Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-15
yAVAPA| MIXES . SPIRIT OF WAR
 WITH. MINING
Mingle Drill and Military Pre- cautions With Growing h. terest In Jerome Verde And Other Good Prospects.
(By William P. De Xoln

PRESCOTT. April IA. - Here, as elsewhere throughout Arizona and the United States. the people stand solid ly behind the President in the Ger man-American war crisis and are ready to respond to any demand the exigencies Of the hour may call forth. Men from the mines. from the ranges and from various other occupations which make up the industrial wealth of Yavapai County have united in solid phalanx for the work at hand. and are devoting a portion of each day to mil itary drill under the direction of com petent instructors. Headquarters have been established at Prescott and pre- cautions taken to safeguard public by possible enemies.
 Cantons About Mines These precautions include not alone such vital agents for the common good as the telephone, telegraph. cleo tric light. gas. water and irrigation systems, but likewise essentials equal ly as vital ro the industrial life of the community. such as mines, mills and smelters and the electric power lines that energiZe them. The necessity for these precautions are very appar- ent to the people here. residing. as they do. near the border of a semi hostile nation, and in communities where members of a semi-hOstile race are numerous. It can, however. with all confidence be asserted that the precautions taken are commensurate with the need and that any overt act will be summarily punished.
 Take Advantage of Spring
 Various mining companies are talk ing advantage of the arrival of the spring-time and recurring days of sun shine and warmth to lay foundations or and install plants of machinery. For some time past. until recently. considerable difficulty was experienc- ed along those lines. and more par ticularly in the matter of foundations. owing to long-continued cold weather. which penetrated freshly laid cement with fingers of frost and badly cracked and shattered it. Spring. however. makes an early advent to Arizona. and now it is with us all danger of further cold spells is past.
 Among tbe properties where advan- tage is being taken of agreeable clim- attic conditions is the Jerome Victor Extension. adjoining the famous Unit
 
 Verde copper belt Approximately $40.000 worth of additional mine equipment has of late been purchased and is new in course of erection. It includes three 900 horse power oil feed boilers. an engine and generator (complete). two 12j horse power cleo ] trically driven pumps and an electri- | cally driven hoist having lifting ca l pacity from depth of 2O0O feet. Most | of the equipment will be in operation . by May 1. Tn the meantime electric , energy to operate the pumps will be . supplied by the Arizona Power com pany. The pumps are being installed on the 120O-foot level. and either is of sufficient capacity to free and keep free the workings from a flow of water in excess of that at pres ent being handled.
 Jerome Verde a Favorite
 The men underground in the Verde district are again playing Jerome Verde as a fsvorite and have during the past ten days been generous pur- chasers of that compsny's shares. Their revived interest in Jerome
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