Tombstone epitaph., 1919-03-23
ARIZONA MINES TO
 CONSTRUCT PLANTS
 POSTPONED ev WAR

MSBEE. Ariz., March 2l.-Import- ant mining district construction work, which has been in abeyance to major extent in all of the Arizona districts since 1l6, is indicated as about 10 be resumed on extensive scale.
 IL 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 cons;ruc- ton froces stand in the way of i'm mediate beginning of the work.
 Dar.-g the last week A. B. Mo C.e,Jr. foremost among sme!ter build CTS in the country and responsible for lhe designing and construction Of all the big plants pu: up in Arizona in the last several years, and David Cole. responsible for a great dea! in concentra,or construction. have been through the city on their separate ways to different mining camps.
 McGregor was en route to Jerome where he is outlining improvements which will carry increased capacity as well as higher efficiency for the new United Verde Extension smelter. Cole came here from Globe. en route to Prescott. At Globe he had submitted final plans for the construction Of a new mill for the Iron Cap. At Pres cot; he was to take up Arizona Bins- hamton plans for mill and a tram way involving several hun fred thou sand dollars new investD ent.
 The Iron Cap mill is the first large new concentrator construction to de- ve.op since 1916, when the Shattuck mill at Bistee for the handling of lead-silver ores was put underway. iron Cap was at that time compara- tice!y in the prospect stage Since then it has developed as one Of the most attractive mines in the state and is looked to with continuance of its development program 10 make a larg CT and very rich mine. In 1918 under the call of the government for all the copper that might possibly be pro | duoei, Iron Cap went a: it's ore wit. coIors flying and jumped its produc ton from around s200,00 pounds pel month to 1.O0O,00o pounds Sine; 1 then it has had considerable recu pera;ing to do along the line of reach ing into new ore. but it has made tn. heldway with this.
 The mil now planned for Iron Ca; and which will be equal to putting through 600 tons of ore daily. vii very much assist the property to high CT output of metal and higher econo mic operation. In the mine there i. rauch ore standing of an excelien ! concan,ra.;po rba -,r,ar a,d yra d. which will be made use of to muci 1 advantage along with the direc smelling ore which the Iron Cap ha: thus far confined itself to in grea measure The mill and other incl dental work in connection herewith will mean expenditure before throusl | Of something like million dollars Above that will be larger enploymen both on the surface and underground which will be made way for over {; periaod of many years.
 At Jerome there is like picking uI 10 be done on the extensive work as sociated with operations for stean shoveling of a considerable Unite; Verde area and which will get full, underway just as soon as the read justments are worked out that tn, uncalled for strike of last month pre- cipitated. In all there is probab,, five million dollars worth of construc tio min sight at this time in the min ing distrfcts-that is, that much worl for completion the present year, whicl will still leave some of the jobs fa from finished. With further declin, in the price of materials and i'm provement in delivery a great dea more of work can be expected t come out, the conduct of which un der existing cost conditions is no economically possible.