The copper era., 1904-07-14
NEWS OF raAa'1oRr.

ht"s UT if1kS''oKi.
 CLar.o- Hadicy,a d young man wh
 bae been working d. a miner in Bsbc,
 wa7 found dead last week ia his bed a
 inc Johnson House, by his room mates
 -Review.
 Employment Agent Waite, Of F
 Pa-o. sent sixty men out over th,
 Southern Pacific on ioute to Font,
 basin, where they will go to wor.< or
 the new reservoir, which the 96irn
 ment is constructine--thsle This wa,
 the first party Of liborers to br-seaj
 out from El Paso but V is eTperreh
 that from now ohsregulag Equipments Of
 men will be made. These laborers
 were all Mexicans and will receive two
 dollars per day for their services while
 at work there.
 The Tom bstOnc Prospector is re-
 sponsiole for the following: An in
 -pectiou Of the records Of the office or
 the probate iUd ge for the day discloses
 ihe fact that l.. F. Green of Naco has obtained q license to wed Annie Corn. of the same place. Green corn is scarce article iD that arid region and this incident is refreshing. Incident ally, silks and tassels may be in de- mand, the hu,ks of adversiiy may en- cumber he trail of life, but the many friends join the Prospcctor in extend iuD Inc hnna comfort, happiness and prosperity may be theirs"
 Otto Gieseke, representing New York and Montana people. has taken an option on two groups of claims ag- twenty-five claims cOntigu- 1 ouS to the Old Dominion and United ! Globe for SI50, 900. One of the groups. consisting of eighteen claims, belong ing to stewart X, Clark is bonded for 3IJ, GOO and the other seven claims for which an equal amount is agreed to be paid, belongs to Rolling, Rogers x Starr, Jas. r. Faull, Vim. n. Bulter md Jas. Wiley. The claims have been 'Xamincd and reported on by Mr. 'eisekc. Con,iC erabe development yorf has been done on d number of ( he claims. (
 The Cochise county assessment roll J or l90i shows valuations at S6. S39.- a Sl.99 against s., ,170, Bis l2 in 1903. It d S thought that the tax rate vii! be re- c .uced from $3.jO to 500 per $lOO. t The Copper Queen company is assessed
 v .sss s;s;; ssss; E s;si eie i S7 9g 59; Fl Paso and Southwestern, ( GJ3. GOO; New Mexico & Arizona Ky, i I5I .3Il; Calumet and Arizona Min .. ng Co. Sl7l.6Sl jO; Gila Valley and ;lobc I.y.. 3l9. 525; international Land . o.. Sl31,3l others above Slj,OOo in | Jude two in seventy thousand, one in t iXtv. one in fifty, two in forties, two |. II thirlics, five in twenties and three hove fifteen, including Martin Cos clio at 3l7,1I0.
 \. r. Abbott received 5000 Il few n avs ago from the estate of a relative c yho died in Eogland, and proceeded to |. ,luw it in in approved frontier fash on. The gambling tables and bars rave been hcneticiarics, and Trail | rcature of the underworld received a cbeck for $500, which started her on |, | celebration that landed her in jail, rom which she was bailcd ont by Ab- ,otl. Hi, latest investment Is said 10 Il nave been a restaurant. Abbott must q nave reached almost the end of his triug, out he expects soon to get ST. 100 more from England. The present S not his first experience in burning C noncv A number of years ago, r while living at Payson, he received |, 5000 from old Eng gland, which he blew in promptly. Abbott is only auc and happy when broEe.-Bcit. [
 The Iaqui River Copper company , las shut down the mines Tor lack of , water. Operations will he resumed ,bout September l. al which time it i> ,Npected that the rainy season will | nave brought q plentiful supply ot l water. The company states that bv | mother fall dams will he built for the , purpose of impOundiug the water. Plans for these dams are TOW about | in the offices of New York { engineers. When these plans are car , lied out there will then be no danger o.. any more shut downs. The com Dauy k said ro have now sufficient amount ot funds al its disposal to carry put all of the plans. The president of .hc company. W m. Sauntry ana w , r.. Pomerov, the superintendent, are both old Black Hills miners, who are said to have always been successful in their mining ventures. X systematic plan of development has been outlined hv them and work will he begun as soon as water is to be had. From their tunnel site facilities it Is cX- nectcd that it will be possible to gain from 1900 to 3000 feet depth of ore bodies. averaging about l2 per cent copper In regard tn negotiations Tor d railroad to the mines, there are three propositions. The Nacozar' road may be extended to the mines; the Cauauca X Naqui River road may be extended, or tie copper company may build is own line. It is generally believed that tle company will build it's own road.