Weekly journal-miner., 1916-06-21
(By William P. De Wolf)

ter of general mining activity of Yav- apai county, and the principal out fitting point for the mines of the county, is gaining steadily in popula- ton and commercial importance, duo to the energizin2 and the increasing proportions of the mining industry. Mining and business men who arc conversant with past and present con ditions here state there has never be- fore been time when prosperity was so general and confidence in the flu ture so widespread. All lines of en- deavor are affected by this broaden ing of the mining industry and arc sharers in the financial increment brought about thereby; for the basic source Of wealth in Yavapai county IS its mines.
 Broadened Market.
 Increasing demand has established a wider and more stable market for the necessities of life and as result the farmer IS selling more produce than formerly. the merchant more goods, the drover more livestock, the real estate agent more land and the broken more mines and mining shares. New businesses are being established in various portions of the city. new life is being injected into businesses of longer standing. and business blocks are being remodeled to. meet the requirements of increasing trade. All of the local hotels are well filled with patrons. drawn for the most part from mining and mercantile circles. Passenger and freight traffic has as stunned proportions that levy heavily upon the equipment of the Santa Fc Prescott & Phoenix Railway, and bank deposits and clearances are markedly increasing.
 Will Build Shelters.
 New ore reduction works are being established in various sections of the county, the capacity of number of the active plants IS being increased. and several kindred projects are in the formative stage. Notable among the latter Is the smelter to be erected in Prescott by English capital and the shelter to be erected in the vicinity of Jerome by the United Verde Ex tension Copper Company. The plant at this point will be built by the Anglo-Saxon Smelling and Refining Company, London, England corpo ration which recently filed its articles of incorporation in this State through its resident representative. George c. Lemons. Tie council has been pc titioncd to grant the company a site on the city farm for smclter purposes. and the local public to subscribe for S50,O00 worth of the company's stock. Mir. Lemons says his clients contemplate the expenditure of ap- proximately $l,0O0.O0O for the cstab fishing oi the plant and that construc ton will stat just as soon as site has been obtained
 Little Daisy's" Plans.
 The proposed smelting plant of the United Verde Extension Copper Com pany, Little Daisy), will be erected at a point convenient to the com pany's mine at Jerome. It is reliably reported thl: the Young ranch. situ aied about a mile north of Clarkdale. has been purchased for that purpose. The site in question is well adapted 70 the smelting needs Of the company as the water supply is ample and rail road facilities are available The ore body on the l,400-foot level of the United Verde Extension mine is of unusual proportions and value. T. 1 carries a 6O-foot streak of carbonate | that averages 40 per cent copper and il its entirety yields a general aver age of 20 per cent copper. The com pany employs l50 miners and is mar keting an average of S5O0.0O0 worth i of orc per month at the nominal cost !. of approximately $20.OOO.
 Clarkdale Shelter Output.
 The monthly output of copper from | the Clarkdale smeltcr. representing. i save for nominal tonnage of silici- ! GUS orc, the production o' inc United | Verde mine, is 5,OOOOOO pounds. ] Within a short time the smeltcr out | put will be increased 10 6,5OO,OO0 . pounds of copper per month. and a | little later 10 S,0O0000 pounds per month. This will be brought about by increasing the ore production of | the United Verde mine. The crush ing and screening plant which is be ing constructed at the mouth of the tunnel connecting with the mine on the l,000-foot level. is practically com pleted Primarily ils purpose is to supply 1000 tons of fines" daily for the reverberatorv furnaces. but prac