The copper era., 1907-09-19

and decline to sell shares' MI
Painter. who is secretary and treas
urer OF the new company, Is mining
man of large experience, having ex-
tensive properties in Nevada, says 1T |
equals any of the big strikes In the
past years. The company has al /
ready ordered pumping machinery
and will pump water from MIneral
creek up to the property The busi-
ness men OF Kelvin and Ray are IN
creasing their stock of supplies, feel ,
/ ing confident of the prosperity OF the
permanency of the strike.
The railway company have leased
ground on the Riggs ranch about
four miles south of Stafford, and the
drillers began to sink another test
well. Mr.. Moore. chief water IN
spector for the Southern Pacific, was
here in company with Right-of-Way
Agent Reppy looking over the ground.
Mr.. Moore is confident that the land
laws within the artesian belt and
believes that good supply of water
will be struck when the proper depth
has been reached. The railroad peo-
ple are determined to get a supply OF
pure water for their use at Thatcher
and if they can't get it by drilling
wells they, no doubt, will lease some
good well in the artesian belt ana
pipe the water into town.-Safford
Journal.
While in Ell Paso last week, Dr.
Lacy was so favorably impressed with
that city that he decided to locate
and practice his profession there.
For some time the doctor has desired
to 90 to a larger field and this seems
an opportune time for making the
: change. A deal is now under wav
whereby DIR. Newton Stratton, of
, Stafford, will succeed to DIR. Lacy
!" practice here and also purchase the
, drug store. The contract with the
county for the conduct of the county
hospital will also probably be as
signed 10 the new physician. DR.
Lacy has resided in Solomonvlllt
about ten years and in the early days
was employed as company physician
at Clifton and Morenci.-Bulletin
n The charter list of the Globe cham
-e Der of commerce was closed at tht
meeting of the board of governor
Il when the membership committee ap
r. pointed by Judge Hinson Thoma
% made it's final report. The commit
70 tee on membership reported tina
y. ninety-nine new members had bee
secured for the chamber, which swell
,f the membership to 167. The boar
w commended the committee Tor It's eA
to cellent work, most of which was don
- bv Pat Rose, who as usual prove
- himself a star rustler. The matte
=, of quarters for the chamber wa
,s taken up and several proposition
- were submitted. President Ewin
.r- appointed committee to take u
ne the various propositions and make
l.. selection, who will report at the ne'
al meeting Of the board. With the a
nointment of the standing commi
tees it is expected that the affairs
the chamber will be in fine runnlr
IN order and active work for the go'
of the city and district will be cor
mencel. The chamber has alreat
a' several thousand dollars in its trea
urv to begin the business of boostll
-, the district and what the politicia
call a ''whirlwind campaign" VIII
made this fall and winter.-Belt.
or Investors who do not keep a clio
of watch on the mining situation
ivil often surprised at the magnitude
+be the operations now under way In t
tb copper camps OF this district,
me pecially in the case of develop
r+b properties where sufficient valu
have been demonstrated to justi
..;r the most strenuous exertions towa
- reaching the production stage at
earliest possible moment. The 'sitl
tion is we'll iustanced in the case
the Mansfield Copper mines, whe
the richest ore yet encountered Is
ing taken up from the lowest level
liz the Black Cap shaft, and where I
"' derground operations in the shape
crosscuts, drifting and stopping
'O0' proving up the whole property
''' vond the best authorizations of tn
who undertook the starting OF
enterprise but little oyer year a
O"'' In fact, the progress of this comps
So is regarded among practical min
men as but little short of phenol
nal, and as a real triumph for mod
a. scientific mining methods. The m
INV shaft of the Mansfield has now rea
not 'i,'' ,-.L ~ ~ ,f -, 2ol fea+ ana
0oO crosscut from this shaft at the
d ll0 foot level is nearly 80 fee in iene
will A'o
W. Lost and Found.