The copper era., 1907-02-14
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

:. Jose, died last week at the age of
thirty-fve years.
j. L. Hickman, of Stafford, aged
eighty-two years, was called to his
long rest last week.
A large part of the population of
Yuma were startled by terrific ex-
plosion which occurred about 9 o'clock
one night last week. The city's tool
chest, containing quantity of dyna-
mite besides the tools, was left near
where the chain gang had been work
ing. In some mysterious manner the
dynamite was touched off. Glass in
nearly every house in the vicinity
was broken and the shock was felt
and the explosion heard for miles
distant.
The new furnaces for the Greene
Cananea Copper company are now
en- route, and are expected to in
crease the ore handling capacity of
the company's smelter at least 300
tons per day. The new. furnaces are
to be located upon the sites of the
old ones, thereby avoiding the neces-
sity of grading and foundation work.
Even the old tracks now running to
the present furnaces will be retained.
The new equipment will undoubtedly
produce very quick returns for the
company.
Two announcements were made last
week, which will be of considerable
interest to mining men in Globe dis
trict and of utmost Importance to
the mining industry, especially of
the Pinto Creek distric. Engineer
P. Jones, who is in charge of con-
struction work for the Gila Valley,
Globe & Northern railroad, an
nounced that work had begun on the
extension of the road to the mines on
Pinal creek and the Lower Pinto
Globe Belt.
AS an evidence of what Arizona
valley soil will do for the farmer, w.
H. Lynch, owner of a ranch near
Yuma, has sold, this year, the yield
of alfalfa seed and hay from eleven
acres. The eleven acres produced
5,951 pounds of seed, which was sold
for 10 cents pound, net, bringing
$595.10 or 81. 10 an acre. The cutting
of hay paid all expense of .threshing
and handling. But this was not all. |
Four additional crops of hay were
cut, the sale of which brought the
productiveness of each acre up to
more than S1O0 for the season.
Andy Scott has secured large
contract for constructing a wagon
road from Cananea to the mining
property owned by the Arizpe Min
ing company. The road will be ten
miles long and the work can be done
mostly with plows and scrapers,
though there are places where blast
ing will be required and other places
where there will be considerable pick
and shovel work. Mr.. Scott will send
eight or ten teams at once to begin
work, which is to be rushed as fast as
possible, as the mining company is
anxious to begin hauling machinery
to their mines. This contract will
require about sixty days for its COM
pletion and at the prices agreed upon
will afford a nice profit to Mr.. Scott.
American.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad company have placed in
operation pension system which in
cludes all employees of the company
who have reached the age of sixty
five years or have become disabled
in the service of the company while
in the discharge of their duties. The
amount of the pension is based upon
the amount of the salary received by
the employe. The minimum is $40
and the maximum is $75 per month.
There is a provision that in ex-
cases the pension board
may increase the allowance not to A;
exceed 25 per cent. immortality and :
other restrictions which show an un-
deservedness is sufficient cause for ;
the revocation of the action permit
ting the pension.-Needles Eye. (
The Arizona Commercial Copper
is now making regular ship
ments of two carloads per day from
its Copper Hill mines, the railroad
having been completed to that point;
and returns from these shipments
show S12 per ton net upon silicious
ores, and SO per ton from the sui
phide ores. The railroad will be COM
pleted to the Black Hawk mine this
week, and shipments will be imme-
diately inaugurated of about 100
tons per day, and this amount will
gradually be increased to about 200
tons per day. Shipments of ore
from the eighth level of the Copper
Hill mine show copper values of 3!
per cent, and silver values of three
ounces per ton. SILVER is unusual in
Globe ores. Three ounces to the ton
will pay all the smelling costs of this
Copper Hill ore.
Skin Disease of Twenty Years
Standing Cured.