The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-17
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

Arizona has remaining subject to
disposition 65,Q6l ,005 acres of land.
1,342,2ll acres of which has been
surveyed.
Grading ON the Santa Fe, Prescott &
Phoenix railroad is being rapidly push
cd toward the Aqua Fria. They are
now working ON the thirteenth mile.
Maricopa county is having q regular
boom in the orange planting business.
Since it is no longer II risk, the people
are preparing to pu, out Il large acre
age.
An ingeni IS Arizona jeweler has
made souvenir spoon from Arizona
silver with a handle representing the
suhuara and on the bowl an engraving
of the Casa Grande ruins.
Judge Goodlng granted the petition
Of DIR. Bcldcn's daughter, Caroline
Belden-Trask, for Il divorce from her
husband, Henry II. Trask, and to re-
sumo her maiden name of Caroline
Elizabeth Belden.
Lieut.. c. p. johnson was required
to give new bonds last week, for his
appearance at the next term of rhe
District Court of Graham county, TO
answer for the killing of Henry Barry
of Fort Thomas last october.
] Major Downing's mill, in the Chiri-
cahua mountains was fired and COM
pletely destroyed by the persons who
wounded him and killed Il man in his
employ. If this be true, the felonious
act was a matter OF revenge by persons
other than Indians.
The Scott brothers from Apache
county have 10000 sheep grazing on
the slope of Pinal mountain. They are
driving them by easy stages to Mari
copa county, expecting to reacn there
about Feb. 1st, when the first spring
grass makes its appearance on the
desert. Silver Belt.
Another rich strike is reported in
the Bonanza mine at Harque Hala. 1t
was struck in working shaft at a
depth of 200 feet and is said to be
large body of ore and rich in gold.
The cleanup for November was over
SS5, 900. Sevcnty-five men are now at
work in the mine.
On Wednesday morning the ma
chinery depot of John Gardiner in
Tucson, was destroyed by fire, the re-
suit of defective fluc. The loss is
yariously estimated at from $40, 900 to
sl5, 900 with no insurance. Mr. Gar
diner announces his attention to immc-
diately rebuild and resume business.
n. o. Murphy, Secretary of Arizona
Territory arrived from Ph9nix yoster-
day. Says the orange crop of the Salt
river valley this season was most
successful reality; that many boxes of
native oranges were shipped away,
and that their quality is far superior
to those of California. The trees were
not in the least injured by the recent
cold snap.-Conyjer,
..Ihe oldest citizen has had chance
to discuss cold weather this week.
For several days early in the week the
weather was unusually severe for this
section. the mercury running down to
within several degrees above zero,
The pump and pipe connected with
the mill in front of the store of Fall
& Soto Bros. gas laid up for the winter
last Sunday night, having Lgrgted in
several places.--Stockman.
Jasper, a rock well known to the
ancients, and found by them ppinci-
pally in Egypt. is found in great
abundance in Arizona and l. common
| ly mistaken for onyx. Jasper Is very
much harder and more difficult to
work than onyx. There have been
only two onyx qGslTies of any extent
developed in this territory so far--the
one at Big Bug in this county and the
one as Slate creek in Maricopa.
Courier.
| The onyx combine have force Of
men at work taking ont rock for
shipment A new variety o! The onyx
has recently been unearthed--transiu-
cent blue in color,-which when pol
ished Is spoken Of us far more beauti-
ful than any II Tho different grades
yet discovered AppIicai!aa fgr sam
pies comes by every mail from AL
parts Of the country, and the different
workers Of Il are reaping a harvest
Journal-Miner.
Distressing cattle news comes fro.l
the eastern aud other parts Of the
county. The ruling price IN Yayapai
county for the past sixty days has been
81 . head on the range. This may be