Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-19
(By William P. De WolO

' tne busiest camps m tnc OnltCO States. It clings precariously to the eastern slope Of the Black Hills range and from a distance resembles more the village Of a cliff-dwelling people of ancient times rather than the abode of modern race which draws fina1- cial sustenance from one of the rich est copper mines i'll the world.
 Eighteen hundred feet below Jc rome the Verde river threads its way through verdant bottom lands like a silver cord through an unrolled boli of green velvet. Far across the Yer de valley, in ever-changing light and shadow. spreads a sublime panorama of painted hills and purpled heights that was etched by the master hana of Nature
 On the opposite bank of the Verde deep-dug into the chalk-like cscarp ment of the cliffs. are the long-aban doned dwellings of the Aztec civiliza ton in Arizona. The Aztecs. as arc the people of Jerome, were copper miners: and when they were sub merged in Times vertex of things past there was lost to the world the art of tempering copper-nor has il availcd the cunning of all subsequent artiicers to steal this secret from the tomb of dead race.
 Copper to the Fore.
 | N1t-aaaT and Yavapai county copper issues will occupy a prominent position in tine recrudescence Of Arizona's mining in dustry now in its inception. They will play an important part in that strong bull movement in the low and medium price coppers." that Eastern brokerage houses have for some months been predicting and which now seems to be well on its way to- ward the goal oi much higher prices. Prima facie evidence that such Is tC be the case is offered by the marked advance of late on the New York and Boston curbs of certain copper issues of Yavapai county. These issues are in fact leaders in the trading and are carrying to higher price attitudes other copper issues Of Arizona.
 Copper mining at Jeromc-as typi- cal a mining camp. by the way. as Leadville. or Crecdc, or Tonopah- centers largely in the famous United Verde mine. By the same token, iu- vestment in copper shares among the people of Jerome is confined for the most part to those of the Verde dis ! trict, of which the camp of Jerome Is part, This fact in itself speaks elo- quently in behalf of the copper prop critics and copper issues Of the Verde district The miners of a camp are ! better qualified to pass judgment upon the ores and the future of that camp than any other class of people. The miners of Jerome, like the miners O. | Oatman. are demonstrating their ! faith in their camp with their dollars. The analogy may be carried further | for the miners of Jerome, like the miners Of Oatman, are to the gooi financially by reason of their invest mcnts in local mining issues.
 An Apt Comparison.
 From a proft-making standpoint the shares of the Little Daisy (Unit- ed Verde Extension). Jerome Verde and Green Monster Mining Com panics of the Verde district rank fav- orably with the shares of the Tom Reed. United Eastern and Big Jim companies of the Oatma1 district In- vestment in the shares of the trio first mentioned has been as remuner- ative 10 the miners of Jerome as has investment in the shares of the trio last mentioned to the miners of Oat-I man.
 There arc score or more men in the bucket brigade at Jerome who bought Little Daisy and Jerome Yer de at rock-bottom prices who today could realize profit Of from S2.OCJI to S20OOO on their investment. There are at least as many more who "horn- | ed in" on the initial allotment Oi Green Monster shares at 'six-bits' per share. Today. less than three weeks later. Green Monster shares | are in demand at more than double . the price at which they were first of- fcrcd to the public
 Interest Is Increasing.
 Interest in Yavapai county copper issues is increasing in eastern invest mcnt centers. United Verde EXten- sion shares have advanced in price on the Boston and New York curbs from s 10 $25 within six months. and within a year have advanced from 25 cents to their present price level Jc- rome Verde shares have risen in price from g cents 10 as high IS s within hree months. Eastern investors are seeking for Green Monster shares in Prescott. Jerome and elsewhere throughout the Southwest at g and upward as against an initial subscrip- I iOr, ,r1ce oF 15 ~aufs or, NDriI 1 st ! ,