Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-31
YAVAPAI COUNTY
 PRODUCES MILLIONS
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 The Senator's Jack-Pot
 During 1916, the Clarkdale shelter, operated in conjunction with the Un- ited Verde mine, and, like the mine, owned by former Senator Clark. turn ed out 59,35S,O ,OOO pounds of copper, or | approximately 5,000,000 pounds per month. The ore tonnage represented thereby came in its entirety from the United Verde mine with the exception of the inconsiderable tonnage of cop per oxides used for fiuxing purposes. In addition to its copper content, the ore carried precious metal contents sufficient to defray nearly the entire cost of mining and smelling opera tions. The United Verde mine has paid twelve regular and six extra div idends of D cents per share the cur rent year, or total of S13.50 per share as against s6 per share in 1915. December's output will total 6,000,- 900 pounds of copper, and early in 1917 the output viii be increased to 6,500,000 pounds of copper per month. By the middle of next year a/monthly production of S,O60,O00 pounds of cop per is anticipated, and this will prob ably be increased to 10.000,000 pounds per month before next December. The Clarkdale smelter-now treating from 2200 to 2500 tons of United Verde ore daily-will be enlarged to care for the contemplated increase in ore tonnage.
 A Million Month
 Early in 1917, the United Verde Elk tension Little Daisy) mine, will be producing S1,0O0,0O0 worth of copper ore per month. For some time past the monthly reclamation has been 100000 pounds of copper, and the net return from $7O0,O00 to $SO0,O00 Most of the ore thus far shipped has been treated outside of this county at the two Douglas smelters and at the Old Dominion plant at Globe. Recent ly, however, shipments were discon- tinued to the last named plant. A shortage of cars is hampering ore shipments considerably and were it not for that fact the net returns on Verde Extension ore would now be S1,000,000 per month.
 bo TTnitnd Uardo within a year worldnoted as the rich est copper mine ever discOvered-be- came regularly productive during 1916, and paid two quarterly dividends l,050,0 900 shares. n'addition, a very large treasury fund was accumulated for smelter building. railroad building and other purposes. The ore shipped had d general average Of 16 percent copper as against the genera average of percent copper held by the United Verde's ores. Ten to r. percent cop per is labeled second grade" at the Verde Extension mine.
 Will Build a Shelter
 Ground will be broken early in Jan uary for the smelling plant of the United Verde Extension company. The C. V. Hopkins ranch, located near Cottonwood, less than four miles from the company's Edith shaft. has been purchased for that purpose. A. C. McGregor, who built the Arizona Cop per company's shelter at Clifton, the International smelter al Miami, and the addition to the C. & A. shelter at Douglas, will superinleud the work
 The shelter plans are ready for the builders, large amount Of material has been ordered and the necessary surveys made. The surveys provide for sn ore transportation line from mine to smelter. and for connection ~ .tL a sUbsiG.4r- lac O. tLe Santa C