The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-23
ARIzONH NEWS
VIEWS AND GOSSIP.

The Troy company expects to begin
smelling copper within the next thirty
days.
The second shipment of nuberite
from the deposit recently found in the
Dragon mountains has been made,
and the quality of the ore is improving
with depth. Nuberite is one of the
ores of tungsten and is in great de-
mand.
The long pending deal for the Bolo-
nitos mines in GuanajuatO, Mexico. has
at last been closed. Boston men are
the purchasers, and the price paid is
said to be $I,000,000.
The Eureka Mining company, that IS
operating in the Huachuca mountains.
has uncovered a rich and extensive
vein which gives every indication of
proving of permanent value. The
strike consists of a five-foot ledge Of
botnite ore carrying high grade silver
values besides the copper. The ore
from this find is the richest ever en-
countered in these workings. and is
being sacked for shipment to the Ell
PasO smelter.
Already several miles of the grading
for the Tombstone branch of the rail
road has been completed at the Fair
bank end. Three graders camps are
stationed between Fairbank and Tomo-
stone, and another camp will be started
in Tombstone next week.
Professor T. H. Mcbride, for twenty
five years a professor of botany and
bacteriology at Iowa University, S
engaged at present in making a study
of the desert fora in Arizona. He is
assisted by Professor Lambert The
two have just completed an extended
tour of Mexico Professo" Mcbride
will have visited and studied the flora
of every region in the country when he
completes that of Arizona.
The two large tanks of $4,000 gallons
capacity ordered for the Bisbee Water
company are completed and will De
placed at the Spray shaft at once.
J. E. Sturgeon bought out the sheep
| interests of P Noble, in the vicinity
of Tempe. a few days ago. There were
II. 2.OvJ head in the band.
The United States civil service com
mission announces that on September
! 80 1902, an examination will be held
at the usual places for the position OF
skilled laborers .(male) with technical
knowledge and mechanical skill IN
numbering geological specimens. Age
| limit, 20 years or over.
A reported discovery of oil some
where up the Colorado river was cur
rent last week, having it's origin in
statements made by California parties
who claimed they had found oil in
| digging a we'll.
| The new smelter of the Black Dia-
mond Mining company, Dragon dis
trict, is nearly completed A good
force Of men is employed in the mines.
A gravity tramway is being constructed
to connect the property with the
smelter. This tramway will be a
mile and half in length, and it is ex-
pected that it will be finished by the
latter part of October.
A large company has been organized
to work the guano beds at Lava, So
corro county, New Mexico The chief
promoter of the enterprise is DR.. S. M
| Woodbridge of Pasadena, California.
The Globe-Boston Copper company
that owns mines at Globe, is another
company expected to resume operations
on its property very soon. w. F
Kennedy of Leavenworth, Kansas, sec
retary of the company, is expected st
! Globe to make the necessary arrange
ments for resumption.
The Briganza mill. on Big Bug
creek, but few miles from Mayer, is
working both day and night shifts, and
the mine is said to be a valuable prop
erty. At any rate, about $4,000 was