Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-18
.JO CAMP CO MING ID
 THE FRONT
Copmany Is Operating At a Handsome Profit and Larger Activities Are to Be lnaugu- rated Soon

TUCSON, Feb. 6.-Superiutendent Lee of the Ajo mining camP while in the city yesterday said the Ajo is dt serving of considerable attention at the present time, more than it ev4A' had. The general remark now is that Aio is getting more attention than any new camp in the territory. l speak of it as new camp on accour- of it not having had very extensive developments, although it is probably the oldest camp in the territory. There is one concentrating plant operating at a net profit of $l00 a day. with an expense of $30. There is another mill ready to run and our company win put in q larger mill q little later in the year. which ougat to make the camp quite active. The possibilities of having a railroad with in the next year and a half or two years are potter today than they ever were. Our company made their final payment on the mine last week. and from now on any money that they raise will he cNpg nded in sinking and | or active developments.
 Certain big railroad people are in lsestigatinE yh situation there. and q wagon load oi peorlC went to Ajo yesterday Gnd other people are going down tomorrow. Boston parties are cxpected the coming week.
 | The Ajo presents a sitation pecul- jar ic itself In fact. there is DO other camp in the United States that shows an ore so easily concentrated in which the concentrate run higher than l the matte produced In the average blast furnace. This ore can be con tracted for about 70 cents a ton and concentrates so far produced in all three properties in the camp run 46 | tc 6 per cent copper. When one considers that the product of the blast furnace only -uns from 40 to 43 per ccht copper, mining men will appre- c!ate the possibilities of cheap copper production in the camp when once ia cil!fies for transportation to and from | the camp asc afforded. The bodies ! of concentrates ore are practically unlimited. ranging from 1 3-4 per cent copper to as nigh as 25 and 90 per cent. Several large bodies of from to l2 per cent ore in a soft gangue. where the copper occurs as q very hard chalcocite SHOWS the savings as of high as So per cent just by jigging. l and that feature alone will enable them. under careful anagement, lU be self Supporting at q very small ex- | penditure of money. The feelings as to the future of Ajo was never bet ter. and money is becoming freer and more people of high standing are giy- ing the camp more attention than ever b fore in its history
 The camp is in need of . deputy sheriff or constable. as the importa- ton of mescal has frequently precip- ita;ed drunken brawls that nearly ended disastrously. Tn fact, that coun- try has been the scene Of several mys- terious murders in the last few years that are all attributed to mescai GTUnks- It has not been long since Mr. Wheeler, with a party, was sent oown in that country to get a Papa go Indian who killed his companion while drunk from mescal. It is not uncommon to see a Mexican or Indian with mutilated features caused by miX-ups while drunk. The properties are very frequently closed down for a day or cut shoTt-handed of men, to find that some Mexican had landed in camp the evening befUre with a load of contraband material from Mexico
 The authorities should give this mat. ter some consideration. and an effort be made 10 have an officer that would icoil after the interests of this grow. ing camp.