The copper era., 1906-02-15
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

1t is estimated that at least ZOO
900 sheep will be driven into Phoenix
and sheared there aud then taken
back to the ranges in the northern
part of the territory. The yield of
wool will amount to about
| 200, 900 pounds. AS wool is worth
twenty cents per pound, this means
that the sheepmen will realize about
s24O, 900 from their focks for the
year. Choice wool brings twenty-five
cents per pound.
The first copper smelter operated
in Arizona, says the Douglas Dis
patch, was erected by Col. Thomas
Hughes in 1873. 1t was located mid
way between Tucson and the San
Xavier mission. The bullion which
was produced was freighted from
Flagstaff to San Diego and shipped by
water to San Francisco. The freight
charges were 20 cents a pound. Cop
per was selling at that time at AZ
cents per pound.
The Mexican government, or rather
that of the state of Sonora, seems
determined to drive every Yaqui In
dian, whether a hostile or friendly,
from that state. Just at present
they are busy rounding up all Indians
of that tribe who live in the Mocte-
yuma district and within few days
train load of them will arrive in
Douglas on the Nacozari road. They
will be shipped to Nogales from here
and from that city to Guaymas, from
where they will be deported to
Yucaran.-Douglas Dispatch.
Coming up for Douglas: A forty
thousand dollar high school; a thirty
five thousand dollar bank building; a
seven thousand dollar city hall; a
sixty thousand dollar electric street
railway system; fifty thousand dol
lar gas plant and a sewer system to
cost sixty thousand dollars. Besides
these the smelters will probably
spend half million dollars in en-
largement during the present year,
and there are many other large busi
ness houses and residences being
planned for early construction.-In-I
ternational-American.
"There is a fascination about the
west which makes a person who has
once lived here long enough to get
acclimated want to RETURN" remark
ed a young fellow who has just re-
turned from the east. "When l
went back to my former home in
Pennsylvania 1 had no intention of
ever returning to Arizona. However 1
had been in the Keystone state, where
1 was born, for about month began
to get a longing for the west. The |
east did not seem natural. The peo-
pie there seemed rather cold, reserved |
at least there were not like the
westerners. 1 managed to stick it |
out for four months and then could |
resist no longer I packed my grips
and came back and am here to stay
permanently. Henceforth my trips
east shall be merely visits"
While retimbering the shaft at the 7
Altata mine, in the Chloride section
last week, body of ore was cut into
about three feet. This ore body was
supposed to be the wall of the vein
and no one suspected its presence.
1t is stated that the ore is high grade
in gold, silver and copper. So far it
has not been cut through and its ex-
tent is unknown. About 100 feet
from the shaft, in the lower drift an
other Crosscut is being run and three
feet of the ore is already exposed. |
The finding of this new ore body |
makes the mine one of the big prop
critics of Chloride and will add new
producer to the camp. In. the old
workings many thousands of dollars
were extracted by leasers and the ore
body in its downward course was sup
posed to have been lost. The find
ing of this new body shows the posi-
tive necessity of crosscutting the
veins of Wallapai district and the
mapping of the mine to keep in
touch with the ore bodies. Supt.
Dryden is working about twelve men
on the property and is preparing to
sink the shaft to a depth of 500 feet.
-Kin0man Miner