Graham guardian., 1918-05-17
NEWS OF The STATE.
Weekly Review of What Is
Going on In mining and
Other Industries

iOc ooiSo iiho HSJ pIioh SotIoi
at II IL cents to 73 IL cents a
pound.
State to lend $4,000 to re-
build Lyman dam.
Copper output in April is great
er than last month. The Clifton
Morenci producers will be back
to normal first time since strike
last June, also the Globe Miami,
Warren, Jerome. Ray, Ajo, Hum
boldt and Sasco districts. Globe
Miami total will be about 17,000,-
coo pounds.
Cuprite-The liveliest little
mining camp in State at present.
Two new hoists ordered for prop
critics here; an assay Office built.
Black Giant Mines Co. receiving
bids for running 300-foot tunnel.
Report of State and National
banks show increase in general
resources.
Copper men believe that an
increase in fixed price of copper
metal is not only a matter of
justice to producers, but an alb
solute necessity, if production is
to be increased over present un-
satisfactory output. ~
Cunningham Pass-Seven cars
high grade copper and gold ore
shipped.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS work
started on two claims of Big Jim
Consolidated. Work to start
sinking shaft to 500-foot level
Mossback claim; camp of eight
buildings and complete plant to
be installed.
Holbrook activity in
oil fields, new companies being
formed and soon will be drilling.
Large number of oil men and
interested.
Chandler--Standard Oil Co. TO
open branch. Investment, $780,
900.
Jerome-Superior making pro-
extra shift added to force.
Prescott-Work on Jones.Pres-
colt road to start; ample funds
available.
Cuprite - Bonanza days re-
called; average of car a day ship
ped, netting about So, 600 to own
ers; ore averrge high.
Jerome-New theatre to be
built; concrete and fireproof; ca
pacity $50.
A year ago, men like ,Schwab,
Ryan and others, were classed as
undesirable citizens by the vote
seeking politicians. Today, the
nation turns to these captains of
industry to pull it out of the hole
these politicians forced it into.
Bisbee Copper Queen Go. is
working Porphyry Hill copper
deposits. - f~
Douglas-Test mill to be built
for treatment of manganese at
Tombstone.
Snowfake-Calls for bids for
erecting and furnishing new
school. -.
Kingman-Hackberry mine to
have 20O-ton mill; power plant;
bunk houses.
Jerome - United Chino has
drilled to gas zone; indications
favorable.
Weaver District - Red Gap
mine optioned to eastern capital
sts, $1O0, 900. |
Oatman-Great activity shown
in entire district; more men en-
ployed at Gold Road camp than
during past three years.
Copper mine employees to ask |
to make it possible
for copper companies to increase
their wages from S.. Is to $500
a day by raising copper price,
for when government set price |
Of copper so far below market, |
it automatically reduced their
which were based on
price of copper. Low copper
price means low wages, high |
price means high wages.
Aguilla - Concentrating ma
chine to be installed for low
grade ore.
Chloride District - Schuylkill
Co. to build big milling
plant at Tennessee mine.
Every city should fight for
economy in city, county and state
government as patriotic duty
and discourage all forms of freak
and radical legislation as him
trance to industrial development,
he nations need at present.
Oatman-Black Giant Mines
90. developing and shipping high
grade ore.
Skull Valley -- One hundred
mules employed carrying ore for
Copper Basin to railroad.
United States Department of
Agriculture estimated 100000
acres of land will be planted to
cotton this year in the
State.
Dos Cabezos-Mascot Copper
nine to be operated again by
lew owners.
Mohave County-l00, 900 head