The copper era., 1904-03-24
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

nLHO UT lIIL IIhhllOhi.
 Announcement has been made oF the
 Normal school Magazine. the annual
 school publication Of the Tempe Nor
 nal school, which wiII appear early in
 April.
 w. F. Peters. an employe of the
 United Verde mines, met with q horri-
 ble death there on Sunday. He was d
 brakeman on the motor. and in run
 ming a car Of slag to he edge Of the
 dump be went over with pot Of mol .a%-~--s-sid was burned to death.
 ..S6eriT Lovin this week brought in
 from Gold Road bar or gold bullion D weighing 1000. The company is
 now shipping regularly from $l1.00O 10
 S22. GOO weekly. The ore from the bot
 tom Of the 4OO-fOot shalt is by fer the
 richest ore found in the mine and as
 soon as this has been blocked out it is
 expected that greater mill returns will
 be had -Kingman Miner.
 The Mohave County Miner states
 that after d trial of several months
 with the monster freight engines the Santa Fc has ordered fifty more Of the same class for freight work. Each locomotive will weigh 4sO,O0O pounds
 ready for the road A mum ber of new engines for passenger service have also been ordered. These engines weigh 3sO GOO pounds and are guaranteed to make eight miles an hour over mixed grades
 Work on tho Arizona * California railroad has been commenced from Congress Junction. The road will pass down the santa Maria by the sink of Date creek, thence to the Colorado river close to Bill Williams Fork. . The road will cross the Colorado river near Parker and will reach the m lin line of the Santa F'c about 200 miles west Of Needles. A contract for five {. miles Of the line has been let and this |. wiIl be rushed to mpletion.-King-' man Miner.
 Report has it that the Keystone l mine, at Mineral Park, will soon in stall big milling plant on the prop . erty. The Keystone is one of the best mines in the district and during the . years since its discovery has produced . hundreds ot tons of wonderfully rich gold-silvcr ore. In the mine there is Il great deal of lower grades of ore that should produce a fine product by Superintendent Detar has been experimenting with the oil process for the extraction Of metals from the gauguc and if this method is successful it will probably be installed. The ore carries values in copper.- k kingman Miner.
 John McPhersOn discovered an old mine near the Black mountains last week, which may prove to be bo- nhnza. At the time of making the ] discovery he was short of water and did not stop to make an extended eN- animation uf the claim He found an old shaft that had been sunk to a depth of about four feet on the vein. In the center of this shaft stands palo verde tree which looks To be at least twenty years old From tbe , dump at this shalt John picked up piece of copper staired quartz, show ing liberal amount of virgin silver in wire form. He will make further of the find next week , About twenty years ago, when we we're publishing the old Arizona l,n- crprise, the discovery of rich silver . ore in that vicinity was reported but . he finders could not return to it. l. $ probable that John McPher-on has ' 'cdiscovcrcd that lost mine Blade.
 According to the Elttrprj,c. F. $ Webb today reports the sale of one of r he mos important Biemuth mines in i his country. He has received word c rom his Boston friend. W. i. Rcnj. d hat the Saxon government has uc- | epted his offer to sell the mine for { 15, 900. The mine contains a vein of u pure metallic bi-muth, reported 10 he l. he richest deposit in the world. It 0 will be remembered that the mine f Snown as the Medicine Chief, located V asst of Mesa. Dr. Fisher Of New c ! ork, head director of the bismuth \ mining business of the Sa-on company a anne on to examine tue mine about N wO weeks ago and returned to New s ork with very favorable report. \ n title work opened up a vein of pure ismuth eighteen inches wide of ore which would run from SlOO to $500 to b he ton. The Saxon company, who b ont"ol the bismuth output Of the u 'ord wanted the mine. and have {, 'ired their acceptance of Mir. Webb's IT fer of SD, GOO. u