Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-19
AROUSES ENTHUSIASM
 OF EXPERT
D. F. McGar-y Tells of Activ- ity and Enterprise in Camp Which Contributes Much to Arizona Prosperity.

Bisbee is described in fiatterina
 terms by D. F. McGarry in the follow
 ing article, published by the Mining
 and Oil Bulletin:
 Prosperity is favoring Arizona
 That fact impresses even one who
 makes but a short visit to our neigh
 boring state. Agricultural develop
 ment in southern Arizona is gradually assuming an importance worthy the large area of opportunity. Over and
 above reclamation projects, which are
 accomplishing much in transforming
 vast expanses of desert into gardens
 of husbandry, the traveller can observe
 on the plateaus, the bacine and the
 clearings of homesteaders, who are
 pandering the way for permanent pro
 ductiveness with a fervor that i'm
 presses confidence in the farming pos
 abilities of the future.
 But for many more years-as in the past many years-mining will con-
 tinue to charm and attract that cap
 ital which seeks rapid and profitable return from its investment. The high prices for metals in the markets of the world have given added impetus to mining enterprises. The reopenine of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines by tine Phelps-Dodge company, is prov ing a boon to the more or less dila- pidated and somnolent county seat.
 "Bisbee is a hive of industry, and has the enterprise and progressive spirit of true American city. It has paved streets, an electric car line which winds through a canyon of stores, hotels and homes. Upon ih, mountain sides, fianking. the sky line for four or five miles, there can be seen, mine shaft after mine shaft tail dump after tail dump-the out ward sign of the underground work ings that must aggregate hundreds of miles of shafts, tunnels and drifts. In Bisbee everybody seems to be prosper ous. The copper mine owners are sell ing their product at twenty-siX to thirty cents per pound. The miners wages the scaled with the price of the metal-higher prices mean higher wages. The merchants find difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities of goods to meet the greater demands. And today Bisbee and its suburbs of Lowell and Warren (the latter a mod ernized townsite on a more level area) are all enjoying a bountiful sea son of productive activity.
 "Speculating on cards seems to be supplanted, in a measure by specula- tion in stocks. Per capita, and per capita Wealh-it is a question if Wall Street itself can produce more bulls" and bears" than can be found roaming in the canyon, along the Dividend Fault.
 'The only drawback to unparalleled prosperity in Arizona has been re- moved and the forward speed of the development of the state during the next few months will be as never be- fore in its history. according to a re- port of the Arizona State Bureau of Mines. The low price of silver no longer hangs over the market.
 "Silver occurs with So many ores in the State of Arizona that the increased price of silver makes a decided in crease in the production at many of the mining camps. and reports are be- ing received that shipments are stimu- lated and further exploration greatly encouraged
 Silver remained very low after the war began and was the very last to respond to the conditions that have boosted the market for all the other metals. With the increase in silver come greater returns, greater wages, etc. and more material prosperity.
 "Silver had. in 1915, a record pro- duction in Arizona. the output increas- ing from 4.377,994 ounces in 1914 to about 5,45S.000 ounces in 1915, or over A per cent, having a total value of about S2,7S1 900. With an increase in the value of silver of almost 40 per cent. it is readily seen what this means to the states total production. The greater part of the silver comes from the copper ores, although in creased shipments of silver-lead ores have also contributed to the increase in silver production
 "The mines and smelters in Arizona | during 1916 have been working at a | pressure so high that they are prob | ably making record productions of all ' metals. If they continue to work at he present rate during the year, they i will make an output of over 6OO.OOO,oo0 ' pounds of copper. against about 450.- 100000 in 1915. according to reports received by the U. s. Geological Sur
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