The copper era., 1905-06-08
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

ing regions in southern Arizona II opening up. It extends from the Santa Cruz river, forty miles south westerly. This region embraces the Sierritas. Much rich ore is being ex tracted and shipped to reduction works. There are a large series oi mines and groups of mines now be ing developed. They are showing well under this development. Ere long there will be a strong demand for mines in this mineralized zone.- Star.
 George Woodward, of .Moctezuma, is said to be negotiating now for the purchase of the old San Juan group of mines, near Cumpas. In the deal are eastern parties interested with MT. Woodward. In the old town of San Juan are many evidences show Apg that place was largely popu- ated town, and the old smelters and slag dumps indicate that extensive Amining was once carried on there. The mines in that vicinity are be- lieved to be very valuable and if Woodward starts to open them up it will be on a large scale.
 A. R. Adams returned ls st week from Goldfeld, where he had been for several months. He states the exaggerated and lurid reports of that section has caused people to flock there by the thousands, and much suffering, sickness and disappoint- ment has been meted out to the vast majority of treasure hunters. Every line of business is overdone, and the same applies to the labor demand at Las Vegas and other Nevada eldora- dos MT. Adams says Arizona is good enough for him, and expects to re- main here.-Prospector.
 Encouraging news continues to come from the Paradise mining dis trict. The machinery period for that district is near at hand, already a shelter is on the road for the Saw age Mining company, while the Co., chise Consolidated people are about ready to erect a concentrating plant. Keep your eye on the Paradise dis trict. Five years ago Douglas, with it's present population of eight thous- and people, had not even been To- cated or even thought of as a site for building a city. The same may be said of the thriving town of Para -dise in the Chiriachua mountains. Bisbee Review.
 Capt. Isaac Polhamus, one of the stockholders in the California Queen Mining company, is authority for the statement that this company is mak ing preparations to erect mill on it's property at Picacho this fall. The mill is to be of 100 tons daily ca pacity and will be situated at the mine which is about five miles from the river. The company owns six
 inns, all in one group. On
 csc claims there is fifteen
 ed with ore carrying S6 in
 ton. A shaft 200 feet deep
 sunk on another of these
 develops a large body of
 pre.-Yuma Sun.
 Mulkey is here from the
 With Messrs. Sebring and
 is engaged in taking out
 wolfram ore. They are
 ton a week, for which
 at Dragoon, $400 ton.
 says that during the past
 Ire has been a quarter of
 liars received for that
 the prodrct of which le.s yrc4ueY over a million dollars. The Republic mine at Johnson, said MT. MulkeF, is working twenty men, taking out copper for shipment to Fl Paso and Benson smelters. The Pea body is sending one carload of copper bearing ore to Fl Paso each week, MT. MuIkey added.-Star.
 John Boyle, Jr., arrived from St. L1onis Vast week and departed the fol lowing day to Cerbat, where he made an examination of the Vanderbilt mine, which property is under bond to the Cerbat Mountain Mining Com- pany. He was accompanied E. F. Thompson. MT. Boyle is well pleased with the manner in which the mine is proving up and believes it will be one of the big properties of the The drift on the 172 level is in 45 feet, all in ore, and of grade that will pay to ship to the smelters asserting. The ore body is quite large and has shown great inn provement over that found in the upper levels. In the crosscut from the footwall several streaks of ore were cut, showing the vein between the walls to be well mineralized.-I Miner