The Arizona copper camp., 1916-05-12

"A. >. q II. directors appropriated
S250.0OO for welfare work, in addition
to the projects then under way. The
cost of the new recreation building
at Hayden will come out of this
fund.
The company also has pension
fund for it's old employees. Several
former employees of the Hayden plant
are now receiving pensions
Last year the company built twelve
neat brick cottages at Hayden and
twenty more are in process of con-
struction, Their total cost is in ex-
cess -of $4,000. These cottages are
rented to employees at from $40 to
SIC month, with water and lights
free.
Both Ray and Hayden have splendid
bands, fostered and supported by the
companies. which are much in evi-
dence at the ball games and on other
occasions.
Ray Hercules
In addition to operating four churn
drills day and night. the Ray Her
cules Copper company, which owns
a large estate just east of Ray-some
of it right in the CAMPS sinking a
shaft. Just what the shaft and drill
holes have disclosed Is being kept
secret by the company, but it is known
positively that the existence of cop
per ore has been determined. In fact,
ore to the Hayden smelter until the
burning of the sampling mill there
forced a curtailment of operations.
It; is generally understood in Ray
that rich ore was struck in the shaft
at a depth of 120 feet. Ore thrown
over the dump is heavily stained with
copper.
For some time the Ray Hercules
has owned an excellent site for a
concentrator and the erection of a
large mill there is being seriously
considered.
The Ray Hercules has 200 houses
on its ground east of Mineral creek.
Some are rented to its own employees
land the remainder to other residents.
A large residence for the superin-
tendent is now being erected
An imposing concrete hotel, about
due east of the railroad station, is
approximately half completed No
work has been done on 1t for some
time, but it Is reported that high
officials Of the company. now on the
ground, have said that 1t is to be
finished as soon as possible. If this
is true, Ray will have another splen-
did hotel by the end of the summer.
PinaI Development Co.
The Pinal Development company,
which owns the we'll known Renfro
property, near Troy. is merely the
first of a number that are sure to
be organized to develop the prospects
that dot the country between Christ
mas and Superior.
1t was only a few weeks ago that
the Pinal Development company was
formed and block Of stock sold
for rs cents a share. The issue was
absorbed in Ray and Phoenix and
, was greatly oversubscribed. Now
those very shares are being held at
rs cents and 81, so great is the con-
fidence that. the Renfro will prove to
be one of the big mines of Arizona.
There are reasons for that confidence.
In the first place. the public has con-
fidence in Pinal Development because
of the character Of the men who are be-
hind the company. j. C. Devine, assist
ant superintendent of the Ray Consoli-
dated, Is president; e. M. Blake, of
the Gila Valley Bank & Trust COM
rany, is a member of the board of
directors; C. T. Carpenter, j. H. Rob-
inson, r. H. Boxall, Charles Hcllister
and F. C. Norman, whose names stand
for personal integrity as well as
knowledge of the mining game. are
on the directorate.
This company. which is capitalized
for s1.5O0,0OO, acquired from R. H.
Renfro, known throughout the south
west as Bob" Renfro. his group Of 4S
claims, comprising $50 acres, in the
Dripping Springs wash country, about
a mile east Of Troy. Renfro had
held the claims for seventeen years.
Handicapped by lack of funds, Renfro
held on like grim death. He was con-
fident that he had a great mine It
may be mentioned in passing that he
was more confident of the merits of
his property than are the men who
organized the Pinal Development COM
pany.
The Nerve of Renfro
Renfro's nerve approached the SUBJ
lime. For instance he started. alone
and unaided, when there was scarcely
a frijole about the camp and not a