Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-15
MINING NEWS
(From Douglas International, !,

tFrom Douglas Internationally Gleason, according to reliable re. port, bids fair to become the rival i in every sense of Courtland John | Thompson, Frank Kellogg, Lou Par
 ker and others, who have recently
 carried on mining development work | in the camp, all concur in this opin- ion. When the International makes i .,n unqualified statement. it is ready to youch for that statement. When it's conclusions are based on the state
 ment of others, it quotes it's authori. ty. Gleason has been producing
 camp for years and has demonstrat.
 ed that there is practically no linn 1t to the ore bodies which have given the camp It's neat reputation. It may
 be stated incidentally that the dis. trict as a whole, known as the Dragoon district locally, has made a
 remarkable plunge forward during the last twelve months. For years it lay practically dormant. when sud.
 denly it sprung into prominence. The booming tendency first broke : ont in Courtland. hut it will normal
 ly spread over the whole district,
 taking in the old producers, and will
 even affect Pearce, ten miles away.
 Et 1itaSoh fliutS. lnC uIQuOlStf
 the Leadville. Middlemarch. Black
 Diamond and many other properties. 1 including newly discovered proposi- tions. are awaking to the situation, and the district bids fair to become
 enc of the most important in our
 great mining field, all of which is a
 source of congratulation to Douglas.
 not only along general lines. but for the reason that practically the whole product of the district will flow into |, the Douglas smelters as soon as the
 railroad is completed.
 The temporary luli in certain prop critics in and about Courtlsad does
 not occasion the slightest soiicitude among those who comprehend the sit
 uation. and it is expected that 500 tons of ore per day will come from CoIrtiand as soon as the road Is in operation
 Rumor has it that by reason of mu- tual commercial stipulations. the Southern Pacific will not at the pres
 ent time build into Douglas. but will use the E. P. and g. W. tracks for the purpose of connecting up the Ari- ,ona and Mexican systems of the Hartman roadS from Courtland tc Nacozari. This report has not beer confirmed but has been accepted with
 credence by many business men in this community.
 Options on mining ground, the par ties interested being Messrs Curry Randall and Gilfoyie. have recently been made on mining lands known as the "El Saucito" in the Moctezl- ma district in Sonora. The ground constitutes very promising prospect and the probabilities are favorable in the direction of a sale.
 Richard Hall of the Paradise dis trict believes that he has the prop eTtv that will shortly bring the Chir- icahuas to the front, and proposes to make turn in a short time that will demonstrate the fact to the pub lie. It is believed by the observing mining man that the Chiricahua dis trict cannot be kept in the hack ground much longer. and if NIT. Halls predictions materiaI'ze he is to be coDgratulated on producing the gol den key that opened the treasure vaults of that section for the benefit of the commercial world.
 William Zent. resident of Cananea and pioneer of the Salt River val ley in the days when Phoenix was in it's infancy. came through Douglas yesterday on his way from Wilcox to Canapea. MT. ZeBt is heavily in- teresfed in hard rock propositions near Cauanea and takes more cheerful view Of the situation there than certain people who have had less oprortunitv for observation in the premises than himself. Every de- veinprrert leads to the conclusion that while Cananea is not an attrsc- tive point for American labor. it con sti'utes the core of one of the finest mining districts in all Sonora and of