The copper era., 1905-11-23
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

The earnings of the United Copper
 company at Tombstone in September
 were in the neignborhood of $200,000.
 The company paid semi-annual
 dividend of per cent. on its pre-.
 ferred stock, November 15.
 A Yuma Indian, with tears cours-
 ing down his cheeks, applied last
 week to Justice Redondo for a coffin
 to bury his little boy, who had just
 died. This is the first case of the
 kind ever known among the Yumas,
 who always burn their dead. The old
 fellow said the last words of his lit
 tie boy were: "Pa, don't want to
 be burnt up; I want to be put in a
 box like white boy" The Indian told the justice he had no money to buy the coffin with, so the board of supervisors were applied to and the "box" was furnished at the county's expense. Sentinel.
 An important ore strike is reported in the Calumet & Arizona property. It is believed that the ore body is the same as was disclosed some weeks ago at another part. If this is true the ore body is of great extent. The Calumet & Arizona output is little over 1900 tons of blister copper month, yielding about 99 per cent. of refined copper. The output of the shelter last month was 1892 tons. This included ore from the Lake Su- perior. & Pittsburg and the Pitts burg & Duluth. An increase in the divided rate on Calumet & Arizona is predicted. The last dividend was s1.5O quarterly and 50 cents extra. There is some talk of a stock divi- dend also.
 The Dragoon Mining company, near Middle Pass, is the latest com pany to ship ore to the Copper Queens shelter at Douglas. The first car was shipped last week and others will follow with regularity The ore is hauled OF wagons to Pearce and then loaded on cars and shipped via Benson. A much better freight aud reduction rate can be secured than by shipping to Fl Paso. With the completion of the railroad from Pearce to Naco or Douglas there is but little doubt that all the companies working in the Dragons will ship their entire output to the smelters at Douglas. There are a number of them idle at present that could be worRed successfully if the railroad was in operation.-Douglas Dispatch.
 Calumet & Arizona production in October was 1892 tons. This is an in- crease for October of approximately 392 tons and is due directly to the smelting of L. s. & P. and P. & D. | ores which was commenced October 18th. This represents an increase in 1 Bonanza Circle production for the re- mainder of 1905 at the rate of 7S4 tons per month or about 2OOO tons be- tween October 16 and the first of the year. Last year Calumet & Arizona produced 32,OO0,OOO pounds of copper.s The official figures for 1905 for the | c. & A. alone will be about the same, but there will be a 4,OOO, ,OO0 pounds ! increase for which L. s. & P. and P. & D. will receive credit. 1t is rumored i in Boston that the capital stock of the Calumet & Arizona company will be doubled. The capitalization, which is now S2, 5OO,O ,OOO, will be increased to $5,000,00O. It is also reported that dividend of either S2.5O or $500 will | be paid on December 20 next.
 The Shattuck-Arizona company last week encountered ore on the 800 1 level. While not unexpected it came in the nature of an agreeable sur prise and goes toward proving the assertion made in the Review that | the Administrations had long ago ceased to be prospecting company i and was entitled to the same prlvi- leges and considerations as a full | fedged mining company. The Shat tuck-Arizona has made good beyond fondest expectations of it's promoters. | It has not been a stock company, in | the true sense of the word, and what few shares are floating around brokees' offices are being sought after by investors here. With the ore ex- posed on the 800 level the Shattuck- Arizona now has three workings on the 700 and 800, the faces of which are all in ore. These two faces are | exposed in the main drifts on these | two levels and crosscut on the 700 | level is in the same pleasing forma tion.-Review.
 Nearly every day the newspapers of the territory report one or more rich strikes; some in well known | mines. and others in new properties. |