The copper era., 1904-06-09
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b. J. Peter, the Tonto cattlema
 who was in town last week, reported the range condition in that section a
 deploraole. On parts of the range
 particularly where sheep have grazed
 there is not yestige Of grass. and th'
 drouth is SO severe that the oak brusi
 has been killed. On Salcme, Arme
 and Long gulcbes, Lower TontO, Mr Peter estimates that two-thirds oi tht cattle will die. Tom Armer recently counted seventy-six dead cattle while travelling two miles.-Be!t.
 The Old Dominion Copper Mining &
 Smelling company, which mas been
 increasing its production Of copper for the past several months, made an other high record in May, the output of blister copper from the furnaces for the month being slightly over .6OO. 900 pounds, or about 100, 900 greater than the April product which up to that time was the largest in the his- tory of the company. Oyer thirty-six
 
 detentions-by the breaking down Of the foundation Of the blowing engine. It is learned from an official source that the net earnings for April were $50, 800 Belt.
 J. H. Foley, Of Ash Fork, was brought in to Mercy hospital, Prescott, suffering from severe knife wound in his left breast. He was driving in a cart to his ranch and 10 while the time away was trimming the tail or his horse, reaching out over the dash board, and cutting towards him. The cart wheel dropped into rut when the knife slipped and struck Mr. Foley iu the left breast just below the heart. The keen blade went clear through the flesh, entering the cavity of the lungs and it was thought cutting one of them slightly. He has been getting along very nicely and it is thought will recover although at first serious 
 Deputy Oscar Roberts returned yes terday morning from Skull Valley where he saw nugget of gold of such a size as few men see in this life. It was found few days ago by man by. the name of Manuel Zepeda, who has been operating some placer ground about three miles east of the Skull val Icy station. The nugget weighs iwenty-one ounce and Is worth S379. ] Lepeda in the course Of several years las found a great many nuggets in the | same grounds, but none approaching | his one in size. Zepeda is an old ! inner in the territory. Perhaps there $ not whito man living who was lere as early as he. He Was Il noted | Indian fighter and joined the United :! States army soon after the forces were i irst sent into tue territory.-Star.
 Frank Alley, who is conducting the | mining column Of the Bisbee Miner, nt;mates that the Copper Queen com lany Is having d good deal oi trouble | with their Douglas plant. He says: Considerable machinery and repair was ordered for ,be old Bis )ee smelter last week, which might ncline to the belief that the old | works will continue in operation for omc time. This conclusion is strengthened bv the fact that fou" urnaces DOW in operation in Doug las Ire cnco InterinG all the obstacles and delays incident tu Ihe installing of q 1ew plant. Freezing up" is almost a occurrence. aiong with every | conceivable species of delay. and the our big 800 ton furnaces have only IveraTed forty tons Of copper per d:y.
 Lee TroXel received the returns last week. from q test sample of ore he hipped to Fl pdso from the Oklahoma dining company's properties at Min .ral Hill. The sample contained .33S bounds aud netted S20 at the shelter. be returns were - per cent copper. 15 F. silver per tor and S2.9O gold per on. This is good enough for anyone ' ho does not want to get rich in d day. AS soon as the Phoenix S Eastern. rail oad shall have been completed this re can be shipped to Fl Paso at a very Iaudsome profit as can be seen by the act that little over half ton Of it etted S20 st the spelter after paying 12 freight charge. Mineral Hill will uruish the Phoenix X Eastern a large mount of traffic shortly after it it caches its El Paso connections-Blade.
 Wm. Kemp, superintendent ot the Copper Belle shelter at Gleeson and nventor of the Kemp shelter which ses oil as fuel instead of coke, was ere On business last week. Mir. lemp has made the old rattletrap melter at Gleeson work day and night. his Is something the wise guys said e could not do. He fooled them and eserves much credit for the manner n which he has conducted the com any's affairs in the face of all kinds f obstacles Mir Kempis very modest