The border vidette., 1916-01-01
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
 Exchanges.

The Tom Reed mine has been one of the most persistent pro- ducers of gold in the state, hay ing sent to the mint every year during the past four years more than $1 ,OOO, ,OOO, from which div idends aggregating better than 50 per cent yearly were paid to the shareholders.
 l At the late Arizona state fair 1 CocOninO county won small prize that is worth making a big noise about-frst on a sheaf of alfalfa. This was against the competition of Yavapai which won first on general county ex- hibit, and of Maricopa, which is supposed to have the others so far out clasSed she is not allow ed to compete for tue county cup Coconino also got big fist full of blue ribbons on other things, but up to this time has never been touted as an alfalfa section.
 1 The Plomosa district, lying east of the Colorado river be- tween the Plomosa mountains and the Castle Dome range in l Yuma county, contains large beds of gold hearing gravel, 1 which has been quite thorough ly tested. Very complete in vestigations have been made on these beds, and samples gave an average run of 64 cents per cubic yard. Nuggets have been found running to $25. This dis trict covers an area of approxim ately 7,5OO acres, and in 1912 produced almost $1O, ,OOO by pan- ming after rainfall.
 It is reported that Colorado mining men are making an in | vestigation of the Old Peck mine in the BradShaws, with the object of finding out the tung sten values which have been re- ported to be good. What the outcome will be is of course pro- blematical, but at any rate it is quite probable that if upper workings justify it, the lower aminations will be made. Sev- eral old timers of the district maintain that this famous old bonanza, like the Tip Top, has good values in tungsten.
 1 It is now generally conceded that mining is firmly establish ed upon a legitimate basis, and that the industry is as safe as any other investment and much safer than many. This recognition is certainly gratify- ing and it is pleasing to note that when success crowns any mining venture that the profits are often a thousand times great CT than that accompanying re- alizatiOn from any other legitim ate occupation or pursuit; ex- cepting, possibly, in times of war, when certain lines enjoy a rather spasmodic season of pros perity.
 In 1914, owing to the depres- sion preceding the great war, the production of copper in Ari- zona fell from more than 2OO,- 100000 pounds to 158, ,OOO, ,OOO. and many of the mines curtailed production and the little fellows 1 went out of commission. Late in 1914 tbe mines began to re- vive and by May of this year the larger properties were up to normal and since that time have made a record production. The estimate for the United States for 1915 IS 1,6OO, 100000 pounds of copper, a record production, with Arizona at the head of the list with over 3OO,OOO.OOO.
 Kingman postoffice has been . one of the busiest places in the county the past few weeks. Great truckloads of mail are now being taken from and sent to trains at all times of the day. The office, which a few months ago was considered adequate for all needs of the town, is now too small to accommodate the chang ed conditions. The postmaster has been getting the mail nov iog all the time, although 10000 to 3O,OOO pieces of mail are dumped into the office at a time. These have to be either cancell ed or counted, which requires a large amount of work. Nearly a carload of mail has been dump ed into the waiting room of the postoffice, while the asserting room contains as much more. And this a daily occurrence.-