Tombstone epitaph., 1922-12-10


 \ wire from New York states: Copper sales are in fair volume. Foreign sales are lair. Domestic buying good to the end of the year with a fair volume for the first quar- ter shipment and with practically all producers quoting II cents. Buyers are beginning :o lock upon i3 IS cent copper as cheap. Indications are il41-s cent prices will be reached by copper before the enu Of the year.
 There is some talk from unknown {, sources relative to a protective tariff for copper. This. however. is not re sarded as being serious as it is gen erally felt that American producers do not desire tariff. protection, nor is there any necessity for that protec- ton
 l For the first time in many months We have received word relative to proposed railroad construction. The Southern Pacific de Mexico is plan ming on spending ten million dollars on new construction immediately. From Topic 10 LaQuemeda. The work is being handled under the di- rection of II. B. Titcomb. Tucson. That the permanent crossing of the Colorado river by ,he Southern Pa cific railroad will remain al Yuma. Ariz. has been demonstrated by plans made public there recently for the building Of a new bridge and for yard and main line changes. expected to cost about s2,C00,oOO. The bridge will he of cantiiever design. with single span of 500 feet.
 The Goldroad mine. owned by the United States SmeltinG and Refining company. with n R. Muir as manager will resume work as soon as men can be secured for the production of ore This mine is near Oatman and it is six years since it was operated.
 Plans to increase the capacity of the shelter of the Old Dominion com- pany of Globe, and later to convert the blast furnace Of the plant to re. verberatory furnaces. have been an nounced by C. z. Smith. president of the company, who recently visited the property The work will involve [ the expenditure of about s3o0, ,000. it Is stated and that part of il eitecting the capacity of the shelter will be started. it is thouht soon after the completion of additions 10 the con centrator which are now under way.
 A mill of 5o0tons capacity is to be installed at an early date at the prop erty of the Young Mines company of Youngsberg. Ariz.. according 10 Geo |. Young. president and general man aper of the company. Considerable development work has been complet ed a, the property and large amount of new machinery installed as well as additional surface equip mert and buildings
 4 resolution adopted by the board os governors Of the Salt River Valley Users association of Phoenix, practi cally assures the construction Of the Mormon Flats dam, with q regulating capacity Of 90.000 acre feet. and the increase in capacity of the Roosevelt reservoir by 27O,Oo0 acre feet and the remodelins of the power plant including the construction of .50t K. V. A. unit It is estimated that this work would be completed within a year at q cost of s1,OOO,CG0.
 II is reported that construction , work involving the improvement o the present bedding system at the Copper Queen smelter of the Phelp: Dodge corporation, in which the or, is mixed by steam shovel by nor. modern methods of mixing with bell conveyors and gravity, will start soon It is understood also that a silver fur mace is tO be included in the plan and that there is a possibility of add ing another reverberatory when thu Ion Luis contractor gets under way :. Viewing the future Of the copper in dustry with decided optimism and an ncuncing q program of expansion rather than one of retrenchment O operations at the United erde min, and smelter, Senator W. A. Clark