Tombstone epitaph., 1922-10-15
, ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
BY CHARLES F. WILLIS,

cars of concentrates a month, or about $50 tons day, from 'fs Hurley mill to the Fl Paso shelter Most of the ore content is chalcopyrite, with some chalcocite. bornite and metallic cop per. Mining is largely by steam shovel methods.
 Superior-The Silver Bell Columbia mining company, F miles southeast of Superior. has been sold 10 George r. Mangus of New York. for s575, ,0O0. according to announcement by the for mer owners. Julius R. Fithian and C. C. Baker: Of Santa Barbara, Calf. Geo. j. Stoneman, Los Angeles. and Perry Howie. Superior. Arizona
 Oatman-Ore carrying an average value of $500 ton is being taken from the Telluride vein. recently op- ened on the property of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company. X width of IS inches of this ore is carried in a drift on the 500 level which is now in 100 feet There is still 125 feet to go to reach Telluride ground, giving the Tom Reed large block of the ore
 Miami-A new international record in shaft sinking was established re gently with the completion of the porphyry shaft of the Inspiration Con. solidated Copper company. Less than eight and one-half months were re- quired to complete the shaft. which was sunk to depth of 14O3 feet. An average of 15.200 cubic feet Of mate rial was removed each day Jack Har- rington was the contractor
 Prescott The Arizona National mine. property Of the Arizona Nation al Mining company. and F M Ander- son, has been sold to Q. o. Smith and associates for consideration said to be sl00.O00. The Arizona National is Ia silver-lead property and under for mer operation had produced about s2O0.0Cc with silver worth about 50 cents an ounce.
 Jerome-The big steam shovel GU; at the United erde is now ID a face oi direct smelling ore and tremen- dous tonnage is going down the hill daily 10 the shelter at Clarkdale The principal values are gold and silver, the assays showing only trace Of copper. Mine production is continu. ing al the normal rate Big savings are made daily by the new Cottrell plant
 Douglas Copper production at the Copper Queen reduction works has in. creased every month since the smel ter reopened in February. according . tc Percival P Butler. superintendent, cf the plant The first months pro duction was slightly over 5000, 0OC pounds. while for the month of Sep tember the output was IO.IO9, ,0OC pounds. October production should be even larger.
 ! Bouse-The Little Butte Amalgama ed Mines company is preparing to re sume development of its properties near Rouse. taking up the work where the United Mines company left off during the war period. and continu ing the shaft to the sulphide ore i Samuel T. Gadbe of Los Angeles has been secured as consulting engineer of the company.
 Dos Cabezas-Delay in the arriva of the huge copper cable which is 2 part of the new electrical equipment being installed by the Central Copper company, has temporarily prevented augmenting the mine force as had
 been planned The present stage O. the huge development program of tn, company met the warm approval O company directors al their recen
 meeting.
 The Copper situation: Septembel
 copper sales are tentatively estimat ed at 125,o00,0o0 pounds. an increase
 of 25.o00,000 pounds over August O the total sales for September, it il
 estimated that less than 25,o00,00'
 pounds were sold by the Copper E1
 port association, which is believed Ito have on hand not more than 15o
 coo, 900 pounds of the red metal un
 scld.