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Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
Drifting Will Commence Latter Part of Coming Week-The Tramway and Hoist Founda- tionS Are in Readiness.
Denn Will Reach Ore Body En- Countered by Drill in Two Months - New Pumping Machinery Ordered.

At the Shattuck-Arizona prepara- tions are nearing completion to han, dle an output of 1900 tons per day. l. is expected that by August 1 every thing will be in readiness to handle with the greatest facility the output of this most recent of Warren dis trict's producers.
 Next week, the first in June, will find drifting at the Shattuck going or with the small hoist.
 The week just closed finds the foun- dation for the new big Allis-Chdirers drum hoist in readiness to receive the machinery. This hoist will have a ca pacity of 1500 tons daily.
 The work on the tramway is prog ressingly rapidly. Record work IS be- ing accomplished by Superintendent Pattison in framing the timbera for the framework which is to carry the big bucket line from the mine to the F. P. 6 S. w. tracks.
 The enlargenfent of the shaft as teen completed and when all the new appliances are in place Shattuck will be able to handle its output with ease.
 At the Denn.
 Drifting at the Denn is going or at the rate of 50 feet a week, and Il is expected by Superintendent Pattison that his men will reach the drill hole where they encountered ore in approx imately two months. This drift will tap the ore body at depth of 1000 feet from the surface. This drift is being run in a northerly direction from the shaft.
 Sinking will start on the 1st of June. Two Snow pumps, with com bined capacity of 1000 gallons a min. ute, have been ordered. and in addi- ton to these two Prescotts will be ir stalled July l, each having a capac- ity of 1000 gallons.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
TIRE BONANZA -..~--
 CIRCLE PROPERTIES

Thomas F. Cole has at last perfected ms proposition of concentrating his Arizona mining properties. A year ago an effort was made to consolidate the i've Cole properties of the Bis pee Camp into a company with s32.- O00,0 capital or 3,200, 900 shares, par $10 7' p''
 At the time, however, there was strong oposition from other large stockholding interests in the Calumet & Arlzona, the only producer of the group at the ume- As result, the consoli- dalton plans were temporarily aban- dcned, new local management was installed and new era of development started which has, within a few months, obtained remarkable results.
 It IS now proposed to consolidate the Lake Superior & PitIsburg, Pittsbury & Duluth, Calumet & Pittsburg and JHr ction companies. independent of the Calumet & Arizona. We understand that in the new plan the Lake Superior and Pittsburg com panies will go in on the same basis at premium and that the Pittsburg & Duluth and Junction properties on the same basis at a discount
 Each of these companies have at the present time outstanding 250, 900 shares of stock. with the exception of the Calumet Pitlsburg, which has out 20e, GOO shares, each company hay ing 50,009 shares unissued in their treasury.
 A consolidation of these properties Is a natural proceeding, and the con trolling interest in the stock of each company being held by practically the same people. The properties are all connected by drifts and crosscuts and the whole scheme of operation was apparently laid out with a view of ui- innate consolidation. There are 109 claims in the Bonanza Circle group.
 Only two of these properties are at present producing, the Lake Superior < Pittsburg and PittsbuTg & Duluth. st a combined rate of about 1,e00,000 pounds of copper month. All the companies, however, are now working in ore and before the close of this year should ell be producing. The ore will be treated al the Calumet & Arizona shelter. which plant is being enlarged in anticipation of an increased produc- tion from these properties
 These properties hold tae record for
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
WALKERS WEEKL
 COPPER LETTER
COPPER CONTINUES TO SHOW GREAT STRENGTH, AND PRICES ADVANCED DURING THE WEEK AS RESULT
 OF INCREASED DEMAND FOR METAL.

Copper continues to show great strength. Domesr< anc. foreign prices advanced during the wee6 as the re- suit of an increased demand for the metal Lake is held at IS 7-S to 19 cents per pound, electrolytic is IS 1-2 to IS 3-4 cents and casting is IS 1-2 cents per pound Several of the large producers are practically out of the market, so far as delivery in nearby months is concerned. They have made sales at ruling prices for delivery in August and September. One large producer says: We cannot quote prices on electrolytic as we are virtual ly out of the market for the present. Our product is sold for several months ahead. There IS no cessation in the demand for the metal.''
 An instance of the demand for cop per ahead, is the call for proposals by the United States government for a supply of 2,600,000 pounds of the best Lake Superior copper for the Washing ton Navy Yard to be delivered in monthly installmerts Of 100000 pounds up to Jure l5, 1907. Doubt is expressed in ceviain- metal circles as to whether the government will obtain satisfactory bids for delivery so far ahead, owirg 10 The present scarcity of the meal. One Lake producer says: T would not undertake lc i'll the or der at any price. There iS to much red tzpe to dealing with the United States government"
 Producers and selling agents state that there is very little, # any, spot copper on the marEet, ald, further more, that very little business is con ducted On the spot or cash oasis. Con sumers as a rule make contracts for their requirements for several months ahead.
 It is estimated that over 95 per cent of the trade is conducted on the fu- ture basis Manufacturers would find it extremely hazardous to adopt a hand to mouth policy in buying their supplies, especially in g situation like that which exists at present, when consumption is running ahead of pro duction. One selling agency states that the proportion of cash or spot sales during the year amounts to less than 2 per cent of their total sales. The belated buyer has great difficulty in filling his requirements at present, and is able to get his supplies only in small lots, for which he has to pay premium prices.
 Considerable excitement was caused early in the week by the sharp ad- vance in the London quotations for spot G. M. B. copper. The rise was caused by the nasty covering of shorts
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this particular brand.

in this particular brand.
 European copper buyers have been influenced for some time In their speculative dealings by the theory that there were large hidden supplies of the metal stored in this country and China which were sooner or later expected to come on the market. Metal interests say that these alleged hidden stores are purely imaginary. The problem, they say, which now con fronts the trade is to get enough cop per to supply the demand. The de- mand for copper is apparently ahead of the supply, and while this condition exists high prices are bound to pre- vail. Good authority say there is nothing in the outlook that would indi- cate lessened demand for copper for sometime. On the other hand we can anticipate greater demand than ever before.
 The Boston coppers as a whole have displayed much strength during the past week. The sharp loses in Allan tic and in Parrot were due to special causes, not to general conditions. Their declines had remarkably little influence on the general list Unless the metal suffers sharp break, of which there is not the remotest evi- dence, there is only one way for the local copper stocks to move, and that is upward. These stocks have been sold to a standstill. All the specula- tive holdings that were not generous ly protected have been wiped out.
 The coppers are held now by peo- pie who intend to keep them for perma- nent investment, ur at least for long pull It must be remembered that a large part of these holdings were pur- chased at considerably lower prices, and that the present dividend rates give an unusually large rate of income Even were the dividends to be reduced many of these holdings would not be sold, as they would still return better than the average income.
 There is a strong bear party in the market, which talks very encouraging ly, even if it does little active work. It is good opinion that large short interest exists in the copper stocks, and that the shorts have been attempt ing to cover as far as possible, but with little success.
 To this pressure is attributed the lack of response to favorable trade and market conditions. If this view of the situation is correct, and there is scarcely any doubt that it is, it is merely a question of time when the shorts In stock will have to cover, as have the shorts in the London copper metal market.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

on extensively.
 However, expect that with the de velopment of the work on the Hassa- yampa it will spread to other streams which are known to have more or less gold and l predict that the time will come at no distant day when placer mining will be one of the leading in. dustries of Arizona
 Judge Burnet has associated with him in the company c. J. Hall, J. c. Dobbins and T. T. Hosey, and several other men of means. They have eight hundred acres and have done but, little outside of monument work as they nave but recently organized. They will carry on considerable boring worl 10 ascertain the value of their hold. ings before purchasing dredge.
 Satisfactory Showing.
 The Hassayanlpa Placer company la. progressed farther and has carried CT considerable development work which has proven satisfactory. The com pany has several hundred acres of land and it's chief promoters are Sims Ely James Bark, Frank Cox and MT Bur son. The companies are independent of each other.
 The price of dredges. ranges iron, 10000 up to $100,000 and it can readily be seen that it would not be the part or wisdom to buy them until the own. CTS have proved the property's value, However. there Is DO doubt that the Hassayampa is rich in placer gold and the Phoenix companies will some day In the near future both, have dredges working in the famous old stream.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
Strike Sends Stock Upward in Face of Early Call, and All Interested Are Elated at the Showing. ,
Pockets of High Grade Ore En- countered While Drifting for Contact Practically Prove Existence of Ore Body.

The sensation of the week in local mining circles has beer. the strike made aI the Cochise. On the 300 level in the west drift, being run for the purpose of prospecting the contact pockets of ore running as high as 22 Der cent. were encountered Wednes- day.
 The effect onSthe market was quick ly responsive h the face of the $z-50Sesif to. be made. JGae 1, Cochise resting inactively at s6 asked, dropped to sS-50. with no particularly excited bidding even at that figure Bids as leS as s4.50 were able to bring out small blocks of this stock. but with the runlor of a strike corroboratej came sharp rise In the market, and Cochise at the close of the week y-as the one active stock on the unlisted board. Saturday found plenty of bid. ding at $500, with little of this stock coming out
 The drift in which ore was encJun- tered was started some weeks agu from the 300 level of the main shaft and is being run west parallel with the line of the Copper Queen. Little hope idS cfcE DccH Htfu Out iutAt OItS W NCilu be encountered before the contact was reached. When in a distance of $50 feet, small pockets began to silo3 ore running from f2 to. g per c, nt As drifting progresses it IS reported that these pockets are of more ire quent occurrence and higher grade ere pIedomirates. Low-grade suiplsifes are common, and while no one Is Of
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the opinion that any permanent body will be opened at this shallow depth, the find is undoubtedly indicative that the main ore body which dips into Cochise from the Car workings will be found when drifting is carried on at a lower level
 A new 10o-horse power boiler for emergencies has been shipped from Fl Paso for use at the Cochise. and will be installed at once. While there IS no immediate use for this mechan. ica1 acquisition the management will prepare against possible accidents and also for deeper work which is being pushed forward with all speed.
 An exhauster and air pipe have been ordered for use in the drifts and will be installed at once.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
MACHINERY FOR
 FL PIcAcHo MINE.

An order for machinery for the Pi- cacho mine in Sonora was sent in last week and the machinery is ex- pected in Cananea very soon. The order consisted of two double drum, link motion, hoists and engines and boiler for the same; two air com pressors and ten air drils; and cages and other equipment necessary, includ. ing tracks and mine cars.
 This large order proves the fact that the Clancy Bros, owners of the mine. intend going ahead and getting it into shape to produce over 100 tons per day. It is planed to mill that amount of ore at the Gro Maxine mill and every effort vii be made to carry out this plan.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
Two Big Concerns Are Operat- ing in That Locality, and Belief Is That Mines Will Prove Richer Than Calf.
Placer Pioneers in California Have Filed on and Bought a Large Tract of Land Quite Recently.
(Phoenix Gazette.)

Placer mining in and along the Has sayampa river has been carried on in a crude way for years but the ne2r future will witness the pushing of ulat work with dredgers by different com panies.
 The Oroville people. extensive plac- CT miners in California, have filed ca sl.d bought great deal of land atetsg the Hasayampa and 1t Is expected th-y the Text few months.
 The Gazette is informed that an ex- peYt sent there by the company pro ncunces the mineral wealth of the Has sayampa greater than that of any placer sections of California where the company Is now carrying on ex- tensive operations.
 Phoenix Companies.
 Two large companies have been formed in Phoenix for the pushing of this work, one the Hassayampa Placer Mining company and the other the Ari- zona Placer Mining company. The two combined have filed and bought up mineral lands agregating about 1900 acres and are working steadily toward the time when dredges will be put to work in the river One of the pro- moters of the Arizona Placer company is Judge J. M. Burnett of this city.
 Speaking about the Hassayampa river yesterday Judge Burnett said: The Hasayampa and it's tributaries have been worked by placer miners for years in crude way and there are many Mexicans who make their living
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
ORC MAKING MINE
 UNUSUALLY ACTIVE

The mine is scene of unusual ac- tfvity at present owing to the fact that the timbers for the mill are being framed and the development work pushed in expectation of maintaining a steady output of 100 tons of ore daily when the mill is ready for work. Additional men are being sent to the mine each day and the number em- ployed now is over 225. Of these more than 70 are Americans
 VALUES OF STRIKE
 IN AMERICA MINE DETERMINE ED
 The assays on the recent strike isi the America mine which IS located in the Cananea ore zone within one mile of the town of Cananea, are now known to few. Ore has been found which carries values of from 45 per cent to 60 per cent copper and high valuea in silver, some of the assays running up to 30 ounces This strike was made in Shaft No. 5, which will now be known as Bonanza Shaft. The shaft was sunk on one end of cropping 500 feet long and six feet wide on the surface. At 25 feet a body of green copper ore was encountered and the shaft is now down in this 15 feet. There is a 12-fcot crosscut which at this depth, however, has not yet reached the wall of the ore body. The ore is chacocite. As the property now stands over 5000 feet of work has been done and 65 per cent of this is in ore.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

Copper output--Dwight E Wool bridge. copper statistician. estimates that Arizona's copper production this year will approximate 300, ,000, 900 pounds, against 222,s66,0 ,024 last year and 105. .460. .000 pounds in 1900. Of this the Copper Queen will turn out one-thfrd
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
Visited Hidden rreasure.-l

Visited Hidden. Treasure-F. S.
 Douglas returned to the city last night from a visit to the Hidden Treasure mine, located near the Monte Visto mine in Sonora, east of Cos station. MT. Douglas stated that work on the mine is being pushed under the diree- ton of Lyle Brothers, who originally owned the property. About fourteen men constitute the force at present. working in three shifts. Since the work began on the property, sixty days ago, about 240 feet of develop ment work has been done, and the showing Is entirely satisfactory. This property is now owned by the Hidden Treasure company, of which Mir. Douglas is the treasurer and one of the largest stockholders. Work on the Monte Visto is being continued with a force of twenty to thirty men. Reports from this property continue 10 be of the most fiattering character.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

Powder House compieted-The new powder magazine of the Copper Queen store has been completed, and two carloads of powder are now stored in it. The new powder house is locat- ed on the railroad about a mile east of the city, and is constructed of brick.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27
.UNPATENTED MINE TAX
ksseSsof of Santa Cruz County {. Will Place Them on. As
 seSsment Roll.
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS HIS ADVISER.

Recently, says the Oasis, Sheriff Charles l.. Fowler, in his capacity as assessor of Santa Cruz county, receiv- ed the following communicatjoR from Attorney General Clark:
 Prescott, Ariz. May 2, 1906. NIT. Chas. L. Fowler. Sheriff
 Dear Sir:-Some time ago the terri torial auditor informed me that you desired an expression Of opinion from this office as to whether unpatented mining claims were taxable under the laws of Arizona I beg leave to ad- wise you that they are taxable as per sonal property and that you should be governed in assessing them by the same rule that obtains in assessing other property, towit: upon the basis of their cash value: Very truly yours,
 E. S. CLARK,
 AttorneyISenera.l In acordance herewith Sheriff Fow- Ter addressed the following letter to one of the principal owners of such properties in Santa Crzz county:
 Nogales, AriZ. May 2. 1906. Mir. Frank Powers, Patagonia, Ariz.
 Dear Sir:-I enclose copy of let ter that received 8 few days since from the Territorial At;oFEeyGeneral l will place valuation of s3e0, ,OG0 on your mine for this year; at the pres ent rate of taxes, namely, $3.95, you are indebted to this office in the sum of s11, 1,S50.00. Please send me that amount to cover same and will send you the regular tax receipt
 Yours respectfully,
 CHAS- L. FOWLER.
 MT. Fowler states that he will put upon the assessment roll all the un- patented mines of actual value, such as has been proved by shipments, as in the case of the Worlds Fair mine. Many are asserting that he cannot place valuations upon such properties. When people talk that way the sher- if smiles grimly, and says nothing. All he claims to do is to put down the property at what he considers a fair valuation. and let the attorney-general and the mine owner wrestle ia the courts as to the rest of the proposition.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

If mans credit is good he can easily cut down his expenses.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

It is estimated that S20, ,000, 900 is spent annually for silk hosiery by women who fear that they may figure in a wreck
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

4 thing that some one doesn'r find fault with is seldom wo-th hayins.
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underground development within a comparatively short space of time. The Calumet & Arizona. the original Bo- nanza Circle property, has to date 4 miles of underground openings, and yet it is but five years oid. This re maIkahle underground development was necessitated because there was no outcrop to guide the Cole people in sinking. After sinking t was neces- sary to crosscut and drift i1 all di- rections to locate the ore which was believed to exist, although there were no surface indications whatever.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-27

Of the 45,000 immigrants a week who are coming into this country, al least half will make haste to learn the language so they may tell us how much better things are n the countries they left.
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS

OPIUM CAUSES DEATH.-Haywards, March
24.-Qu:n Dye, Chinese laborer died In his
cabin today, supposedly from an overdose of
opium.
PHOTOGRAPHS STOLEN. March
24-Fred Elmer, a photographer at IA San
Pablo avenue, has reported to the police that
stole number of photographs.
NO SECRETARY CHOSEN. - Oakland,
March 24.-The announcement that J. H. Long,
a deputy in the City Treasurers office, would
be appointed secretary to the Board of Health,
to succeed Edward Planer, now chief deputy
County Treasurer, was premature The
Board OF Health has not decided upon Pianer's
successor.
DIES IN HACK.-oakiand, March "a.
Blanche williams, young woman who is
said 10 have been on deoaueh for several
noon while being taken to the County In
frmary by Lizzie Moore. with whom she lived
at s11 Washington street; Death is supposed
to have been due to alcoholism
SPECIAL. MUSICAL sERvICE-oakiand,
March PA special musical service will be
held at st. Andrews Episcopal Church to-
morrow evening under the dire elton of T e.
Kent An augmented choir will sing How
Lovely Are Thy Messengers" by Mendelssohn
and ''The Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away
by Woodward. Miss charlotte Thomas will
sing Tosti's Prayer
HOME ENDANGERED BY FLoop.-oak-
land March 24-The home of Mrs. Henrietta
Washer on Il Bray s rs with
sal Creek which have already washed away
almost the entire back yard Of the residence
and flooded the cellar with water. It is feared
that if the water does not subside the house
will topple over into the creek.
WILL TEST ORDINANCE.-oaklan March
24-Fred Sinclair, commission merchant
who refused to pay the tax imposed by the
new general license ordinance. has decided to
test the legality of the ordinance and has re-
Superior Court He was arraigned before Po-
lice Judge Smith this morning and eentin-
uance till March 81 to plead was granted.
FEARED KENTUCKIAN.-Oak March
24=Jehn Rose. West Oakland saloon man
who struck DIR. ]. f. Rinehart during an alter
cation bill for medical services was
fned s15 by Police Judge Smith this morning
Part of the defense was that the PHYSICIAN
was a Kentuckian, and when he put his hand
in his pocket to produce the bill Rose thought
he was going for gun
The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
FORTUNE DISAPPEARS
FROM SAFETY VAULT
New York Widow Finds $751;
900 Missing on Returning
From California.
Special Dispatch TO The Call.


NEW YORK, March 24.-Mrs William
Austin Stephens, widow Of the we'll
known banker who was associated with
r. Fulton Cutting and w. Bayard Cut
ting, declares that upon her return from
California this morning she found missing
ser0m her safe deposit vault in the Ma
tional Safe Deposit Company s25,000 in
cash and approximately $4,000 in jewelry
and some valuable papers. For informa-
ton leading TO the recovery Of the lost
money and articles she offered a reward
Of $4,000.
Unusual in many features is the story
told by Mrs. Stephens, who has been
thrown into a state OF high nervous ex-
element by the loss and the fact that
thus far she has been unable to gain
q satisfactory explanation of the man
ner in which it occurred. She particu-
larly absolVes from blame her counsel,
Thomas c. Ennever, who has had access
te the vault during her absence. and
seeks 10 place the burden elsewhere. but
the safe deposit company officials declare
.hat IL is a physical impossibility for the
;hcft TO have been committed.
Several theories are advanced to ae-
count for the loss, but thus far no sug-
sessions have been made which would
lead TO a recovery. Some of those con-
cerned in the matter profess the belief
that the violent strain which Mrs.
Stephens is undergoing has caused her
10 assume a wrong position and that
when she regains her c0mposure she will
recall having placed the money and the
Jewels elsewhere