Weekly journal-miner., 1915-08-04
BUSINESS DULL IN
 EAST, SAYS DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS, July 30. - Returning from New York and other Eastern points where he had been on busi- ness for more than month, J. s. Douglas arrived home accompanied by L. E. Whicher, of New York, who with his associates owned the United Verde Extension property from 1899 to the time when the United Verde Extension was organized, after Mir. Douglas and his associates purchased the property. MT. Whicher was the
 first president of the new company, being succeeded last year by MT. Douglas. He comes here for the pur- pose of visiting the property and has already gone there with MT. Douglas.
 Speaking of this mining property a few days ago Mir. Douglas said that there was nothing of special import ance concerning it. Two cars of ore arrived at the Copper Queen smelter recently and shipments from the amount of ten tons daily of the high grade product and about twice that amount of the lower grade. The pres ent product is all coming from the upraises on the 1,2OO-level. As far up as these upraises have gone the ore bodies have maintained their size which is very gratifying. On the 400 level and on the 100level drifting is proceeding, and at both these levels favorable indications have been en- countered, though no important ore bodies have been encountered.
 Material for tramway to be used in delivering the ore from the shaft | Is arriving at Jerome and when this tramway is installed it will greatly | facilitate the handling of the entire out put with greater economy.
 Business Dull In East. |
 MT. Douglas said that there was lacking of industrial prosperity and business in the East and as far West as Kansas City, according to business men he encountered. Certain indus tries are crowded with orders and all the manufacturers of war muni- tions are reaping great business harvest; the same may be said of the auto factories which seem to have all they can possibly do. MT. Doug las attributes the cause of general business stagnation to the var which is costing the world so heavily and leaving uncertainties surrounding al- most every endeavor. He stated that he knew of no other section of the United States that is enjoying such splendid prosperity as Arizona and especially those parts of Arizona where the great producing mines are located.
 Speaking of the controversy be tween Germany and the United States MT. Douglas said that it was geneT- ally regarded as a very serious situa- tion. In speaking of this he said that the speech of Colonel Roosevelt at San Francisco was, to his mind, a keynote that will meet the approval of this country. No man wants war he said, but that he regarded war as preferable to dishonor and humilia- ton of this country. On his way home MT. Douglas travelled with Unit ed States Senator Fall, of New Mex | leo, and he said that the senator pre- dicted that Colonel Roosevelt had greatly strengthened his position in the country by his San Francisco ( speech.
 Early Days of Extension.
 MT. Whicher speaking of the early days of the United Verde Extension ; said he and associates purchased this ! property in 1899 from c. w. Hull, the pioneer mining man of the Jerome district and that in the year 1900 de- velopment work was started and work was continued at various times until Mir Douglas and his friends were in . terested in the claims. At that time the present shaft had been sunk to a depth of 800 feet, but no commercial ore had been encountered up to that time. He is much pleased with the later results. In speaking of Douglas he said that it, was pleasing to sec such modern and up-to-date city here and that from what he had been 1 told of its surroundings Douglas is in a fair way of becoming one of the principal cities of the Southwest.