Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-29
A Blaze Was Discovered in Paradise Hotel Room With
 Drunken Man.
PROPRIETOR AWAKENED
 IN THE NICK OF TIME.
The Camp in the Chiricahuas Will Ask for a Daily Mail. Mining Developments in the Paradise District.

On last Monday night the town of Paradise in the Chiricahua noun tains had a narrow escape from de structiou by fire. Had not Dad" Hayes, of the Paradise Hotel, discov- cred blaze which was well started in one of the rooms of that hostelry the town would have experienced a con- flagration.
 About o'clock that night Hayes was awakened by a noise which he thought was made by some one call ing him. While seeking to find out who had called, he noticed smoke is suing from the other side of the ho- tel. He quickly located the source of the smoke, and in the room found the wall just caught on fire. With a pail of water it was but the work of a moment to eXtinguish the blaze. There was a high wind from the south at the time. Had the inCipient blaze been gwen but two minutes to save any building in the row to the north.
 Later investigation would appear to sho wthat a candle had burned en- tirely out, setting fire to the table cloth on the table. A large portion of the tablecloth had been consumed and the wall paper had but just caught when the discovery was made.
 A cook, known as Sailor Jack" who was full seas oyer," was asleep in the room where the blaze started.
 A petition was circulated in Para disc this week requesting the post othce department at Washington to change the Rodeo-Paradise mail serv Ice rom six times a week to a daily service. lnasmuch as most other. towns and cities in Southern Arizona as well as Paradise's railroad station Rodeo, in New Mexico, all have dai- ly service, while Paradise has not. the people here feel that they are at a dlsadVantage. And for this reason the petition bore a large number of endorsements. On account of the passenger service the stage, of course, IS oollSed to make the trip to Ro- deo every day.
 Mine Development in Paradise Dis.
 trict.
 According to the Paradise Record since announcement that active op- erations by this company would short. " begin, the management has acted quickly. The machinery has not only been ordered but should now be on the ground, transportation from the station at Rodeo to the mine having -aesn contemplated on Tuesday. Not only tfar, pue-se%e.alment work was promised to begin yesterday, Wfrrr- Iorce Of men was to be put on. R-D Hall has the contract for between 400 and 800 feet of work
 The machinery consists of q horse whlm to be used for the present. 400 feet Of track, a blacksmith shop. a sufficient quantity of wire cable and tools, together with all other access ores required for complete plant oS Its kinda car and water skip raise.
 The Scanlan Property.
 With the addition of a night shift to the force at this property, opera lions in the working tunnel are more progressive. The tunnel is now in over 300 feet, and the driving will be continued at least 100 feet further. At distance of 400 feet from the mouth of the tunnel it is believed by L. H. Scanland that the main lead, as shown by the prominent dike in evi- dence on the surface above. will be reached. After passing through soft ground for a distance of about 50 feet, the hardest rock has again been encountered, showing, however, some good copper suIphides.
 Commencing in quartz formation the tunnel will, within the next hun dred feet, take the workmen into contact with porphyry, judging from surface indications. Beyond this contact. at no great distance, on the other side of low ridge of the noun tain, shaft has been sunk to a depth of 125 feet. This shaft is in lime stone. Quartz is thus next to porphy- ", and porphyry, in turn, is next to lime.
 Native Copper Encountered.
 A fine specimen of native copper five inches long, two inches wide and one inch thick, is on exhibition at the postoffice, exciting the admiration of all who have seen it. A gold nugget would not attract so great attention. The specimen was a few days ago Lak- en down from the J. H. Knowles prop erty, which is situated about four miles west of Paradise. Frequently during the past six weeks nuggets of native copper similar to this one have been encountered in the tunnel. They occur at irregular intervals in small shoots, several shoots often appear ing rather close together in the breast of the tunnel at the same time. Mir Knowles says that while native copper is not uncommon in other copper dis tricts, he has not seen any of 1t here before.
 At the Sullivan.
 A stringer of very pretty copper ore was encountered on the Sullivan prop erty few days ago. Manager E. F. Sweeney said that while there was not very much of it, the ore was very rich. No assays have been made for some time. At present drifting from the shaft at the water level is being resorted to. The drift, which is now in about 60 feet from the shaft, will be driven 100 feet farther, it is expected, before much ore can be reasonably l