Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21
C0. MINES PROSPEROUS Conditions for Past Week Bet ter and Prospects Are
 FIattering
CLOSING OF SOME DEALS
 LOOKED FOR THIS MONTH


 knockers. fraudulent or erations and exercise of bad management in open ing up properties. Pima and other Ari. zona counties wherein mining affairs are transacted have gone through years of a strenuous nature Which of these is the worst. which has done | the most harm to Arizona All min ing counties have suffered from the course pursued by the knocker and as result of the operations under taken by the others. History proves | that the fakir has done irreparable I injury to mining interests in each county, to say nothing of the robbing | Of innocents. some fakirs are in jail and good many others should be be- hind the bars. The late Gov. Murphy started the bali rolling to stamp out | this evil. but. like weeds. the fakirs come to the surface at Intervals. Some mining companies are, in a l measure. to blame for assigning ir- | responsible or incompetent men to manage mining properties.
 Pima and other counties will out live the disastrous effects produced hs knockers. fakirs and irresponsible mining operators.
 The showing made by five operat- | ing companies in Pima county for 1908. first and only published in the Star in issues of this paper since April 15. aggregates something over one million dollars in the output for the 12 months, in the face of the long drawn out panic period. during which time copper fell from 25 cents to 12 cents. The year 1909 promises to 1 show fully two million dollars in out put and more mining companies rep l resented in the producing column. Several deals are imminent one said to represent one million dollars. Options hayet been taken on proper ties in Pima and nearby counties and some have about reached the climax. This week will evolve some surprises. i The shipments from the Swastika camp, 21 miles south of Tucson, will | be made early this week to Tucson ' for transfer to Fl Paso, while other ores will be moved out of the local yards to Sasco. The latter is high i grade ore from the Giant mine of ! Waer and Pellon, whose camp iss but ! f2 miles west of this city.
 R. F. Fishburn, who represents Chi. cago EaTties at the Reward mine in | the Casa Grande district. returned | burn has a small force developing the property. He comes to Tucson ire. quently.
 l.. A. Scowden and s. W. Mudd, left here early last week to investigate properties in the western part of Pima county. Mir. Mudd is associat ed with the Rays Mining Co, Pinal county.
 Good reports are coming in from the Big Vein Copper camp, north oi !. Tucson. Manager Jones returned or Thursday to the camp, after ordering supplies.
 i David Allen, of West Broadway who is associaed with his nephew ir a mining proposition near Matt Per rvs camp in the Uijotoa district stated on his return last Friday iron the camp that the shaft is down 4 feet on pay ore and that the return. will average 300 to the ton. About 20 tons of gold bearing ore have beer taken out since April 15.
 change of management has beer ] made at the Manhattan Gold Mininl camp in the Comobabi mountains. H P Green field retiring. Mir. Wharton a Pittsburg, Penn, man, is now il charge. The operating company ha:
 22 claims and the property is abou 60 miles west of Tucson.
 L. D. Chillson will ship ore from th'
 Plumed Knight when copper goes ul a few points. He owns 14 claims il the Anlole district, the Plumed Knigh
 being the claim operated upon.
 There are 22 men working at th'
 Old Total Wreck silver camp nea
 Pantano. John T. Roberts. Jr., is fl charge, with office in Tucson. Tom Johnson vas here last weel to secure men to work on the Cope
 Giant, near La Nina Cobre camp.