Show 20 YEAR BLAZE F FACES AGES ITS FINISH Gigantic Undertaking Is Launched to Put Out Fire in Copper Mine JEROME Ariz Arii Dec 26 The 26 The fire which for more than twenty years has burned in the of the United Verde Copper mine here is about to be eliminated by a drastic process of lowering the entire surface of the property to a foot level All attempts to extinguish it have failed It is the g general opinion that the fire was started by a slip in the rock I producing sufficient friction heat to ignite the ores rich in sulphur It has has' burned its way through veins of copper copper copper cop cop- per gold and sulphur The process of suppressing the fire firc involves the removal of cutic yards of material The area to be evacuated is roughly estimated at by feet Monster steam shovels are areto areto areto to be employed in m the work worl It is expected that the task of re removing removing removing re- re moving the entire top of the mine to extinguish the fire tire will occupy several years |