Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE ELEVEN, Image 33

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THE ARIZONA1 REPUBLICAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION.
PAGE ELEVEN
Opportunities Without End Appeal To The Conservative Investor
Interests Of AM Things Mining
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Advanced By The Arfeooa Chapter
Q The 'American Mining Congress
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Tin- pa -a winter saw the first sck
m.oi "i the Ariaona. Mining Congress
t,. 1.. ii ill in Arizona ami closely
1. II..U ini; that session. Ihe formation
i' ti - Arizona, chapter of that.as-
s.-i :;:lion.
At l!ie present time the Arizona
d:i;iirr maintains a regular office at
11T North Second Avenue, where the
t . i ::i; mat secretary, J. If. Robinson.
l..ir...r city clerk of the city of
l'r. . ..it. is in charge of an efficient
hr:yau for handling mining facts and
infoi inati-m.
l tr-.it importance to the financial
viifaie of Arizona is the Arizona di
b:on of this great organization, for
only it aid the established
in.nir.g companies by disseminating
fa ts. (lit it acts as a clearing house
1". r mine information to possible in
vi Mors.
As insurance for capital about to
invest here, the organization is high
ly v.il'table. Specializing as it does
in information regarding the indus
try it is aide to point out the needs
. f ..r bodies for capital, and also
is able to introduce capital to the
I'tople who have their prospects
jwiiitinj development.
, Cue of the objects of the mining
! congress is to eliminate as much as
possible the clement of chance or
gamble. Wild-catting it opposes with
j all the strength of its highly ef-
ficient organization. Its records are
j so tied in with those of the central
office at Washington, that it is pos
sible to get quick action on all queries
directed at Arizona prospects by pos
sible investors.
The Arizona chapter has taken lit
tle or no part in the political as
pect of the mining game, . and al
though its members have strongly
opposed legislation said to have been
prejudictd to investments, the orga
nization as a whole has confined its
work to constructive, things along en
tirely different lines. It has indi
cated its intention of widely adver
tising Arizona as a state in which
the mining investor is to be protected
with all the means at the hands of
the local branch of a great nation
wide organization.
Besides being a clearing house for
mining information, the Arizona chap
ter is making representations to the
powers that be to have established
within the state branches of the fed- ,
I tral experiment departments, relating
to tlic industry. Laboratories in which
j mining work may be accomplished.
a rescue station, equipped with all
that wonderful apparatus now being
used in some of the more thickly set
tled mining communities and a min
ing school are some of the things
that may be brought to Arizona as
a result of the good work .of this
organization.
Through the efforts of the Ari
zona .chapter of the Arizona Mining
Congress, the world will be taught
to realize more filly than ever be
fore, the fact that this new state
is one of the most important pro
ducers of some certain ores, and that
this is indeed, an unexplored mining
wonderland.
Year Round June
Conditions Here
LAKE ROOSEVEIiT
This body of water, now 28 miles long, is one of the world's greatest
man-made lakes.
Mav 5th, 1913.
Kditor Arizona Republican:
In response to your request I will
briefly state how I made good in the
Salt River Valley.
After making a thorough investi
gation of all the opportunities found
in this marvelous valley, including
our ideal climate conditions for man
and beast, as well as our incom
parable alfalfa and cereal crops, I
engaged in a small way in the dairy
business with the so-called scrub
.cow. I succeeded - remarkably well,
in fact made good money.
This opened my eyes to the pos
sibilities for dairying in a country
where cattle feed on alfalfa the year
round; where expensive tiui'.dings
are not needed. AVhen I realized
that June conditions in the centra!
dairy states brought the dairy farmer
twice as much as any other month
in the year and that June condiions
obtained in the Salt River Valley
twelve months each year. This led
me to lielieve that we had the most
wonderful dairy country on the con
tinent. My later experience verified
my former opinion.
This led me to dispose of my com-
LAIiGEST IN ATUZ0NA LATfCEBT IN TIT K AVORLD
This creat copper concentrating plant of the Inspiration Coisolidated Copper Company of Miami, now Hearing completion, treating ores from thsMin-.-'i
and inspiration uisseminEteH ore bodies, is equipped to reduce 12,0 00 tons of ore daily, the largest capacity of any plant in tin; vyoHd.
mon cows, after which I made a
thorough canvass of the most pros
perous dairy districts in the country
and bought eighteen he;ul of re
gistered cows at a long price.
I confess that I had some mis
givings in putting practically all my
hard earnings into these cattle, yet
with my implicit confidence in the
country and its adaptation to the
dairy industry I took the risk.
In selecting cows I kept con- ! stronger and more pofitable each
nt-inily in view the importance of i year.
taoh and every cow being a big pro- i During the twelve years since I
ducer, also that a prepotent sire with J pinned my faith" to the pure bred
an ancestry -of rich and copious j cow my success has been beyond
milkers was half of my hei-d. j ray fondest expectations.
My hcr,i increased rapidly and were I My mortgages disappeared; my
nioney makers from the start. My i bank account has made satisfactory
heifers almost without an exception : progress.
proved to be better producers than Any intelligent man who will ex-
J their mothers. My herd has grown 1 eicise his brain and ,i)iawn can do
as well or better. I now have li'l
head of, registered cattle. The eft (lit
side of my ledger shows ci'inings
that speak volumes for the Salt
River Valley and cow. Tho.;e who
are from Missouri are most cordial!.'
invited to visit my home and be
shown.
J. C RIiXAi;i.
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The Ray Coiisolidatcd ('opper Company consists of 12G lode !
I)i addition, there are 129.9 aercs at Kay Junction used prinrip
(510 acres of school land, at Haydcn used for milling and powe
The total development since the commencement of mining oper
of 1911 was 452,233 feet, or approximately 85 miles. Of this, m
In the prosecution of development as well as in actual stoping,
principal ore bodies has either been explored or stoped. and it i
74,765,789 tons averaging 2.214 per cent copper and underlying
It must be remembered in this. connection that certain of the dc
have not been drilled to their full depth and it is certain that t!i
the foregoing stated developed reserve.. 7,061,821 tons of ore h
aims, all of which arc patented, covering an ara of 2.113 acres,
ally for railroad purposes, and there are 4321 acres, including
r plants and the disposal of tailings.
ations of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company up to the end
ining operators have destroyed 3 . miles.
practically all of the fringe ore forming tlw margins of the
s now calculated that as of the end of 191 ! there is a reserve of
an area of 205.2 acres.
eper Iving ore bodies "embracing areas of considerable extent
e tonnage ultimately available will be substantially greater than
ave been mined up to the end of 1911.
MILL OPE RATIONS
during the year 1911, 2,127,700 tons of ore were mill ed, corresponding to a daily average of 6,651 tons. The average
Gained In this ore was 1.76 per cent. The 2,427,700 to ns of ore milled produced 58,020.955 pounds of copper. In addi-
At the mill
Conner contained
tion to the copper contained in the concentrates, there was pro , laced from relatively higher grade ore shipped for fluxing pur
poses direct to the smelter a total of 1,023,715 pounds of eoppe r, bringing the gross production for the year 1914 from all
sources to 59,014,700.
During the vear 1914 at the mines there were employed on an average, directly and indirectly, 1120 men. There was an average
monthly pay-roll of $151,000. Directly and indirectly at the mills there were employed an average of 598 men, with, an average
monthly pa'u-roll of -$63,000, giving an average throughout the year of 20! 8 men employed, the average? monthly pay-roll $2.1 7,000.