The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-10-15
TERRITORIAL MINING.

marshal under Marshal McCord a
Phoenix, and will assume the position
made vacan: by the resignation o.
Deputy Charles Uttig.
Things are booming over at the LIE
land. The weather is cool and the
railroad between the mine and mil
will soon be completed. The 40-stamI
mill Is up-to-date ia every particular
Three tons to the stump is about what
1.-The mill will handke. The bins are
full OF ore and the mill will be work
ing for a long time TO come. A
large number of men are employed
Mineral Wealth.
Work is progressing with vigOr at
the mines of the Sonora Placer Min
ing company south of Cananea. Two
gangs of men are employed laying
pipe and now have about 200 feet laid.
\ pump has been put down at the
river which will afford an almost end
less supply of water. II will be piped
to the claims, about 700 feet distant
! Mr.. \. w. Tendent, the general man.
ager, informs the Herald that active
| operations will begin on the claims
| by October 20, if not sOOner.-Can-
anea Herald.
The old Gold camp, about fourteen
miles easterly from Tom bstone, near
the Antelope Spring district is at
present attracting considerable atten-
tion. During the past week about
thirty claims have been staked off,
Bisbee parties locating most of them.
The ore is free milling but is low
grade, running from IS to $50 per ton.
About dozen years ago an old man
by the name of Morrison worked a
number of dry washers in one of the
Gulches, leading down from the hills,
and occasionally made good clean ups.
Benson Press.
Work on the three shafts on the
Pilgrim mine, O'Dea & Dempsey
group, has reached depth of 80 feet
and crosscut of 20 feet made at the
bottom OF the south shaft with only
one wall in sight. The grade Of the
ore is high as it has been from the
continue to be the greatest group of
gold prospects on earth. The vein
holds its size and grade as the work.
ingS go down towards the 100 mark.
1t will not be many months until
plant is turning out million dollars
a year dividends from this mine pro-
vidinS it continues as it now shows
Mineral Wealth.
The announcement is made that JOS
eph l.. GirOuX has resigned the super
intcndency Of Senator Clark'S United
Verde mine, To give his personal at
tcntion to the interests Of the GirOuX
Consolidated company of Mexico.
The Jerome News saye: at cannot lbe
but with a feeling of the keencst re-
gret, that Mr.. Giroux gives up the
reins he has so successfully handled
over the magnificent properties OF the
United Verde Copper company. To
bring property, which authority
tells us, was twelve years ago, valued
at less than $4,000. to point where
it is estimated to be worth more than
$50, 900, 900, is triumph enough for
one man.
y carload OF ore was shipped this
afternoon from the York Roberts mine
and another carload will be shipped
tomorrow. y carload was also ship
ped from the Consolidated shaft today
and two cars were placed to be loaded /.
from the Comet. The shipments OF
ore frOm this district are increasing, /
and from two to three carloads per day 4
are .being taken out. II. B. Warue-
kros expects to ship Is carload in the /
course of the next few days, and sew
eral others contemplate doing the I
same thing. Douglas Gray is still .
here engaged in sampling dumps and |
is finding a number that will paw to
ship. 1t is expected that a carload /
will be shipped from the Bonanza
which belongs to Colonel Herring
Low grade ore is hauled
rom Tombstone to FL Paso over the
E. p. * 5. w. for l.5O per ton.
Mining Record: Although Sena-
.or Clark's United Verde at Jerome is
The most talked-of and written
about copper mine in the Territory of
the Copper Queen mine, at
3isbee, is the largest prod ucer, and
will soon be making much more copper
han ever before, as the new smelter
will enable the mine to produce to
like its actual capacity.
For several years, the Queen has held
ourth place in the United States and
iXth among the mines OF the world,
Is a producer, and last year made
nearly 100000 pouJds of refined
copper. With the id of the new
melter, the Queegswill easily pass the
densfeld, Germa w. great mine, in
'utput, and Wiz SeOably pass the
soston & MO94 p; ranking in
'roduction inn ser the An
onda. Calum So Tinto,