El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-26
By CLIFFORD C. BLOOD.

ttAT-w." said husky miner.
N this amt greater Tyrone that
we're buiIdin'; we calls 1t
bigger Tyrone"
And Bigger Tyrone it is, and bigger
all the time grows this little city OF
the mountains. Ten years from now
-but that is idle speculation. We
are dealing with facts.
As one author puts it, the mists Of
antiquity shroud the discovery Of cop
per" Copper and its alloy, bronze,
were known before the beginnings Of
history as We know it today, and q.
noteworthy fact IS that from almost the
first its uses were unitarian as Wen
as ornamental. Copper is one OF the
six metals mentioned in the old tesla
ment, and il is definitely established
that copper mines were worked on
Mount Ida, Asia Minor. centuries before
The alleged discovery Of iron
Discovered in New England
In the United States, copper was dis
covered in Massachusetts as early as
1882 and in 1908 a company was incor-
porated in Connecticut for the purpose
IF working mines. However, the really
Important copper mining in THIS coun-
try dates from 1874, when the first
DAaCk copper VI e EAAeAAN1e-elr W g.
from a fissure vein near copper dar-
Dor, Keweenaw county Mich
Several attempts have been made 10
corner the production OF TINS metal
since It became OF prime Importance
of these attempts. I shall speak only OF
fine third. This was made in February,
1899. by the Amalgamated company.
Through its sales agency, the United
Metals Selling company, the Amalga7
mated maintained the price OF copper
at II cents per pound until OclooeI,
1901 Two hundred million POUNDS OF
The metal had been accumulated, and a
break in prices was inevitable A panic
was precipitated by the United Metals
Selling company in making repeated
cuts in the price at regular Intervals.
Price Dropped Away Down
Eight and a half cents was almost
reached. and here comes the part that
is interesting in connection with TINS
article. several Of the large indepeno-
ent producers, led by Phelps, Dodge &
Co. and aided by several OF the largest
American consuming interests, stepped
in and bought up all the surplus cop
per yet on the market
It was at this time that the Phelps
Dodge company assumed the Ieaolns
place in the mining world that II nolos
rOdav Owning or controlling divers
street car and trolley systems in many
Of Americas leading cities, and with
half dozen railway lines in this coun-
Try and Mexico under their direct con-
troll. the company has q safe and sure
means to realize from their numerous
holdings IN mining property through
out the west and southwest
Not a New District.
Tyrone. as a mining district, IS not
new by any means It was years ago
that turquois mines were found Just
above the site Of the present town, and
Nathan and Alfred Leopold founded the
4rrr-r7 which hears their name long he
fore the Phelps-DOdge corporation
thought Of owning the district. Mining
to a greater or less degree has been
carried on for Is years in the district
now owned by this corporation
Ten miles from Silver City by road,
but scarcely seven as the crow flies, is
the town Of Tyrone
Phelps, Dodge & Co CInc.) are doing
two things for Tyrone. They are making
If one of the biggest camps in the
than that for they are making it a
model in many ways There are two
words which express TO a nice degree
the reasons for such great development
and efficiency. The rela-
tive high wages and the interest shown
by the company in the welfare Of its
employees are responsible for this con-
ditiOn-
A Good Company.
The company provides amusement I
baseball being the great sports Of the
camp. A fine ball park viii be laid out
in the near future The new school |
house will have a nice campus with !
playground equipment embracing many |
Of the new devices for amusement Re
ligiOus denominations are urged to es-
tablish churches, and aid is given in /
every way. Fraternal organizations I
and societies are encouraged A large !
opera house and dance hall will be /
erected as soon as the officials can get /
to it This will also be used for pic /
lure shows, the prices being kept very |
low. With such extensive preparations I
and such desire manifest on the part /
1f the company TO make things agree |
ible for the employees, IL is no wond6S 1
that strikes are unheard Of and that 4
efficiency is 50 high
The railroads. mines. store, shops,
buildings, water. light and almost !
everything are owned by the company
and looked after by the officials E !
" sawyer is general superintendent
and under him, in charge Of different I
parts Of the work are such men as Roy
IUtchins. office superintendent- Evan 1
chief engineer; Frank