Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-30

vent il from attaining its l.S0O, 600
pound anticipated monthly output be-
fore June. and il may be later. The
management has sto0tly declined TO
take chances Of introducing agitators
among its workmen- and has had some
difficulty in obtaining all the men il
could cse on steel erection. Recent
heSdway with this work. however. has
been more satisfactory. No union men
are employed Prospecting and devel-
opment OF new properties in the Ray
district has been more active during
the year than ever before. and there
is the likelihood OF some good proper
ties being made. Nanadium is claim
Ing large attention in one locality, and
it is possible that important produc-
tioR viii be underway in the spring.
A mill is now being erected which il
OF the property.
one Large Gain in Production
The AjO district provided the state
with its one large gain to production
OF copper during the year. and incl
dentally put il in the way OF important
production of another war essential.
sGlphuric acid. The acid plant in
stalled by {. & A. smelter AZ Douglas
was for the purpose OF serving New
COrnelia with this requisite in its
minerals separation mixture. Beside
supplying the Cornelia needs the
Douglas plant ships as much more
10 open market. Cornelia gets Ave
cars of acid a day. In view of the
shortage which has existed in the acid
market. il would probably be impoSsi
bic for Cornelia to operate steadily
except for the plant wisely Installed
AT Douglas and which eonserves \
value formerly lost. Cornelia In No
vember made $500. 600 pounds of cop
per. and this month is expected to
cross the 100000 pound mark. as
compared with the 5000, 900 pounds
monthly output at which steam show
ell. pit and plants were rated in ad-
vance OF going into production. Next
year is likely to see Cornelia between
five and six million pounds the month.
Opening OF the Ajo Consolidated prop
erty. adjacent 10 and taken over by
New COrnelia during the fall. win
help with lifting the production above
the four million pounds with which
this year will end. The engineers re-
Gently completed checking up CONSOLE
dated ore as demonstrated. and their
reports are understood to show con-
siderahly better than the advance es-
Inmates upon which purchase was ar
ranged. About all the trials incident
to breaking in a new process and new
equipment have now been overcome
by New Cornelia in its plants. the op-
Grafton Of which is giving increasing
~ higher satisfaction. All OF the
doubts and pessimism with which the
property was asSailed by many who
did not believe that the work of ex-
perimeatal plants first operated would
carry the same results in large prae>
tice have been buried. Cornelia is
making very cheap copper. high sup
plies and labor costs considered. max
ing good in this respect also on earlier
expectations. Acquisition OF Consoli-
dated lifts its available ore tonnage
TO around 100000 Of average OF bet
ter than $50. In the district there Is
a good deal OF outside prospecting and
development going on In a small way
and this reaches south clear to the
Mexican border and east into the
QuijOtOas. II is probable that there
are other mines TO be made and that
ultimately there viii be railroad
down to the Gulf OF California from
AjO. making much more low grade ore
available for custom reduction works
at Aio. beside giving Arizona an out
let TO tidewater
Verde District Highly Active
Jerome has had the atmosphere OF
a gold rush camp this year rather
than OF a copper camp. The phenome-
nal ore bodies Of United Verde Ex-
tension in richness aad extent. and
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