The Arizona sentinel., 1894-03-10


 to Yuma to spend few week away from the damp sea air a
 Santa Monica, Cal, where he lived , From here he was sent to make ar examination of the Pot Hole golC mines. Thursday evening he att , his supper, smoked cigar, reac , the papers for few minutes anC , then began to play a game of
 whist with some of his friends The game had hardly begun when
 he sank back in his chair and died
 without ever saying a word. His remains were brought to Yuma yesterday and will be sent to Santa Monica, where his family resides. Mat. Flynn, who was an intimate friend, upon learning of his death, wired his family. Two letters were found in the postofice. directing him to go to Ehrenberg and examine some gold mines for some wealthy Denver parties.
 The Congress gold mine near Prescottt, which has produced more than $1O,OOO,OOO in gold in the past, has been sold to Hon. E.. B. Gage and syndicate of Chicago capitalist. Purchased price said to be 100000. It has lain idle for two years, awaiting the build ing of the Prescott and Phoenix railroad, which is now completed nearly to the mine. This is the mine which was owned by the late celebrated Diamone Joe.
 President H. w. Blaisdell is do- ing some excellent work on Yuma Heights and is showing practically what can be done on our mesas, with water for irrigation. He has 35 men employed setting out vines and planting fruit trees. things never looked better or gave promise ofa better future for the Heights than at the present time.
 Anselmo Figueroa has one of the finest gardens in town. It shows what can be done with water and good cultivation. He is having the side walk in front of his garden paved with blue gravel which adds much to the beauty of the place.
 Cotter < Miller have had the side walks and street in front of their drugstore nicely paved with the prison hill blue cement gravel. it does away with a whole lot of dust and adds much to the appear ance of the street.
 Not day passes, that does not | witness the arrival of one or more prominent mining man, looking over our gold mining interests. Yuma today offers to the mining public the best gold mines on the Pacific Coast if not in the world.
 Col. c. c, Duncan of Georgia, Indian Agent and Inspector, was in town the first of the week on a tour of inspection. With all of the inspectors of Indian affairs, the Colonel says that the Ft. Yuma Indian school is the best that he has ever visited.
 Col. s, H. Lucas, a mining man of good standing, is looking over Yuma's gold mining interests for and some wealthy mining men. The Col. has spent years in the mines in this country and in South Africa.
 President Comstock of the Uni versity at Tucson, was passenger on Thursdays westbound express for the Stanford University at Menlo Park, Cal, where he will de- liver two lectures upon the geology, netallurgy and mining of silver.
 Diseases of Eye and Ear. Errors of ' 'efraction corrected and proper glasses Q
 ANGEL MARTIN, NJ. D. (
 Phoenix, Arizona. Prof A. E. Foote, the eminent scientist of Philadelphia, went t vest on Thursdays express. He U will visit the midwinter fair, also z he Stanford University, where he [ delivers two lectures upon science.
 Will B. Darlington, one of Falls Jity's oldest and best citizens, has old his interest in the furniture tt business here and will recreate for b time visiting a brother in Ari- u