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The copper era., 1911-06-23
Death of Mrs. Carmichael.

A telegram which rea shed Mr.. A.
T. Thomson Saturday morning from
General Manager Carmichael con-
veyed the sad intelligence of the
death of Mrs. Carmichael which oc-
Cured at Seattle, Wash, on Friday
night, June % Death was caused
from acute pneumonia. The funeral
will be held at Victoria, British, CO.
lumbia, on Sunday, June %. Mrs.
Carmichael left here about six weeks
ago to accompanyher husband on his
trip through the north and later in
tended to visit friends in Canada.
Upon reaching Seattle Mrs. Carmi-
chael was stricken i'll and was taken
to hospital in that city. She con-
tinued to grow worse and last week
DR.. Dietrich, brother who resides
in Clifton. was sent for to be in atten-
dance upon the case.
Mrs. Carmichael was sister of DIR.
Dietrich aud came here from Switzer-
land little more than two years ago.
While on this visit she met Supt.
Carmichael and their marriage oc-
Cured in April 1909 Mrs. Carmichael
was a lovable woman and had many
warm personal friends in Clifton who
are shocked to learn of her sudden
death.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
Clifton Cases On Appeal.

Nineteen appeal cases were trans
mitted by the clerk of the district
court of Pima county last week to
the clerk of the supreme court.
These are d portion of the actions
for damages brought by citizens of
Clifton against the Detroit Copper
Mining Company of Arizona at Mo-
renci arising out of Che breaking of
the company'S reservoir in 1906, flood
ing the town of Cliftol. Altogether
about 40 cases we're brought. The
demurrers to the complaints were
sustained and the cases dismissed, the
statute of limitations having run.
Under the decision of the supreme
court in the case of Keppler vs..
Becker Judge Campbell held that the
plaintiffs could not amend. From
this decision an appeal has been
taken to the supreme court OF the
Territory.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
SCHOOL TRUSTEES DIVIDED.
No Contract With Teachers Has Been
Made And Qualification Of One Men,
Der in Question.

The Board of School Trustees of
the Clifton district appears to be
hopelessly divided and as a result no
contracts have been made with the
school teachers for the ensuingiterm
The qualifications of Trustee Niblock
to hold place on the board has been
raised and with each succeeding
week harmony on the board seems
TO be impossible.
At the recent school election Mr.,
Niblock, Mr.. Tappin and Mr.. Grimes
were elected as trustees, Mr.. Niblock
receiving the highest vote.
At the first meeting of the board
dissension arose and has continued
ever since. Messrs. Niblock and
rappin favored the election of Mr..
Jami<on as principal of the high
school 20 succeed Prof. Halverson.
Mr.. q lines voted in favor of Mr.
Halverson as principal. Two or
trhee other teachers who have
taught in Clifton for several years,
also failed of reelection. When the
action of the board became known
petitions were circulated protesting
against the action of the board and
at the Sd me time the qualifications
of Mr.. NibIock to sit as member of
the board were raised. County
School Superintendent Akers held
that MIR. Niblock was not qualified.
His decision was supported by Dis
trict Attorney Horton and alsC by
Attorney General Wright. At this
time Supt. Akers named Rev. G.. q.
Love to succeed MIR. Niblock, but
after an inquiry into the affairs of
the board. Mr.. Love refused to serve
as it was his opinion that the board
as at present constituted could not
work together as unit 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Niblock has agreed
to resign provided Mr.. Love will
accept and has also offered as solu-
tion of the whole trouble that the
entire board resign and allow an en-
tirely new board to be selected.
Supt. Akers is expected here this
week when another attempt will be
made to bring order out of chaos.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
A Serious Accident.

While Dennis Murphy aud Express
Agent Miller we're out for a drive
Saturday night to the Rock House up
Cease Creek, they met with quite
severe accident. The road is cut on
the side bank of the creek bovc high
water ma rk and at places there are
short angles At one of these places
three hOrsemeu came dashing down
the road at high speed, frightening
the team the gentlemen were driving
which jumped off the side of the
road, overturning the rig which roll
ed dow1 the embankment a distance
of eighteen feet. Mr.. Murphy was
thrown to one side and sustained
slight injuries but Mr.. Miller was not
SO fortunate as the buggy landed on
top of him. He was badly hurt a bout
the face and body. They got back to
town and Mr.. Miller bad his wounds
dressed and was able to be at his desk
Monday morning although badly dis
figured
The copper era., 1911-06-23
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derauge
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never 0e used except
on prescriptions from reputab BILE
physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can
possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
siiPti0n
The copper era., 1911-06-23
MARK SMITH IS
SURE OF STATEHOOD
Gives 1t As His Opinion That PreSi-
dent Taft Will Not Veto The
Flood Resolution.
"A VOTE IN THE SENATE
WILL PUT US IN UNION.
ArizOna's Ex-DeIegate Says We Are
Nearer Statehood To-day Than We
Have Ever Been Before.

MY present very strong impression
is that Arizona will be admitted to
statehood at this session of congress
A majority of the senate committee
has expressed itself as fayorable, and
seven out of twelve have agreed to
vote for favorable report.''
No less an authority than ex-Drle-
gate Mark a. Smith, writing from
Washington, D. C, on June Is, to
John o. Dunbar. editor of the Arizona
democrat, makes this prediction
regarding the outcome of statehood
in the present session of congress,
which is expected to adjourn about
July 20.
''If the report is made" continues
Smith, 81 think it almost certain
that vote will be secured in the
senate, and such vote. if taken will
put us into the union.
81 know as we'll as a man can know
what another will do that President
Taft will not veto the Flood resolution
if it passes the senate. am told by
man who has seen President Taft
often and talked with him on this
question, that the president had
never told any body that be would
oppose a veto to the house resolution.
II know that the president sug-
gested to Mr.. Flood and the olher
members of the house committee who
called on him, touching this very
question, the compromise now known
as the Flood resolution. You may
rest assured the deliberate action OF
both houses on the admission of a
state will not be vetoed by Mr.. Taft,
or indeed by any other president with
any reverence or respect for the con-
stitution.
"There never has been any question
as to what the house would do in this
statehood matter. The democrats
. here have kept their promises, and
are anxious to see two more states
added to the union and this continent
cleared of territories. Then in truth
and reality will these be the United
States.
81 am frm'y convinced that we are
nearer statehood today than We have
ever been. The favora BILE action the
senate committee will take, the pro-
liability of The senate passing the
Flood resolution, and the promise of
President Taft that he will not oppose
the measure are taken together as
strong assurances as we could get
that Arizona will be admitted.
eve have many strong friends in
boil houses who are watching our
every move, and will protect ArizOna's
interests against the attacks of our
e lemies. l am hopeful that my
return will be to the State of Arizona
and not to the Territory of Arizona"
The copper era., 1911-06-23
FIRST PAYMENT MADE.
Development Work on the Gold Bar Will
Be Continued with Good Showing
in Sight.

Frank A. Wilson, of Butte, Mon
tana, who is financing the devlop-
ment work on the Gold Bar property
seven miles north of Clifton, arrived
here from Butte Tuesday evening
and proceeded by stage directly to
the property Tuesday afternoon. On
Wednesday Mr.. Wilson made an
examination of the property, in
company with General Manager p
c. O'Neil, and OH Thursday in Clifton
the first payment due the original
owners. Wood PJl.nd and Chas.
Nelson, was IN lde. 1t is understood
hat in consideration of the first pay
nent being made now, an extern
sion of the time for the second pay
vas secured.
"The development work done so
far on the Sold Bar said MIR. Will
son, ''has been very encoura ging and
will be prosecuted with renewed vigor
in the future. The property looks
tine and the first payment was made
today. The second payment is due
six months from date"
Mr.. Wilson reports business con-
ditions in the north as being very
quiet, especially the mining industry
and he doesn't look Tor any immediate
Increase in the price of Opper. After
making arrangements for d-snrvey of
the claims held by the Gold Bar Com
pany, Mr.. Wilson expects to leave
for his home in Butte tomorrow.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
IMPROVED PLACER PLANT.
VIII Soon Be Ready For Second Test
Run on Frisco River Below Clifton.

Work of more fully equipping the
Frisco Placer Mining CompanY's
property, miles down the San
Francisco river from Clifton, is
steadily progressing under snperinten-
dence of ]. J. Murray, well known
mining engineer of Orc Grande, N. M.
A trial run was made with the plant
installed, but it was found somewhat
cumbersome and inefficient. The
plan of mining.the material through
the first stages dry was not found
good, and water was turned on
throughout. The trial run gave
every encouragement, however, so
far as the "pay" dirt is concerned,
and it is anticipated that the average
of the ground to superficial bedrock
will exceed % cents a yard It's not
believed that the layer of conglOm-
crate which has been judged bedrock
is. in fact this; but that real bedrock
is below, and it is possible that
stratum of paw gravel may lay be-
tween superficial and real bedrock.
this is it be made later on. But al
this time every effort is being made
to get the new and more efficient
plant in operation, and this will be
accomplished within two weeks.
A galloway is being constructed,
and to this ca BILE will be attached
plow for loosening the material, and
this will be followed by number of
scrape also attached to the cable,
these to deliver the material to the
ore bins. The material will pass over
grizzlys to pass inch. Oversize will
be dumped over the cliff by gravity
coil; undersize fed to trommel, / inch
punched holes. Oversize from first
trommei.by belt conveyor to waste
dumps. Undersize will go to second
urOmmel, screening l6 mesh: under
size from here to fine sluice boxes.
'versize to coarse sluice box; overflow
from fine sluices through Pearce
tmalgamator. The full plant opera;-
ng VIII necessitate 10 men; will
about 500 gallous of water per minute
and a gasoline engine furnishes
motive power.
The ground contains so much iron,
Mr.. Murray has had constructed
small Jig, which will take the oversize
from the second trommel: otherwise,
the iron fills the ri iffles in about an
hour. The concentrate made in the
plant "a heavy product of hematite
and magnitite) runs SlS per ton.
The pump was heavy duty piston
machine, and was Inefficient because
of the muddy water, so a centrifugal
is being installed. The new plant
will handle 24O yards in two hour
shifts.
The indications all pDiut to success.
While the plant is a new idea, il
certainly is feasible. The ground |
will average pay, judging from tests
already made, from the surface, and
on bedrock it runs up to S. yard
Some places will be richer than others
of course; but there is no doubt that
it will ali pay. Water is in abund ance
the year through; and have no Cub;
that regular and profitable placer |
operations will go forward here and !
at other points in the Clifton Morenct
district from now on.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
ATTEMPTED RAPE AT MORENCI.
Little Edith Harvey Tells Story of Mans
Advances 10 Her Mother and One
Arrest Follows.

According to the story of little
Edith FL .rvey, the seven year cid
daughter of miner at Morenci, a
dastardly attempt to commit an out
rage upon the little girl was made in
lodging house at Moreuci ON Toes
day. The girl broke away from the
man and ran to her home where she
related the occurrence to her mother.
The father was notified and accom-
panied by the little girl and the
officers, search was instituted for
the criminal but up to the time the
ERA goes to press the real .culprit had
not been discovered.
According to the story told by the
girl she was playing in front of the
a. G. Store at MOrenci when a mau
paid his attentions to her and inticed
her to a lodging house in that vicinity.
Becoming scared at the forced atten.
tions of the man the girl escaped
and ran to her home.
Upon returning to the scene later
with her father and the officers the
little girl pointed out a man saying:
Papa, think that is the man." The
man whs placed under arrest and
taken to Jail but later the gir! ad-
mitted she could not identify him and
the man under arrest proved that he
was at work at the hour the deed
was alleged to have been committed.
No subsequent arrests have been
made and it is doubtful if the little
girl will be able to positively identify
her assailant.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
Shooting Array At MOrenci.

On Tuesday night at MOrenci a
Mexican saloon-keeper in New Town
was shot through the cheek and left
shoulder by fellow counrtyman.
The shooting occurred at night and
was the outcome of quarrel during
the afternoon over money matters.
The assailant entered the saIoon at
night and without a word of warming
fred upon the proprietor. After the
shooting he made good his escape.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
New County Comes to the Front
as Fourth County in Arizona
in Taxable Wealth.
MINING COMPANIES BEAR
BIG PROPORTION OF RAISE.
List of Some of the Big Taxpayers Of
GreebIee COunty---BOard of
Equalization Will Meet
in Session July Ist.

The Assessment Roll of Greenlee
County has been completed by Asses
sor James Kerby and is now on file in
the office of the Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors where it is open to the
inspection of the public.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
on Saturday, July lst, as Board of
Equalization.
The assessment roll of Greenlee
county for the year 1911 has been IN
creased approximately two million
eight hundred thousand dollars over
The assessment of 1910 as fixed by The
Board of Equalization of Graham
county. The assessment r ol / for
Greenlee county this year will total
approximately $500, 900 as compared
with 5,550,OO turned over to the
Board of Supervisors of Greenlee
county by the Board of Supervisors
of Graham county on January l, 1911.
According to the figures turned in bv
Assessor Kerby, Greenlee county is
not only a first class county, but with
an assessment of IS, 300, 900, will rank
fourth in taxable wealth among the
counties of Arizona being exceeded
only by Cochise, Maricopa and Yava-
pai.
All classes of property have been
raised by the Assessor this year. The
three big producing mining COM
panies and the railroads coming in
for 6fty per cent of the increase.
The remaining fifty per cent being
placed on other property in the
A list of some of the largest tax
payers in Greenlee county for the
year 1911, according to the returns
made by Assessor Kerby are:
A. c. Co. [bulliun taxi sl,O63, 353 q
" [per prop, r E 1884, 1858 80
Detroit c. Co [bulliou taxi 412 553 Al
" [per prop, r El 6S4, 7O7.3O
Shannon Geo. [bullinnl sic, 1861 40
IS {" [per prop,R El 3O3,S75.0O
Clifton Cop. Mines G,5T3.44
New England Co. 37,l42 so
Standard Mines Co. l06, 795 II
Bank of Duncan 1l,7J0.O0
B Billingsley 10,200 90
Y. Cascarello 10, ,700.ll
Clifton Water Co. 1885 90
Cornado Mine Co. 81 10000
Day & Foster II, 10000
Double Circle Ranch l6,S00 90
First National Bank D, 800 90
Gila Valley Bank 37,S47.50
Mrs. S. ]. Hagan 10,l75.00
Henry Hill 22,S5O.00
j. Leszynsky $1,000. 90
Moreuci Water Co.. 149, 7O5 90
Hugh McKeen 100000
Francisco Norte $3.50 90
New England & Clifton Co. So, 10000
John Parks ct al S,040. 90
Standard Oil Co. 1l,S50.00
Spezia 81 Spezia 16,S25.00
Standard Cop Co 1915 90
Sam Abraham 9,850.00
L. B. Stephens 7,l25 90
Texas Oil Co. l2,146.00
Chas Thomas 10. 400. 90
E. w. Taylor 9,025 90
Geo. W. Webster Y, ,790 90
Albert Warren 6,100.O0
Morenci Southern Ry 126, ,0OO. 90
Coronado Ry 100000
A. & N. NJ. Ry 4O0,000.00
The copper era., 1911-06-23
DINSMORE STARTS
ON LONG TRIP
Will Travel Overland With Pack
Train Visiting Several Mining
Districts In Arizona.
FIRST STOP IS MADE AT THE
TWIN PEAKS PROPERTY
Two Fine Properties Operating In the
Section. ---NOted Mining Writer
Will Go Overland to Globe.
By Chas. A. Dinsmore.

Twin Peaks, N NJ. June IA have
just started on trip that shall in
clude Southern New Mexico and Sou
thern Arizona and shall take in so
far as possible the mines of these sec
ti0ns. / have seven burros, two rid
ing horses, and with two mozos, my
wife and 1 are quite comfortable. [
had cont emplated this journey for
months because during the past four
years in the southwest l had seen the
impossibility of seeing the mines in
the ordinary manner of travel-that
to really see them all or any grea'
portion it would mean horseback, SO
that might go either direction and
at any time. From Clifton we shall
go to Globe, Ray, Kelvin, Winkleman,
Roosevelt, PRESCOTT, Humboit, and re-
turn through the Mogolons and the
Burros and Silver City The trip
will occupy a full two months if no
more. l shall try not to miss mine
or working prospect, and l shall write
of these as see them, having no in
terest in any whatever. The trip is
made at this season because as we
shall he in the mountains most of tn,
time it is pleasauter than later on or
earlier. My letters in the future will
be from almost anywhere and of pro
perties few have heard about as vel
as those well known.
The copper era., 1911-06-23

The district am now in-the sou
thern end of the Steeple Rock Sec
tion lis extremely interesting, and
there are two fine properties operat-
ing, the Twin Peaks and the Hinck-
ley Mines, now owned and operating
by the American Exploration and
Mining Company. The Twin Peaks
is a stock company but control rests
In the four Frazer Rros.. Alexander.
Daniel, James and Joseph, and Albert
Newhouse. These five have carried
the property through thick and thin
for six years, and they have it in
shape now to make certain a mine
The trip here is rather rough, but
when under the shadow of the two
peaks upli fling hundreds of feet high
er than the surrounding hills one
feels well paid for his time and irou-
BILE. The Hinckley mines are in
charge of w. Franklin Burnham. the
managing director of the American
Exploration & Mining Co.. and he is
now in El Paso working on plans Tor
a milling plant which is to be INSTALL
ed with the greatest possible haste,
it being the intention to have it
working by fall Considerable ore
has been shipped from this property
during the past few months, but as
the haul is long and costly it was un-
wise to continue this, because it real
ly operated to gut the mine of the
high grade and left the ordinary ores
on the dumps. With the milling
plant everything can be used.
The geology of the country is very
Interesting and bears a similarity to
the other mini G districts in the
Black Mountains, such as the Kings
ton, Palinas, Apache, Anderson and
Telegraph districts of Western Grant
county.
The part of the Steeple Rock dis
trict in which are situated the Hinck
ley mines can be described as great
ampitheatre or basin of volcanic ori-
gin, two miles in length northwest
and southeast nd 2 miles in width.
Surrounding this basin are high, pre-
cipitous mountains, whose SUBMITS
are about 1000 feet above the aoor of
the basin The mountains forming
the western and southwestern rim of
this basin are in the main a tertiary
granite (mal pais), cut in different di
rt ctious by large dykes of granular
white quartzite on the slopes leading
down to the basin, the western slope
passing into an inclined plain or
mesa some twelve miles in length
reaching to Duncan, Arizona. This
mesa is crossed by many quartz. por-
phyry dykes aud deep washes. The
IN 'untains forming the eastern boun-
Diary of the basin are tertiary gran
ite somewhat altered and mixed with
rhyolite, while the larger mountains.
forming the northeastern rim, are
rhyolitic porphry, overlain with a
Continued on page A.
The copper era., 1911-06-23
New Cases Filed.

The following cases have been filed
in the District Court during the past
week:
D NJ. Potter VS.. New England &
Clifton Copper Co. Action for debt
for rent of land. F. b. Laine, attor-
ney for plaintiff.
Lon w. Hinckley VS.. Pacific Coast
Casulty Co. Breach of Contract.
Wilmerding Loebe Co. vs.. j. Z
Day. Debt.
Annie Bleak VS.. Joseph G. Bleak.
Divorce on the grounds Of non support,
The copper era., 1911-06-23

There was little difference in the
copper output of the Douglas smelter
for the month of May as compared
with that of April. In fact the
average monthly output of copper In
Douglas has varied but little during
the past year and it is expected to
remain about the same for the future,
or until there shall be a better
demand for thf metal.
The copper era., 1911-06-23

The senate committee on terri
tories, so we are informed from lead
ing republican sources, will report
our statehood resolution with the
recall features entirely eliminated
We don't care a continental how they
report it if they will only bring it
out The friends of Arizona will do
the rest.-IntFrnatiOpal .-- '-.'
The copper era., 1911-06-23

1t is estimated that unless the
Board of Equalization makes ma
terial reductions in the figures as
returned by the Assessor, the tax
rate in Greenlee county for 1911 will
not exceed 81. soon each 800 valu-
alton.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-02

the buying power, was attributed to the
demand OF that shortage which had eX-
listed for some time and 10 which we
have called attention daily for the past
ten days, In addition to the foregoing,
there was a continuance of aggressive
absorption of gilt-edged funded securities.
and also of quite a few semi speculative
Issues which, together with an apprecia-
Bile increase In the outside demand,
served 10 give the general list an appear
ance of strength such as IL had not borne
heretofore.
Little attention was paid to the news
emana ting from Pittsburg relative to the
reported strike on the part Of Pennsyl-
yania shopmen. In fact. the general dis
position seemed 10 be to almost entirely
ignore adverse considerations. We have
for some time felt friendly toward the
buying side and are still disposed TO look
for somewhat higher range OF prices,
but doubtless recessions will occur with
sufficient frequency TO warrant the ac-
ccptance of profits on the sharp advances.
Hornbower & Weeks. Boston.--Coppers
were strong and In excellent demand to-
day. with a scarcity OF offerings. Traders
all worked on the long side and aided in
the rise. The feeling Is more hullishly
inclined each day. and although we must
expect reactionary days. such times
should he accepted to buy coppers.
Gallagher's Letter. New York.-Copper
stocks held steady today with the eXcep-
lion of Butte Coalition, which advanced
sharply toward the close on good buying
by Boston.