The Arizona copper camp., 1920-06-12
lContinued from Iagt weekl

this English company, it would make
an interesting magazine story. On
the flat north of Kelvin were the polo
fields; farther down we find the beau
tiful cement tennis courts; the off
cials could be seen driving around in
their wonderful tandem dog-carts
To the natives it was quite wonder
fuI and remarks like this could be
heard: Grown men in short pants,
whacking a little ball back and forth
across q net, yes, sir. think of it,"
It is said that the conmissary was
one continuous celebration after an
ether, game was shipped on ice from
New York, the finest VINE sparkled
on their tables, and, in fact, nothing
was too good or too high-priced.
One incident amused the old-timers
immensely: Six gas engines had been
connected to the, same line shaft at
the mill, and not until one of them
had broken its belt did they discover
that it had been set to run in the OPP
posite direction and the others had
l3on dragging it along in spite of its
protests.
The. company that had taken the
mortgage sent a man, Mr.. James d.
Hague, to examine and report on the
property. After sampling and care
fully inspecting, he reported that,
under present conditions, 4 per cent,
ore could not be handled at a profit,
and per cent ore could not be
touched except at a loss" He also
advised suspension Of operations, but
he also remarked that sometime, with
improved machinery and favorable
eondit.o .ons, that there might be posi-
bilities at Ray.
In 1905 the Arizona Eastern con-
nected Kelvin with Phoenix, Which
meant that from that time on the
problem of transportation was solved.
The next year the Calumet Copper
company was shipping forty tons Of
high-grade ore per day.
The following year, 1907 Mr. D. c.
Jaeklin, of the Utah Copper company,
was attracted to Ray, and the Ray
Consolidated Copper company was or
ganzed. 1t took over the holdings
Of the old English company, capital
ized itself at $6,0OO.O0O, and started to
work The churn- drills were started
under the direction of Seeley w.
Mudd. Philip w. Wiseman had also
much to do with the early work Of
the Ray Con. The drills were kept
going until $50 holes were drilled to
an average depth of 41$ feet
Up to March, 1911, when actual pro-
duction by the Ray ConBolidated Cop
per company began, fAre. had been
an expenditure of about $1O,00o,000
The railroad to Kelvin had been made
stapdard- gauge; thirty niles Of drifts
and cross-cuts had been made; two
main shafts had Keen sunk and
/ equipped and the milt.dt Hayden was
partly complete. 1t might be men
toned that the change in mill location
had been made from KH,yin to Hay
den on account of the Mad desire on
the part Of the real. estate ones at
Kelvin TO get rich quickSA
The Arizona Hercules Copper com
pany was organized September IS,
1906, with capital of $1O,OoeOOO.
Othar smaller companies were organ
/ lied. One of these was the Ray Cen
trail, wh4ch came under the control
of the Ray Consolidated about April
CT 1912.
The Ray Consolidated at the begin
ming planned things on a stupendous
scale. This was necessary to make
low grade proposition pay, and as
the engineer had assured them that
there were at least 5O,00G,O0O tons Of
ore We are told that the early plans
and policy of the Ray Con. have never
been materially changed, that the
changes made in the early plans have
| been merely in details made Nneces-
sary by inventions and improved ma
chinery.
There are many interesting figures
in connection with the Ray Consoli-
dated Copper company, the second
/ largest in the world, but the reader
is undoubtedly familiar with all this
We would note but one or two facts
that we think should be considered:
Since the beginning of production in
1911 there has been 125 pounds Of
pure copper produced by this com
/ Eany every minute Of the time, TWEEN
/ ty-Iour hours per day, day in and day
out, for these nearly ten years. And,
again, think now far the ITO miles Of
underground track would reach if it
H. M WHITAKER !