The herald., 1893-05-04
GLOBE IS A THRIVING PLACE,
An Arizona Town Which Is
Rapidly Developing.
The Center Of a Rich Copper-Produc-
ing District.
Legends Told by the Stage Driver-Thc
old Dominion Copper Company.
A Trip Through the Mine.
Silver Prospect.

Globe is one that affords the traveller a
good view Of the country from an ex-
allied seat ON the stage. From the rail-
road station at Casa Grande the distance
to Globe is about 100 miles and is Gov
cred in two. days by the stage. This
route traverses q rough mountainous
country, and while the old coach slowly
wends its way through the long and
lonely cations, the driver reaches the
zenith OF his glory. Every mile seems
to be an epitsph of some past event, and
there is no one more at home in detail
ing the circumstances to an attentive
and admiring audience than the stage
driver. He is ready reference book,
and dates and names are always at his
tongues end. On the stage road about
four miles from the little station of River
side. can be seen two piles of rocks.
This pile," said the driver, marks the
spot where Sheriff Reynolds fell vic
tim to the Indian prisoners he was tax
ing to the penitentiary at Yuma"
THAT other pile," he continued,
"shows where the deputy sheriff fell,
and up yonder few yards is where the
driver, Middleton, dropped from the
stage after being shot by the Indian
convicts.s
There was Mexican in the batch of
prisoners also, but instead of trying to
escape he jumped on horse and spread
the alarm through the country. He was
afterwards pardoned. All Of these In
dians have been captured except one,
the famous, or infamous, Apache Kid,
who , has been raising sand and incl
IDENTITY few Hcalps, ever since he took
leave of the sheriff.
Another point Of interest which the
driver will not overlook is noted for an
immense cloudburst which occurred
there few ears ago. 1t is long, deep,
narrow cafion between two high ranges
OF mountains. The stage team was
plodding leisurely along. go the story
runs, and when they were between two
high walls of rock the cloudburst oc-
Cured on the mountains. The great
volume of water rushed furiously down
the slopes and into the cafion with an
awful roar and terrific force. There was
no time to attempt to save the stage or
mail pouches. The driver swung on to
the branch of nearby tree while the
force of the water carried everything be-
fore it. The only clue the driver ever
found relating to the fate of his team
and stage outfit, was bolt from the
wagon and horseshoe.
Owing to the total abstention from
anything truthful by some stage drivers,
the above story was related to several
old residents, and 1t was confirmed in
every instance.
The little town of Globe is reached on
the eve OF the second day. It lies snugly
amongst the hills, has healthy, invig-
Grating climate, an industrious and
thrifty population, the most hospitable
people and the best-loooRing girls in Ar
izona.
There are about 1000 people in Globe
and each one seeDes TO feel that it is his
personal duty to make stranger feel at
home. The cordial relations existing
between the people, and the warmth of
feeling with which they greet visitor,
makes an impression not coon to be for
gotten, and creates a desire to lengthen
the stay in Globe.
1t is famous for the immense quanti-
ties of copper produced yearly. The
Old Dominion Copper company has 200
men employed and turned out 5000, 600
pou nds of copper in 1892 They keep
two emeltefs running continually and
sometimes have three in operation.
The Globe mine ie the oldest one in
the camp; it has been worked continu-
ously for IL years and shows no sign Of
exhaustion. One hundred and ten tons
OF ore, averaging Is per cent copper, are
sent to the smeltere daily.
During my stay in Globe party was
gotten up to visit the mines. Each
donned an old suit of clothes, and with
a borrowed miners hat and q lighted
candle in our hands, we stepped upon
the elevator and wore dropped like q
flash 400 feet below the surface. Mr..
Joseph Kinsman, the obliging night fore
man, who has been miner for 81 yeSrs,
assumed the task of showing us through
and gave pointers In copper mining. We
were led through long, winding tunnels
running under the hills to distance of
$500 feet. In one instance we were 1000
feet below the surface. The faint click
of the miners chisel and hammer and a
glimmer Of light led us to place where
q large number of men were chiseing
the walls, scraping up ore, loading it on
little cars and sending it to the elevator
to be hoisted to the surface and poured
in the smelters. TheHs hard working,
good natured miners seldom see the
light of day, but, as one remarked to
me, they eee daylight often enough to
beat the town boys in every game of
baseball they play.
Freighting between Globe and the
railroad stations, Bowie and Wilcox, a
distance OF lao miles, is done by teams.
Two or three wagons are joined together
and are drawn by about 20 mules. The
average time for getting load of freight
from the railroad to Globe is 10 days, in
good weather, but teams have been two
or three times as long during bad
weather. The greatest need at preaent
ia railroad. Tons and tons of coke are
hauled into Globe annually, besides the
merchants supplies, and tons of copper
are hauled back to the railrosd.S A man
who lives in Globe and who is we'll
posted on affairs of the kind, said he
had positive information that a railroad
would be built as far ss Fort Thomas in
side of six month, and that it would be
completed as soon as the right of way
over the reservation was secured.
There is quite an excitement in Globe
over the diecovery of large quantities Of
silver nuggets in the Richmond basin.
about Ia miles north OF the town. Last
August, while two men named Hiken-
berry and Landburg were hunting wood
one of them struck a large nugget with
hia foot. Since then they have been
searching around on the surface and
have gathered 900 pounds Of the mug
gets, running 70 per cent pure silver.