Mohave County miner., 1891-06-13
LOcHL BRIEFS.
Silver. s.97A. lead, s4.55.

Chloride this summer.
The cowboys have all returned from
the rodeos in this county.
The case Of the Territory OF Arizona
against III. A. Rodgers has again been
continued. This time the trial is set for
July 9th.
Quite an extended view Of Kingman
and surrounding country can be obtained
from the tower Of Crozier & Mackenxie's
windmill. The scenic view is quite grand
and is really worth the climb OF sixty
feet to obtain it.
One OF the fallen ones OF Kingmsn had
an attack OF hemorrhage last Saturday
night which came near resulting fatally,
but the doctor at last succeeded in stop
ping the flow Of blood and now the poor
woman 10 getting along nicely.
Fourteen OF our citizens have taken
stock in the Columbia Building and
Loan association, and Harvey Hubbs
has been appointed treasurer OF the in
institution, Hon. +. 8. Dennis president,
L. y. Cowan attorney and j. +. Perry
local agent.
Why would II not be good idea for
the ranchers on the Sandy to set ont
orange trees. The climate is certainly
mild enough TO grow almost any kind Of
semi-tropical fruits, and then the farmers
will find fruit much more profitable
crop than hay or barley.
Joe Labarre has struck vein Of very
rich ore in the valley below Chloride.
From few days. work Mr.. Laharre OBJ
tanned enough ore TO net him several
hundred dollars. From surface indica-
tions Joe has fine property and We hope
il will net him a fortune.
Charles Sherman returned home from
San Francisco, Cal, Wednesday morning.
He was accompanied by his daughter,
Katie, and his sister in-law, Miss Lizzie
Dram TIE young ladies have been at
school during the past wear and have
come home TO remain during vacation.
Teodora Cordero, a Mexican, who has
been sick for some months with dropsy,
died at the home OF Alonzo Ferrar in the
west end of town last Thursday night,
and Was buried the next morning. The
Aaon.a..J v.aa a ,,xa rr;ad ,nan and Iaavao
a wife and two sons ia Tucson, and two
other children in Phenix.
A wrestling match took place on Stock
ton Hill a few days ago between two OF
Mohave county's solid men. Afterknock.
ing out the transom lights and shattering
the greater part of the glass in the front
Of Jack ElIis's irrigating parlor, the
champion Of the west side of the noun
tain vas declared the winner.
We negl ,cted last week TO mention the
arrival Of DIR. w. T. Ewing, of Charles
ton, West Virginia. DIR. Ewing is the
father Of Henry Ewing, Mrs. John NJ.
Marshall and Mrs. NJ. w. Scott, OF this
county. The doctor is an sffable gentle
man and ws hope he can be induced to
become permanent resident of Mohave
county.
We understand that there will be o
prize fight at the Needles tomorrow be-
tween w. III. Clark and another bruiser
Clark did considerable painting in King
man about a month ago and is we'll
known here We presume number OF
Kingman sports will go down TO see the
mill. The fight will be under the Lon
don prize ring rules.
The mine owned by Mr.. Davis on the
topmost pinnacle OF Sherurn's Peak, de-
serves more than passing notice. For
years past the float from this ledge has
been found by old Mohsve County pros
pectors, but they one and all failei to
find the vein from whence it came. Mr..
Davis was chopping wood on the noun
tain last winter and accidently stumbled
onto the ledge, but knowing nothing
about ore did not realize that he had
iound bonanza. The ore looked to him
like lead. but in reality il was solid horn
silver The ore will average about one
thousand ounces per ton, and there is
now an eight lnch streak OF this ore in
sight. Part Of the claim has been bond