El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-25

/ DHOENIx. Ariz. Jan. 25.-During
L 1918 Arizona did valiant patriotic
service by lifting production beyond
al previous maximum figures and by
keeping constructive work at the
minimum. Her copper mines Welded
more bullion than ever before known
IN 2 single year and her fields more
cotton and other agricultural products.
while from her ranges great stores Of
meat went Off on hoof 20 feed the
battling men overseas. and neeces OF
sheep and goats Incidentally. she did
her share, and more, in furnishing
men, both for the fighting and for
the production OF the needed metal,
meats. breadstuffs and fabric ma
terials
Though copper prices were low
er than in the year before and
wages and material costs very
materially more, the state gave
the nation and its associates about
SO0,oOOsOOO pounds Of the red metal
that 80 urgently was needed for
the construction OF almost every
engine OF rurfnrc and especially
for the electrical equipment with
out which shErs or nirshlpE cannot
sail Practically All the Arizona
er1ment order and most Of "a un-
doubtediy taken m for war needs
or FOR direct Eurouern shipment.
Every miae was working 70 its
capacity OF men and equipment
when the war 20 suddenly closed
and every furnace was pouring
Its Ereuteat possible output OF
bullion. ft Happened in crafty
INK contrast with the yea= before.
rhat no Industrial disturbances OF
importance blocked this work OF
national service There WIS .'teum
play along the line
All the new equipment that went
into action in the mining camps dur
ing the year had been under consrruc-
tion well before the year began There
might have been more had the supe-
rior claims OF the war department not
diverted machinery manutacturlng 70
other than mine uses As 1t was a
number of new mining production
units were started during the year
Great smelter Built
Most important was the new
smelter Of the United Verde Exten-
sion company, at Verde short disT
lance from the c0mpany's Jerome
mines. with which direct communica-
ton soon VIII be had through H.
00o foot tunnel thar has been under
construction for more than the past
year. The nearby United Verde mas
enlarged its Clarkdale smelling plant
and IS building q broad gauge rail-
road up the steep hillside TO its for
mer smelter site above Jerome,
where steam shoVels viii strip the
surface ores through which the first
workings were sunk Both comp1-
niles have done much in building. for
the better housing OF their employees
Most Of the many Jerome develop
menr mines have been shut down by
wartime conditions.
Next in order OF importance are
the new 1909 ton reduction works OF
the Ray Hercules company, at Ray
and Hercules. with a 1900 ton con-
centratinE min and Diesel power
plant at the latter point, and the IN
Cidental building OF a number OF
miles OF railroad Pay Consolidated.
the larger property Of the camp, has
about completed a new compressed
air hauiage system. has cOncrered its
main haullge drifts and done much
new shaft and surface work Ma
made at Hayden TO the Ray ConsoI-
dated mill and 20 the American
shelter.
BiSbee Joins Procession
Had The war not prevented. the
Copper Queen at Bisbee before this
would have had in operation 5000
ton concentrating mill FOR It's leaner
schist ores. mainly TO De taken from
Sacramento HILL almost within the
business section OF the camp. The
mill site is ready and the necessary
equipment is understood 20 have been