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The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
CORTLAND Excited Over Strike Of Gold.

The excitement continues in Court
land over the reported discovery of
gold ore in a vein of u feet wide, all
mineral bearing, on the property of
Cummings 81 Wolcott, of Tombstone
Fhe Copper Queen company has
sampled the vein, taking So sacks of
ore for a mill run at Douglas, to deter
mine whether to purchase the mine
The hanging wall is porphyry,
while the supposed foot wall is lime
stone. But the lime stone is sus-
pected of being an interloper and not
the true wall for it is said to carry
much quartz which has gold values.
TIE u feet of ore between these
walls is all of one kind. except some
rich striugers, sample of which it
is claimed assayed $4,000 per ton.
This came from the depth of 100 feet
from 4 streak carrying gold, silver
and lead.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
viii Remove the M'DOwelI Indians.

Agent Cole of the Indians at Fort
Mcdowell was in the city last week
Mr.. Cole brought information of the
purpose of the government to remove
the Indians from that reservation to
point on Salt river about three
miles this side of the Granite Reef
dam, where there is about d section
and a half of land easily available
for cultivation. The land Is no better
than that along the Verde and per-
haps not quite SO good, but the ex
pense of keeping up the bitches at
Mcdowell is almost ruinous.
OF the more than 200 Indians at
Mcdowell. large majority are not
in favor of making the change, but
about thirty families will willingly
move. The reservation at Mcdowell
will be retained, at least for time,
for the Indians on account of the
wood.
There is a Pima settlement a few
miles below the proposed settlement
for the Mcdowell Apaches. and there
is more land than the Pimas need,
but it was thought better not to get
the two tribes too close together.
While the hereditary hatred is not
as outbreaking as it used to be, and
though the Indians visit and trade
with each other, in the Apache
breast there is still a smolderiug
spark of the old sentiment which
used to have bloody expression.
Moreover there would have been
nothing gained by bringing the two
tribes so close together, for there
would have had to be two separate
irrigation systems anyway.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
THE KING MINE.

There are two lenticular oreshoots
in 1.-THE King mine, 700 and 500 feet
long; respectively, filing a fault ifs
sure in a mountain of granite pOr
phyry. The faulting has been severe
but in the absence of any sediment
airy rocks, the amount of displace-
ment cannot be determined. The ore
is chalcocite and chalcopyrite in
gangue of brecciated granite por-
phyry and varies in with 10 10 80
feet. The vein dips at an angle of
70 degrees and the walls are strong
and well defined. The steep slope of
the mountain permits of the vein be-
ing worked with adit Levels, the low
est of which gives a vertical depth
of 600 feet below the outcrop.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
Iowa Governor Indicted For Libel.

=
Governor B. F. Carroll of Iowa was
indicted for criminal libel by the
Polk county grand jury last week.
The indictment is the outgrowth of d
lengthy investigation by the grand
jury of the affairs at the Iowa indus
trial school for girls at Mitchellville.
1t is alleged the governor made libel
Gus statements concerning John
Gownie former chairman of the state
board of control, in an article pub
lished in a newspaper, in which the
governor set forth his reasons for
demanding Cownie's resignation.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
Copper Mining in MetcaIf District,
Arizona.
Continued from first page.

continued from QrSC page.
inch square cap 3 feet inches long,
and 6x8-inch tie of the same length
Each set of timber allows the re-
moval of 230 cubic feet of ore, which
is equivalent to feet, board meas
ure, of lumber for every ton ex-
tracted.
SULPHIDE ORES.
The sulphide ore bodies are deeper
than the oxide ore bodies and are
gained entirely by underground
methods. The depth at which IN
oxidzed sulphides are found is be-
tween 200 and 300 feet. Local condi-
tions produce exceptions to this rule.
Soft vein matter, or soft country
rock or the proximity to badly fis-
sured ground lowers the depth at
which sulphides may be found and
the reverse conditions may cause
comparatively shallow sulphide zone.
In a strong fault issure, oxidized
ores and leached vein matter have
been exposed to depth of over 800
feet and in hard impervious por-
phyro, the sulphides have outcropped.
In considering the mining methods
the ore bodies may be classed as (D,
irregular-shaped appropriations along
along or close to minor fault planes,
the ore being soft and friable, and
the country rock differing only in the
absence of copp; ~, fairly regular
orebodies occurring in the brecciated
material of faults of considerable
magnitude, in a hard granite or gran
lite porphyry.
MINING SOFT SULPHIDE ORES BY
SQUASE-SET METHOD.
In the case of the irregular soft
ore bodies first mentioned, the use of
square-set timbefing is almost i'm
perative. The line of demarcation
between pay ore and waste may
luctuate in and out of the country
rock to such an extent that, even if
the ground permitted, mining with
out timbers could not be conducted
The same timbering methoes are en-
ployed as in working the oxidized
ores. Where the vein is too wide to
mine as one stope with safety, it is
mined in sections of about so feet in
width. Waste filling is used and is
kept as close to the working floor as
possible.
The breaking of the ore is fire.
quently done by contract at a price
| varying from So. to S. per set of 23O
cubic feet; sill floor sets, where the
ore is not undercut, are worth from
two to three times the price of the
MINER sets
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets gently stimulate the liver
and bowels to expel poisonous matter
cleanse the system, cure constipation
and sick headache. Sold by all drug
giSts.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

If you are not satisfied after using
according to directions two-thirds of
1 bottle of Chamberlain Stomach
aud Liver Tablets, you can have your
money back. The tablets cleanse
and invigOrate the stomach improve
the digestion, regulate the bowels.
Give them trial and get well. Sold
by all druggists.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
TOP sLICING METHOD.

Top-slicing methods are frequently
top of the shoot is mined with square
sets, a mat of timber laid and the
roof of waste allowed to cave by
blasting out the supporting SETS
Slices of IL feet in hight are then
removed from beneath the mat and
as each slice is mined, the posts are
blasted down, allowing the mat to
settle to the floor. The lower sur
face of the mat is being constantly
renewed by the addition of the 2
inch plank with which each slice is
doored before the posts are blasted.
This method has many advantages
in heavy ground. The pressure of
the mat, though heavy, is fairly mi
form; there is no filling material to
be handled, and when the mat has
acquired considerable thickness, the
amount of timber used is less than
wife square sets.
The greater portion of the ulphide
ore in the Metcalf district belongs
to the second division mentioned,
namely, deposits in granite or gran.
lite porphyry. The ore is consequent
ly harder and less timber is required
in mining it than the softer ores of
the Morenci district. Two mines are
taken as examples of the method
employed in hard ore: the King mine
and the Coronado mine
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
SOCIETIES.
Coronado Lodge No. 8 F. & A. NJ.
CALENDAR FOR 1910

REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS.
July 10th.
August Goth.
September 18th.
October 18th.
November 18th.
December 10th.
Special meetings when blue flag is
hoisted.
Visiting brothers cordially INVITED.
By order of, Worshipful Master.
THOMAS SMITH Sc cretarY.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
HAULING ROADS.

Main haulage roads are driven in
the foot and hanging-walls, parallel
with the vein, but at a distance of
from Is to 20 feet from it. From
these roads, crosscuts are made at in
tervals of 25 feet, those in the hang
ing-wall being staggered or spaced
midway between those in the foot
vail.
The ore is then broken from wall to
wall for the whole length of the ore
shoot. The broken ore is at first
@hOveled out, but as STOPPING progress
es, it is allowed to accumulate: suf-
fcient being removed to allow a work
ing space of feet between the
broken ore and the roof. Two-thIrds
of the broken ore is left till the
stope is worked out, the ore serving
as working floor for the miners and
also prevents caving of the walls.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

obtained. A stope 80 to 70 feet in
length is opened on the vein and the
ore broken in horizontal slices 10 feet
high. When one slice is completed,
the stope is cleaned of ore and waste
filing is run in, as in mining the oxi-
died ore at Metcalf. To allow of
the stope being worked continuously,
two waste raises are employed; this
allows one part of the stope to be
filled while the other is being work
ed. With the exception of the road
way, chutes and ladderways, no tim
bering is employed.
The expense of breaking and
leveling waste for each slice and the
exposing of uuskilled laborers under
a high roof constitute the vital OBJ
jections to this system. These de-
fects were overcome by the system
devised sby me in which the shovel
ers work outside the stope, the miner
is kept so close to the back of ore as
to allow constant scrutiny. The
handling of waste is reduced to a
minimum.
PILLAR AND SHRINKAGE SYSTEM.
In preparing level for STOPPING by
this system, two methods have been
employed. In the first system all of
the ore between the walls is removed
for length of IS feet and to hight
of 20 feet. This space after being
lloored with Pinch plank is filled with
waste from the old Slopes above to
within feet of the back. New road
ways are now driven in the foot and
hangwalls, paralleling the vein at a
distance of 10 feet.
Chute raises are carried up at in
tervals of % feet along these road
ways and connected to the stope by
crosscuts. The broken ore from the
stope runs through the crosscut; the
grizzly shows the finer material to
pass into the chute and the larger
pieces are broken by a laborer
stationed on the grizzly. The chutes
are all connected on the level of the
grizzlies by small drifts, from which
a ladderway extends to the level.
In the second system the sill floor
of the stope is started 10 feet above
the tramming level. This level is in
the center of the vein and is timber.
ed two sets high for the whole length
of the stope, leaving shell of ore
between the top of the timber and
the floor of the stope above. Or
each alternate side of the upper
sets, inclined funnel shaped raise:
communicate with the stope, the fool
of which, viewed from inside the
stope, consists of two rows of hop
pers. The broken ore passing through
these openings falls upon the 6xS
inch tagging with which the floor oil
the upper sets is Jagged. BY open
ing the center tagging, the ore i:
raked into the cars placed beneath
The cost of the preparatory work
is less in this system than in one just
above; the loading of the cars being
direct is cheaper, but the rapid
cleaning out of the stope, which il
an important matter, is subject tC
more delays.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

Recorders Office
Graham County, Arizona( -
Filed for record the 27th day of June. 1910
at 9 o clock \. NJ, and recorded in Book In
corporation on Pages GS, 81, 65 at the request of
J.. G. Cooper
D. II. CLARIDGE,
7-Ss-12 County Recorder.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
P. B. SCOTLAND (SeaD
a. T. THOMSON (SeaD
J. o. BAYLOR (seaD
J. G. COOPER (SeaD
NJ. o. sIMMS (SeaD
Territory of Arizona ..
EounfV of era ham .

Territory of ArizOna,l 60
County of Graham.J
On this 18th day of June in the year of Our
Lord 1910, before me, Chas W. Beck, Nota ~
Public in and for said Territory and County
residing ther rein, duly commissioned
and sworn, personally appeared P. B. Scotland,
a. T. Thomson, J. o. Baylor J. C. Cooper, NJ.
o. SimmS, known TO me to be the persons de-
scribed in. whose names are subscribed to, and
who executed the annexed instrument. and
they Acknowledged to me that they executed
the same for the purposes and considerations
thereiI expressed.
In Witness whereof I have hercunto set my
hand aud affixed my official seal at my Office in
the said Territory and County, the day aud
year last above written.
(SeaD c. w. BECK,
Notary Public
My Commission expires June 18th, 1872
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
OVERLAND STOPPING.

Access to the stope is obtained
from raises made in the root at in
tervals of 100 feet and connected to
an upper level. From these raises,
the roof is broken in horizontal
slices of from 10 to Is feet in thick
ness. AS the miners work outward
from the raises, the sag or belly of
ore between generally breaks Off,
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

Fiber Leather Covered Suit Gas S
nothing better, at Shannon Copper
Co. store department.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
OVERLAND STOPPING.


The ore Is broken by overland
stopping, Waugh drills being used
The stOpe Is kept full of broken ore,
sufficient only being drawn to leave
a working space between the floor of
broken ore aud the back of the
stope. Work is confined almost en-
t;rely to the ends of the Slope ada
cent to the pillars with the purpose
of leaving a sag or belly of ore hang
ing between. This eventually breaks
down by its own weight and is "blOck
holed" from on top. In an eight
hour shift, of which two hours are
consumed in blasting and picking
down, each machine will drill from
80 to ITO feet of holes.
Should tne back of ore turn soft
and render it inadvisable to work be-
meath, the ore can be broken down
uuderhand by breaking the floor as
described in connection with the
King mine.
The levels are 2)O feet apart and
when a stope is within 10 feet of an
upper level, the breaking of ore
ceases. Two raises are then made
from the roof of the slope beneath
the waste filling of the level above.
The small temporary pillar is broken
ty first underwriting and then blast
ing from inside the ladderway. The
roof of the stOpe is now carefully
dressed and the stope emptied of its
broken ore as rapidly as possible.
FILLING AND EXTRACTING PILLARS.
The waste filing from the level
above is now allowed to run into the
empty slope and, when full, work
ing floor Is leveled off. To extract
the shell of ore left, square-set tim
bering is employed. As the ore is re.
moved by retreating to the chutes in
the pillars, the sets are caved and
the waste allowed to follow.
To extract the pillar left between
the slopes, work is commenced be-
meath the upper level. Square sets
are employed and a mat laid, upon
which the waste is caved. The ore
is then removed from beneath the
mat by descending slices IL feet thick
ustug posts to support the overhang-
ing mat.
When the broken ore is drawn from
the Slope by chutes in the walls,
there must necessarily be a "hcg
back" of broken ore left along the
center of the stope. This is removed
by splitting a timbered roadway
through it and Withdrawing the
broken ore. AS soon as the waste APP
pears, another set of spilling is
blasted out, retrenting in this. man
ner to each end of the slope.
Where the sill fl ,uv is ,bove the
roadway, the stope which next a.
cendS from below i carried up TO
this level and the shell OF ore re
moved as before described. The
system has been satisfactory and has
resulted in a substantial reduction in
the cost of mining.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

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The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29

50 Sheldon Building, Houghton, Mich
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-29
MINING METHODS.

The ore body is contained between
walls of granite, the foot-wall is ex-
ceedingly hard and the hanging wall
is hard, though liable to slab off in
large pieces. The greater part of
the ore is Of medium hardness and
not beng frozen TO either wall, parts
readily from them. A back of ore
will generally stand well without
support if properly arched; it is adj
visabe. however, to work it out
rapidly to prevent "air shaking" No
sudden change in the width of the
ore body has been found, and no sui
phides occur in the walls as is often
the case in the porphyry deposits.
Open STOPPING is employed in hard
ore, when sufficiently close to surface
to allow of waste filling being easily
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
Four English MOnarchs Who
Have Borne the Name Have
Tarnished Records.
PROFLIGATE OR IGNORANT.
ACCORDING TO HISTORY
Hope Is Strong That New Ruler
Will Remove Stigma From
the Name.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, May 7.-Without any dis
loyalty TO their new king, the English
people do not like his name. George
V. may become the loved monarch, evcp
though he does not possess the endear.
ing qualities Of the late King Edward
VII, but he must prove himself q
very wise and good ruler to rid the
name of George Of the unsavory odor
attached TO 1t in the history of Brit
ish royalty.
Not one of the four Georges who
have sat upon the throne previous to
the new king brought any luster to
the English crown. The frat George
was an imported prince, who had made
record as brave officer in the
Hanoverian army. and an indiscriuin-
ate lover of women. His reputation in
the latter respect was fully maintained
during his reign over a country whose
language he could not speak.
George II. was as deficient in NOR
ais as his father, and the best things
and next TO Pitt, the former his frat
prime minister and the Inter his
latest.
The next George was coarse-minded,
unread boor. who could see no beauty
in Shakespearean play, but would
laugh himself almost into fits on see.
ing clown swallowing a string Of
sausages. He tried to be a real king,
but did not know how One of the
worst results Of his pig OBJ
Continued on Page Four
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
PROVO MAN SHOT
DEAD At M|LLFORK
Foreman of Bridge Gang Is In
stantIy Killed by an
Employee.
TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
MILLFORK, Utah, May w. Will.
cox, foreman of the bridge gang em-
ployed by The Denver & Rio Granle
railway at this place, was shot in the
right breast, little above the heart.
tonight by c. II. Give, and instantly
killed
Give was rounded up imm ediately
after tho shooting by q number of the
employees at the camp, and tonight is
beng held awaiting the arrival of the
sheriff of Carbon county. A coroner s
jury has been simpaneled, and an in
quest will be held some time tomor
row
Wilcox was a married man. and
leaves wife and several children at
Provo, He had been in the employ
of the Denver & Rio Grande for a
number of years.
Give, who did the shooting, became
angry with Wilcox, shortly after tho
supper hour, and, after an exchange of
words, he drew his gun and began
shooting. Only one shot took effect
Give then took to his heels and en-
deavored TO hide in the brush in the
but, as said, he was quick
~ found. however, by railroad men
who had instituted hunt and is held. |
rs sta ted
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
Costa Rican Earthquake Took 1900 Lives
BY Associated Press.

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
Most Beautiful and WeaItIiest
Women Learn to Ignore
PenniIess NObIemen.
FIND MORE SATISFACTION
IN WEDDING REAL MAN
Three Striking Instances of
Late Show Change in Trend
of Thought.
BY MARGARET WATTS
DE PEYSTER.

! BY Leased Wire To The Tribune.
NEW YORK. May 7.-Princc Fran
cisco del Drago, son of Queen Maria
Christina of Spain, self-confessed for
| tune-hunter, who has come to America
In search of a rich wife, will be me,
with frosty reception as has beer
made evident by the action OF three OF
America g richest heiresses in choosing
husbands on this side of the water.
And that is not all. The mothers OF
number of well-known American
heiresses and some of the heiresses
themselves have formed compact, the
object of which is TO give the cold
shoulder to penniless foreign noble
men.
The Colonial club, the most exclu-
sive women s club in America, has been
the seat of much gossip in the past
few days over the understanding
reached, by which American girls will
bands instead of titles.
The marriage of Miss Marjorie Gould
to Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., caused Il
lifting of aristocratic eyebrows, but at
that time the "Club for the Advance
ment of American Husbands had not
been perfected. The Gould-Drexel mar
rage was really responsible for it.
Next came the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Mabel Townsend
to Peter Gerry, and in view of the
fact that Miss Townsend had been
courted by score of titled foreigners,
IT began to believe that titles were
below par. 1t came as the first step
in the formation Of this society, and
Mary Hartman TO G. G.. Ramsey of
Buffalo,
Weary of Titles.
Miss Hartman. Miss Townsend and
Miss Gould constituted trio OF the
richest and most beautiful girls in
aristocracy.
Such women as Mrs. +, r. Harri-
man, Miss Helen Gould and Miss Anne
Morgan arc the prime movers In the
Colonial club organization, which has
for its primal object the marrying of
American men to American girls.
OF course, this club of which l speak
s not an organization drawn up with |
/ charter and by laws and officers and |
Ill that sort of thing. 1t is a mutual
and sympathetic bond, by |
which girls will be advised, that is,
lch girls. 10 accept the hands and
ortunes of American men.
If these altruistic women should have
heir way the time would soon be here
ehcn young American millionaires
you'd quit marrying chorus girls after
vine suppers, and young American heir
sses would cease marrying foreign
tiles for a sum sufficient to pay the
obleman S obligations. Among the :
'omen said to be interested not one i,
an be found who will admit that the
rganization is a fact. bat 1t is rumored
ther engagements will be announced /,
V two more heiresses. At the Colo !
ial club there is much whispering l
nd many knowing gestures, In the c
IA room it is matter of common gos- /
p that the number OF international &
lliances will gradually become fewer i
the patriotic women hold their sway. j
Prince del Drago is friend of Prince a
.iguel of Braganza, who married Miss b
nlta Stewart, and is apparently fred
Z the success of his royal friend t.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
RAILROAD BILL TO
BE UNDER FIRE MONDAY
Ry Laased Wirc to The rrihnno

WASHINGTON, May THE badly bat
tored raiiroad Dill which was once recog
nised as the pet of the administration lc,,
islat've programme will again bo the
target ON Monday when the senate con-
yenes: The leaders wanted to talk over
the bill and Its amendments with PresI-
dent TAFT before they fired any more orr
torical Voleys at 1t or for It,
The regulars intend TO push the bill
thr3uSh as II stands now If they are able
to do so next week. The administrator
supporters are no longer appealing for
votes on the merits of the measure hui
nave turned to the more simple expodi-
ton OF appealing to party loyalty