The copper era., 1905-09-07
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 to the secretary of the interior was forwarded to Washington last week. i The report, while not so voluminous as some of its predecessors have been, is much more comprehensive than any of them, covering the It will contain no illustrations but will be filled with matter for the in i formation of the secretary in suc- cict form and at the same time it will contain all the information that any one may desire about the terri tory. This report is different from any previous issued in that it is not a compilation of reports of terri tOrial officials and is not made up in any part from previous reports. The matter is all new and original.-Re- publican.
 L. J. Lassell, P. H. and Anson H. Smith returned last week from the Molybedenite mine, in the Deluge Wash section of Wallapai noun | tain. They brought with them a large amount of samples and will have tests made to ascertain it's adaptibility to concentration. The ore carries a large percentage of copper, as well as molybdenum, but the values in gold and silver are low. The veins are very large and the quantity of the rare metal appears 4A z 4l prove satisfactory plant to treat the ores will be put in at the mine. Molybdenum is one of the rare metals used in the manufacture of steel, giving to that metal greater hardness and tensile strength. It also gives a brighter luster to steel and makes it nonCorrosive. Its use in the manufacture of fine tool steel, balances and other instruments re- quiring the highest grade of steel is becoming general. -Kingman Miner.
 Last week a violent storm broke over Globe which threatened for a time to engulf the town-only week after the anniversary of last years Misunderstanding flood. During the hour before D. m. 1.65 inches of rain fell and before the downpour ceased nearly two inches had fallen. Fortunately the damage was very slight to the residents of Globe, only trihing damage being reported in any direction. The railroad was a heavy loser, however, three bridges near Gilson's station being washed out and all the bridges and culverts in Globe suffered more or less. In north Globe the tracks were covered with sand and debris deposited by the flood. Below the Shelter saloon all the tracks we're washed out and thoroughly broken up. The work of repair has been rapid and normal con ditions now prevail. Fortunately the smelter was well stocked with coke, stood isolation for about two weeks without the necessity of shutting down. Roads leading to Globe from all directions were more or less dam aged, but traffic is again fully re- stored.
 As the result of a drunken brawl at Maricopa last week, in which a woman and several Mexicans and Indians figured, Refugio Contreras, aged B, was shot and killed and d Mexican and an Indian. are now in the county jail. The Mexican, Fred erico Ortiz, was accused by the mur- dered man, in his dying statement, of doing the shooting and he was sentenced by the justice of the peace at MariLopa to await the action of the grand jury on charge of murder. Joe Wilson, the Indian, was given a thirty-day sentence for drunken and disorderly conduct and the carrying of deadly weapons. Immediately after the shooting the wounded man was placed on the train bound for Tempe but he died befofe reaching that point. An inquest was held over the remains at Tempe. From the nature of the wound, the man having been shot in the back, ,and the contra dictory character of the evidence in- troduced the coroner's jury were un- able to place the responsibility tor the crime on any one person. They found that the victim came to his death by a gunshot wound, the weapon being in the hands of an un- known person. The position of the wound would have made it almost impossible for the murdered man to have seen the fatal shot fired. The gun with which the deed is supposed to have been committed was in the possession of the Indian, Wilson when arrested.-Blade.