Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-08-26

eoe Of the prosperous towns
 ZPai county when the railroad gets in the Big Bug.
 The freight for the Grown Kpg, Gladiator, Richen bar and other mines pass through Meyer. The railroad will draw all the business as far west es Mlnnehahs, coming along the line of Bulla Buena and Pine Flat.
 As Richenber, O. B. Lee, surveyor, has run a new line for the pipe line op the north side of the Agua Fria and located the old mill 600 feet below CD the river. The length of the pipe line to be changed Is 1000 feet Of 12 inch pipe, located without regard to grade and in consequence half of the DO wer was lost. The old line crossed the river three times on cables, while the new will use but one. A regular grade will be observed in reeying the pipe h places holes will be drilled in the bluffs to spchor toe line to. II is estimated this will give their turbine wheel power line l n miles farther an additional fell of 75 feet can be had.
 J. J. Brooks has the contract to relay the pips end now has 8 force of 100 men st work nud says 1t will take him two months to complete the work. This, it
 is said, will give power for 90 stamps.
 The work on the Gold Note, located on She north bank Of the Ague Frie, is se follows: The maiu shaft is down 300 feet. On the 100-foot level there is l6 feet of ore. The south drift on tbie level is ron 129 feet. Here there is en uprise, reaching the surface on the side pitching to the river.
 On the 200-foot level the north level reaches seventy eight feet. A crogs- cut here shows thirty one feet of ore on the south drift of the 200; 16O feet is sure. A wipze is sunk h this drift 128 feet from the main shaft. Shipping ore is coming from this winzs.
 On the 300 the north drift is iu 50 fees and the south 120 feet.
 There is cross cut run east ca the 200 level lO5 feet.
 Ia the 40 foot wings is where Ed Barden met his death last Saturday evening just as the shift WAS ready to quit work. Bsrden had prepared his shots and lighted the fuse and was be- ing hoisted with his foot in the loop of she rope to about 20 feet of the bottom. where tho ladder reached. At this point Frank Drew, his partner, says be saw him reach for the ladder and ex- claim 'Oh!" and then dropped back iD the shaft. Mir. Drew says it was et least a minute before the blasts went off after Bsrdeu fell. Superintendent Dsrnell went into the wiDze and found the body complet tely covered with rock. The left leg wss broken eff sb the ankle and wes only held by shreds of skin. There was heavy cut in the forehead, DO donbb accustomed by the fall. Bar den had worBed but four days and two of them on the outside of the mine. The miners say it was very difficult for him to climb to the surface; that he would put his arms around each side of the ladder in coming up. The shaft is perpendicular and we'll timber ed. The ladders are far enough away from she crlbbing so that man oouid easily use his arms If he cared to. Barden had @ road tax rscaipt n his pocket dated Phoenix, May, 1897. No doubt but Mr. Bsrden died of heart disease.
 Work was suspended st the mine un- til coffin was made and inquest held. The body was inferred on the hill above the mine.
 The work ou the Surprise mine on the south side of Agua Fria consists of a shat 300 feet deep. All this work is done on the north slope of the bank of the river.
 At the 100 foot level the north drift is in 222 feet. The POO foot level north if 1O5 feet and south 116 feet. At the 300 foot the south drifb runs $50 feet. There is cFoss cub here of 193 feet There is cross cuh on the 200 foot level of 134 feet, making an outles 50 the sur face
 All of the levels are in ore but low grade A bucket line will be used to run the ore to the mill. The drop from the Gold Note mine bo the mill will be TOO feet vertically. The distance is about the ssme from the Surprise mine.
 The mill shat Dan Gillette is moving wss erected by the Co Operative Mining Company. Mr. Gillette has possession of the property but it is generally known under what conditions.
 The camp is named after Richard N. Barker, citizen mem Der of the Board Of Control.
 George Thornton is in charge of the store and books of the company. Geo Zslka, the late owner of the Gold Note and Surprise mines is stopping ss the camp. The work done at the mines in- dicate Superintendent Dsrneli 8 capa ole man.
 JH Cordes, of Oordes station is louss ed at the janosion Of the Black Canyon 1 road with ths RjchenbaF road. h it ten | miles from Ccrdes station to the mines |