The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
MINING NEWS AND STOCK QUOTATIONS


new smelter win go below the best fig
are attained i'm the past. as To copper
cost peg pound. IL viii have no rival
ia this respect anywhere. az course
he high copper tenor ~ the ores Of
the Warren district IS factor, hut
, nevertheless IL ~ wholly true that un-
der some managements the costs Of
setting the copper from Bishee ores
might ne put great deal higher than
they are. The richness Of the ore
helps does its part. bat Il does not
relieve the management rom an cares
and responsibilities hy any manner OF
means.
Capacity Is There, Too.
Everyone realizes by this time that
Calumet 4 Arizuna'S new smelter was
built with expectation that the re-
quiremcnts 81 the future would grow
10 vastly greater proportions than ever
eXtant in the past. This has been plan
ned for in the construction. Inciden-
tally the present plant is equal 70 far
greater output than am rated capacity
that has Yet appeared in print This
is made apparent by visit To the sew
eral departments. They might he push
ed above ten million pounds the month
II occasion came FOR Rowling. prac-
ucauy as they stand In addition
there has been left plenty Of room for
the economical addition Of other units.
as occasion may arise for their install
lation. which will operate in unison
with the divisions Of the present plant,
coupling on with the same facility and
az fun efficiency as might have been
obtained had they been built at the
time of first plant construction. The
only difference is that in the later
construction they will become avail
able as needed and not lay idle in the
interim.
Work Of This Smelter.
\ great increase in ore output OF the
mines Of Calumet & Arizona in ter
ritory now opened and To be opened
later, viii afford very considerable
part OF the larger work that is to fall
To the reduction division of the smell
ter. Reference is here made only To
the properties Of the company in the
Warren district. IL is known by all in
The Warren district that in the last
year the work i'm q. * \. ground has
demonstrated some great things and
that the ore assets Of the company are
tremendously in excess at this time
Of anything previously enjoyed These
assets earn nothing in the ground. and
they are going 10 come out, although
in his division as on the smelter end
there D. 10 be no sacrifice To haste.
Everything will be made ready. as in
all Eishee mining operations, for the
extraction OF the ore economically and
20 The best advantage. before there is
any campaign Of marked increase en-
tered upon. II viii, be worked stead
us, as il has been in the past. The
increase has az no time been phenom-
email, but il has gone along steadily
SO steadily that many have failed per-
haps Of notice, at least Of FUN reallza-
lion OF the gains that have como
about
Gains From Other Districts.
There are the properties of the {. q
4. .u Go, AjoS, ia the superior district
and Ia CORTLAND. which must also be
given consideration in connection with
larger smcltcr capacity at Douglas and
which mean q great deal of Increased
prosperity and activity for Douglas
within hc next few years, in addition
tu that which larger mining operations
10y Copper Queen, Calumet & Arizona
and Shattuck iu The Warren district
NiIl bring about. The Ajos property
is great one and will produce "A tre-
mcudoue tonnage The Superior dis
'rict OF the company is coming along
we'll There win be many people
greatly surprised if il does not devel-
np into biz mine. As for the Ajos
lands, thcy have been out Of the lime
light little since the closing of the
deal In october. but this is very tenn
pomry With the CARL return Of
Captain John e. GreCnway from Eu-
rope. there is the likelihood that things
will be- started moving in the Ajos
with much VIM ana yipor