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

Here is an evidence of the growth
of the industries in this section of
the southwest, including Douglas,
Bisbee, Cananea and Nacozari. 1t
also shows the enormous business be-
ing done by the FL Paso & South
western railway. A year ago, when
Chief Dispatcher McCallum took
charge of the trainmaster's office
here there were five chain crews
running out of Douglas and four
chain crews running out of Ell Paso
on the western division of the road.
Today there are thirteen of these
crews running out of Douglas and
nine running out of Ell Paso. Be
sides these crews there are two
regular ore trains running between
Douglas and Bisbee and two regular
local crews running out of Douglas.
This is an increase of 66 per cent. in
working crews on the road over this
time last year.-American
c. w. Crawford and T. S. Lamber-
son left for the Arizona Mining &
Trading compauy's mine near Naco-
zari, where Mr.. Lamberson goes to
take charge of the mine as superin-
tendent Mr.. Holbrook, who has
been superintendent of the mine for
some time past, has resigned his
position to look after some land that
was left his wife, and which is located
on the S Z. road between MocteZuma
and GuaymaS. Mr.. Lamberson is an
old proSpector and miner in Sonora
and has had charge of some big min
ing propositions, among them the
Cnco de Mayo. He thoroughly un-
derstands his business and will no
doubt push development work on the
property. The company now has
three carloads of ore about ready for
shipment. Two of them will be ship
ped to the Copper Queen smelter
here and one that contains consider
able zinc will be sent to Canon City,
Colorado, for treatment American.
There has been considerable talk
among mining men lately of the fine
smelter and if the agitation keeps
up it will no doubt become reality
within the near future. In S nora
there is large number of mining
propositions that run high in lead and
zinc, and when the ore is shipped
here for smelling nothing is paid for
the lead in the ore, and when the
zinc runs over certain percentage
it costs more for smelling. If there
was Il custom smelter here that could |
slvc the lead and zinc, as well as the
gold, silver and copper, it would do Il
splendid business and in addition
would b. the means of opening up Il
large number of properties in So !
nora that al present cannot he work |
ed at profit. The zinc and lead |
would be of considerable value and |
there would not be a penalty in case
it ran high in zinc. Those who are
posted on the subject say that there !
would be plenty of custom ore to
keep d smclter of good sized capacity |
busy and would mean much for the |
development of the southern coun-
try.-American.
According to f. J. Pearson, who
recently returned from Il trip of |
thirty days duration spent in Sonora |
and Sinaloa, several hundred YaGui !
Indians recently embarked from
Guaymas and Yucatan, to which |
place they were being deported by |
the Mexican government. These In
dians-were rounded up from different |
sections OF the republic where they |
yet have their haunts. As fast as !
captured they were taken to Quay |
mas and when d shipload had been !
brought in they we're placed aboard |
and sent to the mines, there to end !
their miserable existence. While |
this was one of the most interesting J
things Mr.. Pearson took notice of |
during his trip he saw many other !
things that were impressive. His |
real mission to those states was the |
investigation of timber proposition
involving several hundred acres. He |
says scores of foreigners are in the /
country looking over mining, timber
and farming lands and that every
where are evidences of the awaken
ing of a wonderfully rich country.
The Southern Pacific is working hun
dreds of men wherever their camps
have been established, says Mr.. Pear
sJu. He was accompanied on the
trip and back home by y. Pitts, of
Florida, who also has interests in So
nora aud Sinaloa and who will re
main in Douglas for a few days
American.
Don't Grumble
when your joints ache and you suffer