The copper era., 1902-02-13
WEEK BY WEEK.
Late Territorial General and Mining
News.

Grading has been commenced on the
branch OF the FL Paso and South
western from Fairbanks TO Tom bst0ue.
President F NJ. Murphy announces
that the construction of the Benson
Phoenix railroad is now q certainly.
II seems to be settled at last that
Ben Daniels il all that the newspapers
have paneied him 20 he. His record is
thoroughly bad. His commission has
been revoked and he has disappeared
from public view. It is possible that
McCord will hold over.
The smelling plant recently con-
tracted for the erection 10 Douglas will
he all delivered within the next sixty
days. S~pt. Merrill stated to Review.
reporter that unless some unforeseen OBJ
s:acle interviewed the Calumet & Ari-
IONA smelters would be in operation by
the last day OF August.
This week money for the purchase
Of the Telegraph mine, one OF the
Blrro group. was deposited in the Ari-
iona Central Bank. at this place. The
mine is owned by James y. Smith and
w. d. McCright. Negotiations are in
progress for the sale of the BurrO mine
to the same parties.-kingman Miner.
Emil Kielberg Is in from the Gold
Mountain OF the Gulluros, where he is
driving a tunnel for Knox & Fleming
into the South Extension group Of the
Gold Mountain mines. The tunnel Is
in eighty feet, ore all the way, but
several cross veins have been cut,
! which showed high values. Mr.. kie.-
! berg says the tunnel under Gold
Mountain is showing fine, that from
/ the end of the tunnel cross cuttings
east and west are going in both direc-
| tions, all in fine ore. Kielbcrg says
the Gold Mountains Of the Galluros is
the biggest gold proposition in Amer
/ ic2.-Star.
J. A. Lamport. civil engineer in
| the employ of tue Santa Fe Pacific rail
road, came up from Bill Williams Fork
country "a few days ago. We under
stand that the PROPOSE ton of damming
the Bill Williams was the errand
which took Mr.. Lamport to the south
part of the county. Work on the dam
will be commenced within the next six
months. When completed enough
water will be empoundcd to not only
irrigate thousands OF acres of the rich
est lands in the world, but to also gem
crate power and furnish water to work
the large extent OF placer field below
the dam.-Kingmau Miner.
While cutting out large station at
the tenth level, 40 feet deep. in the
Gray shaft. belonging to the United
Globe Mines, body of high grade
sulphide ore was opened up, much to
the surprise of all concerned. This
unexpected strike means much for
this district. and again verifie5 the
fact that the orc bodies in this district
go down. The station at this level
will be unusually large, aud will DO
supported by octagOnal railroad tun
mel sets, and as soon as it is completed,
sinking in the shaft will be resumed
and continued until the depth of one
Thousand feet is reached. Globe Belt.
H. a. Cohn, in behalf of Capt. De la
Mar, has taken bond on the Tom
Reed and Ben Harrison mines, in the
Gold Road country, from Joe Anderson,
Eli Hilty and d. Tooker The veins
are tho largest in the district and carry
pay values in gold. AS soon as the
matter OF the transfer of the Interests
have been settled force of men will
be put 10 work and a shaft sunk to q
considerable depth. Capt De la MAJ
is one OF the most energetic mining
men in the whole country and we are
more than pleased to see him getting
in on the good things of the San Fran
CIoCO us u lildt
]. L. Todd, who came here from
Colorado some two months ago, stands
a good chance of becoming a second
Stratton, as far as wealth is concerned. |
Mr.. Todd worked u few shifts on the
Orc Grande, just long enough 10 get a
few ideas, which he has since proceed
Ell TO work out. Leaving the Ore
Grande he located claims on the west,
Il ! la. IL
depth OF II feet, had widened out to
between three and four feet, carrying
gold values close to $50. as well Is good |
values in copper. Mr.. Todd is now !
down in the neigh borhood of thirty |
feet and the ledge is widening out and /
getting richer with every foot
Wickensburg Herald.
William Patrick Woods, one of the |
pioneer residents and most prominent
citizens of Tucson died suddenly Sat
urday evening about O'Clock. He !
was stricken with apoplexy shortly |
after coming in from drive and. al
though physicians were summoned |
and did every thing in their power to |
save his life, their aid was of no avail |
and he passed away. Mr. Woods WAS |
one OF the best known mining men in |
Arizona, having come here in 1873.
lie first started West in 1865, going /
on a long journey across the plains 20
Colorado with sixteen men and large |
cattle train. This journey took six
months and when he arrived at his
destination in Eldorado County, Colo
RADIO, he remained there and engaged |
in the mining business. About the |
year 1866, he was mining and pros
pecting in Montana and Nevada and |
shortly after that returned to his
nome in Missouri, where he engaged
in the cattle business. In 1875 he |
went again, taking the stage from
Pueblo TO Silver City. He arrived in
Pima county in December, 1875, aud in
January went to Globe. where he was
one of the first prospectors in the field.
In 1879 he returned to Tucson, where
he has been engaged IN business ever
since. He has been engaged in mining
enterprises here for twenty years and
has been successful in number OF in
stances.