Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-27
AT JEROME!
One Of ArizOna'S Great Mining
Camps.
4 District Operating Its Cwn
Railroad.
Rich Mineral Rearing Rock Clear,
In Sight
UrHER irEMs.
OTHER IrkMs.

w '''''"' 'hii1 hWi "t'li ik'N'tN " Ui'F'
dihcut undertaking, especially ~ fruu
the fact that the officials IA chArg" arr ~
,rrInely rrtc-u, As to it's extent, the ga,
put ami prospects for the future Th.
mer statement thAtA railroad has hrru
tor ia nearly -ul built 25t miles, at n cnpr
Of 100000, to tranapnr, coke. marhiu.
cry. grain etc, into the d,S,r,c'. aud ia"
matte aud urr prrducrd toy the T,r,r "t
an army II men employed to d"lvr int
the hidden r-cesr-H Of Mnntru-- noun
tain, il In i,self enough ,n convince even
the most cAptious.
The Jerome mine was discovered early
in the eighties, but not worked tn any
made d-sp.rate .ifor, Ia win At the un
detAking, bat unfortunate cirr imstAu
c.s resulted in an utter luss To- Mr.. Irl,lr.
from which he has never recovered The
United Verdi Copper company lras-d Ia"
mine Ia 1885, W A Clark. of Mnntruer.
heing nst"nsibly the company A sinrlt.r.
cts and 80 ton jacket. aisoA r~v.r
hatory furnace aud eony-rt-rp. we're Ia
truduced. These, with early d-.elop-
ment, other machinery. teams, trsmway.
machine shops, offices. lolging and bosni
ing house, aud other inciientxls, not to
include the railrnad, must certainly have
involved the expenditure 81 $i.5oo.o0r.
Az before stated, the extent of work in.
aide. the output and prospect ahead. il
no, made public, ~ that guessing ia re
sor,ei To- by knowing ones.
II positively asser ed by many ths,
ten years work il ia sight. tia, il is poe
ri'l- "a run one hunir~i y-arr. and tina I
Sl0O,oo1 in taken out mosthiy in copper,
gold and silver, III. former pre,iominE'. e.
ing Roas,S extending around the hills
ou ,hi~. grades ARE the fire, intimsiion ~
n hls mining camp Thes- arr active all
the time. employing score Of men g.
carry the ore ami return lL- same rus' .
.d Ia IA" sm-ltsr. besides great guam
titles of wood, 20 burn under the ore, the
fuel being delivered by Mexicans. under
contract. at 50 per c"rl hurrus carrying
II in from the hills Ahjacrn'.
Until the railroad is ready Ia transfer
III and out, larg" number ~ teams have
done the hauling To- and from Grant"
station, on the santa f-. Prescott a
Ph"-ui,, previously IN the construction
of the latte. hauled Ia the Atlantic Il Pa.
cite A ,rnIn~Ay "fsrv-rnl miles In length
vs. built 10 cnav"y that which was
hr'ught in 10y teams to the other side al
the mountain. and matte by return. Par,
Il this was found lncapAbl. of performing
the service. and now i've miles II tram.
way serves the purpos", IN u measure
Tn. matte Ro@s 40 New Jersey and New
York, and some is eIported.
Abou, 400 men are on tho pay roll 81
the company. probably one-thiri ~ the
number being MeHicAns. Machinists and
engineers are paid a a day, miners
81 ~, experts In the smslt-r o. and CON
mon labor $23a
Forty company cottages are leased and
twenty sr TO b. built shortly. A hoe,
pitAl In conducted, the men paying 8.
Ier month to sustain tn. institution. whici
is under the control of DR.. Wood, an =.
l~ri-ncei surgeon.
The engines IN the smeltsr arc ,h,pe IL
number, the 6OO horse power machine IL
the blower. that of 300 horss power fol
the power, and one of 40 horse power I.
give power for the electric light plan
and power for the machine shops, etc
General lighting outside and for Ia. tow,
IL not yet in,rsiucei
Jus, l.. 0iroux u superintendent and u
J Allen financial agent, under whom ar'
. numher Of clerks In the business lie
parlmsn, Of the insti ution.
THs ToWS
10 d. I,d-d into two districts. a number
doing business, such As saluon. laundries
restAuran, and barbsrrhop. IN clos.
proximity 10 the smeltsr at the bsnd
Half : mile down the rad 10 the tow
proper, ami taking all classes. thsr,
must be 100 people in the Immediate vi
eiuity OF tho mine and smeit1r Beside.
the Hsrsld's salo u a, the band are sew.
en- mors in town. barber shop. lAundri-s
q W. Hull, T, Y. Miller \ Go and Mer-
r'li Bros. mercantile houses, Nv. res
tAuran's, two meat sbnps pos,oihce and
loigings.
The town u psrchsd on the mouu,A,r
s'ds Aad the better slass of r-sdrncrs ~,
cupy the upper side. OF sbovr the road
out ~ business.
Merrill Br"s. have about completed ,
large store building of brick aud stun.
/ ss also Dave Connsrs.
A DIRE In April and another In Jun. al
most cl-an-.i up the business sna. Their,
ar. no signs of the effect other than Inn
proveInsnts
Rron the hllski-s aud along the rail
[ road the Verdi valley. broAd sxp&nss