The border vidette., 1903-04-25
ARIZONA NEWS.
Items of Interest from all over the
 Territory.

have the sympathy of many friends in
 the death of his wife Wednesday
 afternoon in Tucson, whither she had
 gone to have an operation performed
 and from which she failed to rally
 Tombstone American.
 Ignatius L Dudley, well known in
 Bisbee and in Graham county, was
 arrested in St. Louis on Tuesday last,
 on warrant from New York charg
 ing him with grand larceny. The indictment was found against him last September. Dudley has been heavy operator in mining properties in O. chise county and the Sonora district Mexico.-Tombstone American.
 Dew R Oliver of San Francisco returned to Tucson from tour of inspection of the Zubiate mines in Sonora this morning. He is accom- panied by party of capitalists from the coast. Among the party are D A Hart, H Liethed, H $ White of Los Angeles, G O Hart of San Francisco and D O Castle of Stockton. They are more than pleased with the show ing at the mine-Citizen.
 Delegate Wilson returned home yes terday from northern Arizona. Col. Wilson says Yavapai county never looked better nor more prosperous and the mining industry never more hope full New properties are being devel- oped and old ones continue their bullion shipments unabated. Heavy rains and snows have filled the moun- tain springs and gulches with an abundance of water and Yavapai hills are alive with spectors.-Gazette.
 o. L. Neer, of the Transvaal Copper Mining company. left this morning for the mine which IS near Cumpas, in Sonora. Mir. Neer is very enthusias tic over the property and says that the showing made up to date far exceeds | expectations Not share of the stock has been sold for less than Sl00 l share, and some private sales were made in which the stock changed | hands to the tune of $50 share. | For some years Mir. Neer was con- nected with the La Cananea company, having charge of the famous old Cobre ' <l< ,c1
 A New York paper, speaking of | Arizona has this to say: ''The pros perity of Arizona is best shown by | the amount of new railroads building. | A transcontinental line often builds | through a country because it has to reach its terminal, but when you see roads built into districts that depend | entirely on that district for support you can rest assured that the natural | resources warrant a great growth aud | continued development. This is the case with Arizona, and the great | growth has already set in. Its mines have proven great and permanent and the new development makes the min ing future with railroads at hand the | greatest in the great west, a land of mineral wealth"
 The rapid increase in values of | shares in certain mining companies in the Bisbee district are truly phenomi- nal, and proves that Michigan people | are not afraid to put their money into Arizona copper properties Calumet | and Arizona has jumped to S,2225; Calumet and Pittsburg to $170; Lake | Superior and Pittsburg to $50, and | several other Michigan companies to from Sl5 to S2O per share. These are | all new companies, the Calumet and i Arizona being the oldest, and it has | been in business less than three years. 1 The par value of the shares of these companies are Sl0 each, and the ca pitalization from three to five millions. | The Calumet and Arizona is the only ! company of those mentioned which | owns and operates a smelting plant ] Since starting its shelter last fall it | has made a wonderful record as a | producer. The copper boom in the Bisbee district will rebound to the benent of the entire territory Cop per Era. |