The border vidette., 1907-05-11
TERRITORIAL NOTES.
Items of interest CuiIed From Our
 Exchanges.


 concentrates was shipped from the Golden Star mill. at Cerbat. These l concentrates are said to be of an ex- eeptionaliy high value in gold. Be- sides the smelter product the ore pro- duced several nice bars of bullion I he Gem mine, from which the ores were taken to produce these results, is said to have two years ore in sight and more is being opened up every day -Mohave County Miner.
 One of the largest bars of bullion ever shipped from this territory will be taken to Los Angeles sometime next week for exhibition during Fiesta week. The bar will be from the famous Gold Road mine, this county. This property has been one of the greatest shipE CTS of gold in the terri 1 terry and the exhibition of the great bar will be of much benefit to this county on account of the wide publicity it will give the district as a producer of ld.-Mohave County Miner.
 Capt. Webb, of the immigration service, received a telegram from Washington. yesterday, instructing him not to put the Japanese detained here for being illegally in the country, in the county jail, but to provide suita ble quarters for them and supply guards if necessary. As a matter of consequence the Jap prisoners sleep in warm and comfortable beds and are especially fed at the expense of Uncle Sam. Evidently the department over looked the ordering of opera parties, brass bands and strawberry short cake. Prescott Courier.
 From all appearances the assess ment roll of Cochise county for this year will be a record breaker for the territory. Assessor Howe is busy making up the rolls and states the total may reach $16, 6,O0O,O0O, an in crease of ever five million dollars over last year. The mine tax law will considerably increase the assessment. the Copper Queen tax being estimat- ed at $3 25O,O ,OOO; the 0. & A at 3D. 125, 900; the Tomb mbstone Con Go will be listed at over quarter of million and other Cochise county producers according to the bullion output - Prospector.
 The Kingman Miner. whose editor has followed the practice of correctly stating the value of mining properties and new mineral discoveries in Mo have county, denounoes as a rank fake the recently reported discovery of rich sylvanite ore in the vicinity of the Goldroads mine. Wide publicity was given this "fake' discovery and as result hundreds of people rushed to the ground and monumented miles of country surrounding the "salted" l claim The Miner is to be commended for it's prompt expose of the fraud. Mohave county is one of the great mineral fields of Arizona and affords ample opportunity for the am assing of fortunes by legitimate mining and its citizens should not permit it to be discredited by flake" schemes | Florence Blade
 | Douglas is now a full-fedged city. Since May lst her residents have had free mail delivery-which is, by the way, quite luxury for Arizona. As the port of entry for Nacosari, (75 miles south.) from which point the Southern Pacific is now building a railroad to Guaymas, Douglas will benefit vastly during the time of con- struction-snd it will take many months to complete the road to a point more convenient via NogaIes. Then there is the Shattuck smelter, to be completed by fall. And after that, when the new smclter is blown in, 25O more men on the payroll. The Cop per Queen and O. G A. smelters con tinually increasing their capacity and adding to their pay rolls The tribut- ary mining sections, particularly So- nora, rapidly advancing. The South ern Pacific to enter the city unless l