Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-01
EYES OF MINING WORLD DFOCUSED
 ON ARIZONA
YAVAPAI COUNTY, PARTIC- ULARLY, IS ATTRACT ING THE ATTENTION OF INVESTORS.
(By William P. De WolD

along progressive ard economic lines, and with a view to the future az grandizement of the local mining and milling industries, quite as much as to present profits. That is to say, the operators are encouraged by the fu- lure outlook as well as by the present output to continue their mining and milling plans. Primarily, the increas- ing activity has its inception in the diversified mineral resources of Yava- pal county. A potent contributing cause is, however, the marked degree of attention Arizona is attracting in the mining and investment circles Of the United States.
 During the cycle of nationwide in terest in mining that ended in 1910, Nevada occupied the center of the in vestment stage and offered as attrac- tions the great silver-gold mines Of Tonopah and the auriferous property of the Goldheld Consolidated Com pany. with its dividend-record of S27,- 000,000 During the cycle immediately preceding, Colorado had the call and presented to the public the famous Cripple Greek district, with its pro- duction-record of Sl00,000,000 worth of gold. Arizona has now male its debut, and is being received with a degree of attention that presages its popularity as a mining proposition and the availability of the funds needed for the prospecting and prov ing of its ore bodies.
 No section of Arizona, not even ex. cepting Oatman, wnere mining results follow quickly on the heels of mining investment, offers more advantageous mining opportunity than Yavapai county. In fact, there are but few sections of the State so thoroughly and diversely mineralized. This fact in itself is a big asset at time when the demands of war have increased the demand for and enhanced the price of the minerals which are by product of the gold and silver ores oi this county. The increased demand for the so-called base metals has re suited il more thorough prospect ing of Yavapai's mineralized areas and this in turn has been followed not alone by the discovery of pay dcpos- its of copper, tungsten, zinc and the Ike. but by the opening as well of profitable bodies of gold and silver.
 The silver and gold mines of Yava pal county were worked at profit as far back as the early eos. Them wus the good oP days" when a miner worked with one eye on his drill and the other on his gun, lest the red brother of the desert lift his scalp at some unwary moment during the days shift The richness of the ores more than compensated, however, for the danger entailed in their mining; and this despite the fact that mining, milling and shipping facilities were both inadequate and inefficient. Not witnstanjing the adverse conditions the mines were worked successfully and added millions of dollars worth of gold and silver 10 the worlds sup ply of precious metals. In this day Of thoroughly efficient appliances they are being worked to better purpose than ever before.
 Take the old silver mines of the county as an illustration in point. Formerly they were worked for their silver values solely, and naught save ore of exceptionally high grade was touched. In treating these ores no effort was made to reclaim their base mineral contents Tn fact. the latter were considered nuisance a1i were soundly damned by the prospector, with that picturesque linality of pro fane expression that levitates his re marks when peevei. And yet today. these same base metals are being sought as ardently as once they were cursed.
 The wolframite ald hubnerite ores of these old-time producers carry a high percentage of tungsten and are being marketed ill Denver and Pitts burg at from S45 to S65 per unit The demand for these ores is incessant and the area of their deposition is large, taking into consideration the fact that commercially valuable tung- sten ore is by no means common. The zinc product of these mines is anotll- CT valuable asset. with spelter selling at from $1S.50 to $2O per hundred pounds Lead al S625 per hundred pounds. is another of the base miner als that is being mined at a profit.
 Yavapai county IS rich in such ores as those before mentioned. and like wise in copper, quicksilver, molybden-