The copper era., 1907-10-17
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

ssYou can rest assured that l am
not going back in a hurry to Nevada
in search of promising mining prop
erties'' said Ed Keinzle, who returned
to Prescott recently from a fifteen
months prospecting trip through the
principal districts of Nevada and
part of Utah, to a JournalMiner
representative
After Alderman Yeager had sug-
rested that it might be better to
leave the matter to vote OF the
people and Alderman Cisney that
drug stores should be obliged to come
under the same conditions, the city
council unanimously decided to close
the saloons of Phoenix from u
O'Clock Saturday night to II o'clock
Sunday night.
While working in one of the drifts
of the Boom shaft of the Tombstone
Consolidated Mines company last
week Antonio Banke, well known
miner, was instantly killed by the
accidental falling of rock weighing
in th> neighborhood of 100 pounds.
Banke. at the time of the accident,
was engaged in laying track and was
in a STOPPING posture when the crush
ing weight struck him. His skull
was terribly crushed and before near
by workmen could render assistance
the injured man had expired.
The output of copper for the Old
Dominion company for the month of
September shows no slackeuing OF
operations of the company, despite
the lower prices of copper. The
production for the month was 3,oII'-
600 pounds, which, considering the
fact that the month was one day
shorter, equals the output for the
month of August, the record month
for the Old Dominion. While some
DEVELOPMENT work has been tenn
porarily suspended, actual mining is
fully as active as it has been in the
past and a large percentage OF the
ore reduced during the month OF
September came from the company s
own mines.
Sunday closing of saloons is the
fight to be taken up by the Bisbee
Temperance league according to the
decision reached by that body at
their meeting held at the Methodist
Church says the Miner. The meeting
also ratified the action taken by
s1me of its members toward driving
out gambling. The gathering was
called to order with large number
in attendance and regular business
was taken up. The subject of secur-
ing the Sunday closing of saloons
was taken up and as a result of the
discussion a committee headed by
Rev. J. E. Fry was appointed to pre-
pare 4 petition to the city council on
the question.
The Gibson Copper company con-
tinues shipping ore to the Old Domin-
ion smelter, about fifty tons being re-
ceived each day. The Gibson has
now more men on its pay rolls than it
had last month and Bellevue camp Is
busy one. Excellent headway is
being made in the new three-com-
partment shaft of the company. 1t
is now down to the third level, the
work having been expedited by sink
ing and upraising simultaneously and
the connection was made several
davs ago. The timbering, however,
has not yet been contemplated. The
shaft will be sunk to the fourth level
which is being extended to meet the
shaft. A connection has also beer
made between the Pasqual tunnt
and the surface by means of an up
raise which assists greatly in properly
ventilatlng the mine.
District Attorney George PurdN
Billiard received a decision that i!
certain to have a far-reaching effec
upon the liquor selling industry o
the county, and, in fact, the entire
territory. He has decided agains
the liquor dealers, who claimed tha
they could sell wholesale with only ;
retail license. Several houses ii
Phoenix refused to pay any none.
for a wholesale license, claiming tha
retail license gave them the righ
to sell liquor in any quantity. Th
matter was brought to the attention
of Mr.. Billiard aud he has been look
ing up the law on the question. Hi
decision is that any one may Sc
liquor 20 the quantity of one gallo
with only a retail license, but if the
-alI v,,Ora than that tO auv one DPrSO
a wholesale license must be secured
Democrat.
The big sawmill and tramway c
the Gibson Lumber company. locate
on Mount Graham south OF ltforC
are now in perfect running order an
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