The copper era., 1901-01-31


Stock schemes for mine development
in our opinion are good, If conducted
on strictly business principles, with
honest intent on part OF all parties al
interest.
The Papago, MaricOpa and Pima In
dian tribes are giving to Arizona most
Industrious and trustworthy working
girls for domestics. The mission and
government schools are doing good
work on this line. The Star says it is
"A fact worthy OF note that the Indian
mission school OF Tucson is providing a
most desirable class OF domestics in the
Indian girls it is training for household
work, for they do thcii work we'll.
They are honest, which is most desir-
able in any one, but especially so in
domestics. The Indian boys of this
/ school are training and are making a
most desirable class of working men.
They do not as rule shiIk; they work
intelligentiy and faithfully. They are
the best woOdchoppers and harvesters
in this region. They provide the
greater part of the fuel consumed in
Tucson, and generally of the best to be
found. Some Of them are pretty handy
with carpenters and blacksmiths' tools,
aud make very good assistants to me-
chanics.
Editor Bird OF the Nogales Oasis is
in the city attending the Press Asso-
citation. Mr.. Bird has just returned
from six hundred miles overland tour
Of Sonora and has numerous adventures
to relate. lie is an experienced miner,
and according to his report Sonora is
susceptible of marvellous development.
Speaking OF his trip he said: In my
opinion Sonora is the richest mining
region of the world. One can ride for
miles aud miles in any direction
through the Sierra Madre aud not be
out OF sight Of Il paying mining claim.
Whi,c crossing small creek | acci-
dentally looked up the valley. and dis
covered very rich vein Of silver and
lead. The rocks had fallen away, or
had been shaken away by a seismic
eruption, and vein sXl0 was plainly
visible. While this was in u remote
region the vein was sufficiently rich to
Justify development, as paying ore
could be secured at once, and in guam
titles to justify, in my judgment, haul
ing to the railway. l have several
claims in that section and | look for
the mining interests to soon pass into
the hands oi the Americans exclusive
ly. When this happens Sonora will be
Il magnificent mining country. Ca
Zettc.
Abando Salas, one of the would-be
tough hombres from the state of Sonora,
equipped himself with big American
Colts siX-shooter last highland started
up Brewery Gulch, Bisbee, with few
friends to run that section just as they
saw fit. They had been in several
Mexican places and scared the Mex
leans nearly 10 death with their big
guns, when Salas was called to II halt
who told Salas that he must obey the
law and hand over his gun to him.
Instead of complying, Salas took aim,
which was bad, and fired two shots in
quick succession at Constable Jarado
The constable Immediately saw that
his life was in danger and called to
Salas to throw up his hands which
Salas refused TO do but kept on shoot
ing at the constable. Jarado, in self
defence, rs well as for the safety of the
others in the room, took a shot at
Salas and dropped him to the floor
dead. The shooting was Immediately
reported to Judge 5. X. Williams and
an inquisition was held over the body
of Salas. The coroners' verdict was
that the deceased came to his death at
the bands of one Francisco Jarado,
who acted in self-defcnce, and at the
preliminary trial in Judge Williams
court, the accused was discharged from
custody.
The Jerome Reporter tells an inter-
esting story OF an eastern investor to
the the tune OF $4,000 as follows:
The schemer who got the best of east
ern investors TO the tune of 100000 on
a neigh boring mine, recalls an incident
connected with the floating of stock
that shows how penny wise and pound
foolish sCme are. y textile manufac-
turer in Connecticut wrote to the Re-
porter for u report on this mine-want-
ed to know size of the vein, amount of
work on property, copper produced,
conditions of title and other questions
characteristic OF the Yankee. We told
him this was out of our line, but advis-
ed him to employ one of the three
miners whose names we sent him to
look over the property, that it would
not cost him over so day, possibly
for week OF course this was the
last of the Connecticut Investor and we
had about forgotten the incident, but
recalled it when we saw our correspon-
dent listed as a $4,000 victim. Seventy
thousand dollars expended TO save
sixty does not look well on the ledger.
Some people will quarrel with their
washerwoman over ten cents, and then
dump their money into some well ad-
vertised mining proposition without
thought as TO investigation either of
the property or the character and
standing of the men who manipulate
the scheme. 1t is due to their inordi-
nate greed for gain. They think they
have an opportunity to get something
good for a little or nothing, and they
generally want it all for fear some one
else will get a little of il. The bigger