Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-06-19

Pacific railroad The mine is know
as the Copper King and is owned b,
Messrs. Spencer & Ridencur, the.
having secured the property by Ioca
ton. This copper deposit was orig
inaliy found by the notorious J0hi
d. Lee some Twelve years ago wher
he was fleeing from justice on ac'
count of the Mountain Mead w.
him rough draft Of the mine. l
has been found a ledge of copper,
and silver shows for $50 feet in
length, and the width varies from
20 10 90 feel. This deposit is in
| sand stone. Two hundred feet be-
low The surface this ledge is in pla n
view from the gorge OF the Coloraue
Canyon The ore by assay yields
40 TO SO per cent. copper and silver
S15 % 500 Cuts are made every
so feet along the ledge and samples
taken. 1t will require large sum
Of money 10 put in II working plant.
An outlay of 100000 has been esti-
mated as necessary.
The last grand rites of the HualP-
pal chief, Sequanyah, who died
about two months arO, were perform
cd at Kipgman, NJ ohave county, on
June 9th ty 500 or 1000 Hualapais
ard Mohavcs The Mohaves came
up from The river 10 assist in e!ect-
ing a new head chief. Schrum,
Stquanyah's cousin, was elected big
chief. The funeral orgies COM
M need early Sunday morning by
their assembling on the sid of the
hill gently sloping toward the west
and killing two horses to be eaten.
They killed seven altogether. The
mourners TO the nun ber of fifty or
more, men and squaws, gathered
under iepee or shelter of poles
covered with brush and grass. Their
grief is loud and boistruus hut not
sincere They ccasclessly mourn
and cry from sunrise till sunrise
n' xt moriir rg-Cry loud, long and
even till ears come with
grief Near them about
twenty warriors, neatly dressed in
knit undershlrts anu red cloth ABOUT |
The il Ions are drawn up in line with |
two chiefs in fr, nj, horseman with |
II mas Of f. alters on their heads on !
-iiher side. They give shout and |
thtn run about hundred yards an1
the n return. This is kept up all Gay
and hight. repeating as often as
beir endurance will permit. at
daylight they sci fire to the pyre on
which is place d all the old chiefs
[ fleets, his clothes, ornaments and
Gather crown. When the fire dies
lown they scatter TO their respective
launts.
The Prescott Journal of June 18TH
ays: The county jall contains 20
PRISONERS at present. s &. Miller
; planting 80 acres of his ranch in
falf. this year in addition to 270
cres of corn. the following
loiice was this morning posted on
be door OF the court house: "None
'ut officers are rermitlod to carry
Weapons in his court house either
pen or concealed" The order is
oud one and should be enforce d. -.
Gorge Hay gis, formerly an aSsayer
Il Prescott, died at Signal June 9th
- Some valuable lodges of mineral
ave been discovered nolth of Flag
taft.
The Prescott Miner of June 18th
nys: Billy DAVIS, in charge of the
radIng party ON the Central Arizo>
a railroad, accompanied by Hurry
came In from The works
D. day alter supplies. They iepor,
rogress in the grading and say that
lingS look very much like rail
,ad would soon be here. -. The
Try in the case of Tackett, the Flag
aft murderer, brought in verdict
murder in the second degree.
his leaves it with the discretion of
le court to imprison Tacket in The
erritorial prison anywhere between
N years and the remainder of his
atural life.
The Cliff Clarion of June 18th 7
~: Justice Sias sentenced a cul-
tit to $i5 and SITS for killing fi-h
Ith grant powder. and addeu that 4
{ would next time uflix the full
ena;ty of the Jaw "A petition is
circulation IN Clifton asking FOR
lc pardon of &. F Hushson, sem
need to Yuma for two and half
ears for grand larceny. =. Mr..
laughter, the Eagle Creek cattle
an, has placed 800 Sonora cattle
n his ranch. Duncan will have Il +
rand celebration on the Fourth -.
aptain N. S. Davis has gone to
rescott to survey and begin work
i the railroad. =. On Wednesday
the new smelling plant two
.ushers will be started up on
ore. The entire pla0t
ill soon be in readiness to elbow
l.". The assessment roll of Graz
am county will show a handsome
lci ease for 1884 over 1888. We are
; yet unable TO give exact figures,
MT the total will certainly reach
! coo, ,oGO against 5000. 600 in round
umbcrs for last year. ... The special
lima ounty grand jury, which was
session for thirty days, cost that
ounty, according 10 the Tucson
ndeX, So OPS. The ayera~e daily