The copper era., 1906-01-25
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

:: creased from SIS, ,000,O 900 in 1S9O 1 |. S375, ,O00,0 in 1905. As the tide
 still rising, economists are beginniu e to speculate dn it's future relation :. with other va1ues.
 The Copper Hill Mining & Smeltin I company, operating in Copper Basir : west of Prescott, has a big shipmen
 of ore for the Arizona Smelling com , pany's plant at Humboldt. It i stated the ore carries s60 per tol copper and gold.
 Allen j. Smith was here from Pi
 cacho last week and confirmed tht
 report that a rich strike had beer
 made on the California Queen prop
 erty. He said it is a ledge for whicf
 he and others had been searching fol
 twenty-five years. Captain Pol
 hamus, Jod Menditel and Allen J
 Smith are the principal owners of the
 property, which promises to put
 them on Easy street.-Ex.
 The construction of the Tonto
 reservoir and the big cement plant
 will in few years make Mesa one of
 the most prosperous cities in Arizona.
 The lands surrounding this promising
 city are the most productive in the
 territory and the people are pushing
 and energetic, and when the next
 census is taken We believe Mesa will
 be next to Phoenix in population and wealth in Arizona,
 Sheriff Walter Brown and Henry Lovin last week brought to Kingman a bar of bullion from the Gold Road mill that weighed about S53, 3,O00 This is the largest bar of bullion that has been shipped from the big mill in nearly year and was the result of ten days run of the tanks and fioters. The ore now going through the mill is said to be the richert ever handled from the property.-Kingrnan Miner.
 The entire territory will rejoice with Yavapai edunty in the resump- tion of work tt the Senator mine,
 
 Yavapai county that produced much gold in the years that have passed. It is owned by the Phelps-Dodge com pany, and for some reason that big corporation has seen fit to allow the mine to remain idle most of the time for years past It was not howersr, the lack of ore or lack of money to operate it.
 The hoist of the Mefriiiac mine, at Chloride, Arizona, is being put in commission and the mine will be un- watered at once. This mine had considerable rich ore in it and some years ago mill was erected, but the ore was not of a concentrating char acter and the mill was a practical failure. Now the ore will be shipped to the shelter without dressing up and it is expected will pay well.
 The Needles shelter has received some of its machinery the past week, but it will be at least a month before the roaster and other important parts | of the plant are received. Some of the machinery has been dn the road | more than two months. It is possible | that the plant will be blown in about | the first of April, although a great | effort will be made to put it in com mission by March first.
 Sam R. Rhea and others have | to1,o o,. %6o and are to at once unwater it and begin the mining of the ore that is | known to be in the old stOpes and | lower levels. The water from the mine will be used in the mill, which will be put in commission as soon as possible. When the mine is unwat- cred water will be obtained from the Empire mine, owned by the company. It is probable that zinc separation will be made in the mill, as well as saving the values in lead. Many | hundred tons of high grade zinc tail' ings are now in the pits at the mill.- Miner.
 Allen R. English returned last week from an inspection trip to some valuable gold mining property in So- nora, which he has recently acquired. He informs us that the mines give promise of phenomenal results since it is considered one of the most promising groups in the heart of a richly mineralized section. The | property is located about twenty-five miles from Huepica and about seventy | miles southeast of Arispe. The ore is rich in gold and silver and work i has been started to open the prop l erty. Some favorable reports are looked for with further develop ments.-
 It is reported that there are fully five hundred men at work on the Arl- zona & California railroad grade, west of Wendale, the present ter minus of the road. The tunnel, | which is to cut through the south end of the mountain at Granite, l Wash, is almost completed after which track laying will be carried down the canyon to the mesa country to the west of the Harcuver noun tains. The road will pass close to