Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-29

ArlIOna during the past year tenn , porarily lost its lead among the cop , per producing states. being crowded out of first place by Montana. But in spite of the low price of the metal the great producers of eopper-gold ores such as the Copper Queen and
 Calumet and Arizona continued their profitable operations on a large scale.
 with satisfactory dividends 10 the stockholders. aud maintained the D, -
 icy of reducing thelthuvbgkqjcihiv
 icy of increasing the efficiency of
 their equipment and reducing the cost
 of production.
 Hitherto copper mining in Arizona
 has been limited to the great ore bod
 ies of copper-gold-silyer which occur
 as replacements i1 lime or sehist, and which will continue to maintaia an increased production from both the present producing mines and niaiy
 others in process of development.
 But the past year witnessed a change in this condition by the in vesment by the public of several mil lions of dollars for the development
 and equipment of the vast area of low
 grade deposits which exist in many
 parts of the territory. These depos-
 its are not limited to the Globe sec
 tion of Gila county or the Ray-Kelvin | districts of Pinai county They have also been found near Mineral Park in ! Mojaye counNr. between Hillside and Seiigman in Yayapai county. and al Ajo and south Of Silver Bell in Pima
 eouaty. all Of which properties are
 n course of development While none of these vast deposits have yet added
 10 the production of the territory. they
 guarantee an enormous increase in
 the output Of Arizona copper in the near future. and serve also to demon strate that copper is not limited in its occurrence to few sections. but is generally distributed throughout the entire territory. 'The development of tonnage at the leading properties of this description has. i1 the past l2l months. been truly remarkable.
 The Ray Con- which at the end of 1908. only claimed the developed ore tonnage Of about 3.700.0Oo tons. has now nearly 42000.00o tons proved by | churn drills. and is rapidly opening up this ore. and converting what may be regarded as an estimate into pos tive tonnage. aud it is believed that there will be fully 100000 .000 tons eventually developed in the mine
 Other properties. such as the Ray | Central, Hercules and Gila, in the same district. have demonstrated in their properties. 4.OO0 ,0O0. 1000 oo0 and 12.000.0OO tons.
 The Miami near Globe. increased its ore tonnage from about 4.500 900 to ! over I5.000.000 tons actually proved to be available for treatment. with un- known possibilities of largely aug melted tonnage. In the Inspiration. Live oak. Cordova ard other proper ties in close proximity to the Miami, | there have also been opened mp im- mense bodies of disseminated copper ores Of payable grade.
 The year also witnessed a distinct and most substantial revival ia gold the industry. which in the early days. was first responsible for attention to the mineral re- sources Of the territory. The great gold belt of Arizona commences in the part of Mojave county, and runs in a southeasterly direction aiors it's western boundary. through Mo have. Yavapai and Yuma counties with important branches in Marico- pa, Cochise and Gila counties This revival has not been limited to one district alone, but has been discern able in the San Francisco district Of Mojave county. of which Goldroad is the chief camp. the old Weaver dis trict Of Yavapai county. of which the Congress camp is the best known: the the Vulture district of Maricopa county. the Kofa and Polaris sectio1sI Of Yuma county and the Tombstone district of Cochise county. All of these exhibit marked activity and the com panies operating there are demon strating that low grade, free milling ore can be prontably mined For many years past the gold ol Arizona has been principally produced as a by- product Of it's great copper mines, but the mining of gold as a separate in- dustry is rapidly assuming greater i'm pOrtance and constantly attracting cap ital to districts too long overlooked. This activity has been stimulated by new discoveries of promising import anee in the River range of Mojaye county. the Plomosa. Eagle Trail and Castle Dome ranges of Yuma county the Chiricahua mountains of Cochise county. the Payson district in northern Gila county. and the eastern sections of Graham county These discoveries prove that payable gold ores are wide Y distributed throughout the length and breadth Of the territory
 Up to last year the mining of zinc in Arizona was but trfling. it's pro auction being limited to a few mines in which it occurred as an undesirable associate of other metals. But in Sep tember the success of the Golconda mine in the Cerbat range of Moiave county drew attention to that section and for three month past the U. $. Smelling and Refining company has been acquiring properties in that sec lion. and now owns over forty claims. on which large sums of money are be ing spent in development. Nearly all