Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-31

On July 9. by taking up the option m the stock of ]. l.. Elliott. president of thc Consolidated Arizona Smelling company, the noted financicr became posscsscd e, all but 2j,o0O shares of the capital stock of the corporation.
 The Jou-ut.i'< ,r learned of the deal scvcra' days ago, bw deferred publication of the story uh,il ii was confirmed. The Boston American was requested, hy wire, to interview Law son. and in response there came ycstcr' lay the following telegram:
 |" In reference to Consolidated Ari. zona smelting company deal. Lawson said: The deal is practically closed. That Is 9p can say about it now. He would not tell who arc associated with him. or his plans"
 Plan Big Things.
 From thcr sources the Journal. Miner lcl-1s that Lawson and his as. socia;cs intend Co make the Humboldt shelter on" of the largest in the United Sltcs, and a lead stack for Che treatment of lead ores will be one of thc first improvements undertaken. A big advertising campaign to dispose of the compauy's treasury stock will bc iuauguratcd and the funds thus raised will not only be used for cn. larging tho shelter but to develop on mammOtl scale the De Soto and Blue Bell and the other mines for which the Arizona Consolidated Smelling company is ho,ding corporation. Per. sons who are in position to know state that when Lawson starts his cam. paign. Yavaphl county will receive more advertising of its resources and its great possibilities for investment, than dunng inc entire perioG "f its history.
 Who Is Back of Lawson?
 Lawson Tadc himself famous by his attacks on II. H. Rogers and Rocke. fellcr of :1e Standard Oil company, in series of articles, last year, in Evcrybody's Magazine, under the cap ton of Frenzied Finance" Recently ele changej front and over his own sig. nature in his advertisements in east. serh papers, announced that Rogers was He also stated that he would hence. forth han.'le the stocks of the Anal- gamnted Copper company, of which concern Rogers and Rockefeller are the controlling spirits.
 Advices from New York state that it is the opiuion in financial circles there that it is the Amalgamated crowd that is backing Lawson in his Arizona ven. surss, but of course this is only con. .jc~turc, blaed upon circumstantial evi. dence. If it be true, the operations of the syndicate in Yavapai county will bring about an era of activity only paralleled ny that of Montana.
 Wien the Dcal Started.
 Negotiations for the transfer of the property were opened early in the spring, and it is reliably reported that the man who interested Lawson in the venture was George W. Middleton, a well known mining man, who organized the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Mining and Smelling company, and who later took over the interests of the old Val Verde spclter. Middleton also con. ducted the Mudhole mine, at Walker, and is now head of the New York and Arizona Copper company, near Mayer. He is n workable wizard in securing capital, and has been the means of bringing more money into the county than any other man except F. M. Mur. phy.
 History of tho Shelter.
 The original company was the old Val Verde Copper company, Ltd, or. ganized by c. c. Fennell and others, about ten years ago. On January 30, 1904, the Val Verde people sold out to the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Min. ing and Smelting company, organized by Middleton and others. On June 15 1906, this company was absorbed by the Arizona Smelting company, and in this new company, Mir. Middleton re. ceived large block of stock, The principal stockholders of the new com pany later bought the Copper Cobrc mine and organized it under the cor