The copper era., 1901-01-10

The output of the Arizona Copper company for last month was 923 tons : Bessimer copper. TAis is an increase over last month. The new concentra- ] tor being erected by the company at the Longfellow, and the new smelt- ing plant, will soon materially increase the output.
 ! Al Resecrans, superintendent of the Medler Mining company, reports & new 1 strike in the Indiana which he consid. CTS of considerable importance. While driving a tunnel wide streak of soft porphyry was struck which carries cop per glance and caroO,s;tes. Mir. Rose crans thinks 1t will lead to large body of good ore. A cross cut is being run at the I0-foot winze on the Medler but water is coming in so fast that a steam hoist will be necessary before any considerable amount of develop ment can be done on that level. A new office has recently been built at the Medler and the trustle from the Indi- ana across the creek has been com- pleted, which gives plenty of dumping room.
 THE reported diamond discovery at Elcapitan, New Mexico, turns out to be a pure fake. It may not be gem orally known by people now residing in this section that the b;gges, diam- | l-n in \ ,.i- ca was worked up in. the neighborhood of Lordsburg and the San Francisco river several years before the building of the Southern Pacific railroad. The excitement started from place then known as Rawlstou, near the present town of Lordsburg. The camp was named after one Of California's mil Honaire bankers. who was largely in- tercsted there. The excitement spread until all this section was covered With diamond seekers, many of whom were in such hurry to get here before all the diamonds were gone that they neg lccted to bring sufficient cash with them to meet expenses, and under went many hardships in getting out of the country. A short time after the collapse of the scheme Rawlston sui cided by jumping out of a row boat into the bay. Whether Rawlston promoted the fraud, or was induced to invest like thousand of others, was not definitely ascertained. Diamonds were found here in considerable quan- titles and were taken to San Francisco and sold for fabulous prices, but it was later developed that they were the product of Africa and were planted" here before being discovered"
 When discussing Arizona mines it might be well to remember that tho United Verde, the Copper Queen. the Congress, the Toughnut, the Clifton and the Nulture mines in this territory were all condemned by mining experts. Professor Douglass, who is now at the head of the Copper Queen, condemned that property years ago. He also put his condemnation seal upon the United Verde of Jerome Yet these are two of the worlds great mines. This is only an eXemplification of how far an expert can look into a solid wall of rock. 4 mining expert is like news paper man. He thinks he knows a whole lot, when, as a matter of fact, he only fools himself.-Gazette.
 About eighteen years age, Col. r. k. Smith. now operating extensively in this district, sent two quite celebrated English experts to the Clifton district, in order to secure their opinion of the permanency of the mines. Their re- port was uufavorable and for that req son Mir. Smith did not visit the camp until last year, when he at once real ized that it was cue of the biggest copper districts et the world, and he has since that time practically made Clifton his headquarters. It is,sreported that on another occasion, soon after James Colquhoun assumed the management of the property, that another eminent English expert condemned the old Longfeilow mine, and advised the com pany to abandon it altogether. At that time the mine was not producing extensively. but Mr.s Colquhoun, who is thorough mining man, had faith in it, and asked to be given permission to exploit it further. The request was granted and since that time the Long, fellow has been one of the heaviest producers in the camp. No, the expert is not always correct. He can sample a mine, and figure up the amount of ore in sight. but he cannot see into the earth One trouble with the expert is that he always compares the district with some other section with which he is more familiar, and nearly always to .a.. l ;--..l ..n r ta -rn of fha nnw listrlcA