Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-28

The proposed railroad from Con gress Junction to the Colorado river is now assured. It will open up one of the richest mineral sections in the territory. Frank M. Murphy is one of the leading promoters of the ent sr- prise.
 Tombstone is on the high road to prosperity. With the big silver mines producing their precious metal, and the railroad sJeaming into the town the residents of Tombstone have a right to look ahead for prosperous times.
 Work is being prosecuted with vigor at the mines of the Dragoon Copper Mining and Smelling company in the Dragons and some is rich ore being hoisted to the surface. The company propose some extensive development work and are preparing to push same forward.
 Superintendent w. F. Staunton of the Congress Gold company, arrived yesterday from Congress to look over the work here. With the increasing
  Staunton will soon be obliged to make Tombstone his headquarters.-Pros- pector.
 Charles Holborn is in Florence again, and this time he wants to get deeds to the right of way across pri- vate lands. We do not suppose a single person on the line will refuse to make a deed, gift to that right of way across any of that part of the line that lies in Pinal county. He says that the whole length of the line is 1SO06 miles and that 99.077 miles of it is in Pinal county, while the rest of it is located in three countless Florence Blade.
 A. W. Davis of Providence. R. l., who has been interested in mining matters in the Chiricahua mountains, was a Tombstone visitor yesterday. Mir. Davis states the Grub Stake De velopment company, in which com pany he is interested. have acquired some promising properties on the west side of the Chiricahua mountains upon which considerable development work is contemplated, arrangements
 
 once.-Prospector.
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 Consolidated Mines Go.
 The Consolidated Mines company have nearly completed its big hoist ing and pumping plant situated on Contention hill south of town. They have erected a large steel gallows over the shaft to take the place of the old wooden one in use. and have sheave wheels, over which will run the large fiat cables, all in place ready for the cables. The eno- nous four compartment shaft is on quite large scale, being the largest ever sunk in the west. A peep into the boiler room reveals tn efour monster boilers, each capable of developing 800 horse pow CT, all in place and ready to be fired up Connecting steam pipes are be ing connected up with the two Cor liss engines which will operate the immense hoisting apparatus. The company has large force of men at work in the engine room putting in the remaining portions of the machin- cry. which they expect to have ID place and in running order in a very short time.
 Attention was also called to the two large centrifugal pumps that are al ready to be lowered into the mine as soon as the stations, which are be ing cut, are ready to receive them Master Mechanic Trelace has mapped out a section of the shaft house in which will be installed the com pressed air plant, that will furnish power and air wherever needed. The water pipe line vii also soon be laid as rapidly as possible, the pipe for which is arriving daily. Meanwhile work is fast progressing on the lower levels. opening up the old drifts and making air connections, etc, all pre- paTato-y for the extensive work out lined by the company.-Prospecto
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