El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-29
BRIGGS, ARIZ.
New Life In the Camp Activity
And improvements All Along
the Line-An Active Assayer-
Unique Proposition To A POST
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,ecial Correspnndsnce OF die Herald.

Special Correspondence of the Herald.
BRIGGS, AriZ., March "a
This camp has taken on new lie
within the last few months. The
Whipsaw mine continues to lead all
theirs in the mum Der of men employed.
Last molth the payroll numbered 20
or thereabouts. During the last week
q reduction of the force has occurred
for some reason. The smelling plant
Is being pushed to conn letiOn but as
the present development has not yet
proceeded far enough to furnish
steadily the fifty tons per day required
or the smelter the company has been
Offering to purchase ore from other
properties here. This act of itself
will stimulate development work in the
district.
At C~opperopolis q new pump is be-
ing put in and work on the shaft will
commence April 1st. This mine Is
operated under the same manage
ment as the Whipsaw Copper Mining
and Smelling company. 1t is thought
by many expert miners to be one OF
the best mining ventures In the
camp.
The Jones mine has finished the
work of putting in their new gasoline
hoist aud ten days age a force of men
ven to work in the shaft, which It is
proposed to sink a depth of 500 feet.
Fred Baker is in charge of this mine.
The Grown Point mine is working
steadily with good bodies OF ore in
sight. Up to the present time it has
not been practicable to run the stamp
mill ON full time owing to lsck of
water. The indications are that this
difficulty will @ o be obviated and
steady milling will result. This is one
OF the properties in the district that is
not for sale. Col. Brodie, the eff
cient superin tendeut, pushes the work
right ahead for what there Is in IL.
he Is operating a mine and not a stock
jobbiug concern. There are no east
ern representatives selling stock.
r. B. Large, superintendent of the
Buzzards Roost Gulch, has not lost q
day since he began work early in the
month of August. He has encountered
some good ore in development work.
Mrs. E. E. Ford was recently called
away by the serious illness of her
father.
E. E. Ford. asssyer, recently did
company. In one day he made re-
turns on thirty-seven samples of ore
and then quit work at 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon.
DIR. J. NJ. Ford has been at Copper
opolis for several days. Until recent
ly he was the sole owner of that mine
and the group of claims to which it be-
longs. He IS still interested In the de-
velopment of that property q will
to give it a good deal of at
The possm aster at this place recent
ly had a new experience. A PROPOSE
tion came to him that if he would give
a rake-of on his cancellations all OF
the letters of q certain mining COM
pany would be turned into his Office.
He refused to accept the proposition
and the letters now go to an Office ten
miles away. OF course, the officers of
the company are not on to the deal
consummated by their enterprising
mail messenger.
The people of WhipSaw camp, which
is located one and three-quarter miles
from Briggs, recently filed q
petition for a postOffice.
After a long drought q heavy rain
visited this section on the Goth inst.
It is considered the salvation of the
of this section of Arizona. 1