The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-07-25
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.


Jerome has decided to enlarge the
shaft on its property rather than to
sink new one.
The placing of the powerful hoist
on the Verde Grande at Jerome has
been delayed by the non-arrival of
portion of the machinery.
Nit Simms this week purchased
the Quinn ranch just east of town at
SI15 per acre The ranch comprises
about sixty acres and carries five
shares of San Jose water. Mr..
Simms bought it as an investment,
but may become a farmer later
Bulletin.
On Monday last the various hay
buyers of the valley posted notices
to the effect that they would pay sll
per ton for hay. 1t was believed
that the recent heavy storm dam
aged growing alfalfa to a consider
able extent and that the present
heavy demand justified the advance.
The farmers are therefore more
jubilant than ever.--Guardian.
p. S. Wren, Jr., of Wickenburg,
states that the Interior Mining &
Trust company mill on the O'Brien
property. is now running full blast,
having been put in steady operation
last week. ]. c. Fisher, president of
the company, and his son, E. H. Fish
er, d. L. Murray, of Wickenburg
president: r. r. Bennett, of
Pittsburg, director, and F. X.
O'Brien witnessed the starting of
the new mill. The machinery is rum
ming splendidly and the mine is in
such condition that the mill will soon
be turning out the yellow metal.
A cave-in which buried three men
beneath a small mountain of earth
occurred last week in front of the
Methodist Church. The men we're
engaged in excavating d trench for
gas mains in Yuma. Herman Schoen
was completely buried while Manuel
Louis and Manager Charles Stahnke
were nearly so. Prompt work result
ed in speedy rescue of all three
men, At the time of the accident
the men were down on their hands
and knees, in the bottom of the four
foot ditch, connecting the gas pipe,
and ton or more of earth must have
poured onto them, the break extend
ing back three or four feet.
G. F. Smurthwaite, Superintendent
of the Grand Traverse and Arizona
IT, Il 4
a good piece of news to tell. The
main shaft on the property, known as
shaft No. L, is now down 800 feet and
the workings are in sulphide ore.
Hitherto the formation has been
strictly oxide. The values in sulphide
are not yet great but the fact that
the sulphide zone is being entered at
at this time, is most pleasing. Mr..
Smurthwaite has predicted that sui
phides would be encountered between
400 aud Sd feet, and the fact that
that character of ore has been found
at 36) feet, is better news than he
had even hoped dfor.-RepublIcau
The valley was swept by viol ent
oIOt III clOOGI uOOA lcloI LII
this section there was a sharp rain
fall for few moments and a heavy
wind. at Thatcher and below as far
as Matthewsville hail fell in consid-
cradle quantities, beating the gar
dens aud melon patches into the
ground and leveling the alfalfa. The
damage was not continuous, but was
confined to strips from few rods to
d mile in width. The hail was in the |
shape of irregular chunks of ice |
and came with sufficient force to
break some of the glass fronts in
Thatcher. The damage to the melon
and alfalfa crops aggregates con-
siderable sum.-Bulletin.
A big mining deal which is of much |
Importance to the Tombstone district |
and particularly to Gleeson and the |
Dragon range of mountains, was |
consummated last week when the G. |
and A. company of Bisbee secured |
bond on the property of the Lead
vile Mining company in Turquoise |
mining district. This deal has been |
pending for some time, but was for
mally closed last week through John !
Gleeson and Douglas Gray, who con-
Quoted the negotiations. The c. and |
A. company has already taken charge |
of the Leadville property and some
extensive developments are contem-
plated. Three new shafts are to be
sunk, modern hoists anf equipment
installed and the ground thoroughly |
explored. The bonding figure of the
property is not officially stated, but it
is understood to be 100000. The |
Leadville company is capitalized at
$500, 900, and the transfer is made on
the basis of so cents per share.
DR.. L. D. Ricketts,, formerly super
intendent of the Old Dominion and
now general manager of the Greene
Cananea company, arrived in the
city last week from Cananea, accom- !
panied by John Langton, chief me-
chanical engineer for the Phelps