Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-27
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 yAVAPA| Mining and Milling Opera tions Are Being Furthered Along Progressive and Far sighted Lines. COUNTY ATTRACTING
 NATIONWIDE NOTICE Diversity of Ores Found in the Section Gives Impetus to Many Districts Not Worked in Many Years.
COUNTY ATTRACTING
 NATIONWIDE NOTICE
By William p. DeWoIf.

PRESCOTT, Arizona, Feb. 26.-Mln. ing and milling operations in Yavapai county are being furthered along pro gressive and economic lines, and with view to the future aggrandizement of the local mining and milling indus tries, quite as much as to present pro- its. That is to say, the operators are encouraged by the future outlook as well as by the present output, to con tinue their mining and milling plans. Primarily, the increasing activity has its incepton in the diversified mineral resources of Yavapai county A po- tent contributing factor is however, the marked degree of attention Ari- Zona at large is attracting in the min ing and investment circles of the United States.
 During the cycle of nationwide in terest in mining which ended in 1910, Nevada occupied the center of the in mestment stage and oered as attrac- tions the great silver gold mines of Tonopah, and the famous Goldheld Consolidated Mine, with its dividend record of S27,0O0,0OO During the cy cle immediately preceding, Colorado had the cal land presented to the pub lie the famous Cripple Creek district, with it's production record of S100,- 000,000 worth of gold. Arizona has now made it's debut, and is being re ceived with a degree of attention that pressages its popularity as mining proposition and the availability of the funds needed for the prospecting and proving of it's ore bodies.
 No section of Arizona, not even Oat- man, where mining results follow quickly on the heels of mining invest ment, offers more advantageous op- portunity than Yavapai county. In fact, there are but few sections of the state so thoroughly and diversely min eralized. This fact in itself is big asset at a time when the demands of war have increased the demand for and enhanced the price of the miner als that are a by-product of the gold and silver ores of this county. The increaesd demand for the so-called base metals has resulted in a more thorough prospecting of the Yavapai's mineralized areas, and this has in turn been followed not alone by the dis covery of pay deposits of copper, tung- sten, zinc and the like, but by the opening as well of profitable bodies of gold and silver.
 The gold and silver mines of Yava- pal county were worked at a profit as far back as the early eos. Them 'wus the good ol days" when 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, mill ing and shipping facilities were both inadequate and inefficient Notwith standing the adverse conditions, the mines were worked successfully and added millions of dollars worth of gold and silver to the worlds supply of the 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. In fact. the latter were considered a nuisance and were soundly damned by the prospector with that picturesque finality of pro fane expression that leviates his re marks when peeved. And yet today, these same base metals are being sought as ardently as once they were cursed
 The Wolframite and Hubnerite ores of these old-time producers carry high percentage of tungsten and are
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