The copper era., 1903-04-16
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

John yv. Bunton. an old time citi-
zen Of Stafford died last week.
Hinson Thomas, an old time news
paper man, ha, assumed the manage
mcnt Of the Globe Times.
The assessment OF the town Of
Douglas will this year amount 70
about 500 600. Pretty good for a two
wear old.
Business men OF Phoenix have
raised bonus Of $45,O0O TO secure a
beet sugar factory. That is the spirit
wb bich builds up a town.
Andy Alexander, OF Ft Thomas,
has had photograph made of a big
bear called Geronimo and Jerry Bar
ton. at the Indian Hot Springs, and
has the guests OF that resort guessing
which Is Jerry and which is Geronimo.
Guardian.
There are reports OF the ella Valley.
Globe d Northern railroad extending
from Globe 10 the Black Warrior Cop
per Cos mines. The Black Warrior
is building an additional teaching
tank Of 300 tons and expects to start
teaching about April I5.-Blade.
The foundation for the smcltcr at
Benson, Arizona, says the FL Pa5o
Herald. is laid. 1t is being built on
the site OF the one that was destroyed
by fire. Some OF the machinery is on
the ground II will have "A capacity
OF 100 tons daily. Benson people are
Interested in the enterprise and it is
understood that IL is 10 be kept out Of
the hands OF the trust.
The Old Terrible mine at Manzora,
Cochisc county, Arizona, is still idle.
DIR. Il. {. Flower and a. ID. Maloy are
so busy fighting each other back in
New York that the Old Terrible Is
suffering from neglect. The mine has
never paid, and the best that i
claimed for it. is there is ore in the
hill. II has $50, 900 plant consisting
Of stamp mil! and concentrating
plant.
1t j. stated that Il. j. Holmes has
bonded his HomcstaIle group Of mines,
near the Snowball camp, to the Cold
Road people for SlOO, 900 The mines
have been under development for
year or more past and are rcputed To
he among the best properties in all
that country. The parties are to at
once put large force OF men to work
on the properties and open them up
extensively. y.-Kingman Miner.
Among the case, to be- tried at the
May term Of United States court.
Tombstone, will be- :hat Of Bert Al
word for attempting to rob the /. :.
mail on two charges, the Cochises hold
up and the Fairbanks robbery. The
Owens brothers and VIM. Downing,
now in the pcnitentiary for being i'm
pliCated in both cases and Billy stiles
who liberated Alvord from Jail. will
bc subpOcnacd Il, witnesses for prose-
cutiou.
Mexican Herald: The official re-
port OF the Cananca Copper Mining
company shows that the company eN-
ported during the year 1902, ~. $50
tons OF refined copper, 3Sj,jl3 ounces
Of silver ana l,ll5 ounces OF gold. the
total value of which WAS -. 900
gold, or about $ll ,0OO. 900. With the
improvements made in the machinery
Of the mines, it is expected that the
output for the current year will be
about double that Of last year
j. w. Walker. treasurer OF the
Poland Miners Union. is now lam
gushing in the county jail with the
charge of embrzzlcment written op-
positc his name. Mr.. Walker was ar
rested in Prescott yesterday on a com
paint sworn TO by members of the
Poland Miners Union. 1t is alleged
that MIR. Walker as treasurer OF the
union WAS entrusted with the union
the amount OF sl32 % and started for
Old Mexico, but was arrested at Pres
cott and held for trial.
The famous ''El Tigre" mine in So
nora changed hands the latter part oi
last week, the original owners selling
to Kansas City. FL PaSo and Bisbee
capitalists for $500 900 in gold. The
property consits OF six portenencias
just sixty miles soath OF Douglas. 1T
was discovered just eighteen months /
ago by Ed NJ. S:urges. who partly de F.,
vcloped it. aud few months ago /
took in other parties OF Bi>bec and FL !
Paso. who raised funds with which to /
operate the property.-ArSzona Demo .
crat.
1t has developed that the late Colo .
mel Robert Ingersoll was heavily in F..