Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1911-12-30
CourtIand Is Still Mining


Yesterday w. }. Young, president
of the Great Western Mining com.
pany, pioneer producers of lhe Court
land district. was in the city accom-
panied by his mining superintendent.
w. J. Mcbride. They came to Doug
La in an automobile and went on from
here TO Bisbee in the afternoon, says
the International.
Mr.. Young stated that the Great
Western was now producing at the
rate of eight TO ten cars per week,
about what it had been doing during
the entire yelr. This ore is shipped
to the smelter at FL Paso.
Mr.. Young and his brother acquired
the Great Western property about
twelve years ago and began develop
ment work on it. While the work
was carried on continually it never at
tracted any particular attention until
three years ago, during the campaign
of 1908. Then some of the candidates
who visited the camp and who were
mining me of experience were at
tracted to the wonde full showing that
had been made.
Returning to Douglas W. NJ. Adam
son, who was a candidate for super
visor, told the Daily international that
he had seen at Courtland one of the
best showings for copper that he had
ever encountered in Arizona for the
amount of work that had been done.
The publication Of this statement COM
ing from Mr.. Adamson at once attract
ed attention and it was not long until
there was a rush for COurtland by
prospectOrs. The Copper Queen and
the G. & a. at once sent experts into
the district and very soon it was an
nuunced that both had secured bonds
on property there and they hurried
forces and III; chinery there for start
ing development work.
Both the Southern Pacific and the
FL PaSn & Southwestern railroads
were attracted by the boom that was
raging in the Courtland district and
soon both companies were rushing
lines to the new district, each hurry
ing TO reach the new supposed EldOr-
ado first and secure advantage. The
Southwestern beat the Southern Paci-
tic TO it and built their lines to all the
important shafts N the district. Then
the Southern Pacific diverted their
line intended to reach the mines at
Courtland and swung off to the south
and continued on TO Gleeson, where
they already had a considerable ton
mage, which was threatened by the
Southwestern, which also had survey
of their line on to Gleeson from Court
land.
The Courtland boom was on in real
earnest. No less than half dozen diff
ferent townsite companies were form
ed with plats of ground of varying
SiLGSs bAI NuC vi Cav W fCoACA a AAHA viz
most advantageous townsite and Secur-
ed the favor Of the railroad company
in the location of the depot. Pretty
soon a sale of lots in the Courtland
townsite was advertised by E. r. Pr
tie, of this city, who had secured the
agency for handling the townsite. As
the day named for the first sale of lots
approached the Courtland fever reach
ed a higher temperature and all the
loose money in Bisbee and Douglas
was appropriated for a speculation in
the new town in the midst of a dis
trict that had been pronounced to have
a future equalling that of the great
Warren district at Bisbee or that in
Mexico at Cananea. Finally when the
afternoon preceding the sale for lots
arrived it was found that those who