Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-04-28

lily have BEEN uuioasied at this point. ,
while there will be no percep,ible charge
=, the Prescott station, the rad will
make deliveries from the nearest points
" The lines on the routs southwark.
Granite station. . few miles worth "
Prescott, 10 the shipping poin, for the Je-
rome mines, twenty miles east. own-d by
" A. Clark, the legal title being the
Verde Copper company. Twenty-Five
cars of coke frum Trinidad In shipped
into these mines weekly, Ave cars 81 grain
and other supplies. Copper matte AMI
bullion, In turn, come out frnm the mines.
the former shipped by rail ~ New Jer-
sey and Rurope principally. The Mining
company are negotiating for = narrow
gusgc thirty miles loug, At a cost 81 &c. |
900 Ter mile, 10 connect with the
Santa Fe. Prescott a Phuni.. The
survey has been made. The output "
the Jerome mines In voted third In the
United States. Heretofore operations
covered but nine months Ia the year, but
upon the completion of the Narrow guAge
the miuce will run full time and the In.
crease In shipnen,s will be over one half
Two hun,lr-,i and ten head 81 animals are
work~ on freight teams between the
mines and Granite Station.
bel Rio. thirty seven miles south Of
Ash Fork, is = cattle shipping point, this
station being In the midst II the grazing
l.. nds. through which the rad runs.
The prrsen, officers ~ the Santa F-.
Prescott a Phpnix railway arr. Y. NJ.
Murphy, II Chicago, presidents Major q
W Vaughn, wee presidents c. e. Bowen.
| ~ Chicago, SECRETARY and treasurer, y
A H-niy, auditor, general passenger anil
freight agent, X. X Coleman. sup-rin.
tenden,. Messru. Vaughn. Iisaly and
Coleman res,de at Prescott.
| RICH sisIxa DISTRICTS.
In a few days II would b. impossible
10 get at bottom facts concerning the min.
.rnl wealth. mining done. prospecting,
transfers II properties aud locations TAX
Ell up, In the region tributary to Prescott
Its extent In unknown, hut the work oi
the past, the output and strikes " ii,
months or = year just ended are the bes'
evidences " the vAstnesu IL central Ari.
.ona's great mining center, possibly III,
richest In III. Uni,ed States, lacking only
evelopm-nt 10 show that the statement,
) are founded IN facts.
OF the shipments through the medium
81 the railway frHn Prescott and pointl
on the line for 1893. the following II
ounces IL not bad exhibit. the same ~
= duc-Si Ia dollars and cents showing th,
grand total 81 shipments a,r that year:
Howari, gold i+6 % Silver belt, gol,
$50. silver 1905 Italian. gold s2.S; Var
nell. g,h 2!i2 8; Hillside, gold 100. sil
yer 3240; Zero. silver 5000 Crown King
gold @o, Boggs, gold 2gs-, silver ~, 23s
: Copper Basin, gold "a 8. silver l2.g7s
Red Buck. silver 1898; little Jessie
gold +2<s; Boggs Il Allen. silver is2
, Unknown, gold 1885. silver u. 300, Wells
Fargo Express company, silver 1883
sundrics lsmall lots sxgrrgatei). vol,
y 7x2.a. silver $3.50.
Coed coal Ia To be had four miles wee
: ~ Prescott. II Ia . six inch vein an
natural gas was struck Al 20 feet. Lac
Of capital put quietus To further opera
tons. The railroad will have anoths
< fsssier with the above operating.
Little Jessie mine, In 1898. shippo
1905 tons ~ ore, value 100000. This
gem. The Henrietta, Big Bug. Rsiis
bile. Gladiator, Unknown. Congress-. Js
= rome. Boggs. and host Of other mine
and districts Ar~ Of the beot. Some mine
producing lightly In silver shut dow
owing to the low price prevailing. No,
!, attention Is paid 10 gold and many prom
ining mines are looking we'll. Prospec
' tors arr numerous, new stamp mills ar
going In and ten. twenty and forty STAN
mills are In operation.
!. sales, leases and bonded properties ar
daily rrported and big figures appear 4
the transactions,
= The Chapparsl and Jerome are grss
. districts. daily stages offering an illussrs
/ ton Of their importance.
A ssneltsr a the Necdles will drs,
z nom this region vast quantities Of orr
o The rail haul II tribe over 100 miiss I
. that place.
Colorado men arc more plentiful tina
:, any other class ~ minis owners, prospes
tive buyers and prospectors.
Onyx In one Of the Hnds, Messrs. J. "
Wilson and "Bucky" O'Neil being tn
prime movers In the project. The Ia
named has received samples o. asbssso
D from his $40 acre claim In the Gran
Canon. north Of Fiagstan. DR.. Mile
says Il 10 . fortune.
II IA. HeAley and his brother. T. II q
Albuquerque. arc interested In mines 1
this section.
. Lithographic stone In 10 be shipped vi
the 9. v. P.& p. railroad shortly, thu
adding another 70 the variety Of minera
. shipments. In short, Il would tax
weeks TO collect notes, and pages of TIA
, CITnxs 10 tell Of Presoo,t's rich surround
ings.
PEoPLn NET Axp HEARD OF.