The border vidette., 1904-06-25
ARIZONA NEWS.
Items of interest from All Over the
 Territory.

Crawford at 225-foot level of their
 mine at Gold Hill. Clifton Copper
 Era.
 J. D. Jordan has taken a contract
 to drift 100 feet on the 300 level of
 the Golden Gem mine and POO feet on
 the 400.-kingman Mineral Wealth.
 The Needles Gal Eye reports the
 sale of the famous C. O. D. silver mine.
 in Mohave county. to Mir. ". s. Flet-
 cher Mining, Milling and Smeltins
 Company.
 The cable7of the Mohave .t Alilltown
 Railway Company, used in operating the ferry across the Colorado River, at point near Needles, has parted. and cannot be repaired until the high water i in the river recedes
 The Pennsylvania .I Southwestern
 Development Company, Chloride. has shipped car load of concontra tes to the shelter. Manager Griffith is get ting work on a paying hasis.-King- iiAh oIiuSEal " caICn.
 The Gold Road people are going on down their property. They have all ready passed the 4OO-foot level and have contracted to the 5OO-foot. The ore bodies still continue to increase in size and value.-Needles (Cal) Eve.
 The first consignment of ore for the Needles shelter arrived in Kingman today (June 1O) from Stockton Hill. It was from the Fletcher mines. Two wagon loads Shipments will be reg ular in the future.-Kingman Mineral Wealth
 The old Batail mining company, whose property Is situated within two miles of Kelvin, has been disincorpor- ated by judicial decree, and all it's rights, privileges, and property trans ferred to the Gila -Pinal Mines con- pany, whi-h has assumed all the debts. liabilities and responsibilities of the old company.-Florence Blade.
 The Phpnix d, Eastern people ex- pect to have their track completed into Kelvin by the third of July and will run an excursion train from Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa and Florence to Kelvin on the 4th of July. The Kelvin peo- pie are preparing for joint celebration of the advent of the railroad and the national holiday and have already raised, by subscription, $500 to expend in providing amusement and entertain ment for their guests. The mining boys never do things by halves and they will make the celebration an event to be remembered Florence Blade.
 Newspapers have more to do with bringing investment money into any country than all other causes con- bined. There are plenty of people who owe their very existence to this very money which the newspapers are in strumental in bringing in who ridicule the very idea of helping to keep up newspapers, holding that it is of no benefit to them, because, forsooth, the newspaper man does not place the dol lar directly in their hands. Such people should be forced, if possible, to live in a newspaperless town until they are sufficiently starved out, which they would be. to be glad to pay handsome bonus to get one to come in.-Courier.
 Work in the Molder coal field con tinucs, without definite result yet ob- tained At about 60 feet blue clay and slate have been entered, and iu- portant changes may occur in 1t at any time. The formation Is excellent for coal. The latter has continued all the way down the shaft. Some of greatly quality has lately been taken out. The clay now being worked ia has punches of coal all through it. Sandstone above, from the surface down. was similarly shot. This with other features encountered convinces the coat miner in charge of the work tha. there Is a large body of coal be- low. He so says-Moreaci-C Clifton Standard.