Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-21
NORTHERN ARIZONA.
Prosperous Times Reported by an old Niner. ICorr AlbuaLerqae Journal

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 (COrr. Albuquerque Journal
 HACKBERRY, Arizona, Nov. 12- | Thinking you would be pleased to hear | from Mojave county and its dolngs propose after a long silence to punish yOu and your readers once more. Never since IS75 has the county bad such a prosperous outlook. John Me- kenZie, our ex-recorder, has a lease on extension of the old-time and famous Blackberry mine. He has but five men at work at present, but shipped a full car load of fine rich ore to klDgman to- | day. Mckenzie also has lease extend ing until May lst on the Cupel at Stock | ton Hill. If all rumOrs are true John will yet be one of the bonanza kings of AriZOna, but he IS sure to be always the same John for all that.
 Andy Waterbury also has 8 nice thing near the old Hackbury null and makes regular shipments of ore.
 It is said that Charley Moon has made one of the greatest strikes in the country not far from Waterbury's place. There is still good body of ore ID sight at the Crescent, and Miller Nil- hams are making 1t show up In tine style.
 For specimen ore Musis mountain has been acknowledged as the boss camp. The veins are small, but have sampled as high as S3,CC0 and $5,CIO.
 Because of the shooting atfr6y which happened there oD November 2nd, most of the work m Thompson, Dauer k Hitchcock's camp, have come to close. Your readers have been told of thIs shooting, but the result of the examina- tion of Dauer and Hitchcock ou the frs, charge, that of the murder of Charles Harmon, only closed at kingmsn yester- day. Never since the days of short order hanging in the old town by Judge Lynch, have the people of this community been so much surprised and disgu>ted as at the result of this exsmipatio Hitchcock WAS pronounced guilty of murder aLd held to answer to that charge before the grand jury, but was released on Sl,5OO bail. This peaceful and law abiding community have asked themselves ID vain for any law or justles that can be shown for such proceeding, and say II the man was innocent of the charge he should have been set free, but failing to prove him anything but guilty will utNcI CEdcC to hOuuCA MAdb Aut1ACA Oi man justI se Watkins, of kinRman, must he. Prosecuting Attorney Blskeslee, from Mineral Park, Judge Rush of Pres colt; Judge Williams of Mineral Park, and Sheriff Steen have all been In town today. The prisoners, Dauer, and Hitchcock, were tried on the second charge of assault with intent to kill l.. R Thompson on the same day and st thr same place. The case came bef' re Judge Johnson, and resulted III Daurr Hitchcock being held under S2.OO0 each and tO appear before the grand jury. The bal was not forthcoming, and Sherin Steen left with them for Mineral Park, there to make the prisoners safe.
 The good people of Blackberry pro pose to fight hard for the removal of the country seat to this place. They have made the first step and a very impOr tant one, by sinking well for the pub l;c use, and already have a good supply uf water. The county seat must go from Mineral Park, and Blackberry has just the sort of energetic, go ahead peo- pie who propose to have It. This, too. k reasonable. for It is the most central pOInt, and the easiest of access for the stOckmen of the county.