Tombstone epitaph., 1922-12-03
ARIZONA WEEKLY
 INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
BY CHARLES F. WILLIS.
Editor Arizona Mining Journal.

Dodge Corporation has 300 men at work at its Morenci branch, Capt J. P Hodgson. general manager. has stated that il would be glad to have another loo or 150. This number is needed at once to take care Of the additional work planned by the com pany 4 school has been started to teach green" miners modern meth ods employed
 Douslas-The Chispas Mining com pany, owner of the Chispas mine in the Arizpe district of Sonora, Mexico. has completed plans for the construc- tion of a central electric power plant at Nacozari which. it is estimated will cost S300.OO0, according to An tonic Pedrazini, general manager of the company A 45-mile long high power transmission line is included. Phoenix-A mill of 800 tons ca pacity is to be installed at an early date at the property of the Young Mines company of Youngsberg, and production is expected to start not later than next March, according to George |. Young. president and gen eIal manager of the company. Consid erable development work has been done and new machinery installed at the nine
 Prescott-A verdict for the plain . tiff has been granted by the Superior court in the suit brought by R. E. Moore. trustee for II. W. Lewis, ct al, against the Arizona Jerome Copper company Of Jerome. to quiet title to ihe Apex group Of claims near the United Verde property. A similar suit 1 has been brought against the Verde Central Mining company.
 ! Oltman-Important work is now in i progress in the United Eastern Min ] ing company property af Oatman. drill station being cut on the tenth level 1900 feet and at he breast of the I00O-foot crosscut intothe hanging wall The drill will be pushed down at an angle of 2.COO feet, it being in tended to cut the big vein at depth of 26e0 or 21O0 feet below the apex Jerome-The Calumet X Jerome
 Mining company of Jerome. has sus- pended all development work for the time being Some excellent showings
 were made recently during the de-
 velopment work on the property,
 which was being carried out under the direction of Superintendent Ar thur Whitley. No time is announced for Q resumption of operations.
 Superior - Permission has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington 10 the Magma Copper company of Superior, to issue and sell at par sS00.O00 in
 capital stock. the fund to he used in the building of thirty-mile standard
 gauge road from it's property to Mag
 ma Junction. This work is now pro sressing rapidly.
 i Tombstone Announcement has
 been made by the Phelps Dodge Cor poration of the promotion of John H. Davis. superintendent of the Bunker Hill mines at Tombstone. to a posi-
 tion on the staff of P. G. Beckett. gen eral manager of the corporation. with
 headquarters in Bisbee Mr. Davis is succeeded by A. M. Morris. former fly secretary to Walter Douglas. presi.
 dent of the Phelps Dodge.
 Turkey-The property of the How
 ard Copper company at Turkey was
 recently inspected by eastern capi-
 talists, with a view. it is said. of ex-
 tensive development of, the mine,
 which has shown but little activity
 during the past year. Sinking of the lshaft will be continued and modern
 mining machinery installed. H. Q.
 Howard is president of the company
 The Copper Situation-A firmer
 tendency is reported in the copper : market and some sellers are inclined
 to quote 14 cents. although F IS lcents continue to be the prevailing
 level However. some authorities are
 of the opinion that prices will be ad- vanced slightly in the near future
 Export inquiries are also good and a humber of fair sized orders have