The border vidette., 1909-03-06
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items Of Interest CuIIed From Our Ex-
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 cursion from the Territory to the coast, and every one of them will go as booster for tho Territory. Ari- zona's products, resources. progress and fitness for statehood will be the idea to which all others will be made to l onform.
 Work on the telegraph line from Douglas to Courtland is under way. The Postal Telegraph is the company which is to install the line and the wires arc to be strung along the line of the Mexico and Colorado railroad. Up to this time Courtland has been dependent on private messenger ser vice and the mails entirely for com mupication with the outside.
 The closure of Laguna dam will be celebrated 6ttingly by the citizens of Yuma. The Commercial club and the Water Users association will have the matter in charge, and already pre- parations are under way to honor the great event in the history of this sec tion. Distin guished men of the ter ritory, including the governor, chief justice and other officials. will be in vited to attend, and Imperial county will be especially asked to participate in the celebration.
 O. D. Reppy. right of way agent for l che Southern Pacific Railroad company. was a Tombstone visitor yesterday from Courtland. returning to the latter camp this morning. During his stay in 1his city Mr. Reppy stated that the company had 1000 men and SIS teams at work an the new road from Court land to Naco, Bisbee and Douglas. He stated further that the road must be into Douglas by October 1st or else the right of way of the company will lapse, therefore work is being rushed ou the new road to completion.- Prospector.
 Late news from the property of the Key Copper company in Tonto basin is highly favorable. and encourages the belief that with adequate development it will be come a mine of great size and value. E. F. Eisenhour received word from the mine by telephone on Friday that the tunnel had penetrated about thirty five feet of high grade ore, the character of which had chang ed to a considerable extent from red oxide and carbonate to sulphide, and water was increasing. The whole face tunnel is in about 2O5 feet and has attained vertical depth on the vein of POO feet. A crosscut was started yesterday and it is confidently expect ed that the ore body will be found to be quite wide, as indicated near the service. The crosscut will be driven to the foot wall, which is fully 25O feet from the tunnel Mr Eisenhour will leave for the mine in a few days Globe Belt.
 Mr. A. Nj. Conard, general manager of the Sonora Copper Smelling Co.,, Noria, Sonora, writes the El Paso Mining Journal: I've are pushing development work as fast as possible. Have over l mile of underground work. Our main working tunnel is in over 1900 fit, and gives us depth of $50 it on the main vein. This is a cross- cut tunnel. and has already cut large veins. the largest one being 97 it. We are now sinking a double compartment winze in this tunnel. which will be sunk to below water level (water level, 25O fD into the suI- phide zone. The ore in this vein, in the upper levels being black and red oxide. ca the 300 level we have a large tonnage of ore blocked; vein from 19 to 52 it wide; developed on the vein for over 300 1t; ore highgrade We are sending you some of this ore. Arrangements are being made to in stall a 100 ton smelter in the near future. The company owns over 5000 acres of rich valley lands, 800 acres mineral land, and the townsite | Noria"