Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-10
Strike Conditions Cause Pro- duction of Copper At Jer- ome To Fall 5000, 900 Short During Month
ARIZONA BINCHAMTON
 MAKES GOOD SHOWING
New Property Is Rapidly De- veloping Into One of Best In State Under Senator Reynolds Direction.
(By William P. DeWolf.

Prescott. Arizona, June 9.-In the
 face of strike conditions at Jerome
 which curtailed very appreciably the
 output of copper ore during the lat
 ter part of May. the copper matte
 production of Yavapai county for last
 month totaled about II. .000. 900 pounds.
 Jerome fell short about 3,000,000
 pounds on the 13.0O0. GOO pounds out put estimated there for May. but this
 shortage was in a measure offset by
 production of approximately 1.o00.-
 900 pounds of copper from the Big
 Bug and Copper Basin districts.
 Hitherto Big Bug and Copper Basin
 have not occupied a position of prom
 thence in the monthly copper produc-
 tion figures of Yavapai county. To the contrary. their increasing produc- tion was overwhelmed and lost sight fbeneath the avalanche of copper that flowed necessarily from the hills of Jerome. It required. however. but a partial steming of that tide to bring prominently to notice the present cop per production and the future cop per production possibilities of the sec ticns named.
 The subject of present and future copper production from Big Bug and Copper Basin is interesting not alone by reason of its bearing on the cop per mining industry of Yavapai coun- ty, bpt also because two additional sources of copper supply are afforded the United States and the nations al lied with her ain the present world wide war crisis. It is a generally ac- cepted fact that the period of recon struction which will follow the present period of wars destruction will tax to the full the copper producing re- sources of this country; hen4 all sources of supply-large and small alike-have a bearing on the job in hand and the one that is to follow.
 Output o0o, GOO Pounds of Copper.
 In the aggregate the Arizona Bing- Copper Queen. Blue Bell. ne in the Big Bug country outputted dur ing May about sO0.0O0 pounds of cop per in the matte. Three hundred thous- and pounds. or approximately one third of the total. was contributed by the Arizona Binghamton mine. With the exception of the Copper Queen mine. which outputted about 30000 pounds of copper in the matte. the re- was about evenly contributed by the other properties mentioned.
 Copper Basins contribution to Ya- vapai county's copper output for May was much less than that of the Big Bug district and represented for the most part a daily output of about so tons of copper-oxide ore from the Commercial mine. owned bv the company. Several small shipments were made durins ast month. however. from the Conner Hill mine in Copper Basin. Mineral ,gical conditions in the workings ir- iicate regular and large ore ship nents in the future.
 On the surface. owing to its much arger output of ore. it would appear IS though the Big Bug district had the Idvantage of Copper Basin from mining investment viewpoint The disparity is, however. more fancied han real. as the mineralized area of .ach is of similar value and extent The principal point of variance is de- 'elopment Tn other words. more york has been done in the Big Rug istrict than in Copper Basin. A lite aprlies logically to the yerde and Big Bug districts. with the evelopment advantaTe lying with the rst mentioned. What has been ac- omplished in a mining way in the
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