The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

public and business buildings. Four years ago the public school children of Douglass numbered 39, now the census shows 300, nearly all Americans. A neat city park, clean and well kept streets, attracted attention and favor able comment. A visit to the great Copper Queen smelter was the feature of the stay here. Its. foundry, machine shops and enormous smelters and con- verters were revelations. A constant stream of yellow metal is flowing at this plant day and night, over eighty million pounds being turned out last year, and over ninety million expected this! Nearly the entire tonnage of one of the great Copper Queen and Calu- met and Arizona smelters, also located here, is shipped from Bisbee, and amounts to nearly 2,500 tons daily. While the Copper Queen is one of the largest plants of it's kind. and is con stantly being increased, there are oth- CTS, and when 1t is realized that over twenty millions of dollars annually have been paid for labor alone in the extraction of the red mineral from the mines in this country, it will be seen that the industry is of quite whole some proportions.
 BISBEE AND ITS MINES.
 The town of Bisbee, in whose hills are buried millions of tons of ore, the outcrops showing from all points of view is most unique in character. Com mencing in a semi-circle in the valley, it mounts, terrace upon terrace, until the sumnits of the hills are almost reached. Passing into Bisbee, near Don Luis, is an immense alfalfa ranch irrigated with the water pumped from the Bisbee mines and being an effec- tive example of what water will do for the rich soil in that section. Vegeta- bles and fruits are being raised along with the alfalfa.
 A string of 50 steel ore cars, one of the many that ply daily between the great mines at Bisbee and the inn mense smelter at Douglass, was one of the sights near Bisbee as the train ap- lproached. These trains are said to be the heaviest in the world, each car having a capacity of 50 tons each. The engines are monsters. The town has many substantial buildingS-residence and business-and churches of all de- nominations. The Copper Queen de- partment store and the Copper Queen hotel are the biggest buildings. The mines are certainties and the ore sup 1 ply is apparently inexhaustible. Two banks and postoffice that has already done a business of $1S,165 this year. DOWN INTO MEXICO.
 From Bisbee the party made a side trip into Mexico down to the great Cameron mines of Green fame, and were amply paid for their trouble. Over fourteen miles of narrow guage road run in and about these mines, and the great concentrating and smelt- ing plants. A more hustling, beehive like place is not often seen. Shafts. tunnels, drifts and cross-cuttings for miles underground represent an im- mense outlay of capital.
 In an article of this kind 1t is not possible to do justice to the immensity of this plant.
 Looking down from the site of these mines many thousand feet high across the great valley beneath, a glorious picture was made. As the setting sun yellowed and mellowed the landscape and gilded the purple mountains be- yond, an uncommon incident occurred. As if for the benefit of the visitors, and to make things more impressive, a rattling thunder storm boomed for about ten minutes, ornamenting itself with the sharpest of zigzag lightning. While the miniature train was running in dry country at the top of the mountains, upon descending. to the valley it was found flooded with water, so much so that the regular train had to pick its way carefully on it's return to the States, Washouts being expected. ! Nothing more than the rear wheels of the rear Pullman left the track, and these were soon remounted and the train proceeded to the States, escaping the piercing eyes of the Mexican in- spectors in some mysterious manner.
 THE REVIVED TOMBSTONE. Back on Arizona soil Tombstone was the objective point. The stories that might be told about this old town and its famous mines would fill a book. Such time as was spent there was enough to show that the town has taken on a new lease of life. Enter | prise, money, wise and careful judg- ] ment are demonstrating that there is 1 more wealth, richer deposits than were ever taken out of the hills, still to be