Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-18
NJ IMPORTANT
 COPPER GAIN
Bartholomew, Following Visi. to All Large Camps, Unable to See Increase for Present Year--Ceneral Resume

new or thompson iOAle X NO-, nea just returned from a 10,000-miie trip through the South and Southwest tr.t- yersing 90 states, which trip included a visit to all the big copper camps of the country, other than those of Lake Superior lie says:
 T found a general feeling of appar- ent almost everywhere and business universally report that new business is slow In California real estate val ues have recently shown a consider able shrinkage. The effect of two years drought in connection with the big freeze last winter has seriously crippled that state.
 T was greatly impressed with the tremendous gowth Of the hydo-elec Iric propositions. High tension trans mission lines are seen everywhere and cheap power is a tremendous boon 10 the western country. Crop conditions except in California are ideal for this season Of the year. Labor conditions are bad everywhere but the general complaint Is not so much the question of high wages as lack of efhcieu v which comes with the higher wages.
 T visited the Chino, Ray, Globe, Bisbee, Cananea, Yerington, Bingham, an Butte camps, The latter is prop- ably the most active camp at tre pres ent time owing to the great activity in the acquisition of new claims. The so-caiied Amaigamared iHtedests are understood to have acquired HOO ac- res at an expenditure of over l,0Ue, 0e0sin the eastern part of the camp, while North Butte and Butte & Su- perior have added holdings and as result there is every reason to anti rcipate a considerable expansion of Butte's mineralized area.
 North Butte has come back and Is opening new ore fast. so that its fu- lure seems assured The Butte & Su- perior O. under the direction ol Messrs. Bradley and Jenny Of the Utah Copper forces has apparently overcome the mill difficulties and 2s now recovering go per cent of it's ore values and planning immediately to place the second Of it's plant in opera tion. 1t is now earning about S2.zS per ton of ore in 6 i2 cent spelter. but lower milling costs are expected with larger output.
 Chino presents the most remark able rapid development ot any of the large mines. Its construction work IS practically completed. but Chino -s sure to add materially 10 its tOnnage and will. 1 believe, in time be forced to increase it's mn capacity 10 lO,, 900.
 Ray is now out of the woods and fy the end of the year should be apgr-
 a menuous task tO open Jhls mine 70 provide the maximum tonnage. It IS BOW producing 7006 tons per day and recoy erinS nearly 5.000e0V pouncs o. copper per month. 1t should soon be treating higher grade ore and as I' gets away nom the capptng secure 8 better recovery. IHe Ray manage ment expects ultimately to attaln az scent cost.
 At Bisbee both the Copper Quee. and Calumet & Arizona are audinl steadily to their rIcn ore areas. Iht latter is developing a big dissemindt ed ore depth in Jne Ajo mountains which will probaDIy add another I.
 tram shove low costs producer to th' list with great proHt to Calumet Arizona stockholders.
 Green Cauanea is suffering tempol arily from the TeyoiuJion m Mezlc' but 1 believe the war there will event uaIly prove a blessing in disguise u Greene Cananea as when operation are resumed great economies In opel alton will have been brought about D the new management. With Sl,709 O0o worth of blister copper tied up 3 Cananea and the property shut dow the massage of dividends was to expected.
 Al Ely the Nevada Consolidated m, against a question Of declinin conner contents of its ores with r' sultant higher costs but Is rhahihs wonderful operating record. GlfOu is suffering from lean treasury 1h to date, misplaced confidence m lH Alpha ore body, following, tremei dous waste of money, but Ii may ? able to work out through the trea ment of it's low grade ores, but pr' gress will be slow.
 "There is great activity in the 1e ington district and the Mason Nalie Co. is doing a big custom ore bUsinss Resides producing 400 tons of ore DC day from it's own mines. lt snoul do much better in 1913 than in i9l
 The Utah Copper CO has just 2 hack to where it was before the strlk but it's stripping got so far penn that in producing 2O,0o0 tons Of O. daily it's grade is temporarily low b' its 22 shovels are fairly eating lh' the mountain, handling 5O,OO0 toi of ore and capping per day and should soon be back to ia resui' monthly production in excess or IL O00, 900 pounds of copper.
 At Butte the .Anaeonda is makiI wonderful strides sin reducing eos' When completed, its power economi' will save the company $2,ooo,Ooo a nually.
 After visiting 20 properties and the leading camps, l saw nothii which led me to believe that the will be any pronounced increase
 copper production this year