El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-01
RESIGN AFTER ID
YEARS WITH GA.
Superintendent Wood and
Assistant McDermOtt to
Move to California.

Douglas, Ariz.. Jan. JAS Wood,
for 10 years superintendent Of the Z.
& A. shelters here, has resigned his
position TO take effect on January l.
j. "A. McDermOtt for almost the same
length of time assistant superintend-
ent of the plant. has also resigned.
Mr.. Woods first came to Arizona
IS years ago, entering the employ or
the Copper Queen shelters of Bisbee.
He was the first man to use the trough
type of converter with success IN Ar1-
iona. He left the employ of the Cop
per queen company 10 years ago ana
came here to take charge of the G.
& A.
Under his management and with the
aid of Mr. McDermOtt and other assist
ants with whom he surrounded himself,
the old smelter plant never closed for
even a day until the new S2,OOO,OOO
plant was built. Both Mr. Wood and
Mr. McDermott, with their families, in
tend to leave for Los Angeles, where
they have investments.
1t is unofficially reported that Harry
c. Clark, of Warren, who supervised
the construction Of the new c Z A.
smelter has been offered the position
vacated by Mr.. Woods, and will &C
cept.
Repath & McGregOr Leave Douglas.
Repath & McGregor, engineers and
constructors of reduction plants, have
closed their offices in Douglas, after
making this headquarters for more
than two years, during which time
LleY nave drawn plans ana SUPERVISED
the erection of the c. & A smelter,
the Arizona Copper company smelter
at Clifton, a large portion Of the United
Verde smelter at Jerome, and pOr-
ton of the hosting plant of the In
spiratiOn Copper company at Globe: In
all they have built more than $40, OOO,-
600 worth of new plants.
Mr.. Repath, accompanied by j. L.
Mauch, Q. W. BrunSkOg and E. E. era
ham, went to Los Angeles to open an
office in which the completion of the
United Verde cOmpany's new. smeIter
at Clarkdale will be seen to. Mr.. Nc
GregOr, accompanied by r. NJ. Fox, left
by automobile for Globe, to open an
office in which the Inspiration Copper
company's plant plans will be COM
pleted. The Globe office force will also
contain L. S. Musser, J. R. Haywood, c.
W. Cromwell S. T. Blair, I. NJ Wynne,
r. W. Kerns and NJ. L. Kohlberg.
Thomas P. Morgan, of the cOmpany's
staff left for Connecticut.
Max Bernheim and A. Julian will
enter the employ Of the G. and A
smelter here. c. P Fox will be en-
plOyed by the Copper Queen smelter.
L. s. RedWein and F. NJ. Heidelberg eX-
pect to take positions with Mr.. Nc
GregOr.
Patagonia Chief Showing Wei.
News received from the Chief at
Patagonia, by George B. KOsier, OF
it, makes it appear certain that the
Chief has been proved as mine; also
, that it will be ready within very
short time to enter the list as a ship
per. Several remarkably good ore bod
les have been opened. one sample
shows about 25 ounces in gold to the
ton. Another shows values Of from
S25 to $50, and another goes $4,000 in
gold, silver, copper and lead. A new
road is completed to the mine, the new
hoist has been installed and an aver
age of two and half or three feet is
being made daily in sinking. The shaft
is now down IT'S feet, which gives
total Of 500 feet in depth from tunnel
in which ore was first encountered.
To Mine for Gold in Peru
Following a stay of two months IN
California, observing the use Of by
draulic machinery in gold mining,
Charles W. McHenry, manager of the
Peru Gold Placers, Inc, Of New York,
is spending a few days with old friends
in Douglas, preparatory to taking
steamer from New York on January IS
for the cOmpany's mines. McHenry
! has purchased a complete hydraulic
outfit which will be set up on the
property, which is located on the Mar
anon river, ESQ miles from Lima