Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1879-09-12
Arizona Items.

occurred in Prescott on the 4th instant
by which Mr.. Wollenburg loses about
$4,000, Mr.. Blackburn $500 and 9th
ers were slightly damaged.
Frost has Dipped tender things
in Verde and Chino valleys.
The Phenix IL aid of TIE On urges
The planting Of trees in Salt River
Valley.
4 Herald correspondent demands
that in the building of the road fro
Gillett to Bradshaw, the people Of
Phenix see TO j, that such a cOnstruC-
ton be made as will give through
route from Phenix via. Gil. It, Tip
Top, Bradshaw City, Bradshaw Basin
and Peck mine 10 Prescott.
Mr.. Ludlum, the new agent for the
Pima and MaricOpa Indians, has ar
rived and taken up his headquarters
at PheniX.
Jesus Castro, aged 105 year, died in
Phenix on the Sd instant.
4 meeting is called for the 18th for
the purpose OF devising means 10 bore
AL artesian we'll on the plaza AT Phe-
nix
The MaricOpa supervisors have re-
scinded their action regarding the
building of the court house, and have
stricken off the tax levy 80 cents ON the
800 for that purpose, and give as a
reason for this action that the pres
ent season is one Of unusual depres-
sion and embarrassment upon the tax
payers of this county,
The Sentinel of las Saturday SAYS
w. Z. Martin was So badly hurt in the
Yuma quartz mill ON the 3lst Of Au-
gust, that he died the next afternoon.
His age was 26, and he was son of
W. III. Martin of Santa Cruz.
Mr.. Neahr's Pieacho mill has just
Welded brick Of $4,000, the result
of go tons of ore crushed in IA days.
The principal shaft on the mine Is 90i
feet deep and C ore growing richer
Supi',es for tho Tombstone, Tip
Top, Central Arizona, silver King and
other mining companies passed tEro'
Yuma this week.
The artesian well at Mammoth
Tanks on the Colorado desert j. down
six hundred and fifty feet and they arel
now working in clay with every pros
pect for soon striking flow ct arte-
Geo. W. Maynard NJ. T., passed
through Yuma on Tuesday enrOute for
Prescott. Mr.. NJ. will examine sCmei
OF the mining properly in Yavapai
offered TO syndicate of east
tern capitalists by Gov. Fremont.
Every barge that comes down the
river brings ore from Castle Dome
Landing.
ITEMS from the Phenix Herald Oft
Sd inst:
Work was commenced in earnest on
the schOolhOuse this morning.
George f. Mowrey has been ap-!
pointed postmaster. His bond isl
$1,000
Gen. Hammond has arrived from
the San Carlos country and will re /
main few days.
Twenty liars of Tip Top bullion,
valued at S35.53l, arrived Sunday from
Gillette en- rCu,c to The railroad.
The weather is getting cooler and
several contracts have been made fJrI
The erection of fine dwelling houses.
both of brick and lumber.
J. VI. Cotton. one Of our best citi-
,ens, is now talking of plan of sink
ing an artesian well on the plaza,
Judge DeFOrest Porter and some
others went on an excursion to Green
Valley rancho, in Yavapai County, 1
and while there discovered a rich gold /
quartz vein. They name their new
discovery the Excursion. Several
other locations were made, including
millsites. Among the lucky and de
serving locatOrs are Albert Decker, Of
many years T, sidence at ella Bend, |
and J. NJ. Cotton, OF PheniA. Speak |
ing OF Judge Porter and partner ;
William Burch) discovery claim, The
Herald says: They Immediately put
Il force of men at work upon their
mine and run a cut into the ledge, tap
ping it at "a depth Of four feet, and
after several tests, sampling tn ore i'll
the cut, and also a.ong the groupings
the full length of their original lOca-
ton, they find the whole to average in
the vicinity of $500 per ton. The
grade from Porter's mines TO their
on the East Verde, five mil,
distant, il an easy one, over which a
wagon road can be built at compare
lively small cost.
ITEMS from the Globe CITY Belt of
last Friday:
Stiles and wife, and Thomas and
wife, left Tuesday morning for Flor
ence via. Tucson.
The main shaft ON the Stonewalli
has reached the depth of $50 feet.
The Mexican mine is being put in !
readiness tor systematic mining.
The thermometer has indicated an
average of 100 degrees since he 18th
of June in the shade The maximum
100 degrees. There are no less than
fifty idle men about town awaiting a.
Job 10 shovel snow.
The Isabella mill is turning out bull
lion. During the week 1850 ounces ~
silver bullion were received from i'll
and shipped by two mercantile firms.
New mills have been purchased for
some Of the promising Globe mines
and will soon be on the ground.
What Ord H.
All accOunts atrrep that Perkins has