Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-03-29
WILL CONSTRUCT PLANTS
 POSTPONED BY THE WAR

That large amount of new mine
 mill and shelter work is under con-
 sideration is evidenced by the report
 that comes from Bisbee that impor-
 tant mining district construction
 work, which has been in abeyance to
 major extent in all of the Arizona
 districts since 1916, is indicated as
 about to be resumed on extensive
 scale,
 It is learned that plans calling for
 the expenditure of several million dol
 lars are complete and that only the
 delivery of materials and the assemb-
 ling of the necessary skilled construc-
 tion forces stand in the way of im-
 mediate beginning of the work.
 During the last week A. B. Me
 Gregor, foremost among smelter
 builders in the country and respon-
 sible for the designing and construc-
 tion of all the big plants put up in Arizona in the last several years, and } David Cole, responsible for a great deal in concentrator construction, have been through the city on their
 separate ways to different mining camps.
 McGregor was enroute to Jerome where he is outlining improvements which will carry increased capacity as we'll as higher efficiency for the new United Verde Extension shelter. Cole came here from Globe, en route to Prescott. At Globe he had submitted final plans for the construction of new mill for the Iron Cap. At Pres colt he was to take up Arizona Bing- hampton plans for mill and tram way involving several hundred thou sand dollars new investment.
 The Iron Cap mill is the first large new concentrator construction to de- velop since 1916, when the Shattuck mill at Bisbee for the handling of lead-sllver ores was put underway. Iron Cap was at that time compara- lively in the prospect stage. Since then it has developed as one of the most attractive mines in the state and lc looked to with continuance of it's development program to make larg- CT and very rich mine. In 1918 under the call of the government for all the copper that might possibly be pro- duced, Iron Cap went at it's ore with colors flying and jumped it's produc- tion from around 100000 pounds per month to 100000 pounds. Since then it has had considerable recu- perating to do along the line of reach- ing into new ore, but it has made the headway with this.
 The mill now planned for Iron Can and which will be equal to putting through 600 tons of ore daily, will very much assist the property to higher output of metal and higher ec- onomic operation. In the mine there is much ore standing of an excellent character and grade which will be made use of to much advantage along with the direct ore which the Iron Cap has shus far confined itself to in great measure. The mill and other inci- iental work in connection herewith will mean expenditure before through 'f something like a million dollars. Above that will be larger employment 10th on surface and underground, i which will be made way for over a | 'eriod of many years. I
 At Jerome there is like picking up 7 o be done on the extensive work as- ! ociated with operations for steam hoveling of considerable, United 'erde area and which will get fully N underway just as soon as the read ustments are worked out that the ncalled for strike of last month pre- ipitated. In all there is probably i've million dollars worth of construc- ion in sight at this time in the min ng districts-that is, that much work ' or completion the present year, 'hich will still leave some of the jobs ar from finished. With further de- lane in the price of materials and improvement in delivery great deal 1ore of work can be expected to ome out, the conduct of which un- = CT existing cost conditions is not $