Tombstone epitaph., 1922-11-19
ARIZONA WEEKLY
 INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
BY CHARLES r. WILLIS.

] Morenci-The new mill of the
 S,argo Mines Co.,. Inc, will be ready 1 for it's test run on November 15 and | i, is planned that the mill will be in
 regular and steady operation by the ' first of December. The mill was con. s'ructed by the General Engineering Company of Salt Lake City. The
 property is under the management of M j. Harmon.
 Jerome The Arizona Dearborn
 Mining Company. which has proper ties in Mexico and in Arizona near
 Ncgales. have taken over the Jerome
 Bisbee property near Jerome and plan an active campaign of development to
 start shortly The property is to be
 financed in the coast cities. Lee Ben. ham is secretary and treasurer and in active charge.
 Dos Cabezas-The new electrical pumping installation has been com pleted within the last few days at the property of the Central Copper Co, ', Jchn w. Prout. Jr. general manager, and it will now he possible to in. crease the number of men working because of the additional air avail able. They have been working about l:5 men regularly
 Jerome-On the 500 level of the Verde Central Copper company prop erty at Jerome, vein of quartz in a drift being run northwest has widen ci from four to eight feet and the !neralization has noticeably in- creased. It is chiefly in the form of chalcopyrite ard chalcocite. with some oxides On both sides is ledge matter of promising nature.
 Superior-The Magma Copper Co. cf Superior. is negotiating with the Salt River Valley Water Users As scciation for an enlargement of their present power contract of 900 kilo- wstts by an additional 1900 kilowatts. IF case an agreement is not reached with the Water Users it is reported a steam plant will be installed. Courtland-The Great Western Min ing Company, of Courtland, has been making q considerable number O. shipments from that district. accord inG 10 William Holmes. of Courtland. who is president of the Leadyille Mining company. Arrangements for the resumption of operations at the Leadville property are practically completed.
 Prescott-The United Verde Cop per company, the United Verde Ex- tension and other mining companies are going to make test case out of the recent ruling of the State Tax Commission which increased the av. craze period for taxation purposef from five years to a longer period
 The plan of using a five year aver age has been in use for several years and the extending of the period at this time seems to be solely for the purpose of keeping in the prosperous years of 1917 and 1918.
 . Crown King-By. transaction closed November l. at which time an initial payment was made. Richard Kingdom, of Prescott, has negotiated
 contract with New York parties
 whereby the latter have agreed to
 take over an option held by Mir.
 Kingdom on the Curtin and other claims near the Swastika Mine in Ya- vapai county. It is stated that un- ! der the agreement minimum sum | of s3,000 month is to be advanced
 fci the development of the mine. Copper Situation-The bugaboo of
 possible overproduction Of copper. has
 been removed by a statement of J.
 Parke Charming, Vice President of
 the Miami Copper company, when he
 said: 'I see no danger of overpro-
 dictioh. The safes during the last
 six months have been very satisfac-
 tory. Taking everything into consid-
 eration, l may say that the industry
 IS in healthy condition"