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Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
GRAHAM COUNTY MINES.

Since the completion of the tramway the New England and Clifton Copper company is shipping an average Of about forty tons of ore per day to the Shannon shelter.
 During the past six weeks the ship ments of ore from the Ash Peak com pany's mines to the Shannon have av- eraged fourteen tons per day. Consid- erable new machinery is being put in place at the mines, hence it is likely that shipments will soon be increased.
 The Era is pleased to announce that the shannon Copper company has en- tered into a contract with the Burro Mountain Copper company of Silver City. N. NJ, for smelling it's concen- trates, which are now arriving at the rate of 500 tons per month. This is new business for the Shannon from an un- expected source, and best of al it shows that the company is now in q position to compete for business over a wide scope of country. Manager Ben nie is nothing if not a hustler.
 Some handsome specimens of suI- phide copper ores were brought to this office this week by Wm. Jenkins. man ager of the Home Copper company at MOrenci. The fact that the workings have already reached the sulphide zone is most favorable indication for the
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
COUNT MENTscHIkoFF DEAD.

News has reached here from PrOvi- dence. Rhode Island of the sudden death in that city yesterday of Count Sergius MentschikOff. No particulars of the death were given in the message. and it came as a surprise to his wife and two sons who resire here, as well as his many friends. the last accounts received from him stating that he was in the best of health.
 Count Mentschikoff was a Russian by birth, and the last of a long line of ancestry bearing his name. who dss- carded his native country. title. and the prestige of royal birth to become a citizen of the United States. Of royal birth and the son of one of the most distinguished soldiers of his native country. he left the land of Peter the Great over ten years ago with his wife and two sons, landing in the United States, where he forever renounced allegiance to the czar of all the Rus sias, five years later becoming a cit izen of the United States. He imigrat- ed to Milwaukee and later to Prescott where he engaged in the mining busi- ness, and was engaged in interesting eastern capital in one. of his mining enterprises when he met his death Journal Miner
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
eIsREE WEST TO RESUME.

The Bisbee West will renew opera
 tions about the 18th of the month. This property is owned by Los Ange- les capitalists and s125.OOO has been placed in the treasury to continue de- velopment work It was actively work ed some five years ago when a shaft was sunk to the depth of 750 feet and a double compartment shaft was sunk 500 feet. There has been about $200, 900 spent on development work and ap- proximately $25.OOO of machinery in on the grounds.
 F. L. Dwight. the president of the Bisbee West. located this property the same time that Pete Johnson located his property, there being 42O acres in the property. A. B. Cass and A. Jevne are large stockholders and di- rectors of the company and are very anxious to get a force of men at work on it almost at once. There has been a great deal of water in the workings of this property. but the shafts will be easily unwatered by the large plant which they already have on the prop erty. They will put a force of twenty men at work on the 18th and they say they are prepared to strike ore before six months has expired.-Douglas Dis patch
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
WHEN TEXAS HAD A NAVY.
Interesting Times Recalled by Pro posed Exhibition of Texas
 War Vessels

That Texas ever had such a thing as a navy will be news to almost every body except, of course, some of the older Texans.
 The republic of Texas has not been so long a thing of history but that there are still men living who have seen the ensign of that nation flying at the peak of the flagship of her fleet. This is recalled because of an effor+ now making to txhibit one of these old ships at the great worlds naval ren- dezVous at the Jamestown exposition in 1907
 The Texas navy was created in 1885. when Henry Smith was provisional president of the republic. There were three armed schooners in the little fotilla, but they made the Mexicans tired of life along the gulf coast They preyed upon Mexican commerce. raided coast settlements, and with their cap tured booty and supplies did much to maintain the Texas military establish ment, aside from supporting them selves.
 This navy was gradually strength ened until in 1S40 it numbered six good staunch fighting ships. The flagship was the Austin, carrying the ensign of Commodore Edwin Warde Moore The OSiiCi9 were JlS ZaTala, the San An tonic. the San Jacinto. the San Der nard and the brig Dolphin It was the mission of that fleet to make as much trouble for Mexico as possible and when in 1S4O the province of Yucatan went into revolt. President Lamar of Texas ordered Commodore Moore to help the revolutionists, and if the Yu- catan soldiery had done their part Mexico would probably have lost an other slice of territory. for the Texas fleet certainly did create some excite ment wherever the enemy happened to be-
 After two years of this sort of war fare the fleet sailed up the Mississippi and laid up for repairs at New Orleans. Here it remained so long a time that General sam Houston. then president of Texas, ordered it to Galveston, but Commodore Moore refused. on the ground that most if his private fortune had been expended in repairing and maintaining the fleet. Very soon after this the Texas congress decided that it did not need any navy and the entire outfit was sold.
 It is understood that at least two of these historical craft are in good re- pair and may be had for exhibition purposes at the Jamestown exposition An antiquated schooner of war would be strange sight flying the flag of the republic of Texas among the powerful fighting machines of today, which will be gathered in Hampton Roads next year as a spectacle of the Jamestown exposition.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
! Ritas, to the Mowry

in the Santa Rftas, to the Mowry shelter
 At the Alto camp. in the Santa Rita mountains, the main tunnel and deep shaft are approaching connection, which will ventilate thoroughly the workings. and enable putting more men at work underground.
 Messrs. Burke. Bowers and Miller. with whom is associated Judge Mars teilar of Nogales, are developing some very handsome properties in the vii cinity of the Bluenose mine. in the Harshaw district; and it is reported that they are taking out good shipping ore.
 The Mowry concentrator was com pleted and set into operation two weeks ago. It is a we'll built mill. with a capacity of 100 tons of ore daily. and is working we'll The plant includes eight Wilfley concentrating tables. two Blake concentrators, ten Frue vanners. rolls, hoists. etc.-Oasis
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
FOR A ~FoeLEss LONDON

"A fOgless London Co be attained by using electricity. generated Ie8 miles away. for all poWe-. heat light and cooking purposes is the scheme of Ar mold Lupton. a member Of the English parliament He proposes the constrt e- ton of a great electrical plant ght at the coal fields in the 1Iidlands. thus C. ing away with smoke producers in th- great city and making iL So it claimed, the most beautiful city Ir the world" MT Lupton Is said tc haVe substantial backing but Uhethe- e- not his idea Is now put to "a prac-ical test il 5s on which seems likely Go coalc in for serious consideration as th~ yeaTs pass. and in cities far smaller than London Not only is tEe-e Ger tain advantage in health. cleanIiness and beauty to he had from T-rnoVluz the power plants outside the city. hut it is possible that a considerable say ing in the cost of ale power may be- effected by thus combining the plants into one
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
GAGE SPEAKS OF TOMBSTONE
 MINING.
Returns From Pleasant Visit to Los Angeles and Tells Entertainineiy
 of Valuable Property.

E. B. Gage has returned to Tomb stone from Los Angeles. where he had been for several days past at his sum mer home at Hermosa Beach. says the Prospector: MT. Gage speaks very en- tertainingly of the progress of the great mining properties at Tombstone and assures us that it only requires time to place this property among the great payers of the country
 We have had a great work ahead of us. said MT. Gage. Indeed. a far bigger undertaking than we really calculated upon when we renewed op- erations on the old properties. But the large machinery has proved equal to l the undertak.n .ng, the water question has been disposed of and we are now mak- ing daily shipments to the Fl Paso smelters- These shipments will be in I creased rapidly from now on as the property can be developed much faster with the increased force which we are adding to the property"
 The many friends of MT. Gage and his associates in the Tombstone Con solidated will be happy to learn that 1 those who have stood by this property with the large capital which it required and under adverse circumstances will bS SOOIl FeWaTQeQ WlIn QlNl0enQS. He states that although this stock has not 1 been placed on the markets or boomed he understands that it is selling in the east at about $5. Among the big stockholders of Tombstone Consolidat- ed is General Alger of Michigan and Former Secretary Bliss of New York
 The old Boot property which Mir Gage bought for his company and for which he made the first payment of S115,O00 by writing his personal check is proving to be one of the greatest properties of the company. He states that they have hardly begun develop ment work on the property although they have been shipping to the Copper Queen reduction works for some time past.
 E. B. Gage is one of the landmarks small degree to the upbuilding of the great mineral Industry which has made Arizona second to Montana alone. He was in Tombstone in her paimy days and later developed the Congress gold mine. These are some of the properties with which he has been identified.
 He is a member of the class of '5S of Dartmouth and is looking forward to the half century reunion which meets at their Alma Mater. June. 1908. Time has told severely upon the 100 who composed MT. Gags classmates and many will not be present to an swer the roll call at that memorable reunion.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
IMPORTANT STRIKE IN cocHIsE
 MINE.

Bisbee. Sept. 4.-One of the most i'm portant strikes made for some time in the Warren district occurred yesterday morning in the west drift Of the Co., chise mine. the importance being heightened by the fact that almost all of the stock in the company is owned by local people.
 The strike was made in the drift which is being run on the 3OO-foot level at a distance of 791 feet from the shaft After a round of shots had been fired a large body of sulphides was encourN- tered: This forenoon at a depth of five feet in the ore body another round of shots was being prepared. An assay of the ore has not been completed. but it is thought that it will run fl to Is per cent copper.
 This morning developments in the shaft of the mine indicated that an other body of ore may be opened in that part of the mine, as red oxide of iron in considerable quantities was en- countered. This Is considered a splen- did indication, as most of the ore bod ies in this district having a capping of this mineral. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 720 feet and work is be- ing pushed with great vigor.
 The strikes have had an appreciable effect on the stock of the company. It opened at $S.25 bid for the shares with none coming out at that price. The closing price Saturday was S6.50 bid.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
THE BEECH TREES IMMUNITY.

The effect of lightning upon hecch trees was the subject Of an interesting statement made by theCorouor tAfr- Dossey Wightmanl at an inquest which was held yesterday al fleming field. near Barnsley. on the hodies uf two miners. Mark Kaye and Joseph Beaumont. who were killed by uEht- ming while sheltering unde- "a beech tree during the severe thunder-storn on Tuesday morning
 The coroner said he had been to eU- anime the tree. as the accident raised a very peculiar question For years er had read and understood that there was no record of a beech tree being struck by linEhtninE- Ninety-niue cuE of every hundred trees which U-e-r struck were oaks In this case fhe lightning had not injured The tree co the extent of damaging a IeaL-Lon- don ChronfcIa
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
Arizona Mines


An important mining deal was closed on Saturday last when the title to the Golden Star group of three claims in the Mineral Point district passed from Robert Burns and Henry Brown to the Lucky Star Mining company. a corpo- ration recently formed here and com posed of California capitalists and mining men, says the Journal Miner.
 A force of men is now at work re- timbering the shaft which is down to a depth of 140 feet. large gasoline hoisting plant has been purchased which will be installed as soon as deL livered on the ground when develop ment of the mine will be commenced on a pretentious scale. The mine was a good producer many years ago. when owned by Norton and Webb, who aban- doned work there after water level was reached.
 Besides the shaft which is to be the scene of operations the vein. or rather porphyry dyke, is opened on the sur face by number Of shalIower shafts, showing it to be continuous for great distance. over 2O0 feet of drifts have been run from the shaft the values be- ing found in veinlets of quartz from I2 to IS inches apart, the porphyry filling between also carry ing fair values in gold.
 The camp is situated about ten miles east of Jerome Junction and about three and one-half miles from the mines of the Yeager Canyon Copper company in the Black Hills range It is easily reached by good wagon roads from this city or from Yeager siding on the Bradshaw Mountain railroad four miles distant.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
HOW CLEVER KANSAS GIRLS GET
 THEIR ELBOW MfTTS-

This has been a great season for the makers and sellers Of nlittS win long sleeves-sieeves that reach clear To the elbows Fashion has. decrecd that thes- are the proper thing for all nsuhsrz of the gen,ler sex. and what Dane Fashion says always go. AS a result the arms which last summer were iefs bare to blush prettily beneath the ar- dent kisses of the sun and the familiar care-ises of the Kansas breezes are now encased in long tight-httlng nitts. white, black and coIored- some of them plain. some of them ornate vim ar- gree work, or whatever it is that has the pee-a-boo places in it
 The demand for accessories of th-~ sort has been so widespread and suor- taneous that the manufacturers of such goods have kept their establish ments running night and day Go sut.- ply the demand. and are stfu away be- hind with their orders Dealers com plain because they can't get mitts. and the makers say the dealers don't give them time 10 keep up no matter how hard they try.
 IL should not be thought. however. that this has worked any hardship on the fair sex. in Chsnute Not in tk~ least The Chanite girl has had her elbow mittS-has them now-wrars them every day She makes her own Here is how she does it.
 A pretty 1s-year-old girl-the-e iz really no reason for saving that sA- was pretty. though: all Is-year-oId Chanute girls are pretty-weE- at any rate I6-year-old girl walked into d Chanute store the other day and sad T want to get pair of elbow rnltts-
 Certainly" said the salssuoulau- and she got down a stack of long. wine-colored boxes Heres souerhlar real nice" showing a pair
 How much are they asked the girl. picking up me and stretching It along her arm
 Two dollars
 'I believe I'll look around d littIs more before buy she said- arter some dic<ering. and started away. only to turn back suddenly as # she had just thought oE something that was 90 inmaterial that it had escaped Der memory -'I believe I do Waat a pair Of The saleswoman took doz-n another set of boxes that coutain-I other long. black. webby things But they weren't mitts-
 The girl bought a pair and went oa her way.
 That's another said the sales woman.
 Another what7- inquired a mere man wha was standing near
 Another girl who Is going Co rrake her own mitts.' rtplied the ssles- woman Cut or the feet. put in a slit for the thumb. and there you arc
 But l should think they'd be loo how will she keep them from arink- ling?" the man stamme-ed- He was getting out of his depths
 'Of course they'd wrinkle if she pst them on as they are. for her arms are not as big as her-others- The zgoasan uttered the last word triumphantly Ir came in very handy and she vas prolzd of it. -Sheu cut them or and take them up Itu make a seam. but mat doesn't count Lots of the swell uitls have seams. and it's harG to tell the difference
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
FINAL COUNTY PROPERTIES.
Ore Shipments, New Operations, Gen.
 eral Development.

The following items are from the last issue of the Florence Blade:- James Elder, who has a lease on the old Ray dump at Kelvin, has three car loards of high grade ore ready for shipment to the smelter at Humboldt.
 Supt. Wilson of the Buckeye Calu- met Arizona Mining company is to make shipments of ore from the Buck eye group of mines. formerly the Burns mines This will help the company to get on its feet.
 The Big Lead company of Kelvin IS rapidly completing it's ten stamp con centrating mill at it's properties near Kelvin. The plant will be so construct ed that after leaving the crusher the ores will pass down through the plant by gravity
 The Zellewager new shaft under the efficient management of Foreman J. L. Powell. is progressing rapidly in depth. It is already down 70 feet. They ex- pect this shaft will connect with the vein in the old works within probably two weeks.
 Editor Thomas F. Weedin. of the Blade, has secured a lease and bond on Thos. F. Haley's Calumet mine and has placed a force of men at work extract ing the ore. He expects to be shipping at the rate of a carload a day within the next ten days
 The Kelvin Reduction plant is now running full time. having started leach ing Monday. with Superintendent Mead the metaludgicaI and mining engineer in charge.
 The Silver Bell smelter is now surety. MT. Rockefeller, a surveyor of Tombstone, has been on the ground to lay out the site and get grades. etc.
  county, eight miles south of Red Rock and on the hills that form the southern bank of the Santa Cruz river. The To- cation is ideal; all ore can be handled by gravity, and the smelter will be modern and uptO date in every detail.
 A. G. Wilson passed up the river from Phoenix Tuesday to close the deal for the bond on the 79 mines To- cated four miles from Bra llman's sid ing between kelvin and Christmas. which were examined last week by J. c. Erman and Editor Thos. F. Weedin. It is quite probable that this property will be in active operation within a few months.
 The retimbering of the Woolley shaft of the Arizona Pacific company under the efficient management of Superin- tendent s. C. Prunty. is proceeding rapidly, 400 feet of the shaft having already been completed At the rate the work has been progressing it will take very little longer to reach the bot tom. and Mir. Prunty has established a most remarkable record for the speedy retimbering of a shaft. They are put ting in SxS wall plates and corner studs in place of the old exc, using 9 inch tagging with five-foot sets instead of the sevenfoot sets as formerly.
 R. c. Wilson completed his second | contract in Copper Peak tunnel Mon | day, and this tunnel is now in 200 feet l and all in copper bearing breccia. It is probable that diamond drill will | be installed at the property to pros | pect the main vein, which lies against | typical trachyte uplift running pa {; rellel with the stratification of the !
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
A MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT.
That's What Is to Be InstaIIedson the
 Coronado Property.

Dan Van Wagenen. the well known mining engineer, returned recently from a trip to the east bringing with him the welcome information that the Coronado Gold Mining company will at once place a ten-stamp mill and full cyanide plant on the mine, says the News-Herald of Martinez. The ores from the Golden Wave and Last Chance claims. belonging to the com pany, will be put through the mill and when it is known that the old ores alone will justify placing a mill on the property, to say nothing of the splendid ore bodies that have been recently ex- posed, it will be readily seen that the Coronado will soon be one of the sub stantial standbys and producers of this section.
 Van Wageneu is man entirely capa- ble of judging a property and his word goes a long way in a report Hence this determination to erect the mill and cyanide plant.
 A side track is being built from the railroad to the Coronado mine and the engines will be changed from coal to oil burners.
 The Coronado is one of the examples of patience and persistence that has ended glorious'y and while the end of the work to put the mine on a paying basis is not exactly here, it is in sight The plant for the extra ction of the met als handled intelligently is all that is deeded to crown with success the ef- forts of the people who so faithfully clung to the be ief that the values were there
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09

permanency and future ofthe property NIT. Jenkins has shown his faith ln the property not only by his works bus alsa by the expenditure Of a cousidsrahfe portion Of his fortune In the develop ment of the property. and his friends as we'll as all the old shareholders of the company. are well pleased with ths success he is making. The public gen erelly has confidence in the property of the company. which Is well located as to transportation. etc All the proP- erty needs is development Co hscone a prOducer--COpper Era
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
RICH STRIKE NEAR TROY.
Ore Carrying From $50 to s1o,ooo Par
 Ton in Gold.

We have received word from Kelvin to the effect that an immensely rich strike was made on the Gold Coin mine. one mile north of Kelvin, the other day. 1nis is the property of Coleman, Ryfns and Thomerson.
 The strike was made on blind ledge 1So feet in the tunnel. The tunnel was being driven on the ledge when this blind ledge was encountered at a right angle and the tunnel when We heard from our informant had penetrated this ledge a distance of ten feet with no sign of a feotwall. The entire ledge thus far penetrated will run $50 per ton in gold and it is estimated some of the ore will run as high as S10.oO0 per ton Arizona Blade.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
WHAT IS WANTED.

We want to get one of these days "a refrigerator that will friserate. one whose front. back and sides wlu noe shrink away from the tiling. the cu.aL the enamel, etc, one that admits "a lif- tie streak of air from the outside illfo the ice-chamber 10 release the stared energy; one that IS ventilated to allow the escape Of foul odors. one u hose doors will not swell 10 buI sting Ia long spells of humid weather. one that dces not weigh a ton. one thlt does the work expected of ft. one that does nst cost a years wageS---TiP.- in New York Press
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
RAILROAD TO JOHNSON CAMP.

The new railroad from Dragoon sta ton to Johnson camp is a reality.
 This week. civil engineer J. A Cox who is superintendent of construction. was in Benson and ordered a grading outfit which will start throwing dirt as soon as it arrives, and it is expected that within 90 days the track will be laid into Johnson camp
 The new railroad company will have its principal office in Benson, with branch office in Louisville, Ky.-BensOn Press.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-09
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

Upon the west side of the Patagonia mountains the National Consolidated Mining company is pushing operations vigorously. and making showings daily of high grade ores.
 One of Chris Wilson's heavy freight ing teams with two great wagons and twenty animals, is engaged in hauling ore for a test run from the Alto mines,