The copper era., 1902-11-13
Wonderful Development of Cochise
 County.

l The Tom bStOne ProSpectOr says that
 never before in the history of Cochise
 county has there been such an era of prosperity as now evinced in all that
 section, and miners, cattlemen and
 ranchers are all prosperous. From
 the northern end of the county to the
 extreme southern boundary line, there
 Is one continual wave Of improvement going on, mills and shelters are being erected, mines opened up new rail-
 E9ada heiqSr trrl hpAlt and new ejties be- ago the coyote made its home. In the
 Dos Cabezas district and in the va cinity of old Fort Bowie, capital has | been coming In and taking hold of
 mining property, and there are now l five men working where there was one six months ago. At Cochise the little
 station is moving rapidly forward, a | townsite has been laid out and lots are being sold rapidly and good build
 ings erected. Colorado capitalists are on the ground arranging for the erec- tion of shelter, while the side tracks there are filled with material for the Yaqui River and Pacific railroad, to te started from that station in a few
 weeks. At Pierce considerable i'm
 provement is being made and parties owning claims there are. getting ready
 to open them up as fast as the railroad will give them chance to ship their
 ores. The Commonwealth company is
 keeping its full quota of men em-
 ployed and the mill turning out its regular quantity of bullion. Along
 the northern end of the Dragons
 there are no less than ten camps where
 miners are employed and are opening
 up good properties which will become producers in the near future.
 At Benson,' tho railway center of the
 county, the wave Of prosperity Is plain | ly noticed. The new territorial reform school, built of white tufa, makes an
 excellent impression. The Empire
 smelling company is unloading several car loads of machinery for their GUS l tom shelter, aud the s. r. company
 has large force of men at work build- | ing several large oil tanks. Grading ] on the Phoenix and Eastern road north | from there is to be stZrted in few days which will make considerable improvement in she business of the
 town. The country north along the
 Sau Pedro is opening up into good
 mining section and number of claims are being developed.
 On the San Pedro river the ranchers have had a very prosperous year, and
 their crops have yielded them good
 returns.
 In the southwestern part of the county including Bisbec, Naco, Doug | las, perhaps the greatest amount Of improvement has been made. The population of Bisbee has increased
 nearly thousand during the past six months. The opening up of mining properties outside of those held by the Copper Queen people has been the di- rect cause Of this The Modern, Calu- met and Hecla, Calumet and Pitts burg, South Bisbee, Cochise and Cop Der Glance companies are all at work developing their holdings. and em- ploying large number of men, and the claims are all showing well. At Naco the building of large business blocks is going or and vast improve ments being made. The trave! to and from the Cananeas makes the border town lively and at night the streets are filled with people. Douglas, per haps. has made the largest strides of any town in the county during the