The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-12-08
Concentrates
(ARIzoNA MINING JOURNAL


 per sales are in fair volume. For eign sales are fair Domestic buy ing good to the end of the year with fair volume for the first quarter shipment and with practically all producers quoting IA cents. Buyers 1 are beginning to look upon 1878 cent copper as cheap. Indications are 141s cent prices will be reached by copper before the end of the year. GLOBE-The machinery at the property of the American Asbestos Mines Company in the Sierra Ancha mountains, is being dismantled and will be shipped to other districts | Failure of Congress to place a tariff on asbestos is said to have made it impossible for the mines to continue operations.
 OATMAN - The Goldroad mine, owned by the United States Smelt- ing and Refining Company, with D. R. Muir as manager, will resume work as soon as men can be se- cured for the production of ore. This mine is near Oatman and it is six years since it was operated. This property was one of the large gold producers or the state.
 TOMBSTONE-In one of the prin- cipal streets of Tombstone Arizona, rich vein has just been uncovered by street crews while eXcayating to lay curbing. This is believed to be now the property of the Bunkerhi]l Mines Go. Much excitement has been caused by the find and the feeling that Tombstone will "come back"
 LORDSBURG-Ore shipments to Fl Paso for the month of October for the Lordsburg. New Mexico dis trict amounted to 6,916 tons of cop per ore, PTS tons of silver ore, 331s tons of silver concentrates and 10 tons of tale. Siliceous ore to the amount of 132 tons was shipped from Steins during the last month. UCSON-Announcem that the Sud Pacifico de Mexico are to spend S10,000,000 in railroad construction on the west coast of Mexico and that about $2,OOO,00O is to be spent in the neighborhood of Yuma, are very significant signals of a return to normal conditions for this is the first similar announcement of any size for a number of years.
 KINGMAN-The Katherine Rand | Gold Mining Company, of Kingman, will begin active work on it's prop erty in the Katherine district, fol- ! lowing the annual meeting of the 1 company at Carson City, Nevada, in | December, according to w. A. Smith, manager of the company. It is plan ned to sink to the 400 and diamond drill from that level.
 AJO-The New Cornelia Copper 1 Company is now employing over 800 men in full production and new con
 struction at it's Ajo property. EX- 1 cavation for mill building and power | plant extension is we'll under way and good progress is being made cutting underground extensions at 1 the well. Steel construction on new ! concentrator will start about Janu- ary first.
 WILLCOX-The completion of the electrical installation for pumping and underground hoisting at the property of the Central Copper com
 pany has greatly stimulated work at the Dos Cabezas camp of that company. The unwatering of the i 500 level will permit of diamond drill work being done at a lower
 level than ever before.
 | TURKEY-Recent examinations by 1 Pittsburg engineers has resulted in
 a recommendation for the immediate construction of mill on the prop erty of the Howard Silver Company.
 few miles from Turkey station. Work will be rushed and it is anti i cipated that it can be ready for test
 ing by about April first.