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The Parker post., 1912-12-07

I a mine existed in this end of the
county.
SmeIter Trouble Remedied.
The title of the reorganized COM
pany is the Swansea Consolidated
Gold & Copper Mining company. An
entirely new force is in charge of
the mines and smelter, and only
within the past three weeks has
the latter plant been run successfully.
Heretofore the experiments made
in running the smelter had never re-
suited satisfactorily. 1t appeared
that the furnace was a veritable mon
ster bent on devOuring sulphide ores,
and it was a hard matter to keep a
sufficient supply of this character of
ore in the furnace to properly mix
with the Swansea product
1t remained for General Manager
Clerc and W. H. Seamon, the new
superintendent of the smelter, to
solve the battling problem, and like
all seemingly difficult problems, the
trouble. with the smelter proved a
simple one. 1t was just a question OF
air pressure or too many blowers
working on the job. One of the
$50, 900 blowers installed by the form
er management was eliminated. the
pressure reduced from 20 to 25 ounces
down to about ten ounces. Now
the precious sulphurous elements
cease to blow out the stack, but re-
main inside the furnace long enough
to treat much larger PERCENTAGE of
Swansea ore than heretofore.
At the invitation of Mr.. Clerc the
writer visited the new Swansea last
Saturday and was taken over the
works by Mr. Schultz, who is one of
the directors of the company. On the
day previous to our arrival the smell
ter produced liz tons of copper bull
lion, which was the record day in it's
history. On an average for the past
SOQplC Vi WCthS 1t lids
about nine tons of bullion daily, and
carload is shipped about every four
days. Two hundred tons of ore from
the Swansea mine and about 100
tons of Blue Bell ore are treated
every twenty-four hours, but as fast
as the ore can be secured the daily
tonnage treated will be increased UP
to the full capacity Of the plant
Smelling Plant.
The smelling plant consists of one
75O-ton water jacketed blast furnace.
There are forty-two tuyeres, the
blast entering the furnace 33 inches
above the bottom: the pressure is
10 oZs. at the power house The
blast-furnace stack is feet in di-
ameter and 125 feet in height. There
are two converter stands, capable of
turning out from As to so tons of
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

After experiencing a multitude OF
adversities Swansea, northern Yuma
countyis biggest copper camp, is at
last coming into it's own. Since the
reorganization of the Clara ConsOli
dated company, which was under.
taken by w. Schultz, member of a
wealthy firm of bankers of Amster-
dam, Holland, the new management
has had a tremendous task in bring
ing the chaotic affairs of the old con-
pany into some semblance of order
The burden of this work has fal-
len upon c. Clerc, general manager
of the new company, and now, after
lapse of five months, when the tate
of Swansea hung in the balance, this
energetic French engineer of world
wide reputation has accomplished
something that many American mine
managers would have hesitated to
undertake.
The financial troubles which Geo.
Mitchell, the president of the old
company, had involved the concern
at various periods during the past
several years, and which culminat
ed last spring, when this plant was
closed down completely, after piling
up a large Indebtedness, is we'll
known to the mining world, ant
therefore will not be repeated here.
When nothing but ruin faced the com
pany, Mitchell went to Europe after
more money, but the French gentle
men who had previously pungled up
about $4,000, 900, demurred, and want
ed to know what had become of this
vast sum.
And they are still asking that ques-
ton. The smelling plant and mines
represent an expenditure of from
half to three-quarters of a million,
and the difference between this lat
ter sum and the two millions, which
represent the investment of the Eu-
ropean stockholders, cannot be found
around the works, and Mr.. Clerc has
prosecuted a most vigorous search
for it,
However, the frenzied financiering
of the Swansea enterprise, the en-
ormous profits which were taken by
the promoters, and the reckless ex-
penditure of the money that was turn
ed over for development purposes,
have no place in this article. Suf-
flee it to say that the Swansea
proposition in it's infancy looked like
a stock-selling scheme, but despite
this apparent fact it is developing in
to one of Arizonas biggest copper
mines. Therefore, while Geo. Mitch
ell is severly critized for some things
if it had not been for his reckless
chance in this instance, this dis
trict would probably not have known
for many years hence that SO great
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
INSTITUTE A
BIG SUCCESS
TEACHERS OF NORTHERN YUMA
COUNTY GATHER AT BOUSE
EsTiNG PROGRAM.

The teachers institute held at
Bouse last Saturday proved a most
successful affair, and great credit is
due Superintendent of Schools John
M. Hess for the Inauguration of
monthly Institutes in Yuma county.
This is the only county in the state
holding monthly meetings of teach
ers and if all are conducted as sue
cessfully as the Bouse meeting the
standard of the schools is bound to
be raised appreciably.
Six of the eleven districts of
northern Yuma county were repre-
sented The following teachers took
part in the program: Miss Mae
Stukey of Swansea, Miss Mary Me
Kee of Wenden, Miss Myrtle Wigs
of BOuse and Miss Louise Ross of
Parker. All of the teachers acquit
ted themselves exceptionally well in
the handling of the subjects discus
sed in their papers. Owing to
lack of space we are unable to pub
llsh any of the papers read by the
teachers, but each one is worthy OF
publication.
superintendent Hess gave several
excellent talks and greatly encouraged
the teachers in their efforts From
Mr.. Hess talks many new ideas
were taken away by the teachers.
C. O. Case, superintendent of pub
lie instruction, talked on the subject,
Some Things to Be Considered"
He believes that getting together"
for a common cause is the best way
to accomplish good work He also
brought out the point that Arizona
il a field of art and offers rare OPP
portunities to school children along
an artistic line.
The music was furnished by Miss
Edith Leisure of Bouse, Mrs G.. A.
Marsh and Hugh 3. Hull of Parker.
the entire program was enjoyed by
visitors as well as teachers.
In the evening Mr. Hess entertain
ed the teachers at dinner, which was
a most enjoyable affair.
A. reception and ball was given by
the people of Bouse in the evening.
Eefore opening the social festivities
MI. Hess and Mr.. Case addressed the
people assembled and were received
with considerable applause. AS a re-
preventative from Parker J. B. Flana-
gaL spoke few words in laudation
ct Mr.. Hess enterprise in inaugural
irg the monthly institute, and as
silred the hearty cooperation of Park
er in making the next institute for
northern Yuma county a pronounced
success when it is held here on
February %.
The people of Bouse deserve great
credit for the success of the institute
and the royal entertainment which
was provided the visiting teachers
and others who attended the meeting
Among those from Parker who at
tended the Bouse meeting were Mrs.
G.. G. Dunn, Miss Ross, Mrs. G.
A. Marsh, Miss Clara Roberts, Phil
lip Marsh and Hugh b. Hull Mr..
Hull was kept pretty busy performing
on the piano and chaperoning the
ladies, and he proved an accomplished
artist in both undertakings
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

Mrs. c. Clerc, wife of General Man
ager Clerc of the Swansea Cons. G..
and c. Mining company, departed for
Europe Tuesday night. Mrs. Clerc
has been absent from Paris the past
nine months, part of which time has
been spent at Swansea. She will
sail from New York on December 12,
and will not return to this. country
before next spring.
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
To- Curb Colorado River.

The Santa Fe has decided to put
in protection work at mile post 575
just east of Needles. 1t has been
necessary to change the line twice
at this point and owing to the en-
croachments made by the unruly Col
orado last spring, several miles of
track are being built along the river
bank and extensive rip-rapping will
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
Mine Development.

At the present time development
work underground is being confined
to the workings of No. 5 shaft on
the 800 and 40O-foot levels. The ore
bodies developed average about SO
feet in width, and extensive drill
holes put down over a year ago dem
onstrated that in places they run
up to 80 feet in width. These ore
bodies appear to make in lenses.
The vein system strikes northeast
southwest and dips about As degrees
sOutheasterly. The ore occurs on a
gnessic footwall, the hanging. wall
being chiefly an altered limestone
Work has been temporarily sus-
pended in Shaft No. 6, but it is the
plan of the management to make
this shaft it's principal working shaft.
The present depth of No., g. is 25O
feet, and it is in the vicinity of this
working where the drill holes indicat-
ed enormous bodies of copper ore,
running as high as IL per cent. The
average ore coming from No.. g. shaft
is around 312 and per cent. On
the 4O0foot level of this shaft sui
phides are more" pronounced than
on the 300-foot level, and it is con-
fidently believed that as depth is
gained the ore will carry more and
more sulphide, which is greatly de-
sired for fluxing purposes.
Shafts Nos. 1, 2, and are all
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

The best alfalfa seed, exhibited at
the Arizona state fair was grown by
R. G. Stitt and Son of Yuma
The Parker post., 1912-12-07
SMELLING PLANT NOW BEING OPERATED
SUCCESSFULLY FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE ITS OBSTRUCTION.

A Carload Of Bullion Being Shipped Every Four
Days---Capacity to Be Increased to 1000
Tons---The Enormous Ore Bodies in Signal
Mines Assures Great Future For This Prop
erty---New and Economical Methods to Be
Applied in Mining and Handling the Ore
The Parker post., 1912-12-07

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-29

to be vastly better next year than this
year. no matter who shall be elected
president, because money IS plentiful,
due to the tremendous gold produc-
ton, and the crops are big. All bust
nesses have been conducted on a very
conservative scale since the Roosevelt
panic. Merchants have not been car
rying any more stocks than present
actual needs have required, and man.
ufacturers have been making up only
as orders came In. Nobody is carry
ing any surplus stock-nobody that's
q good merchant Business can't 90
on this way. Heavy buying is the nat
nral consequence of good crops, and
the merchant who finds that he must
wait to have his orders filed will be
forced to order in advance. This will
cause the manufacturer to make up In
anticipation of orders. This is ex-
pansion. It's got to come. and it will
come with Mr. Taft, Mr.. Roosevelt or
Mr.. Wilson In the White house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-29

How much of this wonderful red and
bronze and golden autumn have you
been missing?
Do you live where you can look
out OF your window and see a bit of
tinted woods nearby? Have you a
patch Of marigolds smiling cheerily
at you from a corner of your yard,
and a bunch of vari-colored cosmos
nodding their pretty heads in greet
ing?
Can you see the sky-the sky, mind
you. not a brick-enclosed patch OF
1t; and have you watched the clouds
scudding across it and disappearing
behind the bit of woods? Or have
you wandered, at night, under the be
starred arch and marveled at its glor.
les?
Can you hear the free wind sigh.
ing about the corners of your house
and whistling down the chimney to
come out and play?
Have you listened to the leaves
saying goodby to the trees?
Have you been out in fall gale
when the trees are all bent one way
and you're braced the other way, while
the falling leaves make a shifting
curtain before you, and every ounce
Of blood in you tingles?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-29
"Boss- Finn AND CONVICT LA.

Dun.
Some light upon the money employ
ed at Armageddon is found in the rec
ords of the court Of common pleas Of
Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. In
1908 the Iron City Central Trades
council, the Carpenters District coun-
ell and six individual leaders Of organ
ICED labor petitioned that court for an
injunction TO restrain the members of
the board Of managers Of the Ale
gheny county workhouse from letting
out the prison labor to contract. in vio-
lation OF the laws Of Pennsylvania.
Organized labor's bill Of complaint
set forth
Fifth, That the said defendants, be
ing the officers and board Of managers
OF the said Allegheny county work
house, a reformatory institution, work.
house and county prison have
for many years, and more particularly
in the past two years, in willful disre.
gard Of the quoted sections Of the
aforesaid act. hired out and let by con-
tract the labor and services OF the
convict inmates to persons.
contractors and employers for
a wage and compensation considerably
less than that received by your orators
accomplishments for similar skill, labor
and employment to many persons en-
ploying labor in the community, among
them William Finn, and
many others"
AS political contractor employing
convict labor In the amassing Of his
enormous fortunue, William Finn was
the plain boss" OF Pittsburgh poll.
tics.
AS a leader at Armageddon, the
same William Finn contributed to the
third term party $144,3OS.44. So Mr..
Finn testified before the senate inves-
tigating committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-29

feared that the painting wouIo De
ruined, but a restorer was found who
said he could save IT,
The first step was to paste thin strips
of tissue paper on the face Of the pic
ture, pressing the paper into the I'M
even surface Of the paint Layers were
added until a thick body Of paper con-
cealed the picture.
Then the picture was turned over,
and the restorer began to sandpapef
the board away. After many months
of careful work be had all the wood
removed. and nothing but the paint sd-
hered to the paper A piece Of linen
canvas was then glued to the paint,
and the work of removing the paper
from the front Of the picture was I'M
dertaken. II required nearly q year to
complete the work, but when it was
done the painting was left In shape to
last another four centuries.-Chicago
Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-29
The Argus Daily Story
A Broken Leg-By Ryland Bell.
COPYRIGHTED 1919. by Associated Literary Bureau

There was a bend in the road within
a stones throw of Mrs. Montague Up
tons place. Signs, Automobiles Go
Slow" had been affixed to trees on
each side of the curve. but they were
constantly being disregarded.
One morning Mrs. Upton heard a
crash, and a few minutes later man
was carried to her house with brok-
en- leg. When their eyes met he ex-
claimed "Hello." while the lady turn
ed pale.
This way" she said to the bearers,
and she led them to a bedroom on the
ground foor. then running to the tele-
phone she summoned a surgeon. The
fracture was pronounced a simple one.
and the doctor, having taken care Of 1t.
before departing said that IL 1t were
desired he would send a nurse.
Never mind that, doctor" said Mrs.
Upton. 81 will summon my own nurse
II we End that nurse Is necessary"
When the injured man and the wo-
man were left alone he said:
This Is very awkward"
very"
How did you happen to light on
this place? l thought you were going
abroad"
ct changed my mind"
He moved slightly. made a wry face
and groaned.
Does 1t pain you very much?" an
expression of sympathy passing over
her face.
Somewhat. de- mean. Mrs. Up
ton. ] don't think I'll suffer much
right away. The hurt will come later
i've been expecting some manned
person to be brought in here. but
didn't think it would be my own
"It isn't. We were divorced three
years ago this coming November"
"You were right in saying that your
being brought in here in this condi
ton is very awkward. You can't be
removed. so the doctor told me. fol
several weeks. and more likely, sew
eral months"
I'm sorry. Louise. couldn't helI
getting knocked out. The fellow run