Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
People of Jerome Think That United Verde Extension Is Maturing Its Plans Toward Building Big SnelteEy.
FREIGHT ON ORE IS
 BIG ITEM TO MINE
Company Buys Water Rights in Neighborhood of Clark dale-Ore Now Being Sent to Four Shelters.

JEROME, Sept. 2.-Various circum, stances cause the people of the Je, rome district to feet that the United ! Verde Extension company is rapidly maturing its plans for the erection of a smelter.
 Not only have the officers and rep. i resentatives of the company closely examined the entire district with a view of locating the most advantag- [ eous site for a shelter, but they have taken steps to secure water supply | for the big plant.
 The Black canyon water, six miles southwest of Clarksdale, has been purchased by the United Verde Exten- sion company for s7,000.
 This supply, it is stated on good au- thority, is not adequate for the pur- pose. The flow of Black canyon, though torrent after a rain, is not constant, and in seasons of little rain is perfectly dry. There is a site for small storage reservoir, and, if nec- essary, the Extension company can put in a dam.
 Negotiations for another water sup ply in the south end of the district, said to be more dependable and bet ter in every way than Black canyon, are under way.
 It will be an easy matter to pipe water from Black canyon and the other source of supply mentioned to the J. NJ. Brown ranch. just south of Clarkdale, generally thought to be the most profitable site of the shelter
 Officers of the company state posi- lively that they have not finally se- lected the shelter site but it is point ed out that the construction of an aerial tram from the mine to the Brown ranch would be attended by no difficulty whatever. Another ar gument in favor or the Brown ranch is its proximity to the present termi- nus of the Cedar Glade-Clarkdale branch of the s. r. P. & P. It will be necessary to extend that branch only about a mile to afford the proposed new shelter adequate transportation facilities. Officials and engineers of the s. F. P & P. have already looked over the ground and made prelimina- " plans for the construction of the extension.
 The U. V. Extension company's monthly freight bill is in the neigh borhood of s75,000. This in itself is a powerful argument in favor of the erection of a smelter by the company. Another is that the company can now do nothing with it's low grade ores except block them out and leave them for stoping when the shelter is in Op- eration. It is no secret that the U. V. Extension has vast reserves of ore carrying less than 12 percent copper, and is shipping only the ore that av- erages 16 percent or higher.
 James s. Douglas, president of the company, is now out of the state. and it is generally understood that he is btA lAAH itAlS Bldilhfh Apul bl Aiit SiAi'iT ters of the country for the purpose of studying construction and reduction methods.
 The Extension ore is now being shipped to four smelters. It is being divided among the Copper Queen and C. X A. plants at Douglas. the Old Dominion works at Globe. and the Humboldt shelter Arrangements may 'be made in the near future to make shipments to the Sasco and Hayden plants of the American Smelling X Refining Company.
 Difficulty in getting freight cars has hampered the '. V. Extension company for some time. There ap- pears to be a serious shortage of cars and at times when the Y. V. F. peo- pie could have used seven or eight day they could get only four or five This week. however. the situation shows a slight improvement Seven
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