Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
6be MINES of ARIZONA

, through fear, presume, of money stringency while the war lasts. The truth of the matter is that this war | has opened unprecedented opportuni- | ties for the intelligent investing of money, because money properly placed | now, in undeVeloped resources, must ! Inevitably reap rich returns, when those resources are brought to a stage of production during the reconstruc ton days when demand will, judging | from the present outlook, far exceed | the supply.
 With the after the war demand
 will inevitably come prices far in ex- cess of those now in effect, at least 1 in certain materials. And with the greater prices must come prosperity
 and independence, not alone for the man with big moneyed interests, but for the man with smaller interests
 who anticipates the future and through
 keen insight, places his money in se- l curities representing properties that promise to help supply the after the
 war demand at prices which will al low attractive profits for the produc-
 CTS.
 In the days that are to come, dur ing the war and after it is over, it would seem that one of the greatest questions to be answered is that of furnishing the world with copper. A great amount of this indispensable metal is being destroyed by the ar . mics of the world; thousands and . thousands of tons have gone into the
 manufacture of ammunition. and thus , lost to the industrial and commercial , centers for all time to come. It is an established fact that copper is one metal which, used in enormous quan- titles on the battle fields, canot be re
 claimed. In addition to the huge quan- titles of this metal that has gone into
 ammunition, shipload after shipload has gone to the bottom of the ocean also beyond reclamation.
 It is common talk that the central , states of Europe have been swept
 clean of all available copper, every ' pound that could be obtained from any source, has been communicated by the military, even to cooking uten-
 sils. building cornices, etc.
 The industrial centers of the world , are alive with brainy men who know n that the current copper production = will not come anywhere near meeting , the present demand, much less being = sufficient when the time comes for re- r. placing all that has been taken out of f ordinary commercial and domestic n channels for which there is no f substitute.
 There can be but one answer, the
 United States of America must pro- n duce more copper, and copper is to- n day the greatest medium for antici- = pating future profits, that it is pos
 sible for the investor to find. The man V or woman who invests in the copper :, prospects which will within the next il 1.-two years move up into the producing = rank, is positively laying a foundation d for an independent income from a a small investment. The greatest profits | in the history of the world have beer f made in the copper stocks; in the low d priced coppers which scared to enor-
 nous figures with development and il f. is highly probable that those profits - will be even greater within the neXt x, few years to come.
 n This probability is further augment IT ed by the present condition of the olC "a vein mines throughout the United I, States, which are now furnishing the " bulk of the country's copper supply ,r ,y The exceedingly high prices that have W prevailed during the past year, hay, IF naturally caused these big producer. e to concentrate their efforts on pro. = duction-because for long time i
 did not look as if this country would be drawn into the war, and it was no . believed that the copper situation . would ever develop into the condition
 which now exists.
 . These old vein mines, at least som \ of them, stretched their production record every pound it woud stand a p the same time neglecting to a certail le degree, the development necessary t pr keep their reserves at normal. The, ,, were bent on production, while tn price was soaring, and just as certail
 as two and two makes four, the, - must before long. lower their pro E duction in order to carry out devel G opment of their reserve ore supply ,o It is logical to believe that when tn
 copper demand is at it's height, fol Al lowing the war the production of tn l. older mines will be at a low ebb, an
 it is then that the new producer vii
 come into the lead with the accom- Q. panying profits for those who hay - looked into the future, and investe = their money in the natural resource
 of the greatest country in the world
 Just as copper mining is foremos
 among the investment possibilities o | America, Arizona is at the lead as tn
 most logical field for seeking thos
 investment opportunities. To thos
 well versed in the mining industry o
 this state, and it's boundless minera | resources, this fact must be obvious.
 Throughout the various mining dis . tricts, there are almost counties properties which could be develope into big producing mines There ar
 any number of these which are mos
 efficiently managed, and which ar
 thoroughly and fully worthy the fl
 nancial support of the investing pub lie. Why is this money not forthcom
 ing? It is true that various worthIes v mining propositions have been floate - in connection with properties locate
 in this state, but should the fact dete rs the investor from placing his none T, in a sound, conservative mining com - pany which has a good property, a y equitable capitalization, and clean, ef lo ficient management? A company wit
 these latter conditionsn is worthy e
 national support in a financial way
 and there are dozens of them in thi
 state today, suffering from lack c |. capital, that could, if they had tn ts' money, help supply the copper hungr
 world with the red metal. and at tn