The border vidette., 1908-12-12
ARIZONA.
The Territory Turning Out More Cop
 per Than Ever.


 nearly 2S. 100000 pounds month. h.- 336 00O.0 900 pounds per annum. Cop per Queen lead the list for October with over g. s.OOO.OOO pounds. with Oal. umet x Arizona, Old Dominion, Unit ed Verde. Arizona Copper, Detroit Copper, Shannon and Imperial fol- lowing in the order named. November production is estimated at 27,0OO,OOO and December about the same.
 President Charles Briggs, Treasurer Peter Ruppe. Secretary Gordon Camp bell and Vice President Thomas Hoat- son, of the Calumet & Arizona, have been making a personal inspection of the property.
 It is reported that an important strike has been made in the Hoatson shalt on the 13OO- foot level. At the Copper Queen between 17O0 and 1900 miners are at work and sinking from thc 1900 foot level of the Sacramento shaft is being vigorously continued and will be pushed to the 1900. The Lowell shaft is down 400 feet, where large pumping plant is being in stalled.
 The Plumed Knight, about twenty miles south of Tucson, has commenced shipping to Douglas. Only the best grade of ore will be sent out at this time. the lower grade being held for an improvement in the copper market. The wonderful sho wing of the Miami mine at Globe has stirred up consider able interest in contiguous property.
 The Live Oak has just been bonded to MT. H. B. Hovland. president of the Globe Consolidated Copper Com pany, for large figure which is not given out. The bond runs for two years with substantial cash payment down. The mine is not opened below the l5O-foot level, but above that depth leasers shipped over $l0O.0o0 worth of ore two years ago. It is un- derstood that the property will now be worked in an extensive manner.
 The Tombstone Consolidated Mines
 
 Company is reported to be employing about fifty men. The great pumping plant is now running smoothly and taking care of the fow.-It is unGer- stood that the Old Guard gold mine in the district will shortly be opened up again.-Good reports are also re- ceived from the Tombstone Gold, Silver l & Copper Mining Oompany's property, | adjoining Tombstone Consolidated.- A second pay ment of S6 250 has been made by the Cunningham Pass Com pany upon group of claims recently | secured on bond from M. E. Josephi. | near Prescott.
 The Harqua Hala Mining Company, operating in the Harqua Hala district, near Salome, is reported to be working | again and will install cyanide plant to handle the old taiings dumps on the property UItimatum group in the same district is under bond to men from Hou zhton, Mich, and two shifts are now engaged sinking a shaft | which should cut the vein at dspth | of 200 feet
 From the Prescott Journal Miner it is learned that the United Gold & Copper Company is now dropping ten stamps The second unit of ten stamps | will be running in short time.
 The Calumet & Arizona has com menced sinking a new shaft on it's property adjoining the Shattuck -Ari- zona in the Warren district. It is being sunk between the Wagner and Hope claims and it is expected that the ore bodies of the Shattuck, which are dipping that way, will be eucoun- tered pear the 600 foot level
 The first round in the battle be- tween the Territory and the Copper Queen Company over the question of delinquent taxes for 1908, amounting to over $2OO.OOO. has been won by the former by the denial of the plea abate ment offered by attorneys for the de- fensa. This means that the case will now be tried on it's merits at once.
 At the mines of the Clara Consoli-