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Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
Sierra de cobre.

Backed by the immense revenues of the Phelps-Dodge interests, it is but natural that the development plans of the Sierra de Cobre are most extensive, comprehending a thorough exploration of the 164 peTtenencias of ground which the company owns-and that without regard to present ex- pense. Some 1000 feet of work in tunnel and shaft has already been done, and that indications and re suits are satisfactory to the Copper Queen management is evidenced by the fact that operations are still in progress. Famous for their foresight in mining matters, the Phelps-Dodge people are well known for being very ready to abandon any mining ground which in their estimation does not bear the earmarks of a profitable pro ducer. Notwithstanding the fact that the Sierra de Cobre has been in the development stage for several years,
 with all expense outgoing and nothing coming in, the technical heads so ia
 vorably regard the ultimate results no expenditure has been too great 10
 place the property in proper condi-
 tion A theory as to the situation of
 the ore body, evolved from the min pathological conditions disclosed dur ing development, has practically been
 proved, and all work now being done
 has as it's object the thorough opening of the prospective ore body. The
 Campana shaft, which is designed to
 be the main working in the future, is
 now down near the S00-foot level,
 where a station will be excayated.
 From the S00-foot level a cross-cut Of some 300 feet will be made and then
 a drift of about 300 feet will bring the workings into the great ore body,
 determined by the present indica- tions. The Lave tunnel. driven now
 for about 1400 feet, has for forty feet
 splendid body of high grade copper ore, the extent of which is improved,
 but supposed to be immense Six
 hundred feet east of the present
 strike is the Esperanza shaft of the
 Cananea Consolidated Copper Com pany. with ore practically throughout
 the entire extent Judging from the
 minerological formation hitherto dis closed the Lave tunnel has encoun- tered an ore body which will extend
 to the limits of the Copper Queen
 property. and this theory is borne out
 by the striking of ore in the Esper-
 anza The Campana shaft, which in
 situation, prospective for permanency
 and character of ground, is unsur- passed in the Cananea region, is be-
 ing developed as the future main
 working, and formation and assay re- turns show a constantly increasing
 indication of the ore body. The major
 portion of the development work has
 been done on the upper levels, mainly
 in lean rock, but lately some 800 feet
 of opening has been made at the 500
 foot level with most encouraging re-
 suits. At present work is being
 pushed with all possible speed-three
 shifts of machine men are employed
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24

CTS, etc. These mills will be placed on the property for the purpose of making a thorough and practical test of the various ores which have been encountered.
 II has already planned to put a stamp ,l on the Pittsburg & So- nora IT,. cIr- which will be one of the lars -; c,e- taKcn to Sonora. Inc big p.aat w,r consist of 160 stamps, with every ? .s.y adjunct for the operation of -veat property It will be modern and up 10 tate.
 The Pittsburg & Sonora is lo,ated in one of the richest gold belts in the state or Sonora, being only two milo from the famous Picacho mine, which has astonished the country by the fab uiously rich gold ore encountered and packed away for shipment to the Fl Paso smelter. Heretofore Mir. Casey has made his headquarters at Can anea and operated his property from there, but with the building of the wagon road from Turucachi on the Nacozari railroad to the Picacho mine the Pittsburg & Sonora will be then tributary to Douglas. and this is a guarantee Of 8 vast amount of addi- tional trade for this city, as this will undoubtedly become camp wnere many hundred men will be employed to empty the immense ore bodies and reduce the mineral bearing rock to bullion.
 This property has values in both gold and silver. but the large bodies of gold ore are relied upon principally for future profits. The silver values average from two to thirty ounces, while in gold the assays run all the way from four to sixteen dollars. and this is considered as quite sufficient to cause the owners to dream Of for tunes in store when the amount of this ore is taken into consideration.
 Seventy-ive thousand dollars hav2 been set aside for the installation of the new mills now en route and for the property for the real plants planned as stated above
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
DOWN TN THE TINES
Weekly Review of Operations

pose of developing artesian water in the Llano Estracado, on the borders of Texas and New Mexico. Borings were made to the depth of S60 feet. the water rising within 100 feet of the top Subsequent development has demonstrated that artesian water at or near this point could have been ob- tained al a somewhat greater depth.
 It is not improbable that the United States Government, when made ac- quainted with the conditions here, will take the valley lands of the market and proceed to develop sufficient water for irrigation. Those who secure farms in advance of such action will be strictly in the swim.
 Artesian water has been developed in many localities in the United States in both low and high attitudes.
 The possibility of obtaining artes- ian water depends upon the forma- ton and stratification. There are rocks and clays which are practically imperviOus to water. When such i'm pervious formation alternate with porous and pervious layers, the whole dipping from rim to center forming basin, a boring perforating the i'm pervious capping will produce an ar tesian flow if the land surface lies below the lowest break in the rim.
 There being 10 natural outlet ex- cept at the rim, the water is forced up and out of the well by hydrostatic pressure. Some of these basins are hundreds of miles in diameter. the water often coming from mountain lakes, and the feed channels being sufficiently large to carry fish, which are often found expelled through ar tesian wells
 Much might be said about the source of this kind of water. its vari- ations in temperature from depth and chemical contact. but the important fact and one which particularly In terests our population. both present and prospective, is that we are un  occasionally located in a great artes ian basin, fed from the snow capped mountains which lie beyond the range of our natural vision, and that these waters will be speedily utilized.
 Then sun-kissed Arizona, with the loveliest climate known to man and mineral resources second to none, can invite the world to partake of her hospitality and feed them without importation. Then the modern nim- rod, with his "big stick" and un- wholesome "Beveridge" will be able to see in the land of the Apaches, so improperly appreciated in the past, the fount of national affluence and the Eden of the West.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
AMERICAN SIMPLIFYING AND RE. TIMING COMPANY OUTLINES
 PLAN OF REWARD.

i Denver. Dec. 16.--The terms unde l which the, American Smelling anc Refining Company will distribute 1 S100,000 annually over and above the | present wage scale among the 300J employees of the company in Colorado, beginning next year, have been an nounced in Denver
 The class of employees to be bene- fited are all below the grade of fore men. This will mean that to those who have rendered forty-six weeks Of faithful service during 1906 two weeks , vacation with pay is coming at the end of the year. -.-.--.-- Details of this arrangement were announced by Franklin Guiterman. general manager of the company, and Samuel Guggenheim. one of the direc tors. They state that this direct re- ward for continuous and efficient serv- ice on the part of the employees in the different Colorado smelters is not made on a profit-sharing basis, for, regardless of the earnings of the com pany, a bonus of per cent on the annual earnings of each empIoye will be paid to all below the grade of fore man. .7 -->.-
 To secure this bonus certain condi- tions are required, the object being tO encourage continuous service on the part of the employe. Besides hoping to materially benefit their men by the new scheme, Mir. Guggenheim says the move is along lines adopted some time ago when great improvements were made in the operating depart ment of all the Colorado plants. These improvements were made ej0ecially for the comfort of the men and con sisted of improved -yentilating facili- ties in the smelters and other changes in the plants. ,.......
 Tn brief the new arrangement for a , per cent bonus on the annual earn iDgs of the Colorado employees of the company is:
 The employe must have worked at one of the plants of the Colorado de- partment at least 322 full shifts dur ing the calendar year. Tn case of transfers by the company from one plant to another, the cumulative time shall govern.
 The time of absence from work dur ing the year must not be greater than one and one-half weeks in any quar- ter of the year commencing January 1, 1907. 4I--. --
 The emplOye must still be in the service of the company on April list ofs the year following the calendar year covered by the bonus, and his employment during the preceding months of January, February and March must have been practically contiguous.
 An employe who has been dis charged for cause during the calendar year, or who may be so discharged at the end of the year. or at or before the end of the following ninety days. will forfeit his right to the bonus.
 Any employe who engases in strikes or disturbances or who performs acts inimical to the interests of the company shall be debarred from par ticipation in the bonus distribution.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24

The principal development work con- sists of 125-foot, sharp incline shaft in the bottom of which 30 feet of chal- copyrite, or gray sulphide ore, occurs. It is strikingly similar to the aaicle found in the Cochise. The property is strictly in line and next neighbor to the Cochise and the big Williams prospect, and classes with them at every step.
 Frank Douglas, Of the Smelter City, has become a one-fourth owner in this splendid proposition. He has a double shift at work on a tunnel, which has progressed about 175 feet, and it is calculated will cross cut the ore body at 400 feet, with 325 feet overhead.
 The dump is resplendent with bril- liant sulphides and the property is improving at every stage. Like the Davis O. Cochise, it is splendidly ad- apted to concentrating operations, and steps will be promptly taken to in stall reduction works as soon as the big ore body is cross cut.
 Incidentally, these properties are beautifully situated as regards induce ments for salubrious and sanitary camp.
 This property will be practically de veloped to the point of standard producer when the new tunnel reach es to a point from which it will raise to the incline shaft.
 It is a proposition of peculiar inter- est and exceptional attractions, and our fellow townsman, MT. Douglas, is to be congratulated on his succession to an important interest in the Scan lon
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
THE DORIAN AND GALLAGHER
 PROPERTY.

This property, three miles north of Paradise, resembles in many respects the leading features on the Cochise The property embraces ten claims.
 The leading product of this proper ty is black copper. the lowest as- say on which was 10 per cent. Several carloads of high grade ore have been shipped out of forty foot shaft, and the development work includes a tun- nel 260 feet in length, run on an iron seam.
 The management is sinking a one and one-half compartment shaft on this property and a modern develop ment hOisting plant has already been ordered, and would have been installed by this time except that orders were in ahead of them.
 I take a profound and pardonable interest in splendid mining pToposi- tions, especially when they are in our door yard and the United States of America, where every enterprising citizen understands upon what he can depend.
 These properties, along with the Scanlon, which is in the same local ity. and Jim Williams big prospect, which is also a near neighbor, are among the most inviting in the ter ritory, or out of it, for that matter, and are we'll worth the investigation of thoroughbred mining men from any point of the compas.
 In this connection the Scsnlon group is deserving of prominent men tion. Observations on the ground dis close the fact that hundreds of feet of superficial work has been done away back in the sos, when hardy pioneers, regardless of the presence Of the Apache, chIorided and carried tleir ore to Silver City.
 The property embraces 12 claims
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24

sinking in the Campana and driving in the Lave tunnel It will probably take six months of work to place the Sierra de Cobre in shape to produce, under the plans adopted by the man. agement, but by that time they will have thoroughly opened a tremendouS body of ore, fit for shipping 10 Douglas or for smelting locally. To assist Superintendent Laird, who single handed is somewhat overwhelmed with work, William Hague has been sent by the Copper Queen people at BIsbee to sample andeassay the new strike and to generally help Out Six months from now, when producing and shipping it's daily quota, the Sierra de CObre will be an important factor in Cananeas commercial prosperity Cananea Herald
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
THE SCHOOL MONEYS
 WOULD BE LOST
haRCelIOF ". Sc0li Predicts
 that Result in Arizona from Joint Statehood
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 16, 1905. he Editor of the Citizen:

To the Editor of the Citizen:
 There seems to be a discussion in Tucson over joint statehood. Let me call the attention of the citizens of Tucson to one fact: If Arizona is joined to New Mexico the appropria- tion made by the Merrill fund of S40,000, devoted to agricultural and industrial interests, and now used by the University of Arizona, will be very certain to be lost to that institu- ton. New Mexico has a separate az Ticultural college that has a like ap- propriatiOn. Under the law appropri- ating this fund only one appropriation can be made to a state. As New Mexico has an agricultural college separate and Arizona one combined with the School of Mines and Uni yersity proper, New Mexico's claim to the appropriation, if one state is formed, would undoubtedly outweigh that of Arizona and get this appTopri- ation. Take away that $40,000, given now by the government to the uni versity and it would be crippled gor years, if not ruined. ..--.-r-
 How sane man in Tucson, under such circumstances, could favor joint statehood is beyond comprehension. 1 call attention to this peril to the uni versity and hope it will be consid- cred by the people of Tucson. Of ali the cities in Arizona that ought to send up united protest against this un-American attempt of congress to force upon Arizona against the | wishes of the people this distasteful and unholy union, Tucson ought to be the most earnest; Very truly yours WINFIELD SCOTT,
 Ex-Chancellor of the University.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24

One of the most promising mining propositions in the state of Sonora is the large group of gold and silver mines owned by the Pittsburg 6 So nora Mining Company, of which J. P. Casey, the well known mining expert of Cananea, was the original promoter and who has for more than two years directed the extensive development work on the property. In all about eight thousand feet of development work has been done and many tests from the various workings has fixed the values beyond doubt and demon started that the ore bodies are large enough to keep an enormous reduction works going for many years.
 Mir. Casey was in Douglas this week, accompanied by c. E. Conway, of Fair mont, West Virginia, and D. J. B. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, both in- terested in the company. These gen tlemen are both heavily interested in tne Pittsburg & Sonora company and accompanied Mir. Casey here to ar range for the passage of some reduc- ton machinery across the line yes terday. It consists of two complete stamp mills, one of five and the other of ten stamps capacity, including plates, batteries, grinding pans, sig
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
THE SAVAGE.

The Savage Gold and Copper Con- pany is one of the three operating concerns and has been steadily de.
 veloped for over one year and q half It is located on the eastern foothills
 of the range. facing the San Simor valley. Forty-three claims comprise l the property. making it the largest ] in the district Under the manage ment of J. 4. Lewandowski, mining engineer of Douglas, the property is steadily being turned into a well de- veloped group and is counted as one of the earliest future producers.
 A fifty-ton smelter is on the ground and at the beginning of the next year it will be erected and blown in. Once in operation, the company is sure to become a dividend payer, thus add ing to the wealth of the great Cochise county.
 The location of the property is very felicitous, from many points. It is only about 10 miles from the Fl Paso & Southwestern station, Rodeo; it has a never-failing supply of water and for it's operating ground has the foothills of the range, which is looked upon by many mining men of exper- fence as the best and most promising mineral belt.
 Like many other properties, the Savage has exceptionally good sur face showing. The many lodges and croppings cutting through the hard lime in all directions invariably carry values in gold, silver and copper, and the work done so far proves the depth being equal to the surface indica- tions.
 All the work has been done On ledges, which vary in width from to 9 feet, showing good commercial ore. Outside of three shafts the main work is being concentrated in the tunnel. 800 feet long, and the winze, in which cross cuts and the 100-foot level are being laid out in ore.
 About 1900 tons of good ore is on the dump, as the asset for the work done.
 The company employs Mexican la bor and has a camp consisting of few substantial buildings, store, etc. It is incorporated under Arizona laws but capitalized in Chicago.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
(Globe Silver Belt)

The prosperity of the Globe mining district and the active demand for good mining properties has attracted that skunk of all mining camps, the claim jumper. He is more industrious today than he has been for years, and for once in a decade is willing to do a little work in the shape of tramping the hills and posting location notices.
 Of course he does not intend to do any assessment work, nor does he care whether he is on a protected claim or not lie sticks up his tin can claim on anybody's property tries to hide il at that half the time and sneaks a location entry on the records. so that ii some real pros pector develops the property into a good thing or finds a purchaser he can butt in and blackmail the seller out of smal stake or knock" tL5 deal if the man will not stand his work.
 There may be claims of value in this district on which the required amount of assessment work has not been done, but they are few and far between if there are any Many times a nonresident pays some dishonest or irresponsible party to do his assess ment work on his claims, and gets buncoed. Many times a prospector finishes his work and before it has been done a week or a month a sud den storm will cause a cave in or some disfigurement of the shaft, cut or winze, so that it would be difficult to establish the actual measurement of the original work.
 Recent mining decisions and rul- ings of the department of the interior lay great stress on the good faith" evidence of the prospector or miner. as to intention of compliance with the i law slight variation from the l prescrioed measurements no longer invalidates a claim and the profes- sional jumper finds out that his shotgun or sixshootner no longer out weighs the law-or equity in the courts
 A case was reported here this week where one man posted a notice and set a monument on an occupied claim while his companion carried gun in plain sight to bluff any attempt on the part of the present holder to protect his rights.
 This sort of thing will stop right here.
 Court is in session and the affronted parties will see to it that gun plays are made expensive in this camp.
 nC SllNtT bCiL tues HOL HUI d 11lO- ment countenance the sighting of as sessment work or attempted evasion of mining law provisions. If locators have been careless or Intentionally evade the legal requirements they must abide by the consequences.
 But the pirate. the hold-up man and the sneak who never does an honest lick of mining, but takes back door hold on the property of another who has protected his claims Nthrough the lean years of hard times, will not be allowed to cheat that man out of his rights. ~
 There is plenty of law for the pro lection of honest prospectors and there is no room for the highwayman or the mining profession. The spirit of the early days is still alive, and this camp. big as it is, has no room or use for the professional claim jumper. The whole community will support the law and the legitimate prospector; sentiment is entirely with them.
 One warning is enough.
 Claim jumpers, yamosi
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Dec. 20.-Assistant Forester L. H. Shurrard of Washing ton. D. C., is in Silver City. Mr Shur- rard is an expert in timber, and is looking over the Gila Forest Reserve with a view to future timber sales, logging possibilities, and recommends tions definite enough to form a basis for action as to what bodies of timber should be advertised for sale and at what price. He left Silver City Mon- day in company with Supervisor R. C. the accessible timbered areas of the southwest in .Mogollon and Black ranges.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-24
GILA COUNTY IS AROUSED
CLAM JUMPERS HAVE BEEN DO. ING DIRTY WORK IN GLOBE
 DISTRICT.

District Overrun With Tin Can Claim ants-Properties Being Graooed
 Right and Left. and Many Court Ac- tions Must Ensue-A Warm Rocst.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
Mr.. JACOB EBEL
PASSES AWAY
Retired Merchant Tailor An
swers the Last
Call.
WAS A NATIVE or GERMANY
Had Lived Here fol. Many Years
and Was a Highly Respected
Citizen.

3
Mr. Jacob Ebel. we'll known retired
merchant tailor, died at his residence,
No. Go3 North Eighth Street yesterday
morning mt Z o'clock, after an illness Of
about a week.
Mr.. Icbel had been In falling health
for several months, but only took his
bed last Saturday. He died of heart
trouble, OF which he had recently been
a great sufferer.
He was seventy-two years of age. and
though, a native OF Germany, had resided
here for many years. The funerat will
take place from st. John Evangelical
Lutheran Church at $3.50 o'clock to.mor-
row Afternoon and the interment will
be in Hollywood.
The following will act as pail bearers:
Active-Messrs. II. +. Grimmc!l, Aug.
Moil j. II. B. Jufgens, NJ. r. Richter
Richard Wenzel, William Rueger. y.
A. Spout, a. r. Jailnke. Jr.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Adoph Dill T. u.
Neal, Jr., John Adam. s. G. Atkins. ..
Thompson Brown, Edwin Peasants.
Matthias Briel, Bernard Brauer, Henry
Wenzel. Charles, Haase, Louis Bronlrl,
Charles HennIgh:nisen.
Born in Germany.
Jacob Ebcl was born at Munster. near
Wicsbaden, Germany, in 1899. and was
therefore at the time OF his death about
seventy-two years of age.
He camc to America when mere
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
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