Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-29
TOMBSTONE LETTER.
Local GoSsiD-NeW Machinery for MineS-The Developments or q Week in the Mines of the Won- derful Camp.
special Correspondence ofthe CITIZEN.
 T,Aru--r,,-1- AT.,- Js 1881

| lNtlDs are lIdu1HL AlLN SD LHAtl liu-
 portance 10 the world at large.
 Last week Judge Stillwell overrulec
 the demurrer in Proctor ct aI v-
 Conly ct al, which is the title of ,h,
 case involving She ownership Of tA,
 Bob Ingersoll mine. Defendants ll
 five days 10 answer. hui 0n Monday l were granted further extension | Considerable business has been dis. l posed of, and the Judge has won tho 1 good opinion Of the bar and of .iti-
 gants. l heard to day court was Co b,
 adjourned ailer next week, but as that
 week will be consumed by criminal
 business, many important cases vii.
 thus go over for the term. This will cause considerable comment, and per
 haps dissatisfaction, and it might be
 better were the term extended, al
 least for d few days.
 Monday afternoon one Dr. Johnson, | formerly of San Jose, California dropped dead on Allen street, near tLl fatal Oriental corner The doctor had | tried Go live uu alcohol, and had mot | taken sufficient uOurisAmcut, hence his untimely end. Arizona does mol seem to be q climate for heavy drink ! CTS Co thrive iH, and one Is wise who | abstains from whisky.
 l Mining men sull continue confident and happy, and lr"m tLe -ieady ] growth and increase ol tre district ! they are Co be congratulated. At present improvements are the l order of the day. Horse whims and machinery for hoisting works are ar | irving, and on the hill II looks IG9I- ness like.
 The Flora Morrison and Grand Ger lral are getting ready for their new machinery, and the Tough Nul also ! The Little Wonder has a whim in op- eration. and Way Up started again } yesterdaY after nearly months de- lay, owing 10 the whim being broken and having to be repaired in san 1 Francisco.
 The Bob lngersOli also received a horse Whim on Monday, and com menccd putting it in place yesterday ! They are shipping ore tO the Hopkins mill daily, and Inc work progresses l yn Inc mine AS of yore. The ore im- | proves as they go down, and with the l aii of the new machinery they will l De able Co double or treble the amount of work, and with much less tIou ole.
 Iu my last l spoke of the strike in ! the Empire mine, aad how well ! things were looking. Since linen there has been a steady improvement. The ore dump now begins Co loom up, and has about lJ0 tons of ore thereon. The quality of ore IS caTbouates and red nematite of iron, carrying car | bOn8te of silver, and bealS a close re- semblanCe tD the ore in the COnten- ton and Head Center. The SCpcriu- tendent is MT. Pierce, not Price, as made to read by your cUmpositor. On the 4OO-fOOt level they are raising on the new body of ore. To the uprIiSe they are m about % feet, and the ore improves and holds good as they go on On the 2OO-loot level they aIc sluking a wiuZe, and are taking out ore enough from this winze alone t0 pay all the expenses of the mine.
 On the ljU-foOt level, in the old ar shaft, a body Oi ore is being opened up that promises Co turn out a. well as anything yet discovered. Taken altogether, the Empire is looking Us well as any mine in the district. \ general average made ui the ore from all parts OI tue mIne gives about SlO0 per ton, and about ong-jbIrd iu gold. Some of the assays made have run as high as S4U0 a ton in gold, which is a new feature in the camp.
 The principal item Of interest ia the Head CeElcg Is a 3O-ccnt assess ment on the stockholders. This must delight the San Francisco stOCkhold- els and give them renewed faith in the di~iFIcl anu prove d gentle re- hinder of tAc dear old days of ;hl CrmstOck and favorite Nevada.
 4 visit 10 the Grand Central mine and a chat with Mr. Gage, the super intcudent, disclOses the following. On Tuesday morning the hosting works were shut down for repairs, and it sill be about Friday before work is resumed.
 IL has been found necessary Co put in new valve gear and brake rigging as there has been some trouble with the bTak $ oi late and they would not holL.
 The usual amount of ore, from 70 to 90 tons daily, Is being hauled to the mill, but ut present there is ore enough on hand Co run the mill for a week. A, they have their hands full taking out ore no new development work is being done.
 Some of the machinery for the new hOisting works has arrived and more is expected daily. Work Is going on all the time and things are rapidly growing into shape.
 NIT. George Ames, representing Prescott, Scot; & Co, of San Fran cisco, arrived on Saturday, and is now living at the mine and Is here for the purpose OI experimenting the new work.
 Lately the Grand Central has been reincOrporaIcd under the laws of the Stale of Ohio, with 100, 900 shares and $1O.0O0, ,O00 capital.
 Under the first incorporation in Missouri there Weve only SJO shares of the par value of $5O0 each, but some little difficulty being expert enced and stockholders not being in perfect harmony or satisfied with the state of affairs as then existing, the above change was determined on and carried into effect.
 The tIlk about the mine being eX- amined by a San Francisco expert for capitalists who contemplated pur- chasing the mine or an interest there in, and the report was satisfactory, l am informed WAS mere bosh. The examination was made al the request Of the eastern owners and for their private information and satisfaction.
 The Way Up are still still sinking on the new shaf., and work is now icing pushed on the old, where the horse whim is m operation. They are down about 23O feet. The owners how, -,It -ha prP flrr,f, af Ina .fl