The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-11-03


 and Gerald Sherman, chief consult ing mining engineer. the first get together meeting of Phelps Dodge officials and employees was held in the Morenci Hotel on Wednesday evening of this week.
 SixtH-fiVe men sat down at the dinner table including members Of the P. D. official staff, engineering, mining milling and smelting depart ment, and invited guests.
 Goodfellowship, loyalty and CO., operation was the spirit of the oc- casion, and everyone present threw restraint and formality to the winds and throughly enjoyed themselves.
 This was the first meeting of its kind to be held since the consolida- tion of the properties of the A. C. Ltd. with those of Phelps Dodge ID this district, but Capt. Hodgson, the host. of the evening, announced tnat in the future similar meetings would be held each month for the purpose of talking shop" between the heads of the several departments.
 At the conclusion of the dinner Capt. Hodgson spoke to the assem- bled guests briefly, addressing the majority of those present as fellow
 
 Phelps Dodge Morenci Branch de- scribed the holdings of the corpora tion in this district as ''the largest mining proposition in Arizona-botn in point of acreage and tonnage or ore t,o+ is
 We do not know, just yet, what IS Immediately before us", said Cap tain Hodgson. "The copper market is soft and weak-and the slumplng off in the price of the metal during inc mast few days is not encourasins' but at any rate the general sltua,ioii is better than it was year ago.
 The sneaker called attention to the fact that the Copper Pueen Brahch sre,ter. at Douglas, was only op- eratine at two-thirds capacity. tne the nlant of the P. D. corporaIioh as Nacozari about the same anu sitnation did not justify cro"uine inc production ahead too last. mu, t,, renci is operating at about t"en'' per cent of norman. .1one
 The Engineering department aiond said Captain Hodgson has "oIhL 1.e mapped out ahead that ~n h.;ne, +boro two years to complete Ill -prAne ing the different levels ol the loa .Ho c. mines to common eieTeIio-t -,-;+t the p D. underground worklnsS;
 The Morenci manager lnIormeu 7ic opests that although the output oF +be No mill would be lmmeui- gteIv increased to 400 tons oaliy' +be hig remodeling plans TOT tne concentrating department will not pe ,,ndartaken until the copper sltuation instifies the expenditure, and that s1though he had hoped that smelting enerations could be resumed at the Clifton shelter in the near 1utule that department would also have u wait a while longer =. .ho
 Ceptain Hodgaor. emphasized tne ' s,nportarce cf co.oreratioi ana tne .srull-together" spirit So neceSsarS to the attainment Of tne pest re E. sn,ts not only cn, tho .s.rt of f"'io" workmen but among the oas,ness men of the district as well. "l.n a r,uch feeli.5 tt;s r. D. MapaRci stressed the point that the keystone of the arch of cooperation ana loyai ty was in the proper handling ano consideration for the men empioyeo and to treat them fairly.
 MT. Gerald Sherman, consuitlne engineer, has just returned rom two weeks trip in the east. ne stated that the copper producers wht nave OHICeS III NO" AOAh
 downhearted but neither were they very enthusiastic over the copper situation. He called attention to the shortage of miners in the copper districts and cited as an example that in the Butte district there was a present shortage of between three and four thousand men. MT. Sher man predicted that copper mining would be a hard competitive business for the next few years and survlva of those who were able to plan then operations in such a manner tha their costs would enable them to sel on the market at a profit
 During the dinner McHenry Mosler e. E. Hull, and J. H. Williams added much to the entertainment witt their musical selections. Those pres ent on this occasion were:
 R. M McDougall, J. P Hodgson c. A. Wagstaff, H. w. Hill, w.. B Yarbrough, G. L. Cashion, Dominic Maffeo, J. M. Mason, J. H. Williams G. M Robison, Dr. T. B. Smith, Dr C. Jay, John Riddle, A. A. Anderson McHenry Mosier, P. O. Howard, H A. Liedich, J. H. Miller, H. F. Wack :. erbarth, R. Bowie, Jr., w: w: NC VIC Millen, J. l.. Adams. w. G. Scott, w J. George Hern. J. D. Williams. Jacl Scott, w. B. Kelly, W. A. E. Hut. L J. owen, Felix Bontempo. E. L. Gay z. w. Wilson, c. B. Nonnamaker Alex Mclean, M. E. Roscoe, Johl Uren, Gerald Sherman, J. R. WesteI Lorenzo Musso, James Rolh, Nlci Chesterfield, c. E. Carr, Thos. k Soule. F. l.. Coates, J. W. Scott, Net Curnow, Arthur Crowfoot, D. [ . Barnard, Spencer Bishop, W. A |, Moore, A. J. Kristen, Walter Rus sell Fred Symonds, J. o. Ambler, w c. Adams, C. O. Billingsley, Ale Patterson. F. E. Ross, A. B. Jones w. L. Neel, Wash Mclean, T. L AXton. The Morenci Mines of the Phelp Dodge Corporation, Norenci Branch are continuing to add to their work