Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-27
Attention Is Being Directed To Old Part of Yavapai County After Several Years of Inactivity In That Re zion.
OUTSIDE CAPITAL IS
 ENTERING THE FIELD
Alabama Men Have Financed The Big Butte Copper Com pany. Copper Hill Prop erty Taken Over By Ohio Financier.
CBy William P. De wolfJ


 PRESCOTT. Arizona. May 26.-In- terest in mining affairs in the Copper Basin country, a experiencing sec tion of proven possibilities contiguous to Prescott, has been stimulated of late by a broadening of the field of operations and by number of cop i, per ore discoveries of more than pas sing importance. Attention was first attracted to Copper Basin by Major A. J. Pickerill, who induced the Phelps-Dodge interests to take over and develop the commercial mine there. and to his efforts in large measure is due the impetus which now characterizes the mining indus try of the Basin as a whole. | Subsequently a very promising body of copper-oxide was opened on the Copper Hill property. and an equally promising body of chalcopy- rite ore opened on the Loma Prieta estate, adjoining the commercial. These discoveries were followed by a general speeding up of mining op- erations. with the result that Copper Basin is now one of three copper pro ducing sections which are adding greatly to the mining wealth and min ing fame of Yavapai county The av- craze daily production of the Com mercial mine is at this time about so tons of , per cent copper-oxide ore. all of which is being mined above a depth of 400 feet. The Phelps Dodge people are now arranging to open ore in the lower. or sulphide strata. Within a few months this work will be we'll advanced and will be attended by au increase in the ore tonnage forwarded to local smelters and to the Phelps-Dodge smelters at outside points
 Outside Capital Invests
 Following the developing of the Commercial into a producing mine under the supervision of Major Pick erill and his superintendent. A B. Peach-the latter now being in charge of operations at the Loma Phieta mine-outside capital became inter ested in Copper Basin: notably in the Big Butte Copper. Lucky Cop per Hill companies. Development work has in each instance resulted In the opening of promising bodies of pay" copper and in attracting out side capital in increasing amounts to the Copper Basin country as a whole. This. in turn. has brought that sec tion more forcefully to the fore as a copper proposition to the financial betterment of Prescott and the entire county
 In fact there is every likelihood the Copper Basin country will ultimately be developed into a camp with the copper ore yielding possibilities of the famous Verde district and the rapidly growing importance of the Big Bug district Too much stress cannot be laid upon the value of mining opera tions in the Copper Basin and Big Bug districts in their bearing upon the business life of Prescott Each is contiguous to this city and draws upon this city for its supplies: where as the Verde district. more remote from here, depends upon outside sources for a considerable portion of its mining necessaries. Hence any impetus given the mining activity in Copper Basin and at Big Bug is of direct financial benefit to Prescott The plan of development of the Big Butte Copper Company will serve as a case in point
 Alabama Capital Interested.
 Financing of the Big Butte Copper Company was brought about recently
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