Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-07-29
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 2sth.-At
The Mint investigation to day. y.
D. Munsop, a:sayer at the Mint,
/ testified as to the manner affairs In
his department were conducted
and the mode of operating upon
pre- cous metals. He stated that
gold and silver had to be 900 6ns
to make good coins, and that all
ores had to be refined before they
could b. advantsgeoasly used. He
acknowledged that bullion had
been received fr,m the Northern
Belle mine less than 700 fine, but
had not received 1t himself, the
melter and refner having charge
of the receiving department; had
be been IN the place OF the melter
and ref1ner he would have received
such bullion, but would have re.
antd II. The prosecution failed to
find anything showing ir.
r. gulafities In the wilt
ne-s' department. Edward 8.
g Gav-r, abstract clerk, testified
thst he hsd to record Transactions
between ,hs deposilors and the Su-
perrin e'.d-nt OF the Mint; the gov
-rnment m 4de into coin only the
b iilion it bought for that purpose;
all other bullion was refined for
private parties. Thomas McCauley
swore that bullion under 700 hne
was run into ingots to save charges
and when loss occurred he said he
supposed the government would
have to stand 1t. The Mint had
been working Northern Belle bull
'ion about four years, q cnnsidera-
BILE portion of which had to be
wni Z ed over IN the Mint, as 1t ran
hetween 700 and 800 now and was
tho brittle for coinage. There Ia
wastsge ev.ry time bullion Is
melted, which, affects the expenses
Of the Mint. Adj burned till Mon.
day next.
R.i,rsad Asasssmrns tu ArisOns-
MN ng News.
TOMBSTONE, July 2Sth. For the
last tniee days the Ro,rj of Equal.
ixation has been hearing argument
ON the assessment Of The Southern
Pacific Railroad In Cschise county.
q +. Cfocker, President Of tue
road, gave the valuation VI 90 miles
"f r,ad at $50 QUO per mile. The
Assessor valued it at Sl2 QUO aud
hen add. d u penalty, according to
the statute Of the Terri, ory, OF i've
times the amount. Judges Rvbin-
ION and Smith appeared for the
railroad, aud Hon. lom Fitch fJr
The people. The railroad attorneys
cor p pieted their argument en- We'd
uesday evening at 9 O'Clock. Fitch
night. The action of the Board is
looked for with interest by the
com nunity. The Board will prob.
abiy reduce the assessment to
ST., 600 per mile.
TIE Bradshaw Company has let
contract for teu.stamp mill at
their mine. The Glrard Company
also Will let contract for ten
stamp mill to be built at the mine.
This company struck rich body
of ore yest eruay. Dams have been
'epaired on the San Pedro and the
mills will start up to-mnrrow.
There has been no q ,stern or
Western mail since Tuesday, ow.
ing 10 washouts on the railroads.
Tns wssh"ots ON ths R.i.r"ad.
TUCSON, July 2S.-Reports from
Drming say that twenty five miles
OF tracK have been washed out on
the AtchisoD, Topeka and S anita
Fe road east Of 8 Al MsrcIal. No
trains from east of s Marcial
have reached Demiug siuce last
tuesday. There Is u large washout
near Casa Gr.nde, on the s Iuthern
Pacific road. Tners have been no
mats from Sln Franci.co since
Il U .sday morulng. The storms
have subsidized, but there IL still
evidence Of nuoh more rainfall
s00u. The s .uta Cruz river was
almo ost ml,e wide opposite Tue.
9 u aud roared all nigh like the
Mississippi. The damage to ranches
IN ths valley was considerable.