Tombstone epitaph., 1922-12-31
WEEKLY COPPER REVIEW
CBy Charles F. Willis. editor Arizona
 Mining Journab

'bt hdfl"S F. Nlllis, cultOf arZOna Mining JournaD
 Copper has hit it's high price st the year and ,pntinuing to adyancs seur- L.aS.Se s5Meass ss iryAfrom xew' ssYork. state rhat -rsYp<r lsss actsaly been ssld sr a. sentsl Z rhegpast { weskss.a keen \,nssp.ies srsdaaIiyya' frf-H ard tfa predictions of F cent Cooper by the beginning of the New Yc4r4id fair ,o-as as..!.zed. Ney-na- 1 lbar sales just ahout equalled produc-
 ton i65.u0o.0oo pounds. So that the pins remains at about 225.000.0OO hut ,ha inquiries for coppcr for de -IAXeaLS -ai1.aa a-t-9-Ilst- lhcGe- months. .p%-IA-j al s-oL-- considerable eNcess . ro.,iln-- Ta.--. bGsiag for German.
 French and Gs.,jsh consuIues4 iA also IqeA.ns sp.- ~ ri
 -"rAe Now -Ysar looks bright ia-
 deed. ,tattd r c. Beckett general -.,...i.. .-.;r ~f-ii.a- FEs.sAs DodSs earpoE, -,;.al-- The November demand was
 unusuaIy brisa and we have reason
 ,,- beileve that the demand wir con time heavy"
 "Dev,lopment Of the domestic mar, Ike, has been one of the most a: our
 agins signs the industry has witness
 ai n months, stated F. " Maclen- t-n general manag~- of the iiani
 oirer colnpaay Surplus stocks
 are- breu reduced to normai-anoth-
 yn,orra-iug sisa-and We are
 ,.a- iora ard to normal running Of mines"
 he reports iaw days ago that
 .le Glob4-liami district was flood
 ing w.th excess labor is good sign
 saa ,ools 2s taaa-a ,..c A,.aaicar aac
 to labor shor,4-e would be removed shortly.
 News continues to come of resump-
 ton Of operations and increased ac-
 tivities The most important piece lof news along this line is the an.
 nouncement that the Phelps Dodge fcorporation, Bisbee. Arizona. expect to resume steam shovel operations on and mill operations can be made ready for ore extraction P. G. Beckett, , general manager. states that this will probably be about May or June of
 1923 Men will he gradually employ ed on this work until the full 500 needed are secured.
 tfhe Phelps T sd.. ,crporatiJ.. ,-t- renCi. Arizona. branch has completed the installation of the new unit in i; No. 6 concentrator and will immedi- ately be put in operation. ! F. Hodg-
 son. general manager, states that 500 men .rc now ou '!- ray roll .i
 more are needed. This new unit will b. able to treat 1000 tons daily. bring ing the output up to HOO tons daily. : The Noctezuma Copper company. q subsidiary of the Prelps Dodge cor poration. Nacozari. sonora. Mexico, is
 now employing lS00 men and Y. T. Hamilton. manager. states that more will be taken on from time to time i Two units oi the concentrator are operating approximately two-thirds
 capacity. the ore being shipped to the Copper Queen srselter at Douglas. for
 treatment
 : At the last meeting Of the directors of the Sha;tuck Arizona Mining con- pany, T. O. McGrath. Bisbee. it was
 reported that they had decided to re- sHme operations OH that property when copper reached fifteen cents. It is anticipated that the Shattuck. another of the large mines. wilf- be going shortly The increase in the quartely divi- dend of fhc United Verde Extension
 from g 10 j0 cents is also a mark oe confidence in the future and the feeling that 1t is no longer necessary to build up the surplus