El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-18
.YAVAPAI LOYAL
.ANDPR0SPER0US
Miners Buy Bonds and
Mines Yield Heavily; Sill
yer Mining Resumes.

I Prescott AriZ-s May 4o.-4laL ] d.
vapai county is both patriotic and
prosperous is indisputably evidenced
/ bv the fact that it more than doubled
| its quota 10 the third Liberty loan
IN the mining communities. notably at
Jerome, where every man employed
by the United Verde Copper company
numbering 2144. bought one or more
bonds. thus earning 100 percent rating
Z the response to the call Of the gov
eminent was more than generous a.
! some of the camps rev Ialls4 70 ~
mart of The working force very lone'
/ as the men took the matter into tnelI
on hands and made II evident 20 the
bond slackers that they were conslo-
cred undesirables OF type NOT 70 80 ~
tolerated among real Americans, ne 2.
raised s1.S1S.100 which goes 70 snow
thar money is not only plentiful IN
mining community, but the people are
always ready and willing 20 give II 70
a good cause
Mining is the backbone Of Ha.vapal
county ALWAYS has been and always
viii be. The great opportunities OF
fered here for the successful invest
ment OF money are many and every
dav sees them being taken aoEahtase
Of. A year ago capital would look
at nothing but copper. anu ATM. az ~ ~,
the day Of the red metal mas uot
passed. there has arisen IN the pas
Jew months. and particularly since tne
standardizing OF the price OF SILVER 4
demand for properties carrying ~
their main content the white meta
Consequently there has come a Iec -.-..
desence OF silver mining ana many
Drooertfes. long since abandoned, are
being resurrected and profltao1y
worked. Turkey Creek and the Brad
shaws are the districts deriving tne
chief benefits In old mines oelns
brought 70. life again.
Interest in Oh Keen
Il, the meantime those who jeered at
the possibilities Of oil being found. 10
this county, particularly IN the thlho
valley field. are beginning 70 revise
their opinions and are watching ne
developments with eyes from ~hlCN
the faint OF skepticism has been re-
moved. Whether oil In commercial
quantities will ever be found IS. az
Vet an unsettled question, but u mas
been demonstrated beyond cavii tnal
the oil has not been burned out oy Eot-
canic action, as many conteneeu- Us
fact was recently established az ons
~ the wells being drilled in Chino
valley when a good showing OF nsht
ON was obtained when the well was
hailed ont The oil could be plalnl!
seen in bubbles about the size OF
meas. There was also pronounced
odor Of gas, and much excitement
reipned in the camp when the discoV-
cry was made The shell torInaiion
vas Quickly passed through ana a
shaIe formation entered by the drill,
but the showing though srnail. Wa
sufficiently encouraging 70 demon
strate that all that is needed IS deplD
10 bring in n real well
Chamber Of OIL and Mines Formed
At a meeting held in this city ana
attended by representatives OF "a %
Ire companies interested in the Chino
field. an organization 70 be known as
the Chamber OF Oil and Mines was
formed. A full set Of officials was
named and arrangements made Tor es-
tablishing permanent headq uarters IN
Prescott. to be IN charge or secre-
tary-
tatfves at the meeting were; New
work chino on company. Big Bull Oil
company, Chino Standard OIL company
Chino Valley Oil & Mining company
Arizona Oklahoma Gas & OIL company.
Arizona Midway OIL company Home
Oil company. Chino Central OF com
many. Chino Amalgamated OIL COM
panv. ArizOna-Dei Rio Mining COM
pany. Southwest Oil & Refining COM
pany. Arizona Verde OIL company ana
tinted Chino oil & Refining company.
Enlnrges It's Holdings.
The International Syndicate OF
Mines and Smelters. which recently
entered Copper Basin district. first
purchasing the Arizona Portland
group. has enlarged its holdings un-
IN III now controls one OF the largest
mineral domains under corporate own
ership in the county The Brown
group was added. then the Martin
Schuber group and the company also
has acquired the Rainy Day holdings
embracing Is claims. In all. the COM
many now owns nearly 100 claims, ev-
erv one OF which has been prospecttd
and developed 10 an extent which war
MS further work.