The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-08-22
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Sheriff Hill, of La Sale county,
Texas, who has extradition papers
for Volney Musgraves, arrived in
Tombstone last week and left with
his prisoner. 1t is good thing for
the sheriff that he arrived when he
did, as a sister of Musgrave, Mrs.
Parker, was in Tombstone making ar
rangements to have Musgrave re-
leased by swearing out writ of
labeas corpus. Sheriff Hill had been
delayed on account of washouts and
poor train connections.
Thirty-three mining claims, situ-
ated on Copper creek, in the Table
Mountain district, about ten miles
north of Mammoth, this county, were
sold last week to an English syndi-
cate, headed by Engineer Mckenzie,
of Chicago, says the Florence Blade.
The purchase price is 100000, ten
per cent. of which was paid in cash.
The balance of the payments will be
made in three installments, in six,
twelve and eighteen months. Deyel-
opment work on these properties will
be inaugurated within thirty days.
The property adjoins the SCanlon-
Clark group, now operated by the
Calumet and Arizona Copper COM
pany of Bisbee, and is said to be full
of promise. The Sibley company is
also developing an adjoining group.
The camp is full of activity and bids
fair to become one of our most pros
porous mining camps within a very
short time J. B. Bourne, Supervisor
Thos. N. Wills AID E. E. Putnam, all
of Mammoth, were interested in the
thirty-three claims sold.-American
The Mexican consulates in Arizona
are receiving notification from the
republic of Mexico that hay and
feed stuff for animals that is to be
shipped into Mexico m lst be inspect
ed and must carry Il certificate from
one of the consuls of the republic III
this country. The order comes from
the superior sanitary board of the
southern republic which has requested
the state department to give all con-.
suls the following order: Hence
forth all the consular invoices re-
lative to pasture and hay shipped in
to Mexico must be certified by the
said cousuls that said merchandise
does not come from infected places"
This is one of the steps that have
been taken by the Mexican govern
ment in the effort to free the horses
and cattle from infectious diseases.
Both the United States and the re-
public of Mexico are interested in
stamping out all animal diseases of
the contagious kind. There is no
doubt but that the new order will be
generally commended in this country
as it will be long step toward eradi-
eating diseased cattle in both coun
tries.-American.
w. d. McCright, of Signal, owner of
large mining interests i'll the McCrack-
en- Hill country, was in Kingman Mon
day and Tuesday of last week. Mr..
McCright has arranged for the sale
of his property, including that of
Mrs. N. A.>Brooks and Mrs. c. d. Ba-
ker to John L. Whitney, of Los Ange
les. The claims included in the deal
are the Beaver, Brooks, Otsega and
Atlanta. The Otsega is one of the best
claims in the big McCraken group.
Mr.. Whitney has just made 4 thorough
examination of the big group of mines
and it is quite probable that they will
be taken over by one of the largest
mining syndicates that ever invaded
the territory. The deal will take in
a large. acreage, including the Nc
Craken, Signal and all outside claims.
A big working shaft is to be sunk be-
low the present workings, where it is
expected to find the big veins coming
together A railroad will be put i'll and
everything made as automatic as it
is possible to make the workings of a
big mine. The equipment contem-
plates the concentration of the ores
with an immense mill and a large
smelter to handle the milled product.
The smelter will be one of the largest
lead furnaces on the coast. The plans
of the company contemplate the
starting up of work within sixty days
-Kinrman Miner.