The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-03-14
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

CulOSlS, at the age OF 6S- MI. Lyons
fought through the Civil war in d
cavalry regiment and the last years
of the war served on the escort OF
General John A. Logan with great
distinction. The funeral was held
from the F. L. Jones & Son under
taking parlors. Mr.. Southwick, an
old friend of the deceased has been
searching for any records which will
tell of the residence of the relatives
Of the dead man, but so tar without
results.-Belt.
The fact that one hundred cars of
ore were hauled@bye the E. P. & S.
w. railroad last week from Bisbee
shows that the labor troubles in the
mining camp have not so far pre-
vented the output of ore in sufficient
quantities-eto retard production at
the smelters in Bisbee. One day the
regular ore train brought sixty cars
and in the afternoon there was a
special train of forty cars, all loaded
with ore, except two or three oil
tank cars. During the last week the
western division of the Southwestern
delivered to the eastern division
more than five hundred empty cars
which had been held on the various
sidings between Douglas and Ell Paso.
These empty cars were handled in
addition to the regular business. It
was learned that fuel was coming
with greater regularity during the
last few days and ten cars of oil ar
rived on the train from FL Paso.-Re-
view.
Announcement has been made of
an important mining transaction af-
fecting the Ajo district located
about fifty miles south of Tucson.
The stockholders of the Cornelia
Copper company at their recent
meeting voted to increase the capital
stock of the company from 81 100000
to S3,0O0,OO0 and to enlarge the direc-
torate from nine to twelve members.
Authorization was also given to alb
sorb the Rescue Copper company,
which is a corporation with capital
stock of 81, 100000. Both companies
are operating in the Ajo mining dis
trict. They. haye expended about
100000 in development work. The
purchase price, paid for the proper
ties was nearly this sum. The claims
consist of nearly two-thirds of the
Ajo basin. The Rescue Copper COM
pany stockholders accepted the offer
of the. Cornelia company for consoli-
dation. The Rescue company held
fourteen claims. The officers of the
consolidation company will be Mis-
souri,, Texas and Arkansas parties.
The Ajo district has considerable
history as a copper district. 1t was
discoyered by the early Spanish ex-
plorers and specimens of the ore
were shipped to the City of Mexico
for exhibition. A half century ago
there was a battle for the possession
of the miners between Sonora troops
and citizens of this country, which
resulted in the troops being routed.
Ajo enjoyed a boom a quarter of
century ago and several large parties
were sent out from Tombstone to ex-
plore the field.
The Globe-Arizona. Mining COM
pany, which recently took over the
Rogers, Starr and Rolling property
adjoining the Superior & Boston and
Old Dominion, is making better head
way than the purchasers of the prop
erty anticipated, and mining men
who have recently visited the prop
erty believe that the company has
one of the best showings for quick
results in the district. While clean
ing out the old shaft, which had
caved in, miners discovered an old
crosscut about fifty feet from the /
surface. 1t had been covered by |
shaft ,timbers several years ago and !
these timbers, which had rotted, !
were being replaced when the dis |
covery was made. The crosscut is !
only twenty feet long but it cuts a
vein of high grade ore, about four
feet wide: The discovery of the old /
working>was a cause of considerable |
comment among old mining men who |
are acquainted with that section. |
No one seemed to have known of it, |
even those who sold the proper ty be- |
ing unaware of the crosscut. 1t was
later recalled that Tom Reinhart, |
who committed suicide several years
ago, formerly worked the mine for
silver and had taken a considerable |
quantity of ore from the small cross
cut. The ore ran into copper, but |
the extremely low price then Of the |
red metal made in its mining there |
prohibitive and the mine was aban-
doned. 1t is evident that the vicinity |
is heavily mineralized. A few days |
ago ore in good quantity was discov- I
cred in blasting into the tootwall |
twenty feet from the surface, to in
stall new timbers. The mine is ex-
pected to start shipping soon after
the arrival of the steam hosting |
plant, which has been ordered.-Belt. |
letter, Salt Rheum and Eczema. !
These are diseases for which Cham |