Arizona silver belt., 1889-01-05
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Great activity in mining in the Cliff ten district is reported by the Clarion.
 Dick Rule, of Tom bstone, will soon assume charge of the Fl Paso Trl- bune.
 The delinquent taxes in Maricopa aggregate between $95,OOO and S40,- 900.
 The University building ip Tucson is said to be substancial and slightly edifce.
 Graham county warrants are ris- ing in value and now werth 83 cents on the dollar.
 A crowd of prospectors have gone from Tombstone to the now gold camp Tn Eastern Yuma county. J. Libsrman. head of the big Will COX forwarding house of'J., Llbernan < Co.,, is back from the East.
 Quantities eff lumber are arriving al Grant fer use in new buildings and improvements at that post.
 H. c. Hooker has drlven an addi tional 1000 head of beef cattle to Salt River valley. to pasture on alfalfa fields.
 Major Powell is of the opinion that millions of acres of unoccupied landln Arlzsna will be reclairaed by the aid of th5 government.
 The Gazette boasts that the Salt River valley produces more babies, al- falfa and dellcious fruit than any oth- CT country in the West.
 Dr. L. H. Goodrich has gone East, presumably to confer with his patron Alger and enlist his aid tS secure the appointment of Governor.
 Superintendent Hasklus, of the At las copper mine, has made another shipment 5O,O98 pounds of matte East. The mine is said to leok we'll.
 Capt. Dutton, photographic sur veycr, who visited Phcenix last week, will soon inaugurats work in Salt river valley, under tAe1rrigation act
 Ths Silver Reef Mining Company whose property IS situated in the Casa Grande district, purchased an adjoining claim. last week for $25,o0o.
 The Silver King Mining Company have closed down both their Pnal and Silver King mills and retain force of only fifteen men in the mine.
 Gen. Miles has not forgotten us since his transfer to the command of the Department of the Pacific, and will, it is announced. soon pay Arizo- ua visit.
 Taxes to the amount of S78.170 has been paid into the County Treasury of Cechise County, leaving S16,000 delin- quent. In Pima County the dslin- quent list foots up S35,000.
 Col. A. ". Smith, of Phoenix, is said to have bonded. for S175,000, claims adjeurniug the rich Harqua Hala discoveries, and will negotiate them in Denver.
 At Yuma. sn the 18th ult., a sand bank, along side of which gang of convicts were working, caved, burying two Mexicans one of whom died be- fore he could be extricated.
 It is stated by Phoenix paper that the locators of the original Harqua Rala geld claims offer to sell for $200,- GOO. which is too small price if half what is claimed fer them is true.
 The Gazette boasts of the fact that there were 10000 pounds of wheat and barley taken fES4 the fertile lands of the Salt River valley the present year. It Is something to crew about.
 Contracts were let at Tncson for feeding prisoners in the county jail at 4e cents per day; fer caring for the indigent sick. S125 per day; caring for paupers, 62s cents per day; bury ing paupers, $1250 each.
 One of the longest storms known to Hassayampers is now on, says the Courier. Those who have track of It say it has been raining of and on for two or three weeks. It is now SHOW ing, getting things ready for Santa Claus.
 The Star says: A number of our farmers are putting in crops on the mesa lands, dependIng upon the amount of rain that has already fal- len and that which probably will fall within the next few months, to mature them.
 A correspondent of the Arizonan Col. L. F. Eggers, of Pres