The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-07
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

| N. C. Norton, mining man of Phoenix,
| Arizona, who was at the New Western yester-
day, says that much excitement was recently
created in mining circles in thatTerritory by
the discovery of the Lost Frenchman mine.
at was reported that the mine had been
located at point near Palomas on the Gila,'
said he, "and there was at once q noticeable
movement toward the locality among pros
pectors, spectators and others. Investigation
proved, however, that the discovery was only
that of an old mine which had been relocated
and the mineral in which was only lead and
copper. The Lost Frenchman mine is one OF
the hidden bonanZas which has been sought
for years. Some thirty years ago a Frenchman
brought $1,000 in gold into Yuma and left it
with merchant while he and two companions
returned to the mine. The gold was never
claimed after that time and not one Of the
three men was ever heard of afterward. In
conversation with the merchant with whom he
lett his gold the Frenchman stated that the
mine showed fabulous richness and was located
in the Apache district. The tribe was very
warlike at the time and it was supposed that
the miners were murdered. Many efforts have
since been made to locate the mine, but with
out avail"
f'The action of your merchants in taking the
matter of cleaning the streets of your city into
their own hands reminds me of q similar oc-
currence which came under my observation
down in Florida some years ago. said f. B.
Lord, guest at the Palace, yesterday. at was
in good-sized town about thirty or forty miles
below Jacksonville, ON the Tampa road, called
Pleasant Lake, believe. The women and not
the men were the prime movers in the work OF
securing clean streets there. Large wooden
receptacles were placed at convenient points
along the Streets ali of them painted in bright
colors and bearing such appropriate signs as
Cleanliness is next to godliness-throw your
rubbish inside If q stranger CHANGED to drop
an orange peel or piece of paper on the street
some resident would hastily pick it up and
place it in one of the barrels, doing this in such
q manner as to attract the strangers attention
and still not offend him. The streets of that
town were a marvel of cleanliness as o result
and invariably provoked favorable comment
from visitors"
c. NJ Cook, a wealthy sugar planter of Homo
lulu, was among the passengers on the Aus
tralia yesterday. He has been identified with
the annexation measures hitherto discussed in
that country, and visited Washington with
view of bringing such event about as a
member of the committee sent over for that
purpose some months ago. He says the feeling
in Honolulu is strongly in favor of executing
the insurrectionists now under arrest, and that
he believes such step will be taken unless
foreign powers should interfere.
o. L. Lynch of Los Angeles, who was at the
Occidental yesterday, says that the Los Angeles
and Pasadena electric road will probably be
extended to the ranch of E. J. Baldwin and
that carriage road from there to Wilson's
Peak is also projected. Mr. Baldwin is said to
have agreed to pay one-half the cost of the
latter if he secure enough land on top of
the mountain on which to build d hotel.
''The officers of the Monterey are becoming
quite popular as entertainers, and the ship will
always be q welcome visitor on Bellingham
Bay" said A. P. Moore of Fairhayen, Wash, at
the Lick yesterday. "a number of receptions
have been given aboard ship since the Mon
terey has been in the waters mentioned, and
these social events will long be remembered
by the residents who participated"
r. NJ. Atwood, a gentleman from the East
who is making an inspection of Riverside
County with view of sinking some oil wells
there, was in the city yesterday. He says that
the conditions in Riverside appear favorable to
him and that he has about concluded to put
down several test wells
J. D. Hammond, an attorney of Buffalo N.
Y, who is at the Occidental, says that during
the coming spring the erection viii be COM
menced in that city of the largest and finest
Office building in the world, the cost of which
viii be SIS, 100000.