The copper era., 1902-12-18
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.


 territorial poor farm to be located i 1raham county, while the Bisbee R, Vle" mildly opposes the proposition As our friends, the Kellys, own bot papers, 1t looks as though they oupb to get together on this momentou question.-Belt
 Geo. w. Todd returned fror hi trip 10 Imperial, Cal, on Monday last MT. Todd made thorough inspectior OI that part or the country and satis n1o himself that its agricultural possi olIItles are wonderful, being no fear nj shortage Of water. He bought I6f acres of land Although MT. Todd se- cured some land and water right he does not intend to leaye the buardlan-
 c. F. Fields and Harry Shubert who were recently arrested for rObbing the house of Sheriff Lewis, were given q hearing before Judge Wallace today and sentenced to serve term of 90 days each in the county jail for petit larceny. The Mexican, Carlos Con- gales, plead guilty and was sentenced for fifty days. Fields defended him. self and Schubert. and made quite a plea for himself and his partner.- Prospector.
 The matter of the assessment Of the United Verde mines and improvements in Yavapai county will probably have to be settled in the courts. The com pany has offered to settle on basis of $22, ,000, but the levy against that prop erty runs over SIS, 1000. IL was thought that there was movement on foot to compromise the matter with the Clark company, but the supervisors remained firm and instructed the county attor- ney to proceed with the suit.
 It is learned that the engineers of the geological survey, now at work at the Bulls Head, on the Colorado river, will report that a dam 100 feet in height can be built to raise the waters O. that great stream to the height necessary for irrigation and electrical purposes. The building of this dam would be one Of the greatest feats un- dertakcn by the government in the United States and would make of the Colorado river valley the richest spot on the American cOntincnt.-Mohave County Miner.
 The Tombstone Prospector favors a encouragement of the judicial districts that would place Cochisc, Graham and Gila in one district, and locate the United States court at Tombstone. While such an arrangement would be better than the present one for the people Of Gila and Graham counties, ssiis would be tho center or Iho ulStrlct' However, in the event of the early ul- vision of Graham county, which now seems probable, the natural arrange nont of a new judicial district would include Gila, Graham and its offspring. Belt.
 It pays miners and prospectors to ad- yertise and talk about the resources and probabilities of the sections In which they are directly interested. II il mining district is worth anything at all, it is worth talking about, worth keeping before the public, worth dis cussing in print. If it has nothing to recommend it, if there are nothing but a few barren prospect holes there. the sooner the miner who is blowing in his money gets out the better. But II district has merit and can show up good mineral and encouraging pros poets, the men who are interested therc should not hesitate to tell what they know about it. They should get their district before the public eye. Intelligent newspaper discussion ot a mining section attracts attention, lcaue : investigators to cNamluS pCiSpuh' v the mines Of the district, and, II It proves satisfactory, then investment will follow.-Belt.
 R. B. Burns, cheif engineer of the Santa Fe Pacific, was in the San Fran cisco district this week lookiug over the route for branch road to the Gold Road, Leland and German Amer ican camps. Mir. Burns succeeded In locating route that he considers per fectly feasible. While in the district he visited the different mines that are under operation and expressed himself as surprised at the vast amount ot ore in sight, the size and richness of the veins, and the amount of developmen work that has already been done. The Leland company alone guarantees the railroad company l50 tons oi ore pel day from their mines to their mill a Mellen for tho first year, and 200 ton' daily for the second year. Competen men, who nave estimated the orc al ready blocked out in the Leland alone believe this estimate is very couserV ative one.-Kingman Miner.