The copper era., 1901-06-06

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The output Of the Arizona Copper
company for last month was go tons Of
Bessemer copper.
Considerable excitement has been
occasioned by a strike recently made
a few miles south Of Maricopa station.
Tim Nardelli. Romula Chavez and A.
Tereza, who are working the s. L. c.
and Summit mines near Metcalf, re-
port striking Pinch streak Of very
rich ore.
I. y. Stevens. who Is in charge Of
the work on the Copper Bluff claim,
reports that the tunnel has now been
driven into the mountain $50 feet, the
last 30 feet being entirely in ore.
When first struck the ore was low
/ grade.
Last week Tim Nardelli purchased
the Charleston mine from a. LaFave.
1t is near Metcalf, and joined on the
east by the west line OF Chihuahua
/ No. >, patented. on the west side by
/ Joe Hanna, Ross and Ida claims. Tim
expects to develop the property.
a. =. Ayling, treasurer of the Cop
per King mining company, arrived
last week, and will proceed to open up
the property as rapidly as possible.
The Copper King has long had the
reputation OF being one Of the big
mines OF the upper end of the district.
Some of the stock Of the company is
| held here and at Silver City.
| p r. Bradley, repr esenting Capt.
| De Lamar, mining man known all
over the United States, spent few
! days here recently and was well pleased
with the district. He left Tuesday
last for San Francisco Mr.. De La
Mar recently sold one of his California
properties for 81, 800, 900 cash. He is
/ operating extenively at Murcur and
/ Bingham, Utah, and at many other
places. He is always on the lookout
for new properties and keeps several
| representatives in the field.
The first block OF treasury stock of
the Home Copper Co. was all taken
last week, and work is progressing
rapidly on the property. a within will
soon be in place on the Peacock, and
the main shaft sunk to depth of 200ft.
The new wagon road from Morenci
! has been completed, which will be a
great convenience TO that section OF
the camp. Nearly all of the stock was
taken at Morenci, before the Clifton
market. When the next block OF stock
is put on the market present stock
| holders will be given the first ch ance
at it.
The Cobre Grande mine nets w. G.
Greene Sc, 200 per day. The United
Verde at Jerome turns into Senator
Clark's trousers pockets S24, 200 per
day, the Bisbee mine nets to its own
ers. Phelps-Dodge & Co., 900 per
day, the Clifton mines, it is said, turn
daily to the company nearly $4,000
net, the King of Arizona, Col. Ran
dolph's mine in Yuma county, nets Mr..
Randolph about $500 per day. The
colonel is a modest man so he will wor-
ry along at that, but Greene is prepar-
ing to increase his income up to $780,
900 per day. We pity the gamesters
in Arizona when the big smelter is
running .-GaZette.
Walter Benefits definition of a mine
is "a hole in the ground" and the own
err bigger liar that a lawyer. Mr..
Bennett is one of the brightest and
best LAWYERS in Phoenix, but his exper.
fence in mining has doubtless been
confined mostly to the alfalfa districts.
/ Let him spend little money in the
! Clifton district and he will change his
mind both in regard to a mine and
mining men. Possibly Mr.. Bennett is
a humorist and merely wanted to be
funny at the expense Of the mine. At
any rate Mr.. Bennett uses very bad
taste for man of his prominence who
has resided so long in the very best
mining regions OF the world.
! The recent sale of the South Bisbee
Copper company's property to the
Tarsis company OF Glasgow for $500
600, brings to mind the fact that this
property was offered to the Copper
| Queen company only few years ago
for $1,000. OF course a large amount of
development work has been done on
the property since that time. This
only goes to confirm the old saying
that no man can see into the ground.
/ The claims we're considered absolutely