Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28


 developing mining properties at the Owl Heads, came in town last Monday. He thinks that district will soon command the attention of mining investors on ac- count of the abun darce and richness of its ores.
 In justice to the other contributors towards the expense of printing the fold CTS descriptive of this valley, 1t is proper to state that the amount subscribed by w. R. Stone has been refunded to him because of hIs chronic dissatisfaction herewith Messrs. B. J. Whiteside, w. C.Smith & Co.,, c. w. Tillman, the J. D. Rittenhouse estate, L. K. Drais and the ENTERPRISE publishers made up the dehe ieucy required for freight charges on the second lot received.
 Mir. F. Elver, of Middleton, Dane county, Wisconsin, arrived in Florence last Wednesday to take up his permanent residence here. He owns section of land under the Florence canal which he will bring under cultivation so soon as the canal reaches it. Mir. Elmer lost hls voice during recent cold contracted in Wisconsin and he feels confident that this mild climate will very soon bring him permanent relief from the ailment
 Mir. Sylvester Baxter, of Boston, Sec retary of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, was in town on Wednesday. He is with Messrs. F. H. Gushing, c. A. Garlick and Dr. ten Kate the anthropholgist, reconnoite ering the ruins in this valley. Four laborers accompany the party. The expedition has two camps, one of them near Tempe, called Camp Hemenway, and one near Mesa City, called Las Acequias. Dr. J. l.. Wortman, comparative Anatomist of the Army Medical Museum at Washing ton, Is now at the latter camp, having joined the expedition by order of the Surgeon General They are accumulat- ing lot of interesting relics.
 McNeil, the horse thief captured by Deputy Sheriff James Thomas at Duncan New Mexico, short time ago and placed in the county jail here, made break for liberty on Wednesday morning and ''got there" in good style. On plea of a desire to visit the out-house he was per mitJed't to pass around the north end of the court house. The gate at that point happened to be ajar, as load of wood had just been hauled in, and the prisoner saw his opportunity and, shackled as he was, made lively run down Main street across the acequia and then plunged into the fields to the west, where the strict est search failed to discover him. He is evidently an adept in getting out of the clutches of the law and IS as cunning as he is depraved.
 Mir J. P. Gabriel is developing quite bonanza at Riverside. He has ledge of gold ore from 11 to 4 feet wide that runs up high in gold. It Is an iron stained rotten quartz from which the gold can be horns spooned in astonishing quantities. He has fifty tons at his five stamp mill and with his present facilities for hauling he can bring but two tons per day from the mine to the mill, a dis tance of four and half miles, but he has arranged for enough teams to haul suffi- cient ore to keep the mill running dur. ing the day time and will soon be able to run it day and night The ore body will supply plenty of rich ore to do this MT. Gabriers very many warm friends will be glad to learn of his good fortune.