Mohave County miner., 1888-05-19

Santa Maria country, near the Hillside
mine, which he says is richer than any
thing he has ever found before. Journal
Miner.
Capt. Welton, Special Indian Agent,
left Wednesday for the Wsllapai reserva-
tion. He goes TO Peach Springs and from
there he will be accompanied by Super
visor J. L. Nelson, who win show him
over that desolste portion ot Mohays
county.
VIM. 3. Conaut, OF Ration Pass Lodge,
No. POI, Brotherhood o Brakemen, was
In town Tuesday for the purpose Of re-
moving the body Of VIM. Newton, the un.
fortunate brakeman who died here last
week. The body win be buried At Ration,
New Mexico.
A special excursion train consisting OF
twelve Pullman vestibule cars passed
west Tuesday afternoon. The west-bound
travel to California over the A. Il T. Is on
the increase. The regular passenger
trains average eight well-filled coaches
each day, and there are from two TO SIX
extra trains each week.
Col. Brayton, commanding Whippie
Barracks, viii shortly go to the Big Sandy
country In Mohave county, to look ont q
reservation for the Wallapai Indians. He
will do 50 under instructions from Wash
ington, the authorities there having been
petitioned TO this effect by officials and
citizens Of Mohave county. y.--Courier.
Orren Dalton was brought before U. s..
Commissioner ). J. Hyde Thursday on a
charge OF furnishing whisky to Indians.
The Commissioner held him to answer
before the u. s. Grand Jury at Prescott,
and placed his bond at $500. which the
prisoner was unable to give, and he was
committed to the custody Of U. y. Marshal
Steen. a.-.
DIR. Sherman is fitting up cabinet on
the south side Of the depot in which he
will place for public exhibition specimens
OF ore from the various mines in this
county. II win prove . great attraction
TO the passengers on the trains west-bound
and will no doubt be the means of adver.
tising the mines of this county to con-
siderable extent.
A Wallapai Indian known as "Bot''
got drunk Wednesday and drove a knife
into the head Of squaw known as
Georgia" making dangerous and per-
haps fatal wound. Bob was arrested by
Sheriff Steen and taken before Justice OF
the Peace Funston, and q charge of
assault with attempt to commit murder
was made against him. He was held to
answer.
The citizens Of Kingnan are probably
not aware that the lumber trade cuts
quite large figure in the business of the
town. During the year 1887 the Arizona
Lumber Co., Of Flagstaff, shipped to this
place 58l 900 feet OF lumber. Besides
this during that year about 12O, 900 feet
was shipped here from California, making
total Of 701 900 feet sold and used in
Kingnan for the year 1857.
The well-boring outfit OF the company
which recently purchased the Patterson
mine in Gold Basin has arrived at Hack
berry and will be taken to its destination
this week. II is the intention Of the com.
pany TO sink TO the depth of 300 feet, II
a sufficient supply OF water il not struck
sooner. This is the first attempt in this
county to find water by drilling, and the
final result is anxiously awaited by the
citizens Of Mobsve county.
On Tuesday Frank Jackson brought up
from Signal Jose Morales, q Mexican who
had developed q mild form Of insanity.
Wednesday Morales was examined al to
his sanity before Probate Judge Beecher,
who decided TO keep him IN the county
Jail few days in the belief that his in
sanity was only temporary and that in a
few days he would be all right again.
Morales for q number VI years, and until
the abolishment of the route, was mail
carrier from Aubrey to Signal. There are
now two men confined In the county Jail,
believed to be temporarily insane, and
both were mail carriers.
4. J. Ryan, Of Chicago, who has for the
past month been looking into the mineral
resources Of this section, left for California
on Wednesday. He was accompanied by
C. Ii. Lawrence. Both gentlemen will
60 10 Chicago in few days, and they
may return here in few months. Mr..
Ryan purchased the Thos. Christie cabi-
net OF silver specimens taken from the
Rural mine, paying therefor, It is said,
the sum of $1,000, at which price the
purchaser considers the collection cheap.
The specimens comprise every variety Of
native silver and u il believed to be the
finest collection OF the kind in the United
States.
A special train consisting Of the Direc-
tors car Of the Atlantic 4 Pacific road and
the Directors car "Catoosa" Of the St.
Louis Il San Francisco road passed west
Sunday. The party consisted Of the fol-
lowing persons: Gen. T.. T. Winslow,
President Of the 81. Louis 4 San Francisco
Railroad; General Horace Porter, Of New
York, Director; w. l.. Frost, Of Boston,
another Director of the Sc. Louia & San