The Arizona copper camp., 1916-03-31

Mining and milling, the allied and
principal industries of Yavapai county,
continue to advance in magnitude and
Importance under the impetus of devel
opment and increasing shipments. An
additional stimulus is the growing con-
fidence and interest in the mines of this
section manifested by investors in vari
Gus portions of the United States The
cumulative effect of the foregoing is
made manifest by general speeding
up of mining and milling operations
throughout the county. More mining
properties are 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 ne
cessitated numerous alterations and
additions to mine and mill machinery
units-more particularly to the latter.
To illustrate: The pronounced increase
in ore production form the Blue Bell
and De Soto mines, owned by the Con-
solidated Arizona Smelling company,
has made necessary an increase in the
capacity of the. oil-flotation plant in
the company's smelter at Humboldt.
The present plan is to raise the eff
cheney of the plant from ESQ tons to
600 tons of ore per day, but it is stated
an even larger addition to the present
capacity of the flotation auxiliary may
be made
Production of Mines
The company's Blue Bell mine is now
shipping to the Humboldt smelter an
average of six carloads of copper 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 temporarily at the
De Soto because the increase in pro-
duction is in excess of the capacity of
the aerial tram which conveys the ore
from the mine to Middleton station, one
mile distant This defect is to be rem
edied by the time the capacity of the
smelter has been increased.
Copper Outlook Bright
The prospects are bright for long
or higher prices. Eastern advices are
practically unanimo us in SO predicting.
What may reasonably be accepted as
an even more potent sign of future cop
per prosperity is the decision of former
United States Senator w. A. Clark to
largely increase the output of the Unit
ed Verde mine and the capacity of the
Clarkdale smelter. The allied plants
are two of Yavapai county's most valu-
able assets. The United Verde mine is
one of the largest copper producers in
the world; and as the Clarkdale smelter
handles the larger portion of the United
Verde's ore output, it follows that the
Clarkdale plant is considerable of
smelter. The fact that former Senator
Clark, who doubtless is in close touch
with the present copper situation and
with future copper prospects, has or
dered the improvements mentionet
may be accepted as Indicative of con-
tinued high prices for the red metal
even though the European war should
suddenly terminate.
Valuable Copper Prospects
In the vicinity of the United Verde
mine are located the Little Daisy
UNITED Verde Extension), the Jerome
Verde and the Green Monster coppt
properties. The Little Daisy, already
in the shipping division, presents strong
promise of developing into replica of
it's famous neighbor. The rapid ad-
van in the price of it's shares of late
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