Arizona republican., 1914-09-20

in the world in richness of copper content of thtir ores, according to the Douglas Dispatch. Their pro- duction of from 114 to 126 pounds of copper per ton, compares with 76 { pounds at Globe, 42 at Clifton, 110 at United Verde, 33 at Miami, 2S at Ray. Combine these and an average of 75 pounds of copper is produced by the leading Arizona mines, Bisbee and the United Verde boosting the general average. In Michigan the average is 20.25 pounds; Montana. 61.75; Utah. hNevada, P pounds per town.
 Clifton Morenci District Mines The mining companies of the dis trict are: Arizona Consolidated Cop per Company Mines, Ltd; Arizona | Copper Company, Ltd, (200 claims); Chase Creek Copper company; Clifton 1 Gold and Copper Copper company; | Coronado Mining company (majority of stock held by Shannon Copper company; New-York Arizona Gold and Copper company; Polaris Mining and Milling company; shannon Cop per company; Sierra de Orc Gold Mining Company of Arizona: Eagle Gold and Copper Mining company; Home Coppe. company; Irish Mines company; Missabe-M Morenci Develop ment company; New England and Clifton Copper company.
 The Copper Queen Mining Co.,, in cluded in the Phelps-D Dodge & O.. | ho1dinoc arc tb. oyUparc of tho Cor- per Queen group of mines at Bisbee It is said that the Bisbee Copper Queen mines give greater output of ore through single delivery shaft, called the Sacramento shaft, than any otfer copper mines in the world. These mines have more miles of un- derground workings than any other in Arizona, and nearly as much as any big mines in the world, their total length being between 400 and 800 miles, which mileage is daily in creasing, and amounts to about 20 miles of working per annum. These mines have produced more than one billion pounds of copper within 33 years and have paid over $55,000, ,000 in dividends. During this time they have paid out in wages something like s150O00O00. The Copper Queen property originally consisted of ore and fractional claim of 2G acres. Now 1t consists of 725 acres of min eral ground.
 The Copper Queen Mining company ln normal times employs about 3000 men, It's monthly payroll being over s70O,OO or six million dollars q year The company also disburses to 1000 operatives of the smelter at Douglas at least $S5,O0O per month. It dis tributes to railroad employees at Douglas $20,000 per month
 Sixty steel automatic dump cars of 50-tons capacity each, are employed oNe' the Fl Paso and Southwestern railroad in landing it's ore.
 Calumet and Arizona Second Largest
 The Calumet and Arizona Copper company is the second largest copper producer operating in the Bisbee or Warren district and second copper producec in Arizona. The stock holders are mainly Michigan cooper men. They first invested in the Bis bee camp a little over ten years ago under the advice of Thomas Hoatson. whose wonderful foresight led him t take over ground outside of the zone commonly believed to be in the icGpper horizon. Everyone else in Bisbee ridiculed the idea of finding ore on the Irish Mag ground. Since then the Calumet and Arizona com pany has paid about $1S.00G, 900 in dividends from this originally de- sIised ground. At first the ex-