The copper era., 1905-08-31
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

tuna eodnty has the only quick .et mine in the territory. The les are being operated by the ohial Mining company. A double Apartment shaft has been sunk to epth of 1sO feet. The ore aver 5 per cent. pure cinnabar.
 E. [ ake; formerly superintend-
 of the Black Dianiond; has ac- ted tie position of siiperintend- of the Dragoon Mountain Mining ppany, who are operating In the lgoons, near Middle Pass. It is -erstood this company intends scouting work on an extensive fe-in the near future. tor.
 c. Fry from Yuma, says a strike the teamsters at the Laguna dam
 has delayeH work since the mid
 of last week. The men with if teams who had been working ten and twelve hours at S4 day handed an eight hour day and S5 The grading contract is held the J. c, White company of Los eeles,--Republican.
 according to the plans and speci- lions the new court house room is ,e 45x26 feet, to be divided by a
 nearly in the center. As the nty is building for the future it. .ld seem that the room proposed % small. In fact it is no larger the one now used for this pur- e. Considerable criticism is be-
 made by the local bar in regard -he sise of the court room.-Globe lister.
 ast week the rains descended and floods came, and River DeFlag
 a volume of water sufficient to t large war vessels, It was evil that River DeFlas was not the ls thing when a stream of water
 e down from Milton and removed
 
 displaced about one hundred and
 yards of sidewalk between sstaff and the electric light plant.
 waters soon receded but not be- doing some damage to the A. L. Co.'S. railroad, as we'll as other perty in the flood district. While storm did some damage in town, as a great benefit to the agricu!- sts in the vicinity of Flagstaff.
 rank ThUmpson, who is associated h Jack Garden in the ownership thirteen claims about seven miles n Dos Cabezas and twelve miles th of Bowie, returned on Tuesday n visit to the property, whither vent in company with his partner, came here to report the big ke Of rich ore. He reports that
 strike of rich ore is equal to resentations, assays having been Eeved giving a value of over s, ,OOO bn. The new strike is near the ace-practically an outcropping- at d considerable distance from other opening on the claim. MT. bmpson says the new find is an in- .tion of another important lode he property. In one shaft, now feet deep, they have vein rum from twelve inches to three feet P, which is high grade gold and sr ore, and in crosscut 175 feet seven-foot ledge has been tapped ying fourteen to sixteen inches of
 ore. These rich strikes aver from $50 to S60 per ton, and are hrently permanent. Various positions are before the owners purchase or bond or lease, but Ampson and Garden will carry the slopment further before consider any offer.-Globe Belt.
 I hat the mining industry of the nbstone district is not confined to
 operations of the Tombstone Bolidated company, IS evidenced he number. of properties that are ng woNked by other parties. tt to the heNConsolidated company the cksure and Old Guard companies 're the largest force of men at k. These companies, which are |tually one. are operating three diff 'ent properties, the Lucksure, Old ird and Herschall. At the present he the largest force is at work on Old Guard, where development l kis being pushed, while at the .e time considerable ore is being en out and shipped. The mine is ing first rate, and the output of promises to be increased. At the | ksure the work of sinking is to be |amed in the near future, while at |i present time some ore is. being | len out in the upper workings. | lpments have been made from here Ting the past week. At the Her all sinking has been commenced. |