The copper era., 1904-02-25
next June.

Last week the Gold Road shipped a
 S2O.O .OO0 bar of bullion to the mint by
 way Of Needles This brings the ship
 ments Of bullion up to Sl2,O0O in the
 past thirteen days At this rate Of production the mines are fast becom- ing d world heater With the addition of labor saving devices this mill wiI' be one Of the largest producers or gold on the coast. IL i7 presumed that the management has decided Co put in electrical transmission lines from the raj lroad tO operate the mines and mill and at the same time make many inn portant changes in the reduction and handling of ores.-Kingman Miner.
 The sinking Of an eight compart- men: shaft by the Copper Queen com panv on virgin territory, below the Lowell and Gardner shafts in the near future will be the most important de- vclopmcut work on that property for some time, and will mean much for the future of the city Of Bisbee. says the Review Information regarding the sinking Of the proposed new shaft was given to Review representative of- fcia!ly yesterday, and 1t Is learned that & commencement will be made in breaking ground for the shaft some time this month.
 Under u late ruling of the interior department lt Is explained that the government has withdrawn all lands In the Salt river and Colorado river vallies and no entry of these lands can be made in the land offices. Mining claims located on the lands proposed to be used as storage basin will not be recognized by the government In the valley Of the Colorado river many sections of land h,v~ haan taken up by | people who have been making pre- l tense of homestead .ng the same and it is these people that the government l. striking at in the sweeping order withdrawing the land from entry. No interference with the work of reclaim atiou will be brooked by Uncle Sam.
 For the present, and until the mcr- ger is an accomplished fact, the Old Dominion and United Globe proper ties will be operated separately, Dr Ricketts being superintendent of the former. and x. $. Berray to remain a. superintendent of the latter. This arrangement will continue until the injunction granted by the New Jersey court has bean dissolved, and until all legal Instructions to the consolidation of tho two companies have been re- moved. Of course, it means greater operating costs and that improvements to facilities the development and operation Of both properties will have to be abandoned, for the present, at least.-Belt.
 The Tombstone Consolidated Mines company is now operating at foIr du- fercnt shafts below the water level, and the fact that work is under way at widely separate points within the i'm- its of the huge water basin that un- derlleS the IOulD iout utNbiiI' lS matter of considerable significance, in that the water problem k fast fading away and that each stubborn obstacle Of the watery depths is being oyer come and made to yield to the inGenu- i,y of approved scientific engineering and modern mining methods which have characterized the operations oi the company. When it is remembered that the distance between the Silver Thread of the north and the Emerald on the south is over mile and half, the magnitude of the work of the large pumping plant at the iuterme- diate point in draining this immense district will be at once recognized. The mammoth pumps keep sending swirling stream of nearly two million gallons daily to the surface, and the big four-compartment shaft is being continued downward To tho lOO-foot level, which is the objective point Of the companV.-PrOSpeCt