El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27

" He year 1911, the last Of the terri
torial regime in Arizona, wit
messed the greatest stride Of de-
velopment in the history Of the new
state.
Mining. agriculture. transportation
facilities and business all developed
faster in the past year in Arizona than
in any year IN its existence, notwith-
standing that in other sections Of the
country there was if not a general cry
Of hard times" at least an interruption
TO business and in some places a condi-
ton akin 10 general stagnation.
The mining Development Of the state
went steadily forward regardless Of
the comparatively low price Of copper
and more money. was spent for improve
ments than il any other year in his
tory.
Inc biggest completed irrigation IN
dertaking in the country at Cne present
time was inaugurated at Phoenix dur
Ing the year, and there was a phenOme-
nal development in agriculture in the
Sulphur Springs and san Simon val
leys, both by scientific soil cultiTatOrs
and those using pumps for irrigation.
Railroad Building.
The Fl PGso & Southwestern railroad
ton Of its Benson TO Tucson extension
of S. miles during the year; this Is the
biggest piece Of railroad work inaugu-
rated in any American state during the
same j. months The s p road also
completed its branch line from tucson
10 Nogales, and during the year the
santa Fe cutoff between Phoenix and
Needles Cal, was completed giving
the people between the Arizona capital
and the metropolis Of southern CalifOr-
MA rHan He
than u hours between each city.
Nine Improvements.
In the way Of mining improvements
the Miami Copper company at Miami, In
ella county, steadily pushed forward
tts great cOncentrator and electric gen
Grating plant, each Of which was com
plered during the year, tine total jim
prorements by this company amounting
TO over $4,000 coo; the Ray Consolidated
Copper company, at Hayden, IN Plnai
county, completed a concentrate tor almost
equal In size to that of Miami, and the
American smelling and Refining com
pany began the construction, which y
IS continuing, Of q smelter Tot large ca
pacity at the same place opening up
one Of the richest ore regions IN the
new state, the wealthy Phelps-Dodge
and other corporations carried forward
much costly development work in the
Pinal mountains near tucson ana nave
opened another rich mining field that I
the near future; arrangements were I
practically completed for the erection I
OF a smelter at Tucson; and the Calu- 4
met and Arizona company decided eth !
Douglas OF erect a new one, for the !
more economical treatment of its ores /
Several mills for treating ore were 4
erected in the smaller camps
New Mines Opened.
New mines were opened at Globe I
! o. fnr TrHn.a
district, and diamond drill and -churn
drill explorations opened up the proved /
BODY OF ore fn the district to twice its 4
known size OF II months ago New de-
Velopments we're also made in the Var
rem district. around Tombstone, ana IN /
the mountains south OF Wilcox, where J.
q large mill is to be erected shortly. J
IN the vicinity Of Dragon, between I
Wilcox and Tucson there was also
Development fhat proved .
the existence Of much good ore.
Developments were carried on
throughout the northern part Of ArizO. /
"a, and one OF the important new oo-
srations IS that Of dredging corpora
don which is working in the Colorado
liver north Of Flagstaff, for gold.
In the Chiricahua mountains between
q PasO and Douglas, considerable rich
IRE was also prOspected and the district
Southwestern railroad, was converted
nto a region Of proved mineral worth
IS a result Of this prospecting
IL is safe TO say that the years de-
'elOpment work proved beyond q doubt
hat the known mineral WealSh OF Ari-
iona is twice as great as it was a year
Mining Production.
The production of the established
mines continued on about the same
Gale as year ago the monthly out
Favo.i4e Driven