The copper era., 1906-01-18
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

 wealth.
 Two hundred and fifty million pounds of refined copper from Ari- zona are said to be the phophetic es- timate of the output made by ex- perts. At 15 cents per pound the value will be S137 ,500, ,OO0.-Oasis.
 The ore train which came down from Bisbee January 6 was the largest ever brought down from the big cop per camp. It consisted of an even fifty of the large steel dumping ore cars, all of which were loaded. The train was for the Copper Queen and the entire load amounted to 3,7OO tons.-Douglas International.
 A common laborer in the Calumet and Hecla mine of Michigan is said to have begun investing his surplus wages in the stock of the mine and with the dividends he has received from time to time he now possesses the equivalent of $500, 900. Many of the miners employed in the workings of this great copper property have ac- cumulated competencies in a similar way. These are not isolated cases.
 President and General Manager W. E. Sharpe, of the Big Lead Mining and Smelling company, who has been at the mines at Kelvin for some time past left for Philadelphia. Develop ment on the Big Lead property is progressing with good results. The reduction and teaching plant of the Kelvin Reduction companyis nearing completion and in a few weeks will commence the reduction of the Big Lead surface ores.-Florence Blade.
 Reports from Salton are to the eff feet that the Salton Sea continues gradually to rise. The Los Angeles division of the Southern Pacific has large force of engineers and labor CTS and teams at work constructing a new roadbed, which will be seventy five feet above the present level of the sea. This will insure immunity against the enroachment of the sea for years, provided it does not rise more rapidly than it has in the past.
 Superintendent E. R. Stafford, of the Arizona-Pacifc company, informs this paper that the shaft being sunk by that company cut through blind lead of sulphuret ore ten feet wide. Sinking has been considerably handi- capped of late by the increased flow of water but a triplex electric pump and Corliss engine with capacity of 250 gallons per minute have been or dered and will be installed at once and the work of pushing down the shaft will be continued with all possi- ble speed.-Florence Blade.
 Strange as it may seem in view of the outcome of fairs that have been held all over the country, Arizona $ first territorial fair has ended with a surplus of from S7OO to S1,OOO, says the Phoenix Enterprise. Superin- tendent Clark estimates that the total attendance during the six days of the fair was between 22,000 and 25,000 people. The total receipts at the gates and the grand stand during the week was S12,0O0 which is added to the $30,0O0 appropriated by the legislature to defray all the expenses of the fair.
 The complete disappearance of John Dessart, president of the de- funct International Bank of Nogales, would seem to confirm the suspicious entertained by many that Dessart's insanity was of the convenient kind. There is little doubt that Dessart met parties in Phoenix who provided him with funds to get out of the terri tory. AS it is not likely that there will be any more prosecutions oyer the bank failure, Dessart could throw of the insanity sham without endan- gering any of the principals who aided in the wrecking of the bank.
 Mineral Wealth of Kingman, Ari- zona, states that at depth of 27O feet crosscut on West Gold Road Extension has passed through eight feet of high grade milling ore and no wall yet in sight. This was not un- looked for notwithstanding that there were some doubts about it, due chiefly, to the uncertainty respecting the thickness of the wash which had, first, to be penetrated; secondly, a possibility that the vein constituting the Extension might have shifted and gone, nobody could tell where. These doubts have been disposed of; the vein is there and has been encounter ed. Apart from the importance of the strike to the owners Of the prop erty, it is important as showing that the Gold Road reef is a good mile in length, all containing ore of high grade.
 A very rich strike has been made in the Carroll mine near Dewey, A. J. Carroll having uncovered a vein of brittle silver which assays $1,O37 to the ton, it is stated. There will be capitalist and several mining experts arrive in a few days to pay a visit to this nine and negotiate for some of tie adjoining claims, as MT. and Mrs. Carroll own several in the locality which bid fair to surpass any other small undeloped property. MT. Car roll has taken out ore from the grass