The Coconino sun., 1923-03-30
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A'''Ao INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

RAY-Sixty men pushing repair
and underground development work at
Hercules property
BISBEE-Two hundred men added
to payroll Of Copper Queen branch. OF
the Phelps Dodge.
SUPERIOR - Steel work is to be
started on Magma Copper Co.'s new
smelter in April
PRESCOTT - Ore carrying 5000
ounces silver and 141a per cent cop.
per opened in Los Oris mine.
HUMBOLDT - Southwest Metals
smelter producing over 100000 lbs.
copper monthly.
SUPERIOR-Development of Sill
yer King mine to be resumed within
80 days.
NACO - Repairing of Naco-Can-
anea road to start at once.
YUMA - District ships out first
carload of lettuce.
| WILCOX - New copper prices
to stimulate mining. Activities at
| the Johnson camp to be resumed.
| Dardanelles Mines fl
nanced by eastern men tc be actively
developed.
AJO-Plant expansion proposed by
New Cornelia to double present ca
pacity.
PHOENIX - Over 1900 cars of
cantaloupes shipped out of state dur
ing 1922 season.
BUCKEYE - Survey stakes for
paving of highway to Palo Verde be-
ing set.
GLENDALE - Canning factory
with capacity of $4,000 daily to be es-
! tablished.
OATMAN - United American pre-
pairing property for active develop
ment.
MIAMI-InternationaI Smelling Co.
takes over local limestone claims
| ELGIN - Nogales Oil & Gas Co.
in red shaJe at 1145 TT. depth.
PATAGONIA = Tombstone men to
operate famous old American mine.
| YUMA - Survey of first unit of
highway to Fl Centro ordered
MESA - Material contract for new
Mormon tempIe let.
GTLA BEND - $1,000 acres of Gil
lespie land tract, being prepared for
cotton nlanting.
| PHOENIX = Arizona spring lamb
crop estimated at $4,000 head.
WILCOX - Many idle copner
properties preparing to resume activ-
tiles. s.sp
YUMA - Chamber of Commerce
campaign results in big sales of To-
cal acreage.
PHOENIX - Permit to establish
auto stage line to Yuma via Gila Bend
granted.
FLORENCE = Fraser ranch being
subdivided and placed on market.
PHOENIX - Arizona Pima Cotton
/ Growers announce sale Of 1850 bales
TOMBSTONE - Modern swimming
pool to be constructed in Tombstone.
GLEESON - Mystery Mining Co.
preparing for active development.
PEARCE - Light Telephone Co.
planning local Improvements.
/ RICE - Ash Creek asbestos mines
now largest in United States.
DOUGLAS - Swissholm Mining
Co. to install 50-ton mill at once.
/ PATAGONIA - jefferson group
ship carload ore valued approximately
at $4,000.
! Miami - International Smelter in
stalling new converter increasing out
/ put about ten per cent.
i LONE STAR - Blue Jay claims
shipping out copper ore, development
work being rushed.
OATMAN - Installation Of ma
i chinery at Lone Star mine to start.
AJO - Company organized to act
lively develop Sturges property.
SUPERIOR - Magma Copper Co.
manufacturing brick at rate of $4,000
4 daily.
i CHERRY CREEK - Immediate op-
erations of Verde Inspiration proper
ty announced.
Il JEROME - Ore shipments from
Shea Copper company ready to start.
i YUMA - Construction of modern
new oil mill to start at once.
i PHOENIX - State copper mines
announce ten per cent wage increase
i to day labor.
i JEROME - United Verde Exten-
sion discovers entirely new ore body
i TOMBSTONE < Unusually rich
ore body opened in Silver Thread
mine.
i Reports and survey of conditions
seem to indicate that Arizona is on
the threshold of an era of remarkable
development.
i R. D. Spocer of San Diego, says
J "Arizona's percentage of increase in
! population in the last ten years was
the largest of any state in the union
: and it win duplicate its performance
( in tha next ten wears.
"There are today 250,000 acres II
the Salt River valley under cultiva
i cultivation or about to be placed ir
cultivation, in the lower Gila river
i Little is heard of the states timber
or lumber industry though it possesses
J what is perhaps the largest unbroker
stretch of girgin standing pine timber
in the United States. The grazing
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