Tombstone epitaph., 1922-11-05
ARIZONA WEEKLY
 INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
BY CHARLES F. WILLIS.

k.ditor Arizona Mining Journal.
 Copper Situation While copper sales are reported 10 have been some what unsatisfactory during the last week. consumers of the metal are, in general, working to capacity. and it Is felt that the present lull can there fore be no more than a temporary one As most producers are well sold mp. there has, .been no great pressure of metal on the market, but slight re- cession can be observed.
 Production Of copper al the United Verde will show consider able increase for October as compared with the figures for several months past during which the smelter ou,pu; has been in the neiGhborhood of g. .50,0OO pounds a month The leach ing experiment promises to add to the output by recovery from low grade ores.
 Morenci-An increase in the ion mage to he mined at the Mo-enG mines of the Phelps Dodge Corpors- ton to 1ioO tons day. or double ;,.c present tonnage. has been announced ry Capt J. r. Hodgson. manager Soulc necessary changes will be mad in the No. t mill. which will require aboat % days time, and more men added 10 the mine force.
 fay-Ore production by the Ray Consolidated Copper company now amounts to about 5000 tons day. he Aipments going regularly to ths oJnccnirator al Hayden. Horizontal drilling with diamond drill on .he iaj0 level is being continued. ,he drill being in 800 feet and in ore. Tho co-pany is employing about 700 men in all departments.
 Hurley Robert Campbell GerrI@cH assistant managing director of the Torrnyry mining properties of the D. C. ,acklins interests. died suddenly or October D. while enrouie from Hurley 10 Los Angeles Mr. Gemmell had ;ust completed an inspection trip Of the Ray Consolidated properties ir Arizona and the Chino copper com psny property at Hurley, New Mexico. G!obe-Great interest in Superior aid Boston was evoked recently by strike made on the s00 level while prosecuting development work along what is believed 10 be the old Domin- ion vein The ore encountered ran acout 1 per cent copper and 10 10 oGnces silver, the vein width being undetermined. though believed to be about 10 feet
 , Clarkdale-The Copper Chief Min. ! irS company is gradually increasing shipments of ore from it's property in the Verde district to the Humboldt snel;er. eight cars being the total for i Sept. :nber Shelter returns or the CT" show q very encouraging margin lover costs Of mining. freighting and sn:elting. according to superintendent,
 J. T. Watson.
 Silver City-Returns have been re cciyed from the first two cars of ore shipped by the Volcano Mines com
 pany, Of Steins, since September Ist
 The first car returned 231 ounces ot
 silver ton and I.se in gold The
 second car returned PSI ounces ot
 silver a ton and s32o in gold. Foul
 cars month are said to be enougf
 to defray all expenses of operation Globe-For a consideration said tt
 be s23,0OG the Old Dominion Minin.
 Company, of Globe, has procured tn,
 adjacent mining claims held by tn.
 heirs of the late Thomas Doyle Tn,
 claims adjoin the northeastern portion of the Old Dominion holdings and ar,
 believed 10 be fairly rich in copper The ore shows up at a depth of 40 |. feet.
 Superior-J. C. Goodwin, of Tempe president of the Magmatic Coppe c.. with properties at Superior, die, , at his home Wednesday. October g as the result of fall from an auto , mobile earlier in the week. MT. Good . win was a pioneer Of Arizona, havin , resided here g years and was one o the best known mining men in tn , state
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