The copper era., 1904-02-18

! work will soon Ue resumed. IL is the opinion of miningl men tbat the com ! napv has good ground and with deyel- ] opment viii open sorre good mines.
 q. A Tyler. one of the fortunate owners cf valuable property in the
 New MayHOwer di<tirct, came in last
 week for bis family, who returned with him tO the camp. Mrs. Higgins va, the first lady to make her home | Ia tbe neyy camp. The first day Of
 her arrival -he banned out enough gold for e handsome pia. Mrs. Mer- Till has also joined her husband in the ! Ct-ur. N~. Tyler reports dereloD-
 meut work progressing steadily. The excitement over the first discovery has worn oF. but those who are inter- ested in the property are well satisfied and while they may not have another Cr5uple Creek. they are all firm in the 0Dfuion that they will soon have a good raying camp. which will develop some
 big producers.
 \. L. Lewis. under the plans and supervision Of Major Latin. the BRAS placer expert. ha, just finished d dry washer. with wh ch the Major will expert the aliuvIdl gold deposits Of
 this section. The Major has probably had more experience in dry washing for gold than almost any man in Ari- zona. tae;ng put in several years at the business aiUug the Colorado river and in northern Arizona, where re took several fortunes from the bosom of mother earth. When the Major gets inlo the field with his machine. gold dust will be plentiful around Clifton.
 Walter pOudna. who has some eX- ten-ive contracts from the Polaris mini1S nint S;eeterdP@T e9mP and t%@ 5ne progre-sing lively. SiXteen mcu are now at work in the camp on the vari- ous contracts. In addition to the large contracts on the Black Prince lead d tunnel is being driven in on the Golden Eagle vein 1J feet lower than tle other workings. which will open d new block of stoping ground and also drain the upper workings Of the lead.
 From all accounts copper must soon advance in price. The stocks on hand are being rapidly depleted. The pro duction l. not keeping pace with the ' ' = priced copper, unless ifiore rJires are opened or greater ore bodies are dis covered in the properties now produc- ing. All of which argues an increase in the pricr Of copper that will keep in operation a number Of mines that dc noJ find it profitable to continue de- yclopmcnt at the present price.
 The Stevens Copper company last week closed down temPoraril y. await ing the arrival of air driii, and d new boiler for their pumping plant. The company have wisely concluded that hand work is too slow, and will there fore install an air plant a. soon aS possible. Manager Alsdorf thinks the company will resume wJr& in about six weeks.
 The face of the Chase Creek com paHy'7 tunnel is now breaking into the porphyry wal of the Longfeilow lead. and yesterday Superintendent l, N.- stevens brought down specimens which ran well in >ulphides. 1t Is now con- Gdently expected that an ore body will soon be cut.
 Frank EIdridge and W. and E. Pot ter, of Chicago, who spent some days here. left for home this morning. They are largely interested in the Sierra de Gro company and came out to see how the development work was prorressing. l. is needless to say that they returned home well pleased.
 The Morenci Standard reports that John MO!ier has struck a vein of good coai near Morenci which proved satis- factory for blacGsmithtng. If this is correct John has a better thing than any gold mine in the territ ory.