Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-02

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J pounds loss to be counted between
October and January l.
"'Clifton and Morenci mines CLOSED
down entirely July l, remaining i'd,
until strike ordered off by president
mediation commission the end OF DC
tober. Loss of copper output in fou
months 100000 pounds. At leas
eight million pounds more will be los
between now and possible attainment
of normal by January l.
"'Bisbee district strike entaileC
probably not more than 5000, 00t
pounds loss from normal copper out
put, due to large advance stocks of ore
bedded at smelters by ell companies
except Shattuck Arizona. Strike
called by I. w. W. June 81, ended by
deportation of l. W. w. July ~.
Loss in wages attendant on strikes
in state estimated over $4,000. 600
Total number of men affected in strike
period approximately $4,000.
Companies which have suffered
from strikes in Arizona since April are
Morenci branch Phelps Dodge corpora
ton, Morenci, Arizona Copper com.
pany, Clifton, Arizona, Arizona Com.
mercial Copper company, Iron Cap
Copper company, Globe. Inspiration
Copper company, Miami; Miami Cop.
per company, Miami; Copper Queen
branch, Phelps-Dodge corporation, Bis
bee; Calumet & Arizona Mining COM
pany, Bisbee; Shattuck-AriZona Cop
per company, Bisbee; United Verde
Copper company, Jerome; United
Verde Extension Copper company,
Jerome; Big Ledge Mining company,
Mayer; Wolverine Arizona, Bisbee;
The Old Dominion Copper company,
Globe; Superior & Boston Copper COM
pany, Globe
The 1917 Output
Missing from the production figures
for the first nine months of the year
are those of the mines served by the
Sasco smelter and conservatively half
a million pounds of copper the month
recovered from Arizona custom ore
shipments to smelters of the state.
Arizona copper production during the
first nine months should therefore be
around 564, 0O0, 900 pounds, if Sasco is
figured in at approximately 100000
pounds for the period. Taking into
consideration losses from United
Verde and Verde Extension produc-
ton IN May and June because of strike
troubles and lower production by rea-
son of unsettlement in advance of the
strikes at the end of June and on the
first of July in Globe, Miami, Clifton,
and Bisbee, which took from
the total maximum output that other
wise might have been credited to the
first half of the year and figuring in
creases which may safely be credited
to the last three months of the year
from New Cornelia, Humboldt and
Mayer. it seems safe to credit the last
three months of the year with probable
output of more than O,000. 900 pounds
of copper, or a total for the year of
nearly 75O.000,000 pounds. Indicative
OF the pickup in production is the Oc-
tober output of 1,9S0.00O pounds OF
copper by Consolidated Arizona Smelt-
ing, record for that property and one
upon which il will gain steadily dur
ing some months TO come.
A Real Triumph.
Attainment of output of $4,000, 900 |
pounds this year despite labor troubles |
and the withdrawal from efficient
forces of the drafted men, together |
with difficulties experienced in secur-
ing supplies with the promptness nee
essary to topmost efficiency from
plants. delayed transportation being
shargeable 10 urgency requirements of
The government upon the carriers, will
represent a triumph for the mine !
managers of the state earning for them
very great credit from government
heads and all patriotic citizens who |
give to the copper industry that meas
lre of importance which its necessity |
70 conduct of war entities il to. The |
managers OF no other great industry, !
distant from centers of supply, in a |
region SO far removed from Washing !
ton that its needs in transportation |
and labor consideration can only be |
partly understood, have been confront |
ed with as much to overcome. If they
get their 100000, 900 pounds of copper
In 1917 1t will carry the assurance that
had they enjoyed normal conditions of |
operation and worked to their maxi
mum they would have made close to |
a billion pounds, or nearly one-half of |
the copper of the American continent. |
AS it is they will exceed the record of
1916, reported by the geological sur
yey III round numbers at $4,000, 900 |