Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-14
SHATTUCK SHELTER
 LATER INFORMATION
fl is Expected That PreIimi- naneS Will Be Shortly
 Taken Up
FAIR COMMISSION
 VISITING C0CHlSE

The Daily International Of Douglas
 says it has during the last
 few days received information that is more definite regarding
 the building Of the Shatmck
 smelter in that city, II is known
 that some Of the prelminaries are
 to be taken up in the near future.
 Mir. Shatuck is expected in Douglas
 within few days to again go over the site selected for the new plant and 10 complete all arrangements SC
 far as that is concerned.
 The decision of the board of di- reetors Of the Shattuck company 70
 provide a smelter Of their own Is definite and the understanding is
 that work is to start on it in the near future.
 Regarding the new smelter and the Shattuck-Arizona company, Iron Ore, published al Ishpeming. Mich,
 has this to say, which will be of in- terest to International readers, es- pecially those in Douglas
 The announcement by the Shat tuck-Arizona Mining company that they are to erect a smelter at Doug las, Arizona, for the treatment of their ores is causing much good feeling among the residents of the Shelter City, as Douglas is gener- ally known throughout the South west For some time there was considerable discussion by the prom inent owners of the mine as 10 whether 1t would pay to erect a smelter or not. For a long time no ore was smelted because some of the directors thought the Copper Queen company was asking too much for the service, but it would have been wise to have made some metal at q time when the market was paying much more for it than now, The charge Of the Copper Queen company, as we heard 1t. was reasonable. and netting the low, est prices quoted by similar con cerns for the service generally. Ii costs money to build smelters, and. in the earlier history of the prop erty, it would have been good prac- tice to have made contracts while the property was undergoing devel. ment because there were times in the property's history when 1t was not altogether certain that a smelter would have been wise. Some of the levels did not hold out Inducements for an outlay Of that magnitude, and it was not until the sixth level had been reached that permanent characteristics were developed. Even then there were not a few of the men prominent in the companys di- rectorate who desired to hold off for a while longer that more could be learned of the ore deposits.
 The company now has about in cash in its treasury, not enough to erect a smelter of mod ern kind, probably, but enough for the starting of the project when the mine looks good. There are ores Of exceptionally high grade in portions of the mine that will make money rapidly, and any balance remaining to be paid when the smelter is ready should be soon wiped out by the earnings. The company's off. cials say it has enough of this high grade ore in sight to warrant the construction of the smelter and it hopes to add more when mining work is resumed.
 Shattuck-Arizona lies very high on the mountain side, being far above the old claims of Calumet & Ari- zona- It's ores come down from the shaft to the railway by aerial tram way. It is many hundred feet above the Powell shaft of the Calu- met 6 Arizona on the Hope and Wagner claims There will be downhill haul all the way from the mine 10 the snelters, just as there is from the Bisbee camp generally to Douglas.
 For several mOntI> very little has been done in the Shattuck mine awaiting the recent meeting of the and directors, and it is probable that little mining will he done until the smelter is ready, as the money in the treasury will be used for smelter construction, and the mine is already opened suffi- ciently far so that ore can be had very soon after work resumes ac- lively underground.