Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-23
NEW CAMPS HISTORY IS
 FAIRY LIKE
Clever Writer Describes Court land, Which is Not Unlike Camps Established By For, ty-Niners
fBy Miss J. E. Harrison.)

you listened to the SiOr.es of CalifO
 nia's gold discoveries. of the r,isl
 rom all over the eastern part Of n
 bnited States to get into those field
 e matter how. many going a foo
 ithers on horseback. or in wagon,
 he way from the Missouri river. oyt
 plain and mountain, 10 find but tb
 iae sky or a tent. or perhaps q va.
 . cover for shelter. and locking ul
 m the man EhO owned q shack any kind as a very fortunate being ,cs have but to go to Courtland for,
 miles up the Sulphur Springs vale fiom Douglas. or thirty-fivc from Bi
 rce. to see a repetition of the fanta, tic sight. only adding to the prcce sion the automobile-for the write counted twelve in the camp dgriB the morning. To see with your ow eyes Is all the proof you need cf n stories of other days and of otht camps that sounded like fairy tale- because you had no kn0wledec to help you understand what you now sec was only tCo true. No one can aiciurc the wierdness of the scene. TOT explain the charm and fascila- ton. when you realize you are one of this vast throns. seeking cooper, Rad yet more coppeH
 Six months ago the cam was scarcely spoken of. because the out- s.de world had not yet gotten any knowledge of it. but il had been found, as aH good th:nes are, by sYo gentlemen, Young brothers. from iowa. with a tenacity equal to their taith. which grew as they opened up more and more of the wonders Of these copper mines. Today they have forgotten the years of diversity in the possession of the biggest mine in the new camp. For though Young rrOthers have owned these claims fer several years, it has taken true grit and guEnption of the westerner to Eold on till now. Now they have enough ore blocked out and in sight 10 run the mine for years. even if what they can see is all there Is in he groupd-which we doubt. as cop per diggings never wholly fail-they are assured of enough
 The Young brothers are not the only possessors of these rich dfggings, fer DO sooner did that keen and shrewd copper-scenter-Col. L. W. Powel, vice president and manager of Ass A once convincing himself that there were profits. and big ones, set to work 10 acquire a number of valuable claims. and today these properties stand hand in gloy= with the Great Western. owned by the Young broth CTS. Since September last these prop eriies have together developed over 5000 feet of ground, and most of the ETC nd taken out. shows ore running nearly 8 per cent copper, sufficient ore to keep half q dozen railroads hauling freight for several years down to the smelters at Douglas
 Herein lies the secret of the haste on me part of the Ei Paso and South western and the Southern Pacific rall- r3ads to get into this camp of Court
 land. proht in freights, freights now on hand, and even more to come so
 mat the profits are bound to be large. The question of transportation is al-
 ways as important to mining camp as that of fuel and water. ard though
 the l.. F. & s. W. has been doing duty for years in handling the freight in the Sulphur Springs valley for Bis bee. NacOzari. Nogares and other camps. in bringing inc ores to Doug los swelrers. and is now hastening to dO it's duty for COurIland. it can see itself swamred for cars 10 move the e. e DOW. nBd the carnD is just ro1siBg up. The Southern Pacific. long famed as one of the best Of overland coast hncs, in it's dreams must have gotten an iDliing Cf this = |. for thoughts 60 travel. and now it is doing what II seldom likes to do till shOwn-build- ing as first as il can into COurtland. for it is net ayerse 70 sharing in the profits now in sight in this camp, nor Wlll it be content to stop here. but is 2oibg on down the valley into old Mexico. where it sill be welcomed by the mines now needing but transpOr- tdtiou to make fUrtupes for their own CTS. Driving along the right of way and watching the men grading and laying track on both roads. using all the teams. men and tools they can get. is an interesting sight to the miner. So rapid Is the progress of the work that the commissary derart- mcnt Of the two lines do not pretend to pitch tents. but setting up cooking range on the plain. proceed to get all pots boiling as the men must eat ere they move miles down the right of way.
 Y Entering tbis camO from the road that leads in from DOuglas, you come to the new toWnsite, laid out on land belonging to the Young brothers. So urgent has this woTa become, to meet The demands of the rapidly increas- ing population. that they have asso- ciated with them in it's management l.. R. Pirtle of Douglas, who has so successfully ba1dled the sale of town I,ts of Douelas for several years. These gentlemen are all known as "hnishers.~ that is whatever they do is well done: there is nothing more to do. all Is finished. Tn planning for fhe future homes of Courtland. they have chosen a low rolling hillside. sloping away to the plain below. wEcre the town of Doug'as can be z cen forty miles away. Here in the town Of CouTtIand the business men rio have the interest Of the camp at D. art. are planning that the coming butcher. baker and grocer Shall have good locations. so the peo- pic can get to them and they can get lheir supplies easily from the dcpots of the two railroads soon to be run ping trains into CoarJIand. Nor are they neglectful of tho sometimes gaest who may arrive unexpectedly and have to sleep in hotel A company if Douglas and BisDce men have the plans and drawing for a thirtv-two roomed two st,-y hotel. which is to be