Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-06-02
MAMMOTH MUSINGS.
THE sUPERMUNOlN lNIE INSPECTOR BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH.
Good News from the Sample NIines---The TOrtilitas Showing Their Wealth.
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MAMMOTH. May 2Sth

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 MAMMOTH, May 18th.
 DEAR ENTERPRISE Some over-zcal- ous vulture of an agent, or inspector, has lit upon the inanimate Mammoth mill, with an idea, no doubt, Of sur prising the heads of his Department in Washington with his shrewdness. The attachment is for $I3, 300 and repre- sents 4,500 cords of wood at $3 per cord, supposed to have been cut on government agricultural lands and con- eUmed at the Mammoth mill. Well, if this thing ever comes to trial the prosecution will find that nearly, if not all, the wood used at this mill was cut on mineral lands, and that it is a senseless, useless persecution. The government should take into consider ation the half million dollars CT more which the Mammoth company have taken from the ground and disbursed in this section for wages and services, taxes and supplies: the hundreds of thousands feet of lumber; the tons up on tons of hay and grain, the immense amount of beef, vegetables and other products, all raised in this immediate vicinity, and paid for directly and in directly by the Mammoth Company. It Is 8 sad state of affairs, when the government, whose aim certainly ought to be, and is, to foster such bona tide enterprises as the Mammoth Company employs men who seek to trample legit- ima.e business out of existence.
 This agent, or whatever he is, re- minds us of some of the Indian inspcc- tors who used to come to San Carlos and vicinity full of zeal and with the idea paramount that everybody in Ari- zona was a thief or an outlaw. One of these people, who shall be nameless s!alked majeslically into the Belt Of flee III Globe, once upon g time, and inquired of our dear old friend Judge Hackney:
 Do you know who 1 am?"
 "No, Sir" replied the Judge in his dignitied manner.
 "Well, they call me a on wheels"
 "Ah!" said the Judge, "but I don't see the wheels"
 Now, wonder if this man, who is after our Mammoth company, is oi that genus?
 The case, however, has been dismiss ed on technicality, but in all proba bility will be again presented on al amended basis.
 Supt. Barnhart of the Sample mine is feeling his way along in systematic and careful manner, shipping enough of the rich ore to pay his working ex penses, and piling up a monstrou' dump of 40 to 50 ozs. free milling ore Harry has just let 8 contract to sink l00 feet deeper, which will give tota ] depth of 300 feet. Within this dis | tance he expects 10 catch the thre( lodges, which show on the surface, il one vein, and from all appearances ht will do it, and expose a larger vein o very high grade ore. The San Pedro company are to be complimented or the possession of such a fine property | as the Sample Group of mines and ar, really fortunate in having such 1 thorough mining man and genera 1 good manager as MT. G. H. Barnhart at the helm.
 Those who have been running dow1 the Iortilita group of mines had bette go little slow, fer on a recent visi Col, Elmore showed your eOrrespon dent through the different mines O this company, and better showing would be hard to find, especially on til, Jesse Benton, where at 9 deptt of 17! feet, they have from 3 to , feet of yer, rich ore, almost any piece of whicl shows plenty of native silver and is ful of rich sulphides. This width an' character of ore Is shown at this deptl 1 for nearly 500 feet along the ledge an, when Col. Elmore gets his levels rul he will have about 560,000 cubic fee of this ore ready for stoping. On tn Jesse Benton alone one carload of | tons of this ore, shipped, gave a net re turn of T3 eco over and above all ez penses of mining, asserting, sackins hauling, shipping and working charge: When the Colonel gets his new Whit Howell roaster in place, and the mi running on this kind of ore, we ca safely look out for a palpable refuta ton of all the abuse this company properties has had to stand-I al ashamed 10 say-from our own Territo ial papers.
 On our return from the Owl Head we visited the Southern Belle mine and en route met gay cavalcade ( ladies and gentlemen, headed by Ma and Mrs. T. D. Hammond, who wel out enjoying the glorious sunshine an pure mountain air. After listenin to some (ab) original music at M Clarll's, the gay party wended the way homeward, Dr. WardweI, noun ed on his untiery, tanned steed, Balaan , bringing up the rear.
 We appreciate fully the fact tn; summer is upon us and find that thel is still some warmth left in a general cold and cheerless world.
 PoLLED ANGUS. 
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