Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-10-07

active operations commenced on this
 valuable property.
 Journal Miner.
 A case of glsnders has just been dis
 covered near Holbrook. The animal
 was killed and it is thought she disease
 will not be spread.
 Ray. G. L. Pearson and family passed shrough Ash Fork yesterday en route to s ,n Francisco. In a note to the editor of this paper MT. Pearson stated
 that shsy expect to leave San Francisco
 for H ,aolulu, either on the City of Pe
 kin tomorrow OF by the Australian on
 Tuesday next.
 An inventory of the property belong ing to the estate of the late J. L. Fisher was filed with the probate judge today It amounts to $53 .534 99. h addition to this he left life Insurance policies
 amounting to $1O,O00.
 today from O Bradbury, A 0 Gilmore ct al. to 0 W Gregory for the New Jersey mining claims In the Bsadshag mountains. Fhe lease runs for six months and provides for the working of the property by the lessee while the bond gives the lessee the privilege of buying is during the six months foI S12,OOO.
 s 0 MilleE is in town from the Squsw Peak country, where B s Thurston is engaged in mining operations. Mr Mil Ter is engaged in fEeightiDg 100000 feet Of lumber from Hudson s Mill on Ash Creek to this property, and says that the camp is quite active. SupeRintend- ent PhuFston is employing about forty men in the mine end has 8 force em- ployed grading for and erecting build ings of various kinds, which are neces- He states that everything is being done with view o4 the permanency of the camp. A wagon road has been built from Goddard's up to the mill site and the freight is coming via Phoenix, nine- ty-eight head Of stock being engaged in this work. Mr Miller gays that all of this fFeightiDg would have been done from Prescott if the road between here and that place had been put ID condi- tion for fFeigh ting. The company will build twenty-stamp mill and there is ore enough already in sight to Insure it's success. They expect to have it com pleted ready to start up very soon. Tucson Star:
 The interest in date culture is be- coming very noticeable throughout southern Arizona as the numheg of fFuiting dates increases. There are many dates bearing fruit this year, and Prof. Devol, of the experimental ste- ficn. is collecting all the facts possible |conceFning them with 8 view of issuing Ia bulletin soon upon this important Fsu ubiscs. Those knowing anything about any of the date trees now grow. ing in Arizona should communicate with Prof Dsvol as the University.
 Professor Dsvol returned yesterday from Phoenix where has been eustalling Ben Eager as foreman of the experi- mental station sb that point. He stopped st Casa GFands and Arizola to | inspect some ate trees there bearing | fEuit this year for the first. z It eeported yesterday on what seemed good authority that the Gro mines of Gro Blenco district had been bold to Philadelphia parties, the price being $15O,cOO. The expert returned E4om tho mines last wek and it is said advised the immediate purchase of the property. The OFo mines have been producers for some time and are cons sidered gold bonanza.
 Captain Burgess has taken 8 bond on bhe Twin Peaks copper mines, located twenty-five miles south of Tucson, iusv south of the Copper King mines. ItI g understood that large force will 6 'us on for development and extractic D l 'f ore. The ore is high grade copper. There are twelve mines in the group, nd on development they promise to be l quei to any of the largest producing opper mines in the Territory. V