Weekly journal-miner., 1916-05-24
M|N|NG|NDUSTRY IS ENJOYING
 PROSPERITY
(By William P. De Wolf)

mining industry reflect the appreC
 ably enhanced prices of the metals
 commerce brought about by the Eur,
 pean war; which is to say that th
 various branches of the county's mil
 ing industry have entered upon
 period of prosperity and productio
 that has stimulated business as
 whole and attracted to this sectio
 men of means who are seeking fo
 mining investments.
 4avapai county's rich and extensiv
 deposits of gold, silver, tungsten
 copper, lead and zinc are for the frs
 time to any extent commanding tn
 attention of the investing public il
 general. For that matter they are 10
 the first time receiving the recogni
 ton which has always been their duo
 Having obtained that recognition
 however, money for development pur
 poses is forthcoming in increasin,
 amounts and ore production is in
 creasing in tonnage.
 Shelters Overcrowded.
 Every shelter and mill in Yavapa county is overcrowded with ore anC could double its present reduction ca pacity without danger of a lack O supply. Also. there are more smelt CTS and mills in operation here al present than ever before; more new work in the aggregate being done thar ever before; more prospecting being done than ever before; more ore and general freight being handled thar ever before; more passenger traffic than ever before, and more prosperity Tn general than ever before.
 There is not vacant house in Prescott or Jerome. In fact. the de- mand for houses by prospective rent CTS is far in excess of the supply. The same conditions prevail to a lesser degree in the smaller communities ot the county. The merchants of Pres colt and Jerome state that business has increased approximately 90 per cent since the first Of the current year. The local hotels and those of Jerome arc crowded with guests. At Jerome the congestion has become so acute that hotel proprietors are placing cots in the corridors of their hostelries to supply patrons with sleeping accom- Local garage men report more travel by auto to the various camps of the county than ever before
 County's Roads An Asset.
 In connection with auto traffic it is not amiss to state that Yavapai county roads are equal to the best in Arizona and California. They are, in fact, one of the county's best assets as they afford access to the county's mines over easy grades and smooth roadbeds. With the intent to supply the increasing need for additional good roads to the various mining sec ions of Yavapai county brought bout by the growing proportions of he mining industry, the board of :ounty supervisors has awarded lumber of road building contracts md will in a short time award yet other road contracts.
 Notable among the contracts all eady let are those which provide for 'lacing the Crown King and Tiptop mining sections in direct traffic touch | sith Prescott. In the first instance i his is to be accomplished by building bout 30 miles of road from a point | car the mining camp of Senator to he heart of the Crown King country. 'here are located the Crown King, 'uscumbia. Peck, War Eagle Gladi- tor, Fairview. Nelson, Tiger Gold. 'iger Silver, and other of the coun- g's gold and silver mines of large nd valuable tonnage. In the last in .ance a like result is to be brought bout by repairing, and in certain aces rebuilding, the old government all through Black canyon.
 Locations Are Numerous.
 At the county recorders office there ave been more mining claim loca- Ons filed since the first of this year an at any previous time within ,cade. A like satisfactory status 'plies to the filing of mining deeds Id articles of incorporation of min . g companies. A large hreprooI fe for the preservation of these and her papers in the recorders office to be provided in Yavapai's S200.OOO unty building which is to occupy d c on Prescott's public plaza. The :: ntract for this building has been 'arded and preliminary work start Upon completion of the structure II ? governor of Arizona will be in. U ed to make it the Summer capital II the State. II Another building - quasi-public in c ture-being planned for Prescott, smelter. English capital, repre- lted by George c. Lemons, of Lon. n. England, who is now here. is K of the proposed enterprise. The e imated cost of the plant is S1,500,- dc i. The local public is 10 be request fo to donate a site for the plant and ar subscribe for $50,0OO worth of the of elter company's stock. Mir. Lem states he is prepared to go ahead a h the project, however, irrespect- wi of local assistance. Investigations az de into the county's mineral-bearing SO