Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-01-17
MINING MATTERS.
News About tho Great Industry Of this
eectlon OF the world.

Professor Carrera returned from
Tho Cananea country Saturday,
where be had been TO negotiate for
the purchase OF the traction engines
IN use by that company. The railroad
is not entirely completed aud the
compuny was not quite ready to dis
pose Of the engines.
A p%ostofice has been established at
G~sileyville. The name OF the ONCE ls
Paradise. II receives mail twice a
week from San Simon. George
Walker is postmaster. Galleyville is
making regular shipments OF ore,
which Is hauled to San Simon, some
twenty-five miles. AS soon as the
Bisbee road is running trains the ship
ments will be made. over that road, rs
the haul is only fourteen miles. The
men 10 the camp are now building a
wagon road to the railroad. Galley
Vile, after. lying dead for so many
years, now bids fair to he me OF the
prominent camps OF this section.
Although Ri Pasu has got an cleo.
trio road It must not think that IL ls
the only place. Lordsburg is fast
after IL. Representatives Of eastern
Capitalists are having surveys made 10
Lordsburg aud the hills south OF town.
and the intention is tn put IN an cleo
trio road which will have a spur to the
mouth Of every producing shaft 10 the
hills aud connect the mines with the
smelter, ,tbe concentration aud both
depots. While the Fl Paso electric
road is used entirely for the transpor-
tation OF passengers the LOrdsburg
electric road will be used mainly for
the transportation of freight, supplies
TO the mines aud pres from the miues.
Charlie Hogsett was In the city
yesterday, bound from Clifton to Bis
bee. He has SOME mines down at
San Jose, Sonora, bonded to a French
syndicate. The Bisbee Review re-
reports that this syndicate has
taken up the bond on an adjoining
group from lewis Holdstadt, paying
S1O0, 900, and Charlie wants to see
whether the syndicate intends 10 take
his mines. He strongly hopes it will
not, as the development work done
since the bond was made shows the
mines are worth more than the price.
The ores are gold aud silver and il the
bond Is taken up there will be some
ifty Thousand dollars to cut up bt-
tween Charlie and his partners.
Up to the present time there has
been no announcement made by either
the Arizona Copper company or the
DETROIT Copper Mining. company of a
cut to be made in their forces. Both
companies are moving along as usual,
and do not seem to he worried over the
temporary cut in the price of the red
metal. Both companies have so great.
ly improved their plants during the
past year that they are now in shape
to make copper much cheaper than
ever before. They also have theiI
mines in most excellent shape, having
large amounts of ore blocked out. The
Shannon company is proceeding Just as
rapidly as possible with the erection OF
their smelling plant, which will be.
model 10 every respect. This com
panY also has Vast bodies of ore
blncked out ready for stopping
sufficient to supply their new plant fol
several years. Copper will have tC
drop muct lower before it reaches the
danger point at which these com
panies cannot safely operate. In fact
tie Arlzoda Cobper company made
copper years ago at less than 8 cent?
aud never did close down. The De
trolt Copper Mining company, uudeI
the manaRement Of VIM. Church
closed for a few months to make need
ed repairs, during the Inv price o
copper. Most mlhes in America will
!, be compelled 70 close down befor'
the companies of this district hav,
|, reached a point where dividends can
not he paid. With the exception o
possibly Jerome, which Is phenomen
ally rich property, copper Ear now bl
made cheaper in this district than IL
almost any other section Of the Unite,
States, hence our people have bu
little to fear from the price Of copper
or course the present price may affec
contemplated improvements and II
/, this way cause a period Of dull times
but the best authorities on cope
claim that It cannot long remain a
present prices. -Clifton Era.
Joseph Young, one n the oldest O
old timers in this section died Tues
day night, The old gentleman ha
been suffering from an aHeetion OF th
liver, which produced dropsical symi