The copper era., 1904-01-21

the probability Of which, however,
 diminishing daily. The price Of cor
 per was low in Decem Der which als had some effect on the share market.
 F.. Frye came in this week with sey
 eral specimens showing free gold
 which he discovered about 6 mile iron = some Of the Polaris company's claims II He secured six locations and will a I once proceed with the location wOr 2 on ths group. Mr. Frye is satisfie that the Greenlee district is as rich i, f gold as any Of them.
 4 During the past week about 10, ,OO shares Of Standard Copper mines hay,
 been handed in to be cancelled and re issued in Standard Consolidated. Tn, f twentyffth is the limit for transferin. . these shares. Clifton people gene:.
 ally seem to prefer the Consolidated
 stock rather than that Of the olC Standard company.
 On appeal from the decision of the l itAOi bti anu ltCtlEtT dI l uCSOn III LDt
 Smart vs. Potter land contest the L
 5. land commissioner has decided in
 favor Of Potter. The question of the
 character Of the ground is settled tC
 applies to what was known as the Oregon Placer opposite the Wells
 gardens on San Francisco river
 The principal producers Of gold and
 silver in Arizona are the Congress mine, in Iayapai county; the Common wealth mine. in Cochise; the Fortuna, in Yuma; the King of Arizona, in l Yuma, and the Octave. in Yavapai. whose combined production is esti- mated at g, ,50O, GOO. Some heavy ship ments have also been made from the | Consolidated mines at Tombstone. whose production for 1901 will doubt less be heavy.
 l. x. Stevens, who is pushing devel- Opment work on the Copper Center claim owned by Julius Lezynsky. re ports having recently struck a con- siderable showing of glance and sul- phide ore in the face of the drift which he is driving on the lead to- wards the claims of the Chase creek company's property. The same pOrphyry dyke on which the strike is reported, extends [ l. l l.. creek claims.
 A twenty-five horse power gasoline engine has been ordered for the Stan- dard Copper mines, which, now that their tramway is in operation. needs more motive power for the mines. Manager Rose crans estimates that with the new hoisting plant in oper- atiOn he will be able to increase the output of the mines from One-quarter to one-third without additional ex- pense. The other engines will be used for prospecting work.
 Wood Poland and Charley Nelson, | two of the best prOspectors of the | Greenlec district. came in this week | and laid a proposition before few business men, who at once closed with | them on four gold claims, upon which | work will soon be com nenced. This property is within a half mile of the San Francisco river. las a number of good gold leads, ore ,f which it is claimed will run 50 per ton. The claims also have come large copper leads, which will ,e developed.
 The D. C. company under the man. Igement of Superintendent Hunt, of he concentrating plant, are now in- talling an oil concentrating machine, he success of which will be hailed with interest throughout the south- vest. Concentrating by oil is not ex- lctly an experiment, as it has been ound to work successfully in Utah, and ome other sections. If successful in his section it will eventually do away . with the expense of pumping water , O the D. c. and A. C. concentrators ! [ Morenci, which is a heavy item. f The annual meeting of the stock t Dlders of the Polaris M. & NJ. Co. | as held in Clifton this week. Presi- a mt J. R. Schmitz, of Denton, Texas; T scretary A. Evlar. Of Fl Paso; D. r. c 7. Eylar, of Ohio; General Manager Nick Cole, L. F. Sweet a e, Drew Underwood and several | cal shareholders were present. The w officers, with the exception of Mir. f, ,hmitz, who was reelected presi- mt, are all local people. The of- ,e of the company will be removed to itton in the near future, where the C ock of the company will be put on O Ie local market Plans have been O apped out for the extensive develop Il ent Of the property, some 25o0 feet O
 development work being assured b Mir. Sweeting and his associates. h he people Of this district have couf- f, 'nce in this property, and also in the p cal management, aud they will now il ck the enterprise with their good oI lrd cash. The Polaris has a very fl fight future, and is fast becoming a o, vorite with local investors. il