The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-04-03
A8NONA WEEK BY WEEK.
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

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/ The teacher plant, across tho river
at Stafford, the property OF Judge
Blake, is working successfully and i
turning out fine grade OF copper
buliion--about 80 pounds daily.
The 1OO-ton smelter of the Black
Diamond company, in the Dragons,
is expected to be ready to smelt ore by
June l. With this plant in successful
/ operation the copper output Of Cochise
county will be materially increased.
Tombstone district has produced s4O,-
/ 100000 and the deepest workings is
200 feet. With the lower levels
drained and work continued on the ore
bodies below, the bullion product Of
the district will astouish the mining
world.
On Monday Captain McEuiry pur-
hased from Mr.. james Sorelle, Ben
Cooper and Mr.. Allbritton fourteen
mining claims. Consideration. s50,-
coo for control. Shipping ore to the
smeltcr will be begun as soon AS the
plant is erected Pima Paragon.
Grading for tho foundations OF the
Copper Queen smelters was commenced
this week. Mr.. AdamsOn, who has
charge OF the mechanical department
of the Copper Queen company, says he
expects the work will be completed in
about 10 months.-Douglas Ioter-
national.
The Copper Butte Mining company,
whose property is situated about
twenty miles east OF Florence, on the
north side OF the ella river, has not
been making any talk in the newspapers
but has been quietly pushing explora
tiOn work and we are reliably informed
has uncovered some large and high
ore bodies.-Blade.
1t is probably not known that the
silver mining camp of Las Planhas il
one OF the richest and most regularly
productive mining pro positions nearby
Nogales. At present they have ten
stamp mill (ths ore is free-miliing sill
yer) bu: within tho next two months
1t is also the Intention to add lixiva-
tion proposition which will greatly in
crease the Output-Vidette.
Lucky Mark Lulley has struck a
large body of gypsum located about
twenty miles west of Tucson. Some
time ago sample Of this gypsum was
sent To an sssaycr and chemist OF San
Francisco, who reported that it was of
superior quality from which the best
cement could be made, and containing
other values. Mark ssys the bodies OF
gypsum are l25 feet wide. He will
ship quantity of the sample to San
Francisco to day for further test and
will in Il few days commence the de-
velopment of tho gypsum tody. Tue |
son is likely to have Mark AS a resident. !
Citizen.
DR.. E. L. Allen, Of Chicago. came in |
from Pesquera canyon yesterday and |
reports a rich strike in the mines of
the Consolidated Gold Mining com
pany. These mines are in sthe Guiias
district not far from Arivaca. The
vein on the first level has developed to
six feet wide. Much of the ore will |
yield over SlOO to the ton. What ap-
pears to be n pocket has just been
struck which yields over 81 100 per ton
OF free gold. Doctor Allen had a
large sack of this ore taken from this
pocket, which is very rich. He does
not know how far or wide this new
strike will reach but il was big enough
when he LETT camp to create vast
amount Of enthusiasm. DR.. Galusha
Anderson of the University of Chicago
is president OF the Consolidated Gold
Mining company Of Arizona, and c. L.
Tolmau the superintendent. The com
pany has just installed 4 mill to treat
its ores. We may look for more good
news from that camp and especially
this now strike. e.-Tucson Star.
y rich find made on Tuesday of last
week II half mile below Angels Camp,
d tnlftN-lNe .
years ago. At that time a man named
Figuero kept little trading station on
what is now the Utica mining property,
but was then lonely spot ia forest.
He made living by buying gold dust
ON the Indians and always had lot
If it on hand. One night gang of
'obbers went to his place, bound the
Did man and tortured him in an attempt
% compel him to tell where he had
MS gold hidden. At last be told them
where TO find a portion OF the gold.
They took ii aud departed The next
morning their victim died from the
affects OF the torture. y hunt was
made for the old mans wealth, but
rome was ever fouad, and the incident
vas forgotten until last Tuesday, when
/ man named Clark, going by the
'lace where the old cabin had stood,