The border vidette., 1914-12-19
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items Of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.


 to have been struck on the 4OO foot level of the Leonard Copper Mine at Gleason. A second shift is about to be put on the rrop- erty and the operation will be doubled.
 Chris Rasmussen and Frank ] Richert, who are working the Joplin mine, near the Royal Blue in the Alto section, are taking out some nice silver lead copper ore of good values, which will soon be packed out to Patagonia for shipment.
 From present indications the 'Old Guard" property at Tomb stone is about to resume opera tionS. It iS reported that there is sufficient ore ip sight to war rant the erection of a mill, and that the installation of a plant is now being considered.
 Following the example set by Tucson, both Bisbee and Phoe- nix have decided to hold mu- nicipal Christmas tree. Com mittees to arrange all the details of the big affair have been ap- pointed in this city and funds , are raised in various ways.
 A reported strike of rich ore is made upon the west side group of claims at Courtland. Sufficient l work has not been accomplished | to determinate the extent of the new find, but it is close to other properties that have been con siderably proven up.- Bisbee Review.
 Julius Krutschnitt, superinten- dent of maintenance and way of the Southern Pacific system, was a visitor in Arizona earlier in the week, examining the different lines under his management. He was accompanied over the state by Colonel Epes Randolph of Tucson.
 The Imperial Copper Co.,, ct | Silver Bell is about to be reOr ganized and the property of the old company taken over. It is expected that the new plan will take some time for it's accom- | plishment, but great promise is placed upon the high values of the property.
 The Inspiration Consolidated | Copper Company expects to start production by March next, pro- viding the condition of the cop per situation warrants. The In spiration mill will have a capa- city of 10000 tons of ore per day. The treatment will be by the Notation process or teaching. -Bisbee Review.
 Next to fall of rock or ore the use of explosives causes more deaths in the metal mines of the | United States than any other source of accident. Injuries caused by explosives are less numerous than those due to | hauiage accidents, but large proportion of injuries caused by explosives are fatal.
 w. w. Mcdowell, lieutenant governor of Montana, who was recently in Yuma with his wife | looking for a place to build winter home, in letter to w. F. Wauburton, of the orange grove, states that he has seen no place as yet that looked better than Yuma and that he would probably return to Yuma and select a place on which to build.
 Two Mexican soldiers and Chinaman engaged in a game of poker one day last week at the Agua Prieta garrison with the result that the game broke up in a row, the Chinaman killing one of the soldiers and severely wounding the other. Early this week the Chinaman, Lii Hu Jak by name, was given a trial by drum head court martial and sentenced to be shot. He was excuted an hour or so later by a fling squad.
 w. A. Mcdonald is packing in a shipment of high grade siver lead copper ore from the Royal Blue mine in the Alto section of the Patagonia district, which is expected to be ready for ship ment to the shelter Monday. This mine had been a steady shipper for the eighteen months previous to the decline in the copper market. Two hundred sacks of the shipment are said to be the finest lead ore prOduc- l <l