Tombstone epitaph., 1899-04-09

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 our sws county. which is fssling, to .
 great degree. the siimulus sf tn.
 general copper prosperity.
 At presspt Ariasna ranks third ss .
 copper producer. s.d in turn Cochi.s
 county ranks fr,t as the banner
 county of the territory. Her foremost
 iadu.try is nininE. and ws hsv-
 armed aa,ional reputation for
 iivid.nd paying mines Of geld, silv. r and copper. The C"ppsr Queen Co.
 At Bishss, have sns of the leading copper producing mines in the United States. The nsgnitud- sf the work inx's of this company csn best bs
 xra'ped when it is s,at.d that i,s
 mines and s'nsl,srs siv. employ nsnt to sbou, 1900 men end the mammoth furnaces yield 100000 pounds of copper bullion m"nthly or sonsidsr- able ever 24.OOo. 900 pounds annually
 The company has produced over 25O.- 0eO, ,0Vo pounds of bullion from it.. mines, and the immsnss todirs its ores yet untouched give sssu:snce that this big producer will sontipu yielding copper bullion for ysars to come.
 Tho region about bisbee is . rich oeppsr pasir, and many mining com panies have been forMsa and are wersing t. uncover tho copper riche. that are known to e1ist below. Notably among these eonpsuiss are the Copper King Co.,. South Bi-bes Co.,, Cochi.s C. ppsr O., Lowell < Arizona Co.,, besides many private operators, sll sf whom are endssvor- ing to develop msritorious properties. In the H Huschucs mountain range in tho southw .: end of county, arc cop Der dspsoits of value. Many valuable prospects arc being developed and is . region Of great promi.e The Cop per Glance niinss which h .s pr rJdu eed sonsiderAbls ore is located in this rasgs as is also the Hol0mop Springs mines of the Copper King Co wh".e developments show that the c. K Co. own . group of copper mia-s herr that have . srsditabls and Gattsring outlook indeed. Al Mohtezu .Aa Cam yon are vsriOus groups of eopp-r pro
 Iersies whose prospects warrant the assertion that this district will attract wide attention e . seppsr section. As . further evidence of the importance Of the sopps, deposits in this range il can be said that vii hin tho past few msnths several promising prospect. have been bonded and arc to be opened up by eastern capital. Ia the Whsts,ons rsr ge are also some ,ich copper mines that have been produc- tive. considerable orc having been shipped to smsl,sre.
 The Dragon range. however, Ina. developed . v-ritable storehouse of copper snd prospecting for new finds and dsvslopnsns work on prospss . is being pushed with sn energy here tsfors snknown. This range. from one end ;s the other, is . most in viting field for the miner snd capital jet. Here also are located some prom ising mines that are, and others will be, producers during th. year. Al the sxtrsnss "a tern end of the great cop- per belt cf this range is located the Peabody mine which has been . con- 'inua' producer for years, and other mines contiguous with good sho sipgs. Furthsr west is the Midd!smarch Ce. who own spd operate . e0- ton smsltsr and have large bodies of copper ore. Here slss are the Sorin group and other properties of merit under devel- opmsnt. Continuing further is the Black Dianond mines where rec ., strikes Of rich ore has made this . l n"ss valuable group. On the ssu c | bsls and in the very heart of tho esp- per lins, is the Barrett property of the Copper King Co where is located . 30 ton smslter. This company own mines at Bisbee. Solomon sp'ings ssd ct Barrett and are doing +xten- sivs work. The Barrett property hes long been co.s,eered . valuable nins and the amount of ore on the dumps. ore bins. shutss. etc, ready for she smsl'sr. with lsrG. blocks of orc in the mine untoucnsd, V uIi indicate ihat the company have producer of no mean worth. Exisssivs improve msnts have been made here and sub- 'tantial and psrssssss mining work hoss ts rs'inss the hs.dl,ng of their pres ts niaimam sost. The esa-l