Tombstone epitaph., 1922-03-05
WEEKLY RESUME OF
 MINING ACTIVITIES

PHOENIX. March ..-Lamor Situa- tion-An unexpected difficulty in re- opening the mines is being reported
 by some of the producers as well as
 those who have resumed operations
 in Montana The Anaconds Copper
 Mining company annoInces that only
 one experienced miner is being ob-
 ta;ned rom every fifty applicants and
 while they started work a month and
 half ago. their production was neg
 ligible due 10 shortage Of machine men
 COPPER SITUATION-Th natural reflection of the heavy sales Of No
 sem5er and December have come in the smaller sales of the last two months Copper always has been q
 metal to sell in spurts and copper au- thorities believe that another buying movement will start about the middle of March and most of the producers
 are holding to a firm price. The in dications are that copper will go to l5 cents d pound when the next buy ing movement begins
 MORENCI TT The Stargo Iines com -pany are to start work al once on
 their new cyanide milling plant. A
 contract was recently entered into by the officers of the company with Nor
 ris kuhlman of New York City for ! sl29.5oO for the building of plant with fifty tons daily capacity ! WILLCOX-A pronounced reyiva! of activity is taking place in the Te- wis district around Dos Cabezas al though this district suffered less from
 the depression than many other dis
 tricts due to the fact that the work al
 the principal property. the Central,  was continued without curtailment OATMAN-The success of the dia- mond drill exploration at the Oatman ! United mine has led 10 plans being made for much more diamond drill work to be done in the camp. Oat-
 man is getting back almost to its boom day activity of 1915. James F. ! O'Brien Of Tonopah fame is handling : the publicity from the camp. ! HlLLSBORO- FL Paso people have purchased the Snake and Opportunity
 mines and this old time producer will again he humming within short I time The mines will be worked on a
 leasing system as the scattered high
 grade deposits better lend themselves
 to that type of work. Milling is
 planned.
 ! KINGMAN-The Mohave section Of
 the American Institute of Mining and ] Netallurgical Engineers has been or
 sanized with Roy Moore. manager or ] the United Eastern mine as chairman R s Billings is secretary Regular meetings of the section are planned,
 tie next one to be March 10 PINOS ALTOS Work has been started on the Hecla Divide Mining
 company property. A 5000 foot tun-
 mel is planned immediately This will ' cut 2s mines that have large surface | showings and production and at | depths up to 1900 feet The project i is oneof the largest contemplated in
 many years
 | WARREN-The Ahumada has in creased its capital stock from S1 1.0OO,- 900 to s1.300,000 in order to provide
 for paying its portion of the Ahumada frupCiOn ralirOdG. The graulnR Is eX- pected to be finished about April 1
 and laying of steel will start shortly thereafter. Shipping is expected by July.
 MIAMI-The Louis dor Mining and Milling company. who have reported ! the finding of some native copper dur ing the past week, are expanding by the purchase of the five claims of the
 Bradley group which lies between
 some of their holdings and the devel-
 opment of their property is much ia . ciiitated thereby
 PHOENIX - Material reductions i have been made in the freight rates on mine timbers from northern Ari-
 zona points to the various mining camps.
 JOHN ". WALKER IS ASSISTANT