and the pr
 duetion of copper is at the maximum
 vgith four furnaces being run up to tf
 IJroit of their capacity. 4 vast amour
 of construction work has been dor
 during the present year and there