Arizona republican., 1914-05-03
THE MINES OF ARIZONA

1 Co.,, was probably the first mine to be worked by an English Co. with , Col. (. W. Poston, in charge of the management. soon after he was ap- pointed Indian agent in the newly made territory 1S63 But what d change in all these districts today. ! Clifton, Morenci Bisbee district. Globe, United Verde and others. so far away from transportation, deveI- oped into mines of great importance and warranted railroads being built into them and tremendous improve ments have gone on ever since For . instance such properties as the Copper Queen and United Verde were too cramped at the mine for smelting ia cilities and have now constructed plants of great capacity and with the , adoption of all the advanced and lat est improvements in copper smelting. Take the importance of the copper production in Arizona. We are now in the proud position of being the largest copper producing area in the world. We lead all other copper producing states in America. To say nothing of our production of gold and silver The improvements in smelters and milling plants cost over probably $30, ,O00, ,000 in the last two years. Here are few of the figures for construc- tion during 1913: Arizona Copper Co completed smelter 100000 tons annual capacity at a cost of $2.500 900; C. X A., Douglas completed shelter 750 000 tons annual capacity, cost $2,000 GOO; Commonwealth Mining & Milling O., Pearce, mill and cyanide plant 120O00 tons annual capacity cost $3200O0; Humboldt smelter $50000 for changes; Inspiration at Globe now building mill of 2250,O00 tons annual capacity: International Smelling and Refining Co. building shelter 200.000 tons an
 nual capacity in Globe Miami district; Ray Consolidated. completed it's mill at Hayden to treat 3.0Go.000 tons an nually: United Verde, corstruct...- smelttr 15dc00 tons annual capacity to cost $3000000 There are Ctier properties that have erected gold mills and built railroads, but the foregoing suffices to show the value and importance of these permanent improvements.
 Then what was cur production in 1913 in the red metal alone 414, 593. 900 pounds of copper were pro- duced in Arizona in 1912. This cop per output was roughly valued at S64 900. .0G0. such stupendous figures are almost beyond comprehension To this can be added the output of gold valued at $2,94S.0O0 and silver at $2.263. .000, lead at $6l2,O and zine at S510,000, total money value of $71 .333 900. The year 1914 will see the greatest production of copper in Arizona ever known. The improve ments in mining and reduction alone will add greatly to the output. The new smelter for Jerome will very largely increase production from the United Verde and increase also the result from custom ores. The (. c; 4. and Copper queen smelters al Douglas have reached the highest standard of perfection in reduction of copper ores. Then we have the increased outputs from Glooe, Miami and the coming Inspiration. as well as the great advancements achieved in the Clifton MOrenci district. and other properties that are opening up in all parts of the state, whose flu ture is already established such as the Ajo Mining Co. and Basdad at l Hillside Yavapai. The Commercial Copper Co, Copper Basin. same county and others that can be spe- officially mentioned such as the three R's. Santa Cruz county. All these coming to the front shows that We have not yet reached the zenith of it's production in copper. In gold ! the same conclusions are to be ar rived at. There are large tonnages of gold ore blocked out with improve
 ments and additions of the old re- duction plants and new plants being installed. This is going to cut inn
 portant figures in Mohave county alone This county has also the