Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-06-11
OLD DOMINION.
Large Output of Copper Bull
 lion Still Maintainad.
The Commercial Copper Com
 pany's Prospects Good.
Delayed dCOrrespondenceF From Globe

The Old Dominion Copper Company, is still the old reliable standby of Globe turning out daily an average Of 5000 lbs of bullion. Two furnaces are kept run ming steadily. Most of the twelve mines in the Dominion group are pro- duclng ore, running an average of twelve per cent. The new smeltiDg plant introduced sincs last year has a capacity of 200 tons, ore and Aux daily. The new wire tramway between the mines and the smelter gives perfect sat lsfaction, eGectipg large saving to the company. A. l.. Walker is still super intendent of the company, Harry Slm- ons, Assayer, and John Murphy, Smel- ter. The company have constantly add ed Improvements to the plant til it is now one of :he best arranged in the Soui Invest. The output of these mines ranked last year as only second in quan- tity to any in the Territory, and the probability is tLey may stand at the top this year. The large ore bodies which are constantly being opened up, inspires confidence in the permanance of the Old Dominion. Two hundred and
 thirty men were on the pay roll of May.
 Since last year pr. Alex Trippell pur- chased the lease of the Buffalo mines and transferred the lesses interest to ths Commercial Mining Company, the stock holders of which are also stock
 holders nf the Bisbee Co. pr. Tnppel Is still the Superintendent. of the Buff falo Group, his son Eugene is the assay
 CT, and a second son surveyor. From twenty to thirty men are constanvay em- ployed ID development work, it being the obIect of the new company 10 open
 up large bodies of ore before commence ing smelling operations, which will be on very large scale. In other words the company do not intend to start up
 until assured of an abundance of ore for continuous operations by which tims it Is proposed to have the mes compl-, @
 plant possible, with tramways nect ssary to connect mines herewith, and also
 means of cheaper transportation of pro- duct 10 the s. P. R. R. than IS afforded with wagons. railroad through from Globe to Bowie, Wilcox, or some other point on the $. P. will be a matter f
 but few months when this company once decides upon It's construction. Phillip Ca 'es, has charge of the Hoos- fer group of five mines, and has force of men developing the same. They were bonded by the Commercial Company last year since which, three of them vera purchased and the remainder will be bought, Tn a few days. They are showing up quite satisfactory. The Company have now under bo1d and o% n together twenty-five mines in charge of MT. Oates. Tee Company have also twenty claims located ia Lost Guleh, SIX miles southwest of Globe. bout | fifty additional claims have been located there by other persous. In ke ping with the excellent example of the Bisbee Company, the Commercial Company is about to establish free library and reading room in Globe.
 The Rescue Silver Mining O., E. H.. Cook, superin' endent, is developing the mines with force of twenty-five men. The mines are said to be looking well, and It IS expected that milling opera tions will be renewed in month or two. Wint House and W. Light are work ing the M CormIck silver mine, two miles Northeast of town. and have ex- eel ent prospects. H. H McNeliy, E.. H. Cook, and Job Atkins are developing herr group fifteen miles west of Globe. The mineral runs high in copp:r with
 consider ,bls gold.
 The Humphrey group seven miles north is beginning to loom up so en- 1 couragiugly that R. B. Humphrey, the owner, Is about t) C oSe hls jewelry store to devote his undivided attention to their development. Assays show from S15 to Sl00 silver. and from Sl0 to S47 gold. Ledges are wide.
 Among the worthy enterprises aoiac- ent to Globe are the saw mi.lIrg being
 earned on by E. F. Kelluer and NJ. w. Brennan. The former has done an ex tenslve business here ir this hne for years past, whilst the latter erected the
 first saw mill in the Plnal noun
 tains, and in fact the first in Arizona, this being as
 early as 1876. He has lately erected a pew mill of 10000 it. caracity, keeps
 the Glooe Lum OCT yard, which is man. sged oy Frauk Jordan. The leading
 merchants of Globe are A. Bailey. E. F. Kellmer & c ., and F. w. Westmeyer; all report dOing a prosperous business as of old. The two latter firms have erected new store buildings within the
 last year.
 The Globe Ice and Soda Works are
 great convenience to Globe and a source of handsome revenue to their owner, Alfred Kenney. This gentle
 man and his good wife also own and
 conduct the Kenney House, the popu-
 lar resort of drummers and trauslents Mrs NJ. c. Moore and J. c. Ramsdell also accomOdate the public With rooms.
 E. J Leahy, of Thomas, has just opened
 fire lewelry store here and can guar
 antee first class work in hls line.
 The Globe Silver Club, A. $. Berray,
 President, and :. A. Lowe, Secretary,
 has a mem bership of over two hundred,
 which will be doubled in tine next
 moath or two. Only eight have refused t1 sign the roll. One of the cardinal
 principles is that no member will SUD- port for office any candidate who is not
 unequivocally in favor of silver being
 placed on TarIty with gold. The "Sil- yer Belt" edited by Judge Hackney and J. H. Himil. is the invIucibls ex-
 ponent of thls doctrine and the faithful champion of Gila county's interests. I an uniformed by c. I. Martin. the po-
 pular County Recorder that Gila is the only county In Arizons that stands within the four per cent limit, and that her total debt scarcely exceeds S4O,OOO, while her citizens are bold to proclaim that she is also the richest of all in na- tural resources. Notwithstanding Globe, the county seat, and centre of one of the greatest copper regions in the Territory is one hundred miles from railroad, it Is still very prosper ous. The means of outlet IS by stage to Casa Grande via Florence. or by Ft. Thomas to Wilcox snd Bowie. The