Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-30

expenses made much higher by lack
in most instances OF power facilities
and the necessities OF conducting
most OF their work with hand equip
ment- II they kept careful record
OF their tine. these shippers would
know in = good many instances that
notwithstanding high copper content
OF their ores and the accompaniment
generally of more or less side values
in silver and lead and occasionally
gold. they have been losing money
on 2S;s copper, and cannot ex-
pect to do anything else. Some OF
the larger of these smaller operators
know this and have been keeping
ahead with their work only because
they feel that they must do all they
can. As long as they can. in aiding
the government 10 all the metal that
can he made. Some add to this the
belief that by keeping on they viii
develop greater resources in their
properties and become still more use
fGl as producers, and possibly attain
the end they have always striven for
in making a really big mine. There
are instances OF this sort which have
come 10 the knowledge of smeltermen
and in which in at least two cases
there have been ways found TO keep
the properties going on production at
less loss than they were sustaining.
but the smelters could not follow out
this manner of practice generally
without themselves being compelled
10 close down.
Need Fair Price
Wenden. SalOEse. PaysOn. Wicken-
berg. Dos Cabezas. the Harquahala.
Black. Chiricahua. Huachuca. Quito
toa, Dragon and many other ranges
are alive with these small shippers.
not TO mention the many in Jerome.
Globe. Miami. Warren. Ray, Superior.
Ajo. Clifton and Morenci districts
proper. Some of them are making
mines while shipping. and in some
of the areas which new railroads are
to pierce as soon as the cost of ma
terials and construction come within
reach as between Jerome and Mesa,
Tucson and Ajo. HolbrOok and the
northern Arizona timber country THE
latter road now being under con-
struction. however,. there will prob
ably be some important producers
added There are instances. indeed.
in which n great deal OF Roadway has
been made. in spite OF wildcat pro-
moters and promotions, and TO which
il is necessary to look for the main
tenance of the states output Of metal
half q dozen years or less hence
Recruitment of any of this develop
ment at the present time by an insult
ficient price for metal. or by excessive
matter attended by a variety OF com
plications. For one thing. the mine
closed down now because OF inability
to produce metal with profit. whether
the property be large or small. will
be loaded with an unwarranted repu-
tation OF demerit looking to the fu-
ture, a fact that may retard develop
ment In an entire district at a time
when development may be most es-
sential in the nations aid. This is,
aside from the immediate loss OF ores
to the smelters which they need in
order to do their share with their
equipment to provide the metal re-
quirements OF the country. While on
tSic SuoJeCt VI AedSetS II - 10 oe Sdiu
that present Interpretation OF the in
come tax law would put practically
every one OF them out of business. for
they have no invested capital of con-
sequence.
In the Copper District
Among the large producers. Copper
Queen in the Warren district Is en-
tering 1918 with the most comprehen-
sive campaign of new development
and increased production that the dis
trict has Witnessed since Bonanza
Circle boom days. durig which c. &
c. was engaged in fathering new
producers into the active column. Cop
per Queens main increase in produc-
tion will come from the steam shovel