The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-04-05
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the penitentiary, which II. o. Bur-
sum resigned last week, has been
filed by the appointment of Captain
Arthur Trefford, of Leavenworth,
Kansas. Captain Trelford has been
connected with the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth for some time,
and is said to be well posted in the
science of experimenting prison,
which in these later years is getting
to be a science by itself. Captain
Telford is said to stand high in his
profession.
Travelling Auditor of the Territory
Charles V. Stafford said there would
be an increase in the total assessed
valuation of property in New Mexico
during the coming year of nearly
81 100000. In many counties the as
sessed valuation of town properties
has been raised from 10 to % per
cent A number of new settlers and
homeseekers, who are taking up
tracts of farming lands in many
counties, aid in swelling the amount.
In Union county Mr.. Stafford says the
treasurer now has $4,000 on hand in
the general fund, outside of all debts.
What was expected to be one of
the most important cases ever tried
in the territory has come to an I'M
timely end. The Caledonia Coal
company, of Gallup, sued the Santa
Fe road for some $4OO, 900 because the
road charged it more for hauling
coal than it did the American Fuel
company. The case was to be tried
in the federal court at Albuquerque,
and the American Fuel company had
been ordered to bring in its contract
with the railroad company for in
spection by the court. Last week
agents for the American Fuel com
pany went to Gallup and bought from
the Caledonia company the mines
from which the coal was produced,
and the right of action in this case.
OF course this means that the case
will not come up in court. 1t is not
stated what price was paid for the
mines, but it is safe to say that the
Caledonia company got what it
thought was coming to it in the case,
and did not lose any money on the
saction.-Liberal.
The Liberal has spoken once or
twice about the cold feet which af-
ficted the officers of the Pyramid
Peak company, which had a contract
to buy the Nellie BLY, mine, but fell
down on a payment, gave up the
mine, and beat the miners out of
their last months wages, and the
other creditors out of the last
months bills. After Blackburn &
Campbell regained possession of the
mine they did little work on it, and
recently shipped car of the
medium grade ore. They got their
returns last week, after they had
sold the BLY, to the North American
company, and they were shown to
the Liberal. They held a little over
thirty-seven tons, and Melted $780,
per ton at the smelter, or 81, 493, 07e
for the lot. The freight was SIG. Is
so the car netted the shippers ST.
377.03. The credits at the smelte1
we're as follows per ton: Silver 1874
ounces, So; copper 1879 per cent. at
15t cents per pound, S38.16; iron rs
per cent. at 5 cents per unit, Sc
cents; lime 4.8 per cent. at cents
per unit. 20 cents: and there was an.
other credit which was entirely illegi-
BILE on the return, and was carried
out at 1919 per cent. at 10 cents pei
unit, S1.00. Many men studied these
returns, and the only explanation
that could be given of it that it was
a credit to the conscience fund. The
total credits per ton were $I7.93
The charges were treatment So; and
silica sos per cent. at 10 cents pei
unit, $5.08, making a total of SS.Oe
per ton, thus netting, at the smelter
$685.. A company that would refuse
to pay wages to get such ore as
this surely had cold feet.-Liberal.