Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-12


 for the Mining and Scientific Press by a special correspondent who haG 9 correct knowledge of the III aIuc !n- tEsJTy in th.s state:
 Copper Nining-Arizona. already the leading copper producer. is re- spending 10 the stimulus Of high price" copper in manner that makes that metal the most interesting fact or in the new states history The so-calS, d disseminated Iporphyries, because of their enormous tonnage and the immense concenuating plants required to hIndle their millions CT tons or ore. just now are attracting most attention, and among these the lnspirat on Consolidated Copper Co, because of its program of construc- tion. including a 70O0ton mill. is with it's neighbors making Miami the pres ent center Of interest. During the pas: year the Inspr-tion Copper Co. and the Live Oak Development Go. merg- ed their interests under the name of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. From the viewpoint of economy this coalition was deemed necessary. The Miami Copper Co. production for 1912 was about 33,O00. 900 lh Its former estimate of lS.eO0,000 tons ot develop ed 2.5S per cent ore has Eeen ma ter ally increased ty recent dTillinSs.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper Co. produced about 25,0e0 900 ID. Of cop per during 1912 and expects to in crease its production to a 70,0oG, ,03J b. basis by 1914 Its So8OO, 900 tons of developed 2.2 per cent ore includes the former Ray Central and Hercules. absorbed by the Ray Consolidated last yelT The Ray orebody has the distinction of being the third largest, being surpassed only by those Of Utah Copper and Chino. Among the low grade Arizona copper rroperties nor undergoing development, the most romising are the Bagdad Copper Min ing Cos ground in Yayapai county, the Southwestern Miami in the Mia mi district. and the claims formerly comprised in the Copper Kings hold ings at Rishee. Among the older cop Der properties the Copper Queen, Cal umet and Arizona, Arizona Copper, Id Dominion, Detroit, shannon, ana the United Verde are the great pro ducers. and they have been turning out copper at a steadily increasing ra,. during the past twelve months and are enlarging their reduction plants. The Copper queen at Bisbee produced about S2.000,0G0 10. last year: the Calumet and Arizona, also in the Warren district, came second with an output or 5s,0c0.0O0 h.; the Arizona Copper compsny's eight mines at Morenci, Metcalf, Longfellow, Gar field and Coronado turned out more than 36 coo 900. the Old Dominion St Globe yielded 27.0O0.00e; the Detroit Copper at Morenci shipped 24,000,- 900. and the ShannOn's contribution rom that district was 15,000.0eO. The gross earnings of the United Verde at Jerome during the past year ap- proximated s5.000,0 although the 1912 dividends Were but S6 per share as comp pared with sS.25 for 1911. This decrease was due 10 the increased eN- pense of building Q faslrOad to Inc site of the 5G00-ton shelter now m the course Of construction, the dry ing of the Verde adit to tap the or Ie at the depth Of the shelter site ID ahe Verde Valley, and accompany inc exgenses. The Calumet and Ari- zcna company also snlarging it's smelt- ing plant at Douglas and will handle Shartack-Arizona ore under nFc- wear contract The l1tter company has about .000. .000 tons of high-grade ore blocked and when the C. and A. shelter has been completed in July Inc present daily shipments oi 213 ions from that mine will he doubled important improv ements were made at a number Of smeIters and all over the state companies operating small CT mines have been building seduc- ton plants
 Gold Mining. g.-Arizona gold mines have been active during 1912. both as 10 production and preparatory work The Commonwealth mine at Pearce is building a $500. 900 mil It will con tain thirty 1500-lb stamps. This mine in many respects the most re- T,arkable gold and silver producer m inc southwest, has S1.7S3.O0G or low orade ore blocked. Its rich surface ores have been extracted The Tom Reed in Mohave county, during the Iast months of 1912 produced 120,0oO dollars. It's dividends for December amounted to : per cent and the board of directors decided that the com many couId disbarse s75.000 in divi- dends monthly and still maintain the sinking fund A new ore body has g,een opened. The cyanidatior plant is being perfected and when finished will be one ol the best in the United States. The extension of the railroad to the Tennessee mine at Chloride vas completed during the past year and shippers from that point will be- gin this year. Mining actiuty in