Show acal activity vl ty in 1 n jerome district di d SPECIAL correspondence prescott ariz nov the magic of mining has been well exemplified in the jerome district the last two years when senator dark clark decided to build a new smelter for his united verde mine output he determined ter mined ed at the same time upon the founding 1 ng of a model mining town and practically with the wave of the magic wand of money clarkdale Clark dale sprung into existence today clarkdale Clark dale is a thriving city but unlike camps of mushroom growth it is built to stay and as long as the big smelter is supplied with ore from the mine which has made senator dark clark many times a millionaire clarkdale Clark dale will grow and prosper many predicted the death of jerome when the other town was projected but it too has prospered beyond the widest dreams of its most ardent boost ers its only handicap now being lack of space in which to expand with the copper boom following the graduation overnight over night of the united verde extension from the prospect class into one of the richest red metal mines in the world jerome found itself despite a frenzied building program unable to accommodate the strangers within its gates the hotel and housing problem became acute but despite all private enterprise could or would do the standing room only sign was out day and night second proposed town before the completion of the united verde extensions smelter the early part of next year the town of verde near the plant in the valley will be under construction work will not begin on the companas comp anys second proposed town walnut park on the hogback at the east edge of jerome before summer and possibly not then verde is not to be a moving picture city built for a day and a night but will be constructed of brick A brick plant with a capacity of brick a day is practically completed by secretary yavapai county bureau of mines and the actual burning of brick will soon be under way an architect is now engaged drawing plans for the town and one of the features of community life will be the recreational reat ional facilities including tennis courts and a baseball diamond cottonwood awakened and in the meantime the he town of cottonwood which has been slumbering placidly for many years awoke with a start when work commenced on the united verde extension smelter rubbed its eyes and began to take notice people began to flock in and before some of the village inhabitants were aware of the fact they were part and parcel of a thriving little city this in part is what mining has done for the jerome section in but a brief period not to mention the great power plant of the arizona power company and the town of tapco capco in its wake made necessary by the demand for current from the numerous properties of the prospect class which are feverishly pushing work in the hope of bringing in the fourth great producer in the district the jerome verde in the jerome verde tise ti se latest mine brought in in the di district the northeast drift on the 1050 level from t the he columbia shaft is looking better than e ever v er it is being run on a quartz porphyry I 1 ledge edge that carries considerable iron the iron content seemingly growing heavier all ti the e time the company has not been able to carry out its plan of shipping a carload to humboldt smelter because of the congestion around the edith shaft of the united verde extension through which the ore is raised but already sixteen carloads have been dispatched underground development at the verde combination during the month of october totaled feet according to the report of superintendent dave morgan at calumet and jerome the air hoist is now in place at tile collar of the being sunk from the level about feet south of the shaft tile is now down about fifty feet there thee is no noticeable change in the formation which is schist shot through with chal capite copite cop rate and white iron the southwest crt cr is in a formation mainly quartz wb w ai h carries iron sulphide and some copper |