Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-20
OF
 SOUTHLAND IS
 NOW ASSURED
Col. H. L. Pickett Says the New Camp is Destined to Be a Great Mining Center oi the Southwest
CEl Paso News.)


 That the new camp of CoGrtiand is destined to e one of the biggest min ing towns in the United States. and that Douglas will. before manS mouths. be the metropolis of Arizona, .s the declaration of Col. II. L. Pick cit of the firm of Pickett & Bowman. ui Tombstone. Ariz.. who was in El Paso on his way to Washington to argue two important cases before the Sa;.rcn.e ,caii ci tho United States, and incidentally 70 join in the fight z : statehood for Arizona. Colonel Pickett, when seen said: Arizona i~ 'S.. freasEie house Of the west. g.th Cochise county. of which r. mai the county seat, as it's i.-.iial ,'nsn b.l. filled with such magnificent f;Fa's' inss as the Copper Queen lninc. with 8 productions CT Inore than 13.o00.00O for the last iiAeal year: and the Calumet & Arr zona. with a production of more than $5. .v00. GOO. and others, of production of more than s1.000.00o each, all of .a hlch are located near the town or Bisbee. one of the greatest copper oenters in the United States.
 Arizona stands first as a copper produced in the United States. It led Montana by S7,000.000 last year, and ,nt. ,buted to the hnDeral wealth oi .hc nation more than $55,000, 900. Co chise county alone producec more than S23,000y00O of this amount
 The territory has more than doub led it's niinerl output in the last six years
 'The taxable property of the terri toiy for the last year reached the sum of $S0.000.0O0. of which Cochise county contributed $20.000,00O.
 "The mines of Tombstone, once so famous for tSs.r wonderful production Of precious n, tals, are still produC- ing. and are looking more promising a5 development progresses; they are now down to 1000 feet in depth.
 About courtland.
 ''One of the youngest mining campo, and the unr that is attracting the u0st attention oi any in the territc " IS Courtiarf, situated about twen- " miles T1rinsaEf of Tombstone, and uerr the f,s - Gleason
 The E. r. & s. W. railroad com pany is bulCIrg a branch line from Druglas 10 Ger rtland, and the South ern Pacific Is building a branch line from Pearce 10 Douglas via CourtlanL and Gleason, so that the new camp of Courtland. within a few months, will have the benefit of two railroads.
 There is a great rush of people to the new camp. and some of the strongest mining companies of Arizona AA ersw= Tod .' avily there, amoug them being the Copper Queen, the c. & A. of Bisbee. and the Great Western. composed of Iowa capitalists, the Young brothers. All of these companies have large forces of miners at work, and the mines are being developed rapidly.
 10000 Within Year
 ''Courtland has two newspapers, tht land Times: a population Of some 5000 with 500 nI-n at work in the mines, and upon the two railroads, and 1t Is predicted that within year is will have a population of 10,0OJ people, with 1000 men working in the mines being tributary to Douglas and with two railroads connecting the tWo places is going to make Douglas
  territory.
 Douglas is the coming city Of Ari- zona. Keep your eye on Douglas"
 Col. Pickett, when asked about the chances for statehood said that he was not discouraged despite the ten dency of the republicans to give the territories a black eye. While in \ Washington, which will be for sever al weeks, he will do all he can to urge the claims of the territories for sepa- ate statehood. He was three years ago one of those sent by his territO- ry to fight the joint statehood bill in congress.
 The Tombstone man is one of the most prominent in the territory. and t Is predicted by the press in Ari- zoDa that in event Of q democratic state be will be one of the senators from the new state.