The copper era., 1903-07-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

trict, Gayapai county, Ariz. Several carloads Oi fine ore are on the dumps awaiting shipment.
 Arizona is not alone iu vast under takings to increase the water supply. In Australia. great reservoir ranking in importance with the reservoir Of the TOntU i- to he constructed for the purpose of furnishing water to the gold fields 33s miles away.
 Measurements within radius of d mile from the pump station oi the Tombstone Consolidated Mines com pany show d lowering Of over 20 feet since pumping operations began. This proves that the water problem of the district i7 being successfully han died. and the general mining outlook i- rcgar led d. encouraging.
 Last night a Mexican in Agua Pri- eta by the name of Eulalio Ramerez wa- foollug with d 22-caliber wiuches- ter. H. had the rifle between his les. with the muzzle toward his head. He was trying to work the lever, and did not know that the gun was loaded. In some way he pressed the trigger and the usual result fol. lowed. Douglas Dispatch.
 lt i, reported that biz strike ie on at Eaud- burg, Cal, as d result of which the Yellow Aster mines and mills are closed down and 900 miners out uf work. An advance in wages was demanded, which the company re- fused, saying that the mines would re- main closed permanently before ac- ccding tD the demands of the union. Coming on the heels of the recent big fire, this is a severe blow to RandS- burg.
 some faint idea of what d wonder ful mine the Copper Queen, at Bisbee. NriZ.. is can be had when it Is stated that it has 10 miles of drifts and tun- nels alone. It used underground Ill., O0O, ,OOO feet of timber in 1901. It's production of copper for that year was 2O, ,OOO tons. IL employs 1900 men. Its new shelter, now being built at Doug las, which ia 29i feet wide, with ca pacitv of treating 1900 tons of ore every 3i hours, k almost completed.
 A large cave has been encountered in the Calumet & Cochise shaft and for fifty feet it was plainly visible in sinking. Large stalactities and lime crystals were taken out and some good ment is very much encouraged over this and they feel that q body of ore will be encountered underneath the cave. The history of the Warren dis trict ie that wherever cave is en- countcrcd ore is found. The large bodies of ore in the Copper Queen and Calumet X Arizona were found in the vicinity of these caves or cavities.- Douglas International.
 r. F.. Parish, mining engineer, of Phoenix, AriZ., in speaking of the Cicneguitas mines in the Suhuaripa district, Mexico, which he lately vis- ited is quoted as saying: Two rail roads are now headed for the Suhua- ripd country. These are the Kansas City road which will como within twenty-five miles Of the Cicncguitas mine, and the Cananea, Rio Iaqui X Pacific, which will come within aboIt fifteen miles of the same property. When either one Oi these roads is built through the Sahuaripa reg ion the Cicncguitas company will con ~truct branch line to it.'
 \. !. Boric, timckccper at the F.. r. & S. W. yards, returned a few days ago from visit to Sonora, where he went to look at some claims which have been located by men whom he gruhotakcd some time ago. IIc reports that his partners have To- catcd some very valuable property and that from one claim, from which he took samples, that he received assay returns showing over SI ,0O0 in value to the ton. gold and silver, and that from another. general assay gave over r. per cent copper. Mr. Borie feels very much clated over the strike and says that is the country to find mines in.-DouElae Dispatch.
 The Star has the following friendly words for Cochisc county: "Cochiec county is booming. She is growing in population and wealth. Her assess mcnt roll this year foots up S6,00o, 900, which is an advance of S2 .OO0, 900 over last year. This k the result of the opening Of the great copper mines in several sctciOus of the county, and the building of Douglas, which promises to be the leading city Of the county. COchiSe will soon he the banner county of Nrlzona d. a taxpayer. Maricopa being the only county which has reached the figures now published by Cochisc.'
 The twcnty-two horse land trains, which brought the oil for the Com mouwealth mine k now something of the past. The railroad has entered rearcc, and for the present will be the terminus. The horses, which were of fine quality have been turned loose on the ranches and therefore give away to the advancement of the iron horse. The Commonwealth mine k still going straight ahead under