Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-07-22
San Francisco, July Is, 1914
Mr.. Malcolm \. Fraser.
Sec'y Chamber of Commerce.
Prescott, Arizona.

wrote you anything concerning the
/ erection of the "Foss-Process-Re-
duction Plant" in your county. The
delay, however, is no fault of mine.
| The financial condition of the cOun-
try is, and has been such, that the
citizens OF Yavapai county need not
} be told that it is next to the i'm
possible to raise real money" for
almost any kind OF an enterprise.
and yet in the face or this state OF
affairs, ! have never left my post
or even attempted to do anything
else but have been Johnnie on the
job daily since wrote you last.
Everything comes to him who
waits" if he waits long enough. and
works hard enough while waiting.
The hard and tiresome task is
over and success has abundantly re-
warded my efforts.
am now able to announce to the
citizens of your vicinity that the
"Foss Process Reduction Plant" will
be erected-not only one. but two
plants will soon be erected in your
county. the first one to be erected
at the City of Prescott and the
second one al the town of Mayer.
The plant ut Prescott | hope to
begin not later than September 1st
next. The one at Mayer will fol-
low Immediately on the completion
of the Prescott plant.
Had | known less of the rich min
eral resources of your county, or
had less knowledge of the absolute
success OF the "Foss Process" in
the reduction OF highly sulphide,
complex ores, it is quite probable
| would have given up the effort
IN trying to -rdisc the funds at pres
cnt. But my IS years in the min
ing field from Peru, s. A. to Nome,
Alaska, Gas a mining engineer look
ing for good things) has thorough
ly convinced me.
LIST. That Yavapai county. Ari-
IONA contains more mineral depos-
its, carrying richer values in the
precious. metals. including copper,
Lead and zinc, than any similar area
of country in all my travels.
End. That the character Of ore
is highly complex, combined with
sulphur and incorporated in quartz
matrix. This character OF ore the
miner has Cup to date with the pres
ent methods of treatmenD been I'M
able to realize any profits on values
under $500 per ton, and l know
the country is full OF ore of this
character and value.
3rd. have demonstrated to an
absolute certainty that the "Foss
Process" will reduce those ores and
save the gold, silver, copper, lead
and zinc at a figure which will leave /
4 profit to the miner of from 5000 I
to $500 per ton, on ores that are
now OF no value at all above the .
cost of reduction and freight charg
es.
4th. Estimate, if you can, the
effect OF two reduction plants of
the "Foss Process" in your county,
reducing 1900 to 1000 tons per day
+500a tons per month of an average
value of SIS per ton yielding a to
tai of $675y000 each and every month
absolutely virgin wealth taken from
the earth. This is clean wealth and
benefits everybody at the expense
Of none. You should soon have a
,ity of $4,000 people
5th Last, but not least, | know
hat during the progress OF such 4 {
of prosperity l will be I
lble to participate in no small way
II the profits. {
Today we sent our articles OF in t
to the Stoddard Incor- y
,oration Company at Phoenix, Arr 4
.ona. The name of Our company
will be the Five Metals Reduction r
gold, silver, copper. b
cad and zinc) with our principal a
lace of business at Prescott, Ari- p
ona. L
We expect the return OF Our pa II
ers in few days and / will be
4 Prescott and Mayer as soon as e
usiness conditions warrant. b
| shall expect the City OF Pres c,
oft, and also Mayer, to supply us j
18th a suitable site for the erection CT
t the plant and the water neces- in
lry to operate them. ii
Any information desired relative
}, or correspondence concerning tn
ny feature of this enterprise will F.
ZACH me through the Chamber OF II