The copper era., 1902-09-18
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

at Chloride. Ariz. has been sold fol
s75. 600. The sale was negotiated by
Charles Z. Sherman.
The Prescott Reality company has
just closed a $500. 900 deal with New
York people on 400 acres OF land ad
joining the Old Dominion and United
Globe properties near Globe.
As producer OF gold Arizona stand;
sixth, only being outclas3ed by Alaska
California, Colorado, Mon lana and
South Dakota. As a silver producer
Arizona stands fifth, and only three OF
the gold producing states surpass it.
The Mohaye County Miner report.
the sale OF the Leland Mitchell group
/ OF mines, near Boundary Cone. to
Philadelphia and Salt Lake capitalists
! for $500, 900. 4 railroad will probably
be built from the Santa Fo, near Fran
coma, to the mines.
Nacoites are becoming alarmed at
the probable removal of their town.
The survey connections Of the propos-
ed Southern Pacific with the Cananea
road is about nine miles from Naco,
the present junction, and it is stated
the change will OF necessity be made,
on account OF the grade and other ad-
vantages. In this event Naco will
move to the new townsite.
The proposition to build an electric
road between Naco and Bisbee has
been given new life in the past few
weeks, and has arrived at a point
where grade, alignment and other de-
tails of construction are being consid-
cred. Figures for the construction
have already been requested of two
California companies, and a prelimi-
nary survey may be made this month.
The Prescott city council has grant
ed Geo. Porter, Jr. so year franchise
for supplying Prescott folks with gas,
manufactured by gas plant. Work
on the plant must be commenced in
one year from date OF franchise. The
manimum charge on gas is fixed at
$3.50 per 1000 feet. The city is to have
10000 feet OF gas per month free, and
if the city uses more than that the
price for the excess shall be ST. 25 per
1000 feet.
The preliminary survey of the Con
gress & FraucOnia railroad has been
made and now the work OF cross
sectioning is in progress. The road
will run across the sink Of Date creek,
striking the Santa Maria thence
through the break in the Wallapai
mountains along Bill Williams Fork.
Some grading has already been done at
Congress, presumably to hold the right
OF way. There is now no doubt that
the road will be built, and that with
in a year.
a rich strike of gold ore was made
yesterday at the mines of Ben Bart
lett, which are located in the Dragon
mountains near the Vermont and Ari-
zona company's property. Mr.. Bart
lett exhibited some of the samples OF
the ore today, the same being liber-
ally sprinkled with free gold and some
OF the rock broken open shows good
ly quantity of the yellow metal. The
find is an important one and develop
ments are expected to open 4 prOmis-
ing prOducer.-ProSpect
J. \. Leahy is spending most of his
I if,1o ut TInphitn Of Tho p oh
crts & Leahy company has purchased
some lots there and are building a
store. Mr.. Leahy is supervising this
work, and in the meantime is keeping
store in a box car. The man having
the well boring contract at Hachita
has drilled about $50 feet, and now has
q hundred feet of water in his we'll,
which is six inches in diameter, with
indications of an abundant supply.
The most trouble the people OF
Hachita have at present is in getting
their mail. This trouble will be end
ed as soon as the roads are made mail
routes and q postoffice is established at
achita.-Liberal.
Wiley Jones was in town from Cliff
ton Saturday, route to Silver City
to attend the present session of the
district court, where he has some
cases. Mr.. Jones is temporarily out of
politics as candidate, but he has
printed in the various Graham county
papers an eloquent appeal to the dem
ocratic voters of that county to drop
all i'll feelings they may have regard
ing men on the ticket, and like good
democrats vote the ticket straight.
The letter was printed in the Bulletin,
with approval. 1t is the first thing
that Mr.. Jones has done in many years
that has met the approval of the Bulle-
tin, but then a portion of the Bulletin
is on the democratic ticket, and with
the Bulletin circumstances have often
altered cases.-Liberal.
Drink Iron Brew and stay healthy
Clifton Bakery and Bottling Works.
For Rent-Store room In Manila Ho-
tel. Inquire of Mrs. Mccormick, Ma
nilla hotel.
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