Mohave County miner., 1911-05-13
Will the United Verde Co.'S
 Shelter Go to Humboldt?

Of interest to Jerome Is the fact that D. T. Matthews of Butte, Mon tana, has been appointed superln tendent of the Humboldt shelter, and is now in charge of those works. As announced in The News a few weeks ago, MT. Matthews was for a number of years associated in Montana with the present success 'ul superintendent of the United Verde Copper company smelter in this camp, Mir. Thomas Taylor, wh speaks of Mir. Matthews being a smelterman of exceptional ability.
 After installing Mir Matthews as superintendent, General Manager Whethey of the Humboldt company left for New ! ork City, where the headquarters of that company are located.
 The fact that Mir. Whethey had for years been general manager of Clark interests in Montana, has undoubtedly given color tO the report that Mr. Clark was about to take over the Hum- boldt smelter with all its holdings in the way of mines.
 If this should happen, and The News, while it does not think such a thing is probable, yet cannot cl Is, its eyes to the possibility of such a move. it would mean the smelling of all of the United Verde ores at Humboldt, where Senator Clark could erect an immense modern shelter. This would, of course, do away with the building of a shelter and accessory shops in the valley below Jerome, and put the building of a ilroad through the Verde Valley on the shelf indefinitely That the Santa Fe railroad ople and the Frank Murphy interests are work ing, and working necessarily to bring this about, The News h sitive evidence from the best authority.
 The Santa Ee as proposed that they construct branc from Yeager station on their B a shaw mountains branch, to Russell station on the United Verde & Pacific Railway, and in this do away with the haul up the heavy grade from Junctio to Russell, and also do away with the most costly piece of road the U. V. x P. has to keep up. The laying track from Yeager to Russell would be easy, there being no grades to overcome, as by reference to the map of that country can be seen.
 Again the propos tion f running standard gauge TO d tn the U. V. mine by tunneling the mountain in the neighborhood of what known as the "Horse-Shoe," un the Jerome road, has been approached. All know that the tunnel proposition has been under consideration for years by the local railroad officials.
 The splendid system f railroad facilities at the Humboldt shelter, where all parts of the works are reached by perfect tenn of switch backs already built; the fact that the necessary Aux for reducing Jerome ores are close at hand; that the mines owned by the Humboldt company are developing ore bodies that, while not of high grade, yet when worked in connection with the Jerome ores would give net returns, as well as the water proposition are all being held out as inducements.
 In fact the Santa Fe is making every effort to take the Jerome shelter to Humboldt, and if successful in doing so, will succeed in delaying the build ing of railroad through the valleys east of Jerome for an indefinite time
 With these facts before them the citizens of Jerome and the Verde Val ley should make some move toward holding the shelter here and en- couraging the building of a railroad through the Verde Valley. Every precinct in the Verde, and every min ing camp in surrounding hills should organize and send representatives to join Jerome delegation, who in a body should go before the local officials of the United Verde Copper company and thoroughly talk this matter over with them. The News has had some talks in 6 general way, with Mir. Will | L. Clark, assistant general manager of the Clark interests in Arizona, and knows that he is deeply interested in