The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-07-26
SATURDAY


 delicate health.
 A Mr. Potter from Mohave County, is or
 . visit Prescott.
 An interesting letter appears to-day iron
 our correspondent Rover.
 The wood haulers, are busy furnishing
 the military at Whipple with fuel
 Late mining news from the Peck, Tip
 top and other places, is of fiattering char scter.
 Allen Cullumber is in town from Walnut Grove. He tells us that the crops are fas drying up in his section.
 Sheep clipping for this Spring is abou over, and the various sheep owners are well pleased with the yield.
 l.. D. Miller, with his team, has gone to Bradshaw with load of merchandise for Messrs. De Ford & Bennett. -4
 A load of oat hay made its appearance in town this morning, which reminds us of old times away back in the States.
 A private letter to us from Phenix dated July ,17th, says that W. B. Telling has not yet returned from San Francisco.
 We learn that Geo. Banghart, one of the most experienced grangers in Arizona, has n excellent growing crop. Glad of 1t.
 All of the fouring mills in the Salt River Valley are busy manufacturing flour, which finds ready sale north and south.
 Dir. R. Wells, of San Francisco, who has for several months been prospecting in this section, left for California this morning per stage.
 Mrs. J. ". Kelsey will remove from her home in Kirkland Valley and take up her residence in Prescott with her daughter, Mrs. Csw. Beach. EFf Eg . Williamson Valley corn is twisted up and presents the appearance of Mexican cigar ritos. All of which is to be regretted. No better people than those of Williamson Val ley exist.
 Col. woolsey and Hon. John T. Alsap have gone on prospecting trip down the 2 0ila. The whole southern country, as well as the north, is going solid for Woolsey and rcferm.
 A l2-mule team belonging to 0. W. Beach, and loaded principally with No. four, will arrive in Prescott from Phenix on Monday. The foIr belongs to the owner of the team and is for sale.
 According to the last Sentinel, Porter sill clings to the hope of representing Ari- zons in tho 46th Congress. Not much show Judge, there is a man in the field that will wool and sec you. Better give up the dram.
 NEARLY FRE.--The fine blaming mill of Wilson & Haskell, accidentally caught fro lest evening, and had it not been for the opportune discovery in time, the whole structure with its contents must necessarily have been destroyed.
 Nr. Daunes, who has the Sparling Mine bonded has been compelled, for the present to suspend work on account of the water coming into the shaft faster than the machinery, now on hand, can take it out. New apparatus for hoisting the water will have to be procured before work can be resumed.
 Horse -theives are reported in the Mogol- lon mountains. Now is good time for shcriffs, marshals, and other officials to make for themselves illustrious names and perhaps prevent reoccurenee of Little Col orado barbsrities. 1t may be claimed here after that these horse-theives were high minded gentlemen. etc.
 The Sacramento Bee says that young lady of that city, aged twenty years, about
  pfeoarations for hleaching her hair to & beautiful golden tinge; and also the treach- crous poison, arsenic for beautifying her complexion. She soon began to experieHce violent pains in the head, which culminated in insanity, and she Is now a chained and raving maniac in cell of the Stockton Asylum.
 The road from here to Alexandra is now completed and teams can pass over the same. The work done on the road recently Is net SO good as Mir. Patterson wished it, but owing to the dryness of the county and being compelled to haul water for drinking 1 purposes, several miles, concluded to l make it passable for the present, with the Intention aftef rain fails and makes water | plenty for all purposes, to make it frs clAss road. Il
 J. H. Lee, of the American ranch, has his windmill in full blast It works to q | charm. and fills his S0-barrel tank in a very short time. giving hIm plenty of wa ter for irrigating large garden. His ex- perience thus far teaches him that, out of twelve hours, person can rely upon the wind being sufficient to propel the ma chincry, at least, eight hours. MT. Lee thinks that all dry ranchers will find wind mills just the thing, and money invested that way we'll placed.
 lfessrs. Treadwell, opdyke and Luke, have returned from a visit to the mines of Bradshsw and the Peck district. Mir. Luke ncted as guide to Mir. Treadweli. from Alsxandra to Bradshaw, Mir. 0pdyke, re- mining back. As usual, our friend Luke '1ilossd his friend safely through, with the sxce ntou of ous night and day spent ex- lmisinQ sii unknown lto Mir. Luke region md its mysteries, without food CT water. All strsngers visiting Arizona, will do we'll | Q call on the old explorer, and spaih ind 'rr for copy of his new map, about to be embracing the newly discosered erritory which will take them safely to ali he wonderful mining camps in the Peek nd Bradshaw district. We think Mir. L., . entitled to tho medal. These gentlemen, ound the different mining claims being , vo:ked successfully, and saw, at the Tiger, nfe ,l<r o1o1A hx-s |,