El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-24

- the improvements and develop
~ ments the past year in the min
ing industry and resources in that por-
ton of the southwest surrounding lhs
railroad center and commercial me
tropolis, FL PaSo- Especially IS tnlS S
true of the new states OF ArZona any
New Mexico. Partially true is II "
tranSpecos Texas. whose rich resources
continue neglected owing to the uIisd
isfactOry mining laws. Largely Is =
true Of the state of Sonora UnIortu1 u
nately II is not true OF the sedSe a.
Chihuahua which, a4tnoNs1 ~ - a.
mineral wealth, has refrigerated on &c
count Of the fratricidal strife ana Ds-a
ditry now prevalent. This great PlOiH-
perity in three Of the states IS 1aIsel5
d11a 70 the better prices OF cOpPet'
1iDc lead and silver and maybe some
what to the fact that caQnta4. WIZ ~
had been seeking mines IN MeAl 90 -
turned its eyes to this sloe o. ei-T Y1 -
transitional line, and mas Iouhu a. - :
ine opportunities here, where law anu
0111 a brief review Of the most con-
Epicuous and neignDorlng 1l,.lIagoaT rs
In Arizona. New Mexico and IeXas WIZ ~
he attempted In this article IoI
Chronicle the doings In al the sLie-lLI I
11-e an1 the same would be true IN
regard even to the many minor mlhinS
camDS that bid fair soon 10 pecOnls a.
famous as their bigger brothers-
Z
0.-of the most important improve
v,en+s in the metallurgIcal brancn U
the mining industry OF the sou 1Illo 80
during the past year mas 'peeh INC IL
sta1ation Of the copper S l19.te5 Rsnsss
civ Smelling and Refining company
ss an addition TO the FL Paso oLne4tL LI5
works This great smelIlnS plahI We
first installed over ~ ye@Ls go 80 fo-
roede FL Paso the great market LOT
riIver-lead ores for Mexico anu LHe
entire southwest The nrsI u1dhsHSSt
4-as Robert S. TONNES and the =, 1lIS y
superintendent was James " Ill the
has grown constantly apSce Win lhe
deVeIopment of the mines Inc pres
80 ca1acitv is about 1909 tons cay
and employs over 1000 men II Is lI 4I9
greatest Industrial lnstl1u'iOii u
The recent development of the great
conner mines OF New Mexico anu ILLS
opening up of the great porphyIS u {
bodies and the installation OF huge con
-e1+ration mills. demanded new SuuI-
fions to the FL PasO plant AccoruILlS
" the company installed the ne" COP
Der plant. which consists OF wv IL - - -
baratorv furnaces, a battery OF WeuSS
coasters and two large basic convert
Putting In Another Converter
The company is now installing an
- converter and new blowing
snrine and will make an extension o.
S1e T1ovVerbouse- These copper plant
pdditions have cost a large sum Ing
large and ever growing shipments U
conner ores and sulphide concentrates
s1ch as the several carloaoS from ~
Chino mill at Hurley, N NJ, ana olhSI ,
nave necessitated more adultlonSs, 80 81
accordingly the company mas Hldue IL
her general Encouragement OF the
conner plant which will give II ABOUT
S00 tons daily additional capacity
The new general manager OF
-o-1nanv in the southwest IS Ri -
Doer He is said also to be MANAGE
nj the big smelling plant OF the AIleI l-
ian Smelling and refining coIlpenS a.
Hayden, Ariz. Ormsbee IS suI'eII lll Zen
dent and Easter is assistant super
intendent, and John Robert secretary
Arfzona's Mines Lead.
Arizona leads all its sister states IN
mineral production the past year a. a.
rordine to the recent bulletln OF tlIe
United States geological survey ~, enS
9aIue of the gold, silver, copper, Ie au
md zinc produced in Arizona last year
US S44 0OO, 900, as against $4z,t 4,oAS
ne rreceding year, an increase OF ST.
f25.7O4 due to the increased QUIZ l1 :
and T,rices of all the named metals e1-
cept zinc. The details OF TINS DlS pAO
auction are as follows: la --as
THE Arizona production of gold was
$50 sos, an increase OF $ZS1,15t over
he preceding year. The production o.
sHT was S1,736, 58S, an increase Of
S950 65S- most of which came from
YavaDai and Cochise counties Ihe
Dra6uctiOn of lead was nearly AON5
fines that of the preceding, year ana
amounted to 1O,274,552 pounds VaIueo
at s462,S55- .--.. 15e9 osA
,o114sl valued at $3.50, $50.
The Reign of Copper.
During this same period Arizona re-
tanned its proud record as the greaiest
copper producing state IN the union
nTod4cfnr 3O6,I41,53S pounds of cop
T,ey valued at SIS, 1851, 692, as against
he previous years production OF ZSl,-
49I, Isl pounds of copper, Ealneo at
S3T7S2, $50, an increase OF S4S5,5l
S9T Producing Mines in Arizona.
During the past year there were SS4
n-oducinP mines as against SfS pro
ducing mines the year before. Ine
total quantity of ore sold or locally
treated was 4,567,139 tons. Of TINS
output 1.727, 451 tons was shipped 10
the shelters without previous concen-
tration, and 2,624,O37 tons was COLI
eentrated at the mines. -,
production of Arizona was copper ore
Phelps Dodge & Co. rank first as
copper ore producers in the United
states, their profits yielding last year
$3,147, O57-
ArizOna's Copper Production
This production is constantly IN
creasing, as evidenced by the latest
reports from the big mines For IN
stance the Miami mine produced IN
June, $4,000 pounds as against 5000
600 pounds in July. In July there was
an output of 90, 400 tons as against
1000 tons in June. This increased
production was not made by robbing
the mine, for several new ore bodies