The copper era., 1905-10-05
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

J. w. Jackson last week brought $500 pounds of wolfram ore to King man from the Williams mines, in the Aouarius mountains. The ore is ex- tremely rich, carrying 70 per cent. tungstic acid. The ore is being ship ped to Clifton Station, Pennsylvania. -Kingman Miner.
 Ex-Sheriff w. T. Armstrong in formed the Globe Belt that the case brought against him by the rangers in Pinal county was dismissed on August 23<at the request of the dis trict attorney, who stated that there was no evidence to justify holding defendant on the charge.
 William " Oddly, one of the best known mining men of Arizona and Sonora, was murdered rear Choix, state of Sinaloa, Mexico. The mur- tderer has been captured and is in ~jail at Fuerte Sinalo. Oddly has operated in Sonora and Sinalo for about fifteen years. He leaves a wife and several children at Imuris, Sonora. No details of the murder have been received.
 Governor Kibbey has received d letter from the war department at Washington, D. C., announcing that a decision has been reached there to the effect that the government will retain possion of Fort Grant. When the order to abandon Fort Grant as military post was made a large amount of fine land and buildings became practically useless and Gov ernor Kibbey requested the govern ment to turn it over to the territory.
 The Duraugo-Farmington branch of the Denver & Rio Grande railrod, which is to be extended to Fl Paso, to connect here with the Texas & Pa cific, was opened for traffic Septem- Der g. The branch is thirty-five miles long, and in thirty days fifteen miles additional will be completed. According to a recent statement of Vice-President Schlack the Farming ton branch will be extended to El- Paso as soon as the road can be built. Freight, tick6t and express offices have been ope,.od Son the new branch at Aztec and Pennington.
 The copper veins north of White Hills are coming in for a large share of attention from miners and pros pectors of late, and the hills and mountains of that district are re- sounding with the shots of giant powder. No copper ore of a ship ping grade has ever been opened in this section of the country, but car bonates of fair grade are known to exist in large quantities. Efforts have been made to get reduction works on the ground but withoun sue cess.
 The Pyramid mill is now running steadily on ore from the Catherine mine. The mill is of twenty-stamps capacity and is equipped with cya- hide plant capable of handlsng 35 tons of ore daily. If it is found that the mill handles the ore successfully it will be greatly improved and en- larged. The mine is one of the big properties of the county and carries good values in gold. It is operated by w. c. Howard and J. F. Little field, experienced mining men of San Francisco.-Kingma Miner.
 At Tombstone Charles D. Cupp has brought suit in the district court against the Calumet x Arizona Min ing company for the sum of $30, ,000 damages, with S2OO for attorneys fees and costs of suit. According to the complaint Cupp was in the employ of the company at the smelter at Douglas during the month of Octo- Der last year as a brakeman on the slag line. That on the 10th of that month, while in the discharge of his duties the slag pot turned over on him and he was badly burned and disfgured for life, besides being crip- pied. D. L. Cunningham is the plaintiffs attorney, while Messrs. Marion S5 Smithdral of Texas will be associated with him.
 This office is in receipt of a letter from Charles k. Finney, general manager of the Arizona Smelling company, which contains the in- formation that that company is erec- ting an 80O-ton smelting plant at Humboldt, Yavapai county, (formerly Val Verde,) and that it would be in the market for all classes of ores. It is understood that rate of three dollars per ton will be made on ores from Kingman to this smelter and that low treatment rates will be given on neutral ores. The plant can be increased to LOGO tons ca