Arizona republican., 1899-11-27
GLOBE DISTRICT.
The Weeks News From the Gila
 County Mines.

Local mining news is of a very en- couraging nature this week. says the Silver Belt. The visit of Henry A. Fry and Joseph Wright of Philadelphia. rc- suited in the consummation of an i'm portant deal, involving the purehasa Of the Stewart, Pascoe & Dickinson group of ten copper claims by the Donncnan Copper company, and the entry of a new company composed of eastern cap italists and mining men well known and highly rated locally, to operate patented mines adjacent to the United Globe properties. The Old Domilion Copper Mining and Smelting company is pushing wolll on their principal mines adjoining Globe. and making q very satisfactory output Of copper. They are also building roads and doing other preliminary work preparatory to the development of their Continental mines, and claims adjacent on Pinto creek. The United Globe mines while working but a small force, are direct ing their efforts toward enlarged cper- ations after the beginning of the new ear. IlEy are HUN pullli4S l-l Worthington pump, of large capacity. in the Hoosier shaft, which will drain the mines and admit of development to a greater depth. A new furnace of E50 tons capacity will be installed at the smelter next month, and the company will then be prepared to prosecute de- velopment work vigorously and largely increase their output of copper next year. A deterrant influence upon the production of copper in this district the present year has been the old contracts by which the two leading companies were bound, disposing of their output at price very much below current quotations. We understand that these contracts expire oD January 1. 1900.
 An enterprise developed this week which may mean much to the future of Globe. N. s. Berray, J. Windmiller and Chauncy Gum, associated with New York parties of large means. have secured lease and bond on three pat ented claims-the Copper Hill. Black Hawk and Defiance-which adjoin the United Globe property on the east These claims were patented in 1882 since which time no work has been done upon them, but ore is developed. said to represent value of $25, ,0OO or more. The claims are owned by the Arizona Commercial company. of New York; of which s. W. Fay is president The intention is to extract and ship the rich surface ores, and to develop the property. A shaft is to be sunk on the contact to depth Of several hundred feet. Work was begun yesterday morning, and in short time a force of thirty men will be employed. Chauncy Gum will have charge of the mine work as foreman. and J. WindmilIer will look after the business end Of the enterprise.
 The Stewart, Pascoe and Dickson group of ten copper claims. situated Jn Gold gulch, on the slope of Pinto creek, fourteen and d half miles west of Globe. passed to the Donnellan Cop per company on Monday, Mir. Henry A. Fry conducting the negotiations for the company. The price paid is large one, but fully warranted by the value of the property. The principal purchasers are Henry A. Fry, Charles I. COloney and Ernest L. Tustin. all of Philadelphia. The Donnellan com pany also owns q number of claims on the Diamond H contact, which it has been developing for several months under the direction Of John C. Donnellan, superintendent for the com pany. The purchasers are also asso- ciated in the Black Warrior Copper company. The Donnellan company tvill begin work immediately on it's newly acquired property, which is ai- ready fairly well developed, and the ore will be blocked out preparatory to erecting reduction works in the near future. MT. Fry was accompanied on his visit to Globe by Mir. Joseph Wright of Philadelphia, who is also a stock holder in the Donnellan and Black Warrior companies, and after thor ough examination of the two proper tieG both gentlemen expressed them selves well satisfied. The visitors took their departure on Tuesday morning vla Clifton for Philadelphia. MT. Don nellan, who accompanied them as far as Clifton, will return to Globe in q few days and will put a force of men 10 work on the Cold gulch property.