The copper era., 1903-08-13


 ing centered in the search of the roy;
 metal-gold. Sonora is looked upo
 as virgin field unprospected. Durin
 the last year, several very rich di / cOveries have been made Of fabulousl
 rich quartz veins, some Of them yer large. Placers have been found i several Of the districts, especially i
 the Altar district, some or them yer | wide in extent and much richer tha 5 anything discovered during the las , decade. The mining world Is !earnin, Of this fact. The time is short wheI
 the cry will not be Alaska, but Sonora
 That time is near. The coming fal
 and winter will see a stream Of gOlt
 hunters passing into Sonora.-Star.
 Word has been received from II. M
 Whitney. who is now in St. Louis on a
 purchasing trip for the Arizona De
 yelOpment company, that he has pur
 chased twenty-stamp mill for the Gold Treasure mine, and that it will
 be shipped at once. Mir. Whitney eN- poets to start for this part of the
 world in about two weeks, and will be
 on hand to superiutend the removal of the machinery to the scene of mining operations at the Gold Trea-ure.-Bis-
 bee Review.
 There are not less than eight mills and smeIter- in the course of erection in the state of Sonora. The Sonora Development company, Kansas City concern, is building a ten-stamp mill in the Montezuma district. The Yaqui Shelter and Refining company, composed of Toledo, Ohio, capitalists, Is erecting large shelter at Toledo, OF the Iaqui river. The Zebutte, near Tonis station, has nearly finished its magnificent new forty-stamp mill
 The SocorrO mine and mill, west Of Wickenburg. has closed down indeti- nitely, all employees, about eighty in number, being discharged The req son for closing i, ascribcd to labor con ditiOns. The Republican says that the camp has been a union camp, but it is reported that the union has made demands or was a5out to make de- mands that the company did not care to meet OF argue over, and decided 10 ! close down until conditions changed ! rat H0i' fhnr 'r r.-'. % '..;t--
 The Gold Road miuing company now | has two hundred men on its pay rolls. 1 While the biz mill is kept pounding 1 away on ores supplied by the contrac- ! tors big force of men are at work . opening up new reserves. Every five | days big bar of bullion is shipped to 1 the mint. while occasionally an extra bar is sent out. The new work on the , mines is showing the properties to be i rich and the shareholders | recently visited it are more than pleased with the outlook for future divide Kingman Miner.
 The Silver Bell country ,s at pres ent attracting its old time attention. Heavy freight teams are moving be- tween Red Rock and the camp, haul ing vast quantities of supplies and ma New locations are being made. and men who have neglected the camp for many years have found sudde nly renewed interest in the old money maker It is well known fact that many men have been on easy street as a result of a little forecast of judgment in this successful camp Star.
 Over at the Great West mine, in the Weaver district, the Pacific Reduction k preparing for the installa- ion Of its biz reduction plant. The nine is now capable of producing arge tonnage of ore and the company ias concluded that q big plant was a necessity to the economical handling ,f the output. Scarcity of water is me of the drawbacks with which the company will have to contend, but it $ expected that in a short time q sui icicnt quantity will be developed in he mine. The ores carry good values n gold aud are easily treated.-king- nan Miner.
 The old Christmas gift mine. in the CaSa Grande district, this coun ty, has ,een sold by J. w. Prout and others to he Cobre Plata Mining company. When this mine was first discovered Dick Chilsou and Fred Burnham, the original locators, took out pocket of ,old valued at S35. 1000. It was then old to Els X Cham mberlain, of Cleve- and. who extracted S40,000, and being lnablc to find the vein, abandoned it. The company that now has the prop ,rty are amply supplied with capital md intend to thoroughly prospect it in he hope of finding new ore bodies.- Blade.
 In commenting on the statement hat the Mexican port of entry was O be transferred from Nogales, So ,ora to Naco, Sonora, the Nogales Oasis, generally we'll posted on MeXi 'an affairs has the following to say n addition 10 the change in the main port. it is reported on excellent author ty that Naco will soon have work tarted on one of the biggest custom :, melters that has ever been built in he territory. This smelter will be ,ullt on the Mexican side of the line, | md will treat Mexican ores eXclu- , lively. The capital for its building is , Q be furnished by prominent Mexican md United States mine owners who Ire interested in Sonora. is