Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
COPPER OUTLOOK IN YAVAPA|
 IS BRIGHT
MINES ARE BEING WORK ED TO FULL CAPACITY {; 2 BIG SHELTERS ARE TO BE ENLARGED.
(By William P. De Wolf)

and importance under the impetus or development and increasing ore snip ments. An additional stimulus is the growing confidence and interest in the mines of this section manifested by investors in various portions of the United States. The cumulative effect of the foregoing is made mani fest by general speeding up of min ing and milling operations through out the county. More mining prop critics arc being worked at this time here than ever before, and more ore Is now going to mill and smelter than in many previous years.
 Ore Production Effects.
 Increased production of ore has nc cessitated numerous alterations and additions to mine and mill machinery more particularly to the latter. To illustrate: The pronounced increase in orc production at the Blue Bell and De Soto mines, owned by the Con- solidated Arizona Smelti1g Company, has made necessary an increase in the capacity of the oil-fotation plant in the company's shelter at Humboldt. The present plan is to raise the effic' iency of the plant from 250 to 6OO tons of ore per day. but t is stated an even larger addition to the hota- ton auxiliary may be made.
 Production of Mines
 The company's Blue Bell mine Is now shipping to the Humboldt smelt- CT an average of six carloads of cop per ore daily. The company's De Soto mine is shipping four carloads of ore per day to the same plant. One shift of miners has been laid off tenn porarily at the De Soto because the increase in ore production is in excess of the capacity of the aerial tram which conveys the ore from the mine 10 Middleton station. one mile dis tant. This defect is to be remedied b ythe time the capacity or the smelt- CT has been increased.
 Copper Outlook Bright
 The prospects are bright for long sustained copper market at prevail ing or higher prices. Eastern ad vices are practically unanimous in so predicting. What may reasonably be | accepted as an even more potent sign of future copper prosperity IS the decision of former United States Sen ator w. A. Clark to increase the ca pacity of the Clarkdale smelter and the output of the United Verde mine. The allied plants are two of Yavapai county's most valuable assets. The United Verde mine is one Of the larg- est producers of copper ore in the world: and as the Clarkdalc smelter handles the larger portion of the United Verde's tonnage, 1t follows that tie Clarkdalc is considerable or a smelter. The fact that former Sen ator Clark, who doubtless is in close touch with the present copper situa- tio1 and with future copper pros poets. has ordered the improvements mentioned. may be accepted as indie ative of continued high prices for the red metal even though the Euro lpean war should suddenly terminate. | Valuable Copper Prospects
 Tn the vicinity of the United Verde mine are located the Little Daisy, Limited Verde Extension), the Jer- ome Verde and the Green Monster copper properties. The Little Daisy already in the shipping division, pre- sents strong promise of developing into replica of its famous neighbor The rapid advance in the price of its shares of late would appear to pres age the arrival of that "strong bul! movement in the low and medium priced coppers." which is being pre- dictcd by New York and Bostoa brokerage houses. Ia less than SIN months United Verde Extension !advanced from $ to S25 per share. Green Monster Active
 The Green Monster Mining Com | pany. owner of an extensive copper . acreage in the same ore belt as the Uuted Verde mine, issued oOO,ON treasury shares on April lst. Inc property is considered one of the best copper prospects in Arizona ana is very popular with the mining men of the Southwest. So popular in fact l the entire allotment of 6On,O9O shares had been oversubscribed 60 per cent in advance of the date of the opening sale, The directorate is authority for the statement that the stock i' to be listed in the very near future on the New York and Boston curbs l The property has been iavora6lJ passed upon by number of rromln ent mining engineers, and their re 2 ports arc to be supplemented in 1, short time by that of John Welllng l ton Finch. a mining engineer Of in : ternational repute. The opening price : of the stock will be 75 cents pei !. share. in minimum blocks of l,OO' shares.
 I; Jerome Verde Advances
 Jerome Verde shares have advanc 1 cd from g cents to $500 and upward . within the past three months. Int foregoing facts arc mentioned witt