Arizona republican., 1901-09-26
NEWS FROM COCHISE
The Capture of Deserters-Activity
 in Cochise District.

Cochise, Ariz.. Sept. 9. 1901-(Spe cial Correspondence of the RepublicS
 Two deseTters from Fort Grant were
 caught in Cochise Sunday afternoon.
 A detachment of two soldiers and two
 Apachss was sent out to capture them.
 They found them trying to hide in
 box car The men said they had de- serted because the soldiers were given
 insufficient ratIons and they were near ly starved. IL was found that Mex ican had been bribed to help them cape. along with several others, three of whom got as far as Pearce.
 1t is said that the Vein & Mitchell
 mine in the Dragoon district was sold to a Denver company recently at a high figure.
 Ccchise probably does a larger ship ping bushes than any other town of its slZe in Arizona. The Commonwealth alons. send from S15.o0O to s2OO0O worth of silver bullion out each week: and about one thousand tons of ore are shipped per week All the eighteen and twenty horse teams that are hauling ore from the mines and supplies to them have more work than they can do.
 Mr. B. F. Halderman. superintendent of some of the best wolframits s claims in the DragOon mountains. conducted a small party of us through one of the mines few days since From fne pretty little town of Russellville which nestles costly among the mountains. ft is a distance of about two miles to the mines. The scenery Is indeed beauti- ful. The road winds in and oIt around hills covered with verdure and among giant granite 'boulders poised in seem ingly impossible positions. In many places the rocks are tilted SO as to form caves. When the mines were be- ing operated Mexicans took shelter from tn storms of winter in these caves. In one hardly large enough to hold bed it is said eight persons lived through all of one severe winter Ir- to one of these caves. whose roof is too low tO permit of habitation. we crawled on hands and knees for dista--e of about twenty feet. Then We came l., an opening large enough to admit of our going to the top of the rocks Great boulders. many of them weighing hundreds of tons. seem to have been hurled there and by chance to ha, e remained in those wonderful positions Large rocks poised. on much smaller ones seem tilted ready to fall If given the slightest jar. but they have with stood the storms of ages unm"vcd.
 In the alluvial deposits between the crevices we found many species of plants. among them ferns. mountain daisies. golden rod. wild cherry and white oak trees. also some slender leaved plants belonging to the yucca family
 After exploring this magnificent re- zion for some time we crossed the arroya and ascended to the mines Red Bird Blue Bird and Yellow Jacket" In many places on the noun tain we found lodges of ore exnosed, {. and found several nuggets of pure 
 our guide conducted us through the Yellow Jacket" mine. The main tu.i- ! nel which reaches through the noun tain is about three hundred feet long, By the aid of candle we explored the i numerous side tunnels The wolfram- ite ledge is in most places from six inches to one foot wide and the black. | crystalline ore is readily detected in the granite walls. There are numerous |, pockets of nearly pure wolframite and . in these the crystal faces reflect the light. almost dazzling ones eyes In many places a ledge of purplish rock. [, somewhat resembling amethyst in ap- i 1earance. is found near the woiframite ledge. It is said to be kind of feId- spar.
 There is also . considerable quantity If yellowish ore called sheili.e. Wolframite, sheilite and molybdinite gre all used for hardening purposes in he manufacture of fine steel.
 These mines are not being operated It present but some work will be re- 'umed next month.
 At meeting of all the qualified cleo ors of Cochise school district last Saturday. it was decided to bond th., district for the additional sum of $651 The money will be used for buying fur liture. apparatus. etc. for the school. The citizens of Cochise are rustlers Ilong all lines. Heretofore many par .nts did not wish to move here be- 'ause there was no school, but that ob-