Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-10
P|AAL COUNTY
IS PROSPEROUS
That Is Report Brought TO
Phoenix by Cole and Jones
of Corporation Commits
sion After Visit
IMPRESSIVE

PHOENIX. Dec. 9.-Prosperity is
evident on every hand at Ray, Kelyina
and Hayden, according 10 Corporation
Commissioners r. A. Jones and A. w.
Cole, who returned Saturday from a
visit 10 that district. The Ray Con.
sOlIdated Is employing 5000 men at
Ray anC IS increasing its force rapid
y; $50 men are employed in the con
centrator and sInelter at Hayden The
town OF Ray has been entirely re
built since the big fire Of last sumner,
the wooden structures that were de-
strOyed having been replaced with
w c-story concrete buildings.
Commissioner Jones and Cole wen.
to look over the Ray & ella Valley
railroad, to acqusint themselves with
conditions just as they are. that they
might pass on the application Of the
company for a rehCaring of the Ray
junction switching charge case. Re
Gently the commission ordered that
the charge for transferring freight
from the Arizona Eastern tracks al
Ray junction. or Kelvin, be discon
tjnued
What they learned during their in
vCstigation. which extended over u
period OF twenty-four hours, did net
change the opinions of Mr.. Cole ami
Mr.. Jones. Conditions were about the
same as they had understood them.
Early next week there viii probaoi.
5s a conference with the r. 4 G v
attorneys and the ground gone over
thoroughly. A request to this effect
was maze by Judge Edward Kent, one
OF the attorneys, who accompanied
tine commissioners on the trip.
The prosperous appearance Of Rag
was surprising to Mr.. Jones and Nh
Cole. They were prepared to see a
,cyn devastated By fire, but there
we're few traces Of the CONDENSATION
that swept Ray last summer No more
wooden buildings are being put up,
ont tie burned structures are replaced
" ith concrete structures, most OF them
two stories in height
All the low dives in both Ray and
SUnoratoWu have been closed. There
are. only a few saloons lett-just one
in SonoTatown--and all are conducted
as carefully as possible. TIE saloons
at Hayden are Of the same class.
Each day the Ray ConsOlidatec
Ships seventynye carloads of ore 10
Hayden. A carload consists Of fifty
six tons. The daily shipments. there
tore. apuroximate 42g0 tons. At Hay
den the concentration is treating 6oeo
tons daily. though its capacity is S03t
tons. The RAY Consolidated IS IN
creasing its production as rapidly as
possible and soon viii be producing
as much ore as the cOnCentrator car
handle. More men are being put to
work as fast as there is room for them
in the tUnGel and chambers
Z Three big mOgul engines and three
crews are kept at work by the Ar
goHa Eastern doing the yard work al
HAYDEN. There a terminal has been
established. with a Gye-staH round.
house. storage tracks ana a y. Prac-
tically AL the work is in taking care
of the ore shipments from Ray.
The american Smelling < Refining
corrpaus 5 smeIter at Hayden Is IN
oreratfCn. though not 10 its full ca
E.aCitv. Only one of its two reEer'
6eratory furnaces is running, that be
-us sufficient 10 take care Of the con.
rentrates from the Ray Consoildated
m.Il. Within a short time blast FUR
mace. TO take care OF custom ores VIII
be installed.
At both Ray and Hayden the Ray
Consolidated has big machine shops.
COmnissi Toner Jones declares tnat
they are as complete as any SHOPS
lie ever saw. and they do splendid
work He is also high in his praise
Of the Ray Consolidated organization.
Il is as near perfection as II could
POSSIBLY be. ne says.
Commissioners Jones and Cole we're
given every opportunity and assist
arce 10 secure the information they
desired. They were made royalty
IS eIcome by the railroad and mining
people at Ray, Kelvin and Hayden.
he "trip TO Hayden was made in an
automobile