The herald., 1895-08-08
Important Suit Entered to Stop
Payment of Bonds
PLENTY OF WATER NOW
The Successful Raising of Carp in the
Waters Here
Some Timing News From Many Points, In
cluding a Find on the Ledges Of
the Grand Canyon


years ago good many people in this
county tried their hands at carp culture.
but it was discovered that as purely
pond fish the carp was not desirable
article of food; that the fish to be pala.
table had to pc raised in absolutely fresh
water. There is no trouble in raising
them in frog pond or stagnant water.
but the fish so raised had a rank taste and
for this reason and the fact that ponds
supplied with fresh water were washed
out from time to time by freshets, carp
culture was practically abandoned; but
A. s. Clough, with characteristic New
England persistence, stuck to his carp.
When ponds were washed out he started
new ponds ana today his table is sup
piled from pvnd Of fresh water on his
place with as fine an article OF fresh fish
as anyone would care to feast on. The
fish range from two to five pounds in
weight and are beauties. or course the
pond is supplied by large flow of fresh
water. At the time the great Walnut
Grove dam burst, that lake was full of
carp bred in the clear and pure mountain
water aud campers on the borders of the
lake feasted with relish on the fine
carp caught.
The death watch being held over
Schultz and Loske in the county Jail has
been discontinued. Both these worthless
expressed their disappointment that their
hanging bee did not take place on time.
"A telephonegram over the electric light
company's wire was received at this Off
from near Lynx creek last evening. j,
D. Moore talked over the wire from dis
tance OF eight miles. His voice sounded
clearly and the words were very distinct
He stated that he was at work putting
up a copper wire between Prescott and
Cbaparral.
Heavy rains have visited every section
tributary to Prescott during the past
week. I. W. Boggs is in from Big Bug
district. where he says roads are muddy
from the heavy rains Of Friday last. At
Jerome rain commenced to pour down at
4p.m. Friday and kept up without in
termission until midnight. A. s. Clough
states that on the 21st Point OF Rocks
was visited by cloud burst and four
inches of rain fell inside of one hour.
There is probably no rich gold mining
section in the world so free from high
way robbery as this. Our population is
exceptionally law-ablding. Some OF them
are rather slow pay and few woulu
relish an interest rate OF 10 per cent q
month, but as whole they compare very
favorably with those of any section of the
older states. When it is considered that
scarcely day passes without the arrival
of solitary man from some OF the tribu-
tary camps with gold dust and gold
bullion on his person in sums ranging
from hundreds to thousands OF dollars
that there is no attempt at highway rob-
berry speaks we'll indeed for Prescott and
vicinity.
1t has heretofore been supposed that
there were no Lodges on the rim Of the
Grand canyon. that all lodges were down
deep in the canyon, and that they did
not extend into the upper formation. Re-
cent discoveries have proven that theory
to have no formation.
Some three months ago 9. H. Mcclure
and John Marshall discovered some rich
ore on the rim, and in line parallel
with the Cameron claim down In the
canyon. Samples were sent to San Fran
cisco for assay. and the returns give from
$50 to $160 in gold. silver and copper,
largely the latter.
About four weeks ago development
work was com menced by Messrs. Nc
Olure, MaTbndll anu I1AlIOTO, anu Uuey
are fully satisfied that from the work
done that the claim is as rich as any In
the depths Of the canyon. From indica-
tions it is the judgment of some of the
best mining men on the coast that the
mines in the canyon are on the same
ledge as the United Verde mines and that
the Grand canyon mines will in rev
years be Just as valuable.
Mr.. A! Bernard, keeper at the Old
Glory mine, came in on visit to his
family Friday, says the Tucson Citizen.
He reports representatives of The COM
pany now at the mine and the indications
are that before long work will be resumed
on a much larger scale than at any time
previous to the late closing down.
The expert for the company is Mr.. An
gus Snedeker of Colorado. and it is un-
derstood that thirty stamp mill has al
ready been ordered. The Griffin mills
will be sold and removed. They were
found impracticable to work the Old
Glory ore.
The whole country. says Mr.. Bernard,
is suffering for want of rain. When sutfi-
clent has fallen to I'LL the reservoir at the
Montana mine the mill will be at once
started up and work pushed for all it is
worth. The Montana mine. the property
of Mr. George Cheney. is undoubtedly
among the finest in the country. A new
body of rich ore has recently been ex-
posed. but aside from this there is enough
ore on the dunn to run a twenty stamp
mill for two years.
Throughout the district everything
looks good.