The copper era., 1908-06-25
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

T. A. Kemp, who for the past nine months occupi ed the position of book keeper in the office of the Inter national American left last week on short notice. He was short in his account s325.OO
 Just before going to press the Lords burg Liberal received word that arte- sian water had been struck in the San Simon valley, near Rodeo. The ex- tent of the strike is not yet demon strated, but it means boom for that part of the country.
 J. Kearrey Rice, trustee in bank ruptcy of the Arizona Smelling com pany, will apply to the referee in bankruptcy of the United States Dis trict Court of New Jersey, June 18th for an order directing the sale on all the property of the Arizona Smelling company at Humboldt, June 25th.
 Officials of the Phelps Dodge com pany, which owns the Copper Queen mining property, deny that the com pany has purchased the Shattuck- Arizona property tor S3,0OO,OOO, as has been reported. Whether uego- tiations have been pending between the two companies cannot be ascer tanned and it is not known whether the Copper Queen company did offer the Shattuck-Arizona company s., 100000 for the property.
 Mining machinery and camp SUD- plies which represent an outlay of $j2, ,000 are now en route from the Hast to this country for the Fl Tiro mining company, one of the big op- orators in the Silverbell district. The machinery purchased by the company includes large engines aud boilers and complete mining equip ment for prosecuting the work on the properties on a much more exten- sive scale than before.
 No. ? furnace of the Copper Queen, one of the oldest furnaces in the plant, is being completely overhauled and remodeled to bring it up to, an equality with its sister furnances more recently erected. The reverber- atory has been again started and it is the intention to keep it in cOmmis- sion. The Copper Queen now has two casting machines which are the wonder of the works and are working to perfection. It is stated on unfail- ing authority that these machines have reduced the cost of moulding about 50 per cent. A new system of water plugs, painted brilliant car mine, now ornament the yards of the smelter.
 Work is progressing steadily on ar rangements in the mines of the Cop | per Queen company for the handling | of ore at the Sacramento shaft. Some of the best mining machinery | that has been shipped to this section of the country is being installed at | the Sacramento shaft, and when com pleted the equipment will be a model | one. A large part of the laying of | the underground track for the use of motor cars has been completed. The | track is all of heavy rails in large | drifts, and will be well ballasted. The big power house, which was con structed for the handling of the cars, has been running for some time The work of connection of the differ ent mines with the dynamos at the big power plant has been in progress for several weeks, ard it is thought that by the first of next month all of the mines will receive their lights from the main power house. The Car will be the last mine to be conuected.-R
 With the completion of the enor- nous pumps which the Tombstone Consolidated company is now install ing on the l,000fOot level in the Tombstone mines, the pumping equipment there will have capacity of $500, ,OOO gallons every twenty-four hours is the information which was given out by E. B. Gage, head of the Tombstone, the Imperial and the Congress mining companies. The pumping system in the Tombstone mines is the most extensive in the southwest. The Tombstone proper ties are rich in ore but until short time ago difficulty was experienced in reaching the ore on the lower levels owing to the great thrush of water. With the complete pumping system in operation, however, the water problem will have been solved.