Bisbee daily review., 1911-01-26
ARIZONA MINING RECORD
 FUR HE YEAR JUST PAST

Pasume. Marietta, c. 0. D., Key stone, and Grand Gulch.
 Pima County.
 The Imperial Copper Co. in Pima County. turned out S00.O00 pounds of copper a month until the middle of August, when the plant was clos ed. The building of the Arizona, Mexico & Gulf of California Railroad. which was being surveyed from a point on the Arizona Southern in Port Lobos On the Gulf of California, will decrease costs and supply more custom shippers for this plant
 Sinal County.
 The Bay Consolidated Copper Co, in Pinal County, completed the steel framework Of one section of the lconcentrator, which as planned will Eventually have a capacity of 5000 tons. The 50O-ton smelter will be finished in 1911. the foundation hay ing been completed. The ore re serves. including that of the Gila Copper Co. ground taken over by the Ray, are said to be 75,OOo,O0o tons
 Yavapai County.
 In Yavapai County the United Verde Co. was as usual, operating at the rate of 3,000,0O0 pounds of copper a month and the custom smelter at Humbols+ was repaired and blown in again h April. New mills were in course of construction at the Mint, venezula, Federal, Mill dred. United Mines, and Monte Car To mines The operators of the Mount Elliott, Tiger and Octave mines were shipping bullion part of the year, and ore or bullion was mar keted from the Poland, Sterling. Un- ion. Ideal. Cleopatra, Boyd Hillside. Utah-Arizona, Independence, Jessie, Monarch, North Capital. and Leian mines
 Yuma County.
 At the King of Arizona mine, in Yuma County. the mill was closed in September. as the grade of ore was too low The property has produced more than $200,00O year for 10 or 15 years. The Golden Star made a great record in 1909, but greatly decreased bullion shipments in 1910. A dividend of s2O,O00 was paid. The smelter of the Clara Con solidated Co. was operated at inter vals The railroad from Bouse to Swansea was in operation February i21. Copper ore was shipped from the Mudersback mine, south of When Governor Sloan was in Tue son Thursday night he expressed himself as more than merely pleas ed with the territorial highway from Phoenix to Globe. He was eminently satisfied with it save for a few pro jecting corners where curves had
 been made Territorial Engineer z J. B. Grand promised to see that the points were taken Of in Ordel |, to make them easier Of negotiation o for freighting teams. The road i: . one of great scenic beauty. and i f is said that there is not in the Unit ed States another road of simila 4 length that rivals it in merit. The project for the territorial high ways, as outlined for the goyer a nor and his party by Territorial En ' gineer J. B. Grand, is as follows ], From Globe the highway will b s constructed southerly through tn Gna valley and thence to Clifton ol
 the eastern line of the territory
 From Clifton to Springerville, to tn |, north, the forest service will COT .e struct the road for 55 miles, leadin ,o into the hitherto almost inaccessibl
 White mountains. From a point O
 the territorial line east of Spring 3; vile, New Mexico, will construct .. road entirely across that territor! ,f designated to be a part of a gres "a transcontinental highway.
 The north and souJh highwa
 through Arizona will be as follows
 The road will be constructed frol v Flagstaff to Prescott, from Presco ," to Phoenix. and from Phoenix -@ Tucson by way of Florence and fo Y lowing the general lines of the pre- '9 ent automobile road. From that eli it will be built down through u " Huachucas reaching to Dougls " Bisbee, thence up the Sulphl , ,u Springs valley and into the Gila va ''' ey of Graham county, joining ti - east and west highway.
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