Show the big bi g mines mi nes of yavapai i BY P R MILNES prescott ariz sept 9 the plaudits pl audits that go to the ship builders are equally deserved by the copper miners of arizona who in the month of july broke another record for production they are taking out copper ore at the rate of pounds a year which is considerably more than ever before was mined by any state in the union far more than arizona ever produced in previous years and arizona has been the leader at the current price of 26 cents a pound the copper will be worth however the years average will not be 26 cents 4 a pound for until recently the price was 2312 23 cents a pound the men of the amel deserve credit equal to the miners for as great as has been the production of ore the smelters shelters sm elters have kept right up with it and are turning out every po pound und into copper at a rate truly marvelous A fact worthy of notice is that the profit of the companies is small owing to the high costs and moderate revenue while the wages of the employees are higher than ever before were paid in the history of the industry of all the millions that copper production brings to the companies a great many or of these millions are paid out to employees and by them are distributed in the channels of trade it is no wonder arizona is rich copper is just as much a war industry as shipbuilding for it is now announced that practically every pound of copper mined goes into a war industry and contributes directly to the prosecution of hostilities against the hun yavapai county in this wonderful showing made b by the state of arizona yavapai county shares no small part with her miles upon miles of highly mineralized ground yavapai county today stands as one of the foremost mining counties in the entire west in addition to the smelter plants of the great united united verde and the consolidated arizona the united verde extensions new smelter at clarkdale Clark dale has but recently been blown in the blast furnace will treat tons of ore a day approximately tons of ore that runs around 15 or 16 per cent copper is now in the receiving and bedding bins if 15 per cent of copper is recovered daily from tons of ore that will mean pounds added every day or pounds a month to the worlds supply of red metal assessed valuation yavapai countes coun tys assessed valuation for 1918 is approximately as against for 1917 and for 1916 six mines alone account for according to the united states geological survey there are now eighty eight producing m mines ines in yavapai county the enormous proportion of Yava Yav pais apals wealth depre dented in its mines will be readily understood the assessed values of mines depends largely upon product production io n and the net profits how the production in the six leading mines mine s of the county has increased will be realized from the following table 1916 1917 1918 assessed assessed assessed values values values united verde copper U V extension con ariz smelting smelling Sm elting co 1 commercial mining co 1 ariz arizona on a B din in 6 gh hampton amp ton hayden hay den dev co copper chief the smelters shelters Sm elters a the united verde extension smelter is just beginning to take shape its first units are just beginning the mayer ore purchasing company has recently begun operating with a custom concentrating and leaching plant the bradshaw reduction company has two concentrating plants in operation era tion the copper queen gold mining company of mayer will soon have a plant all of these plants are helping increase the metal output of yavapai county and are adding to the value of her mines and helping increase the number of producing properties |