Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-18

who visited Cananea last week: Cananea and its surroundings might well be called the wonder of the Southwest. Ten years ago the Cobre Grande had a small gang of Mexicans gouging out little high grade ore, and there wasn't a plant within a hundred miles worth over S5,00o. That was before enterprise and nerve became so common as 10 be in the very air and compel even the indo- lent ones to put forth effort. Today there is a seyeral-million-doliar plant here, with more adding every day, turning out 100000 pounds of cop per per month at about as little cost as the most economical plant in the world.
 don't know if there is a plant any where making so good as here, con- sidering everything. It is done be- cause of absolute know-how on the part of every head, and because the endeavor is to get the very best out of everything, themselves included.
 Thus today a new $S0,000 vanner plant is going up across the sgulch from the concentrator. Onto these vauners will be turned the water and shines coming from the concentrator; and they expect thus to save a ton of copper day. Economy?
 In the concentrator proper they have a pump working that handles 2,500 gallons of water a minute, and another of like capacity is being put in. These supersede the old ones, and in the matter of repairs and shut downs the new are expected to save |, 0l- Economy?
 They are driving a tunel from the Elisa lower workings to run through the mountain, and from which they will handle all the ores of the Elisa, Cobre rande and other big mines in that territory-and handle these ores for less than half the cost of the present day. Economy?
 And -Zst with all -ihis ssQno1ly.
 there isn't a particle of niggardliness l Everything is the best that money
 can buy. There is but one Cananea | and here it is. They are now work. ] ing about 5000 men, over 90 per cent ! Mexicans, and they will be working
 a lot more right soon. A new com
 Dressor was installed the other day
 at the Henrietta, and this mine win
 start up within a few days. | The Puerocito is doing a lot of | surface work-installing tramways.
 building new ore bins and improving ! eyerything-this would hardly be | done if operations were not to be | resumed. In fact, wherever one will | go he cannot fail to see that here is a big plant getting bigger. I noted ] in the cOncentrator superintendent s | report for yesterday that more than | 500 tons Of concentrates were shipped ] 10 the shelter, and that they used | 151 barrels of fuel oil
 Since l was here last summer there have been many changes of import ! ance and every change spells econ omy, expedition, increased output 1 for the same money.
 The heads of things down here don't especially like to be written up," but how's one to help it when he sees how smoothly the tremendous plant l moves along. Dr. Ricketts, the gen eral manager; David Cole, assistant; Chas. H. Shelby, smelter superintend- ent; Frank J. Strachan. concentrator superintendent; James S. Kirk, mine superintendent-a coterie of what I believe to be the greatest specialists | in their line in the country, and some times, when he isn't about to shake his head at me I say that Dr. Rick etts is one of the greatest mining men of the age Anyhow, we'll try tlf slip this in.
 The Southern Pacific railway, the line making connection with this camp and the Tstados Unidos, is an- other enterprise that must be spelled with a cap E.
 Superintendent Temple rode down on the train I came in with, and he told me of some of the things that are doing. all of which means the ad- vancement of this country as never before. It is a handsome and fertile valley through here. and the produc- ] ton is wholly without irrigation, which Is not necessary. Fruits, vege- tables. grains, all grow so abundant ly as to be almost beyond belief And they're luscious, too.
 One feels fine to look out from the train and see the. big trees, and the water courses, and the grasses. But there are drawbacks, which We won't mention
 Thinking of railways reminds one of the Cananea company's line. It's
 in the language of the poet. the dog-gondest thing" one ever saw. It goes up. Tretty nearly straight up, and keeps on in the same way till it gets to what is called Puertae.tos. where. if it did not stop it would fall off the other side, as the store stands absolutely on the divide.
 The Fay-Cananea has a lot of ma chinery ready to be taken to the mine; :he Cobre Grande. in charge of W. C. Mcbride, is pushing develop ment. The Democrita has lately added another furnace to its smelter. but the plant Is not at this time work ing though a good force of miners is employed developing.
 On every side there are prospects
 being opened. and 1t looks as though good tines wsre here to stay
 The action of the C. c. c c. in throwing cold water on anything that
 might tend to bring men to the camp must be commended There are, in
 fact. more men here now than are | rre od n1 [ 4.. Kr