Mohave County miner., 1888-07-14
TEBRITORIAL ITEMS.

Rains nave ialien IN the c0utnern par
Of the Territory during the past week
and stockmen are rejoicing.
Holbrook, notwithstanding the destruc
ton Of the greater portion Of the town BY
fire, will still continue the fight for the
county seat Of Apache county.
John G. Fall, Of Wilcox, has taken the
Soto brothers in az partners in his mer
camille business. The Messrs. Soto havs
been in the employ Of Mr.. Fall for q
number Of years.
Phoenix had a 81 900 fire on the 4th
partly destroying the frame stores nexi
to the Irvine brick block, occupied by
Coon, Burtis 4 Coon, stoves and tinware,
and the second hand store.
A postoffice is to be established at Grow
King, Yavapai county, Arizona, with q.
p. Harrington az postmaster, and the
Office at Ash Fork, same county, will be
discontinued from July 10th.
The assessment roll OF Maricopa county
for the year 1883 has just been completed
and shows o valuation Of taxable property
aggregating $4,000,07l. This is an in
crease of sS23, 1852 over the assessment o.
1887.
The McKeon cattle, sold at Sherif's
sale last week to Goldman Il Co., oI
Phoenix, to satisfy mortgage, were sold
by Mr.. Goldman TO Mr.. Ben PARKS
There were something over 100 head In
the band, and the price paid was 81 800
--Stockman.
Smith & Brockman have discovered an
lS-inch vein of pretty rich gold ore in
Cherry District. 3. McWhorter, Of the
same district, arrived here yesterday with
bar Of gold which he recently ground
out OF rock from the Oro Colorado mine
Prescott Courier.
The Total Wreck mine, mill and all its
property in the Empire District, Pima
county, are to be sold at auction in New
York on July 30th, by the receiver, upon
a judgment in favor Of J. NJ. Requa. The
mill is one Of the most complete evei
built in the Territory.
On July 4th at Winslow Reinhold
Schneider, an A. & p. fireman, was shot
and killed by night watchman L. W.
Davis in the round house. A quarrel
about some supplies was the cause which
led to the shooting. Davis narrowly 60
capped lynching, and was taken to st
Johns for sale keeping.
1t is reported, but with what truth w
are unable to state, that drunken mar
who was sleeping In the basement of the
Donahue building on the night Of the firt
perished in the flames. If there is any
foundation whatever for this report VIC
should think no time would be lost IN
finding out definitely how much there il
in it,-Flagstaf Champion.
On Friday night of last week serious
accident occurred at the Silver King mine
on the 10th floor Of the S00-foot level, b,
which Tim Curry and Frank McGuirt
were injured, the former fatally, it il
feared. A blast had Just been fired ant
Curry went forward TO examine the hole
when an enormous mass of rock fell
almost completely burying him. One LEI
was broken, and, it is believed, his bach
also. At last accounts Curry's condition
was critical. MCGUIRE, who was neal
Curry when the cave occurred, was only
slightly injured.-Belt.
Joe Gibson, the mail contractor on ths
Globe and Verde route, informs ussof tht
discovery of wonderful rich ledge o
silver, located near the head of Canyot
Creek, close to the lines Of Yayapai and
Apache counties. The locators are Lev
Robinson, John Gillen and Frank Bissig
of Payson. The ledge is large and crop'
out for some distance. The ore is blacl
sulphuret, and small piece, given to III
by Mr.. Gibson, il very rich. The speci
men has been subjected to heat, and thu
surface is studded with little beads Of th'
pure metal. Silver Belt.
The Florence Enterprise says the ia
NOUS Silver King Mining Company ha'
levied it's first assessment to meet TIL
extraordinary expenses of fully exploitinl
the mine and placing the mill in thorough
repair for the economical working of th'
ore. The Silver King mine has producst
vast amount of silver and has pait
dividends aggregating two millions o
dollars. It ought certainly to be able Il
levy one small assessment without meet
ing the objection Of the lucky stock
holders, particularly as its vast ore re
serves viii speedily return the sum will
immense interest.
f. w. Clark, who has located rancl
at Evans Camp, on the west side of tn,
Huachucas, has solved water and irri
CATION problem which 10 an importan
discovery for Arizona. Mr.. Clark dug {
trench across the canyon to bed rock, II
places twenty feet deep, and quite lsrg
volume Of water was encountered. HI
then filed up the trench with clay to tn
surface, pudding the same as work pro
gressed. The result is that there is nov
fine flow of water over the subterraneal
dam, where water never ran before sxcep
in the rainy season, sufficient TO irrigat
several acres Of rich land lying below
Epitaph.
A sad case Of supposed suicide occurre'
yesterday morning in Neahr's addition
west of town, by which a husband ha