Arizona republican., 1916-04-23

In February, 1888. Clark leased the property and in January, 1889, after Giroux had made full investigation
 and a number of smelter runs had
 of the company.
 "A narrow-g gauge railroad was com
 pleted in November, 1894. over the hills and down a tortuous valley.
 About the same time fire started in
 a sulphide stope and even today there
 is trouble from this source. In Octo- Der, 1900, was a serious cave-in that i dropped a large part of the reduction
 works and railroad grade about five
 feet In the early Clark days a tun-
 nel struck an immense body of water
 "Clark's capital and the skill of his
 managers soon put the mine on paying basis. It was appreciated, however, that the reduction works
 and slag dump should not be on top
 of the mine, so plans were made for
 a new reduction plant in the valley, where the town of Clarkdale now is in being, supported by the operation
 of a smelter that alone has cost
 s3,OO0,000, with a broad gauge rail-
 road connecting with the Santa Fe
 system, and with wonderful rail-
 read leading into the mountain on the mines 1,000-foot level The old
 smelter above Jerome was abandoned
 in September, 1915"
 Since 1899 the United Verde has l; produced s16OOO0,OOO worth of cop
 per and has paid approximately s40, O0O, 900 in dividends.
 Shelter Production The Clarkdale smelter is now treat ing 2,5O0 tons of ore daily. All but 150 tons of this comes from the United Verde mine. Fifty tons of silicious ore are received daily from : the Commercial mine, in Copper 3 Basin, near Prescott, and 100 tons, l also silicious, come from the Ludlow ,. mine.
 From this ore the shelter extracts over 100000 pounds of copper. The present output of the smelter is in . excess of 5,O0O,00O pounds of copper a month.
 F. But the smelter is not operating i' nearly to it's full capacity. It is not : receiving enough ore.
 Preparations are being made to in d crease the output of the smelter n thirty per cent in September and an- d other thirty per cent over the present production in November. In Novem- n Der the Clarkdale smelter will turn = out S.000,000 pounds of copper.
 No new equipment is needed at the " shelter, but more of the present " equipment will be utilized when the in production of the mine is increased y. crushing and screening plant is i'd now being built al the mouth of ths
 
 D. the 1,OOO-foot level That plant vii m be completed in June. About all th' as ore mined will pass through th' Id crushers but it's primary object is t e. furnish 1000 tons of fines" daily fo o. the furnaces.
 Id Two new hoists, both electric, hav a been ordered. One is to replace tn ne present hoist on No. shaft. Tn ne other is to be placed on No. , shaft k, which has been sunk from the 1000 he foot tunnel level, 800 feet into tn e. United Verde ore body. This is no, D. the deepest working in the mine y, but as the hoist is to have a capacit lg of 5000 feet it will probably not b at long before the United Verde com e. pany knows more of the ore de O. posits that lie deeper in the eartl en Diamond drill holes have proved tn 1T existence of paying copper ore to ed depth of 1000 feet
 of Arrangements have just been mad he to concrete shaft No. from to es to bottom.
 ut The United Verde company no S. has about 1,S0O men on it's payro A. The additional equipment will nal by necessary the employment of abol K. fContinued on Page Four)