Mohave County miner., 1889-01-05
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Governor, residents OF the Territory.
The rush 10 the new gold fields at Har
qua Hala threatens to depopulate Phu
nix
City Physician Wharton Of Ph9nix, in
a card through the papers OF that city de-
nies that there are any cases Of small pox
there.
The Phoenix Gazette says, "the mine
in which Mark Smith is interested is de.
yeloping, SO We are informed, into veri.
table bonanza.
The Copper Queen smelters closed
down last night and will not fire up again
until the railroad reachess Bisbee, which
will be about the 18th Of Janusry.-Pros'
pector.
Coke for the Old Dominion Copper
Company is arriving here at a lively rate,
About five hundred tons are now here
and due to arrive within a few days
Wilcox Stockman.
NJ. v. Clearinghouse took out a pocket
of ore from the Democrat mine ut Me-
Millen, which yielded 600 or 700 pounds
OF rich ore, large portion OF which is
worth several dollars per pound.-silve'
Belt.
In sentiment there should be no south
and north Arizona, and the geographical
sections should be united by rails Of fsteel,
making them one in interest and In the
development of the territory of which We
are so very proud.--Arizonan.
Some idea OF the importance OF Wilcox
as a shipping point can be formed when
it is stated that during the month OF No
vember 8, 200, 600 pounds OF freight were
handled here. These figures are official,
being furnished by Agent Nicholas
Stockman.
The s25 900 apportionment by the leg
islature for the Tucson university is said
to have been faithfully expended, and one
of the best buildings in the territory is
now nearly completed as a monument to
the expenditure Of the appropriation.
Assist our neighbors to complete it
Gazette.
Recent accounts give the number OF In
dians at or near the San Carlos reserva-
ton as 8, 400, and the White Mountains,
near Fort Apache, at 1900, or total on
the reservation Of 5,268, an increase over
former estimates. Officers who have lived
on the reservation for years state that the
Indians are increasing very fast.
Apache county cast S43 votes at the
last election. She has a bonded indebt-
edness of sll0, 900, besides several thous-
and dollars in county warrants. Owing
to the non-payment Of taxes by the A. Il
p. II. Il. Co., the county is not able to
keep even. The taxes are three per
cent.
The stage running between Bowie and
Solomonville, the same that was robbed
November 5th last, was held up by two
men on the oath inst. near Bowie, and
the mail sacks and everything OF value
taken. The robbers have not yet been
captured, although posse started the
same day on their trail.
Salt River on Monday reached a high
point but during the night fell several
feet. The report current on the streets
OF Phoenix that the railroad bridge at this
place was in danger Of being syept away,
was entirely without foundation. The
bridge is perfectly safe and was not dam
aged in the least.--Tempe News.
The Chiricahua Cattle Company have
q number OF wells which afford all the
water necessary. Their west well has a
steam pump which throws $1,000 gallons
an hour, and the north we'll, i25 feet deep,
has twenty-foot windmill, and they are
now putting up another twenty, sixteen
and fourteen on other portions OF their
range.-Prospector.
Recent reports from san Carlos are to
the effect that few Indians Of that reses-
vation are crotchety and not as kindly
disposed towards one another as stoics Of
wood should be. They believe In the
virtue OF gun powder, and in two in
stances within the past two weeks ex-
ploded 1t, causing the removal OF two OF
the brethren to kingdom come.-silver
Belt
Old miners who have just returned
from the Harqua Hala gold mines pro-
nounce them the richest ever discovered
in Arizona. In the neighborhood five
hundred people are now in and about the
camp, and they say that from the present
indications large camp will soon be es-
tablished. Several experts representing
arge capital are now on the ground
Phoenix Herald.
II Cochise secures the insane asylum,
Florance the Normal school and Phoenix
the ca :cital, the distribution will be both
equitable and jrlsst.; as the insane asylum
building at Pho nix car be utilized AZ a
capitol building, and he Normal frhool
building can be used as public school
building for the Tempe precinct. To this
arrangement Tempe would no doubt
agree.-Tucson Star.
The delinquent taxes in Pima county
for 1893 have lust been footed up by