Arizona republican., 1897-09-15
THE CAMP OF BISBEE.
The Big Copper Mining District Wis
 tied by The Republican Traveller.

Bisbee, Ariz., Sept. 14-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- The Arizona and Southeastern rail way, standard gauge, begins its course at Benson, proceeding to Fairbanks. where it leaves the Arizona & New Mexico line e--JThe road takes an east erly course from Fairba al1s. Bisbee IS the ffty-five mile pctnt and termi- nus of the railway. In the side gulch- es that run into the Mule canyon ar roya can be seen houses which are occupied by all classes, mostly of cheap character. The smelter and the Holbrook and Queen hoists now being operated lie on the left under the mountain and opposite and to the right of the big slag dump Further up is the business section, which is located right over the arroya, a por- tion being built at the mouth of Brew cry gulch, which runs up into the hills in, northerly direction fully a mile. Beyond and west of the main street, going on up Mule canyon, is a stretch of houses on the ar-oya and side hills for over a mile. The popu- lation of Bisbee is variously estima ed at from 2,500 to 5000.
 The county was named Cochise af- ter the famous chief of the Chiricahua Apaohes, and Bisbee, it's principal town and the leading mining camp in southern Arizona, came by its title through George Warren, who discov- cred some of the Queen prospects twenty-one years ago. Warren died three years ago. Tom Mccormick, interpreter of the justices courts of the district, who operated lthSe first farm machinery in the vicinity of Phoenix, was one of General George Cooks scouts ("Adobe Nick,'' the bricklayer, was anotherJ.
 The Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company acquired claims in 1879 and gradually absorbed others Among other things the company has succeeded in establishing is fn escape of sulphuric fumes, which is an inn mense iron pipe or chimney leading up the side of the mountain directly over the works. Two pipes run into a small stone structure on the hillside, which serves to secure what copper is carried up. The pay roll exposed on Saturday indicated that 1000 men received checks that day. These were cashed at the compapys store or at other places in town. Taking these 1000 checks it is fair to presume that they represented $60,O00. Besides the above, it is safe to say that the rail- way which is controlled by the Copper Queen, has pay roll of 100 men, and the stores will not fall short of em ploying fifty men, boys, women and girls. So that the company rays 1,150 men every tenth day of the month"; the whole outlay on the wage account if the manager and other of ficials are put on the list, is fully 1885,, 900. The Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company controls the Morenci copper proposition near Clifton. Tax ing the Copper Queen, the company's fifty-five miles of railway from Ben son to Bisbee and it's equipment, their store9 and the stocks therein, the new Masonic temple building about completed, and other buildings here, and add these to the Morenci prop erty, and S4,000,O00 would be putting it mild as an estimate of value on the aggregate possessions. Phelps, Dodge & Go. of New York, are recognized as the owners. James Douglas is presi dent and Ben Williams, the general manager of the company, the latter having control over all the properties, with offices in Bisbee
 Shipments into Bisbee are made wholly over the Arizona .& Southeast ern railway. Cattle shipping to Ben son for transfer over the South ern Pacific amounted to 320OO head from October, 1896, to March follow ing. An order is in for forty-four cars to go out, beginning in ten days. Often three trains go out daily, though but ore passenger each way is dispatched. Mails are not carried on Sunday. Five engines of from sixty-f1 to seventy tons capacity are employed.
 The composition of the business end of affairs here may be summed I'D