Arizona republican., 1898-06-18
SOMETHING ABOUT ARIZONA.

While 1t may be true that In the main the people are familiar with their own resources, yet it is also true that they like to read nice things said about those resources by outsiders. For this latter reason The Republican takes pleasure always in reproducing such items or articles. The Los Angeles Review, In it's last issue contains the following.
 Arizona, or that portion of it which it is proposed to deal with here. IS rich in gold, silver, copper and lead. It enjoys the distinction of having the biggest producing gold and silver mine on the continent of America-the Con- monwealth. This mine is paying its owners about $1 ,000, 900 every month. No other mine is known to be paying as much as that. Numerous other rich gold and silver mines could be cited, but the list would be too large to be given here. 5.s ,.-fa-i
 In the wealth of it's copper Arlzona, even at this early date, easily divides the honors with Montana. As cop per producer Arizona will soon occupy first place It would be confusing to give in this article even a partial list of ArizOna's copper producing proper ties, but as evidence of what is now be- ing done and what will be done the fol- lowing copper properties may be cited:
 The United Verde, in Yayapai coun- ty. has for the last eight months been shipping copper, running over 90 per cent, at the rate of 3,O00,000 pounds month to New Jersey. The company employs 700 men and is the chef sup port of the town of Jerome, having Inff frv, rxf 9 do fI,<, United Verde produces about $1, 900. 900 in gold and silver. The property pays about $4 100000 annually over all ex- penSes.
 The Copper Queen is another big copper property, yielding about $2,0OO,- coo annually to it's owners. There are many others paying proportionately well. Then there are the South Bisbee Copper Mining company's properties now being opened up, with every pros pect of proving as valuable as those of the Copper Queens which adjoin them. In addition to their original holdings this company lately acquired the eleven patented claims known as the Coulter claims, or Campbell group. With these, and some others which they have acquired, they now control sixty-two claims, all of which adjoin the ground of the Copper Queen. These properties of the South BiSbee com pany aggregate about twelve hundred acres. They are situated on the south east side of the BiSbee Copper basin, and extend from the top of the noun tainS on the west to the center of the basin on the east. The Arizona and Southeastern railway traverses the properties, and the company is con- structing a switch $50 feet in length to connect with the smelter they are go- ing to build at the double compartment shaft which they are sinking on the east side of the range of hills that form the main ore channel. They also intend running tunnel through the hills so as to bring the ore taken out on the west side by tramway to the smelter, thereby reducing the coIt of handling to the minimum of expense. This South Bisbee section is already one of the largest copper producing re- gions of Arizona, and must inevitably become the greaest in the territory. Several prominent eastern capitalists have large interests in Bisbee copper mines, among them Phelps, Dodge & Co.,, of New York. The town of Bis bee has now population of about six thousand.
 Other districts having rich gold and copper mines are: Tombstone, Cliff ton, the Dragons, Aravaipa, Pima. Pearce, Ajo, Gro Blanco and a dozen | more. Tombstone is more particular | ly silver country, having produced | over 0,000, 900 of that metal alone. In | the Clifton district are several valu- 1 able copper properties, among them those of the Arizona company, and of the Detroit company. Aravaipa dis trict is another rich copper country. The Dragons have both gold and cop per. Pima county is still another big copper district, but has also plenty Of good gold properties. There are also many valuable placer diggings in the territory which are being proitably worked.
 THE MOHAVE MILL.
 Work was commenced last Wednes-