The copper era., 1901-05-09
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

Franke Kuhne, owner Of the Copper Basin mining property in lavapai county, is shipping ore which carries 9 per cent copper.
 The Del Shay gold property on Tonto was bonded last week to eastern par ties, who are to begin work within 60 days. The mine is already fairly opened, 1900 feet Of work having been done Belt.
 Asbestos has been found in various portions of Arizona The best comes from the Grand Canyon of the Colo rado. It's fibre however was rather short for commercial purposes. It is worth S30 d ton.-Courier
 The Copper Bell Mining company's shelter at Gleeson was blown in Mon day last. Owing to some defects in the machinery it would not run success g..lI, -rO ..--.4.7 .t general cnange can be maoo.-Nange News.
 w. $. Sultan mine superintendent of the Arizona Commercial company, has put force of ten or twelve men at the Copper Hill mine during the week and will increase it to thirty or more when the machinery arrives. The men are grading for the hoisting plant.-Belt.
 Bert Gehmle has sold his interest in a mining claim near the White Tail Deer to the Copper Queen company and will leave on q visit to his old home in Iowa this week. Bert was here from Bisbee as United States trial juror and made friends during his ten days stay.--Star.
 The Chloride mine owners intend to put on teams to haul ores to kingman should the Arizona and Utah railroad not revise it's tariff It costs S3.O5 per ton to freight over the 9 miles of road between Chloride and Kingman, and teams can haul it for less.-Kingman Miner.
 The supreme court of Utah has held that when Co-owner relocates mln- ing claim which has been abandoned by himself and associates, the relocator simply holds the claim in trust for all the former owners. Judge Sloan of Arizona, in deciding case in Mohave county took the same view of the law.
 J.J. Fraser was down from Bloom vile this week. He will soon leave for Alaska to inspect the copper pros pects in which he and Sheriff Truman are interested with Jack Smith. They sent Jack to Alaska about three years ago. and he claims to have located g fifteen foot vein of solid copper glance Arizona Blade.
 J. R. Finletter and IF. H. Harvey owners Of the Keystone copper mine: near Oak springs, were in town dur ing the week. They now have force of ten men employed on development work and in taking out ore, which i hacked to the railroad for shipment They will ship between four and fiv, cars of ore per mouth.-Belt.
 The McCabe mine, one of the mos valuable Tn 1aNapat county. was Soi April p. The figure is in the hund reds of thousands of dollars. It wa formerly owned by Judge Wells, Hug NcCrum and w. C. Parsons. It wa purchased by Illinois capitalists. Tn new company is also owner of tn Model mine in the same county. E2 tensive Improvements and larg smslter will be added to the McCat property
 A large proportion of the gold ou put comes from the copper mines, ar in the gold properties silver and les frequently occur. The prediction
 made one or two years ago that Ar zoua would soon lead in the productiC oi copper, seems more likely of ear fulfillment than ever before and cou led with that is the assurance that u production of gold and silver short
 will be swelled to large figures.