Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-05-10
GLOBE.
HOW THE METROPOLIS OF CHA
 COUNTY LOOKS.
A Cosy Town and HnspiiabIe People The Home of judge Hackney and his Silver Eelt--5ts mines
 and other Resources.

and other Resources.
 A recent visit of an ENTERPRISE representative to the pretty little town os Globe was iull of interest from the fact that the typical appearance of the Arizona town is there conspicuously absent It's houses, neatly built ot wood and brick and presenting an at tractiye appearance, remind one more.I of an old-settled Eastern community than of a frontier settlement. It Is charmingly situated on Pinal creek, amid the rolling foothills of the PInai mountain, and Is one of thomost pie turesque places in the territory All the usual business enterprises are fully represented and its people are intell;genlS and energetic. It IS To- cated in the midst oi Q rich mining country and is chiefly dependent upon that industry for its support; there fore it's prosperity is largely regulated by their activity.
 The county of Gila, originally the smallest in Anzona, was materially enlarged by the accession of the Tonto Basin corner of Yavapai county dur ing the last session of the legislature, and it's area was brought up to higher standard. IL is in a prosperous finan- cial condition, notwithstanding the payment to Tavapai county of the sum of $Il GOO for the Tonto section annexed In 1888 the assessed value of its real estate was T47 ,S95 ; improve ments, $205,S65; personal property $3G4, ,3SS--a total of %622 ,l4S. Last years roll aggregated $ ,056,S07, the real estate being valued at S22G, ,5S4 improvements, Sl90,7SO, and personal property $G39,443. This is very gratifying increase in spite of the try ing times under which it occurred.
 Among the many enterprises of Globe, the town lays claim to one of the best newspapers in the territory. It is conducted by Judge Hackney and his nephew ]. II. Hammil, and the good fame of the Silver Belt eX- tends far beyond the limits of its home county.
 The most notable mining property in Gila county are the
 OLD DOMINION MINES
 These great producing properties, formerly known as the Old Globe mines. lie ab0nt one mile north of Globe, and their history occupies the brightest page in the annals of Gila county. They were first opened in 1881, and in June, 1882, the first | furnace was started and, with few in- terruptions, they have ever since been steady producers of copper bullion. | Even under the great disadvantage of | their distance from railroad communi- cation, necessitating the hauling of coke from Wilcox, no miles, when the price of copper was at it's lowest point, the rich ores of these mines were worked at a profit.
 During the month of April of the present year, 2G00 tons of ore was reduced, requiring 4G5 tons of coke costing $50 per ton, and the output of copper bullion and matte was about 3SO tons. Abundant lluX is found ad- jacent to the mines, being but a quarter of mile from the furnaces, and about 220,G00 pounds of ore and llux are hauled per day The ore is hauled 200 feet.
 The cost of wood is $G50 per cord and from seven to eigtht cords are consum- ed daily. The ore now used comes from the seventh level, 800 feet be low the old outcroppings. Twenty five to thirty thousand feet of stopping timber l2 by p inches in size, is re- l T t,l, | by the mills in the Pinal mountains It is said that at the present rate ol consumption the available timber will soon be exhausted.
 Fully four-iiflhs of the ore used comes from the claims adjoining the original mine A new ore chute i: being constructed to facilitate oper ations.
 , A. l.. Walker has been the super l intendent of these properties for th' past twenty-eight months. He em ploys about l60 men in various cap acities about the mines and smelters !. the wages being $3.25 per day. l THE BUFFALO GROUP. l These copper properties, now com ing into prominence, lie north of tn, {; Old Dominion about quarter of mile and employ twenty men. The l. have a 30-ton smelter in operation '- and with the Old Dominion, are tn :; only copper producers in Gila count, @ at the present time. An extende !, description of these mines Was re {; gently given through the columns c r TIE ENTERPRISE.
 THE FAME.
 1. This is a silver property, six mile distant from Globe. It was opene ' eight years ago and has produced {
 date about $22j,000. The mine i
 worked by tunnels, being located O , the side of mountain. There al T five tunnels with an average lengt i' of 400 feet each. A new tunnel
 300 feet will be run, five hundred fe'
 below the present working
 The ore is worked at the Centenni
 mill in Globe and averages abor
 $500 per ton. John Kron, Charle
 Hayse and Monument Buck were tl
 original locators
 CHLORIDERs.
 In Richmond Basin there are abo,
 twenty men working all upon lease
 claims with the exception of the Fla
 rison and Brewster mines, which a
 operated by their owners.
 w. II. Woodson, l.. II. Scanlan al
 Lee Ikenberry are working the Hele he J. E. Henry, Wm. Gill and P. n Johnston orn usorliu,, ft,a Mao AI,rr