The copper era., 1907-03-28

gentleman wants to make the busi
ness center of Benson was not known
to Mr.. Cooley, but there is one bunch
west of the Cooley cottage on Fifth
street owned by Mr.. Shearer.
The mines of the Globe district are
again facing serious fuel shortage
and it is probable that number OF
! the mines will follow two which were
shut down because of the shortage
of fuel oil. The Black Hawk mine OF
the ArizOna Commercial closed down,
as did the Great Eastern of the Su-
perior & Boston, which adjoins the
Black Hawk. The Copper Hill mine
of the Arizona Commercial is still in
operation, but if no fuel arrives soon
it will also have to close down. 1t is
understood that the Southern Pa
cific railroad is confiscating all of the
oil which is being transported over
the road from the California oil fields.
! Sixteen cars of oil billed for the Old
Dominion Mining & Smelling COM
pany are understood to have been
confiscated by the Southern Pacific
at Bowie. The Old Dominion fur
nishes the oil to the Arizona Com
mercial. The Old Dominion has a
supply of oil on hand, but unless
regular shipments again begin COM
ing in, it is barely possible that the
big company will partially cease
operations
CreCusio Campas, miner employed
at the mines of the Weldon Copper
company in the Quijotoa district,
met horrible death last week, says
the Tucson Star. With Camuel Chi
virri he was drilling on the 1OO-foot
level and the drill struck "missed
shot" exploding it. Both miners
we're hurled violently against the
walls of the shaft. The explosion
was heard by other miners who were
on the surface and a bucket was
hurriedly lowered. Chivirra was
badly hurt but he was able to climb
into the bucket and was hauled to the
top. Campas lay bleeding and un-
conscious with both arms shot away
and his face fearfully mutilated He
was still breathing when brought to
the surface and lived several hours.
DR.. F. N. Smith, the camp physician,
was summoned and attended the
men. He saw at once that Campas
was fatally injured but. everything
possible was done to aid him. Both
the injured miners were placed in
wagon and accompanied by DIR.
Smith and Alex Thompson and the
drive to Tucson-a distance of ninety
miles-was begun. Before ten miles
of the trip had been covered Campas
died.
w. w. Adams, of Butte, Montana,
president of the Arizona-Apache
Copper Mining and Smelling com
pany, which recently bought the
Keystone group of copper mines in
Benson, was in the junction town last
week and according to the Benson
Press stated that arrangements have
been made to put on a force of men
to develop the property under Mr..
Staffard just as soon as the survey
for patent, which is now proceeding,
can be finished. Mr.. Adams gave en-
couraging assurance to those who
hold copper property in the same
lime-copper zone with the Keystone
down the valley north of Benson.
He says it is an assured certainty
that railroad will be built down the
San Pedro, from Benson, during the
present year. We did not learn the
source of Mr.. Adams information,
but w: J. Baldwin, who is an old
time acquaintance of Mr.. Adams in
Butte, Montana, says, that the latter
enjoys the confidence of his neigh
bors in the big copper camp OF Mon
tana, where he has been entrusted
with the management of large prop
erty interests, and that he does not
make statements unless they are well
founded. Mr.. Adams seems much
interested in the undeveloped copper
regions which are tributary to Ben
son in different directions and his
recognized Judgment concerning cop
per property is likely to be an ad-
vantage to this region.