The copper era., 1904-09-08
LOCAL MINES AND MINING.

The output of the Arizona Copper company for last month was ,, l65,-
 IO3 pounds.
 The Federal mining company, oper-
 ating the San Juan mine near Stafford
 Is making good time in development
 work. Plans have been submitted by the Fl Paso Foundry and Machine company for 1O0-ton smelting plant.
 which have been forwarded to the New York office of the company. for tract will be at once entered into by the company for the erection of the new plant.
 The Michigan-Arizona mining con- pany, with headquarters at Stafford. has been organized for the purpose of operating mines in the Graham mountains, upon which considerable amount of development work has already been done. The ore carries gold and silver values. It is the in- tentiOn of the management to sink d shaft to the depth of 1000 feet. after which levels will be run to develop ore bodies. The company is said to have ample means.
 Work has been resumed on the property of the Coronado Copper company, and will be pushed with vlgor. The company owns d valuable group of claims in the Coronado mountains near Metcalf, adjoining the great Coronado mine of the A. C. company. In fact the company
 owns a c0nsid5rttre tefffro or
 tween two of the A. C. company. principal claims at Coronado. and il
 is upon this ground that the company | is now doing development work Work will he continued until the ground is thoroughly tested. ]. N. Stevens, superintendent ot the Chase Creek Mining company made q most remarka ble discovery last week, which is of the greatest possible importance to his company Some months ago he crossed a lead
 about 80 feet in width, which aver aged only from l to per cent. cop. per, too low grade to be worked at
 profit at the present time. Last
 week MT. Stevens made careful
 average sample of the vein and had
 it assayed for gold, and to his sur
 prise it averaged S4.9J. This was
 followed with other samples taken across the lead, all of which gave about the same returns. Mir. Stew ems Is now confident that his com pany have d gold proposition on hand, instead of copper mine. If this immense lead will average ac- cording to recent samples taken, it is evident that the company have one of the biggest gold mines in the world.
 l.. A. Cappleman, of LordSburg, who is in the employ of the Roberts and Leahy mercantile establishment of that place, is in the city visiting friends. Mir. Cappleman is well pleased with Clifton.
 J. J. Lynch, of Salinas, California. accompanied by his family, arrived Sunday last, to join his mother and brothers, Dan ana Doc, in a trip to their old home at VinCennes, Indiana. The party left this morning for the east and will be absent several weeks.
 The Arizona National Guard are now holding their annual encamp- ment at Prescott, which is attended by the following companies: A of H of Yuma, l of Flagstaff, first troop of cavalry of. Nogales and second troop of cavalry of Morenci. The camp will be under command of Col. McClintoCk. Major Ingalls, will visit the camp for several days, as also will Governor Brodie and Adjutant Lea vile.
 MT. Sullivan, d progressive farmer of the Blue river country. left some very fine peaches at the ERA office this week, which for flavor would be hard to beat in any country. MT. Sullivan is making d speciality of fruit growing, and is making d sue cess of the business.
 Miguel Truiillo. while scuffling over a pistol with Brano de Ia O, one evening this week was accident ally shot through the left thigh, the bullet striking the thigh bone and it badly. Trujillo is in the hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. Trujillo planes no one but himself, as he was drinking at the time, and was wholly to blame for the accident.
 T. B. Bowman. who has resided in Clifton the past three years in the employ of the A. C. company, left this week for Hattisburg. Miss, where he will take charge of the plumbing work on a large fertilizing plant. During his residence in Cliff ton, MT. Bowman made many friends who regret his departure. His fam ily accompanied him.
 The Trustees of the Globe public schools have decided to inaugurate special class in Spanish for the bene- tit of the teachers and pupils of the schools. This is a capital idea, and one which should he followed by every school district in the territory more than one teacher. In fact our legislature should pass a law requiring Spanish as well as En- glish to he taught in all public schools.
 The Socialists of Graham county held their convention in Clifton evening last, and put up the following legislative ticket: Carl Schade. of Clifton, for the coun- cil, and Geo. w. Williams. of Clifton, and Lorenzo Watson, of Central, for the assembly. The candidates are all well known citizens. and will make an active campaign. No county ticket was nominated.-T conven- ton was attended by delegates from most of the precincts of the county.