The copper era., 1904-02-18
NEKS OF THE TERRITORY.

The Gold Nugget company. which
 has been operating in Emilraut Gap,
 just -oatL ot O.d Fort Bowie, ha4
 closed down il- work. This fate was
 predicted for the concern some time
 ago
 Now that the people owning the
 great Commonwealth mine, at Pearce,
 have started new development work,
 it is Of interest 10 know that the mine
 has cleared million dollars year
 for al the years the present owners
 have had the property. Estimates
 vary, but the above Is given as q safe
 estimate.
 It has been stated here that Messr7.
 Gillian and Thompson, of Los Angeles,
 Cal, had purchased the Mejia mines,
 n the Magdalena district, Sonora, for
 a syndicate. The mine is considered
 a rich silver property and the claim Is
 made that 100, GOO tons are blocked out.
 It is also claimed the Mir. Pesquiera, who hes worked the mine for several years, got sISO GOO from shipment Of sixty-three car loads of ore.
 New machinery for the Great West mine, in the Blue Range country, in Moiave county, and 10 increase the output of the mill are the plans Of the company C. +. and Q. Steinle. Of Fremont, O., and S J. Tilden, of New York. all stockholders of the company, nave been visiting the mines, and they have gone on to California, accom- panied by Dr.. II. II. Smith, resident manager of the company.
 E. Allen Lewis, known throughout 1 the territory, arrived in El Pa1O la7t 1. week from New York, only to be promptly arrested by the police of | that city. He was on his way to No i gales, calling in connection with the !. failure of the International Bank. l The trip WAS completed by Mr. Lewis l but it wa under the strict survel- 1 Hence of the Fl Pa-o officer who took ! him. Judge w. II. Barnes. of Fl Paso, who represents Mir. Lewis in legal . way, met thc prisoner in Fl paso and accompanied him.
 The Review says: Bi~bce is to have a new bank The comptroller Of the currency has approved the application of the following persons To organize the First National Bank Of Bisbec with q capital stock Of S5O,OOO: J. N. Porter. or Globe, s. r. Sullcnberger, C. NJ. Cu-hmau, Edward Wccl, and J. C. Robinson. J. x. Porter is vice president of tine First National Bank of Clifton, and also of N<ional Bank in the Gila valley, and oi a similar iE- stitution in Globe.
 There is new activity in the mining district of Dos Cabc2os. The rich strike made hy John l.. Bachelder on his property, exposing q -Jodsized ore body carry $llO in gold and values in copper and silver amounting to 3l0O per ton besides; also the new strike in the Chicago X Arizona property, open a body of high-gradc sulphide ore, has put new life in the district. These developments are only what might be expected from the rich mineralizcd croppings and the country formation. Range News.
 Edward Thomas, son Of Night Watchman Thomas, or Blsboc and who is well known in Tombstone. and who served in the Spahi~h- American war in the Phi!lipine-, has received letter from companion in Texas who also served with him in the same com pany of Rough Riders han been or ganized in Texas. and all of their cN- penscs have been paid and advanced, necessary to take them To Japan, and enter the service of the army of the MilSado as d Rough Rider" rcgimcnt , and they are all ready to depart at : once. There are good many Ameri can youths who would be glad Of the . to enlist in the Japanese , army.
 Itis matter of much regret that the contest for the control of the Black Warrior Copper Co.,, Amal- : gamated, between two factions of the stockholders, has again been carried ( into the courts. It was hoped that $ the differences existing would be q adjusted without resort to legal measures. and that the develop ' meut and operation of the fine prop erty would be resumed at an early date. While suit at law may satisfy V the personal animosity of few in L dIviduals, yet it is disastrous to the in- e tercsts of the company and the very l. large number of stockholders. who T probably have little if any Knowledge V of the merits of the quarrel. They s szszzzzsEs sxassssa !,