El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-08
DESERT OF FOUR YEARS AGO
IS BECOMING ANOTHER BISBBE.
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ANNOUNCEMENT that the New CorneIa Copper
~ company will erect 5000 ton hotaton plant ana
L 1000 ton smelter at Ajo, Ar1z IS an seallon %
the big development news which mas peer lo-s Jul "
that corner of Pima county increasing almost 20 GER
tsiny the belief that AjO Is TO be anolneT bsOee
announcement was made IN Tucson rev Gays ago Dy
Can't Tohu C. Greenway general manager Of the Calumet
and Arizona Copper company and the New CoInea copper
company He said the OtaOn plant would be IN operation
in two years handling over go tons OF concentrates uay
10 be put through the smeter-
The purchase by the New Cornella Copper company OF
The Droberes of Ao Consolidated Copper company, re
r7 commented upon increases the vast ore reserves OF
the New Cornea to 100000 tons the greater part Of
hich Is remain untouched Tor - years according 10
company plans The Ao Consolidated ore oody IS an eA
tension of the New Cornea and has been developed by
mining and diamond drilling operations
The big teaching plant Of the New Cornela, which
.r-e5 ouE 100000 pounds OF copper last month, will
hove served its purpose ten years and at the end Of
hat time It Is the intention Of Capt Greenway to replace
BY the addition Of another 5000 ton unit OF the notalon
mill since the czrbonates which are supplying the
teaching plant the rate ofs5OoO tons day VIII have
At the end of two years. it Is calculated enough Of
the carbouates VIII have been stripped away to allow the
New Cornea to supply equal tonnage OF caroonates 10
the notaton plant which VIII be IN operation then
Al the present time the company IS shipping several
cars Of high grade oxide copper day to the Calumet
aad Arizona smeer at Douglas The ratio OF concentTa-
non II the otation MILL 1t IS figured viii be % 10
that IS IS of to one o. concentrates "hh VIII
provide 80 Of concentrates daily To snip this 10
Douglas at $3.50 ton freight rate would 6Tng the annual
freight bill to nearly 100000 year. aoooIong 10 lHs
coupauy's calculations.
Tie alternative is to build smelter al AJo, winch
would be paid for out Of the freight saved N year
and half estimating the cost OF the seter at s7OOOO
In the meantime, shipments Of oxide ores from oolh
the New COrnea and the Ajo Consolidated properties
viii continue but the main bodies OF the latter WIN
be held IN reserve and viii be used TO feed the oIaon
mill the capacity Of which viii ultimately be 1000 Tons
dav PaTentheticaly II Is stated that conslaeIaoe
r of high Grade ore has been developed at depth IN
the A7o Consolidated property while most OF ne New
Cornea ores are so low grade that only BY the steam
shovel process OF mining Is their handing H4ue Plo
with copper at a moderate price
A7o IS a big mining camp and VIII be even laIse-'
as the plans announced above indicate -Four years asg
was as barren stretch Of desert as was 10 De Iounu
in the southwest where a human being would de LoI
drink Of water and perish for mouthtul OF Iood some
few men had an idea that great quantity or very low
Grade COPPER was deposited at Ajo and the Cal1e- n
Arizona company was finally interested TO the extent OF
srg diamond drill explorations These demonstrated
me presence Of so much that the company oeaea 10
See il some means could be found for treating II econo1
calv Company chemists found the way aIteI a year
patient laboratory research and the 5000 ton eahg plant
now at Aio was the result Of their investigations
few years ago. AjO one Of the last places N lne
Grid where one would have expected great Development
-rarations TO begin The southwest VIII witness many
--o-e such transformations IN the next decade