The herald., 1897-04-29

general freight and passenger agent of
the Atlantic & Pacific, in company with
George M. Sargent, general passenger
agent of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoe-
nix road. They are here on a tour of
inspection of the Salt River valley with
view OF furthering investments and
immigration. The Santa Fe policy of
Industrial development will be applied
to Arizona as it has to other territories
and states.
Commissioner Davis will talk about
freight rates with the local people, in
quire into the praticability of shipping
onyx to the eastern markets, and will
collect such data as will enable him to
talk knowingly and convincingly about
Arizona to eastern capitalists.
BIG SHEEP SHIPMENTS
There Is great interest here in Mr..
Davis visit, for his fame as developer
of natural resources has long been
known. 1t is felt that Arizona will profit
greatly by the manifest interest being
taken In her welfare by the Santa Fe
company.
While central and northern Arizona
Is being cared for by the Santa Fe, the
Southern Pacific Is taking a keen inter-
est in southern Arizona, and there is
general feeling of confidence and hope
fulness in the entire territory that one
must feel to appreciate its virility.
And the railroads are losing nothing
by the interest they are manlfesting
in Arizona, though. of course, much
money and some judgment must be
staked at first The freight shipments
are fine and the travel is plentiful. In
the last three weeks, on both lines of
railroad, $4,000 head of sheep were
shipped out of Salt River valley alone,
and these figures, the experts declare,
break all previous records.
The marvellous record of advancement
in the mining interests of the territory
speaking now to the third PROPOSE
tion-remains almost unchecked in spite
of the fact that two of the most i'm
portant properties have been closed,
temporarily.
TEMPORARY CLOSURES
The closing is not a bad sign for the
future, though it does work hardship
on a few people for the present. The
first of the closures is at the Old Do
minion Copper company's plant at
Globe Work has almost entirely ceased
in the mines, and the smelling plant is
quiet, whereby 400 men are thrown out
of employment. The reason given is
an impending change of owners, the
property soon to be sold to the Copper
Queen company of Bisbee, the COM
pany that recently secured control of
the Detroit's properties at Morenci.
There Is nothing whatever Wrong with
the Old Dominion mines, and the output
of the great smelling furnaces has
been entirely satisfactory, being dis
posed of at a substantial profit over
operating expenses the coke bins
have just been filed to more than their
rated capacity, and large amount of
new machinery is on the ground. The
value of the property and It's margin of
profit will be material increased
upon the early construction of the
Southern Pacific branch road from Ge-
ronimo, seventy miles distant, and in
but little less degree by the Santa Fe's
new line from Phoenix.
The other mine that has recently
ceased operations Is the Planet Saturn,
in FOOLS gulch, eighty miles northwest
of Phoenix In this case the temporary
closure arises out of a lawsuit with the
ST. Louis company that furnished the
reduction works.
A MINING EXPERIMENT
The new mill was an experiment,
though guaranteed by the builders to
work eighty tons of ore per day. In
actual operation it treated only thirty
tons a day. The plan on which it was
supposed to work did away with the
usual stamp mill, the gold bearing rock
being run through great rollers and
then passed through Brown tester
and into the cyanide tanks.
The experiment has cost the company
about 0,000 about 150 men are out of
employment, and while new machinery
is being put in the st. Louis manufac-
turers are being sued for damages. Or
dinarily the ore can be readily WORKED
being similar to that of the famous
Congress mine, five miles distant.
The FOOLS Gulch company has spent
$3.50 900 in twelve months developing
its mines and in machinery 1t has now
1000 feet of workings, carried to depth
of 675 feet. The ore body is about nine
feet wide, and fully $SOO,O0O in value
has been exposed for stopping.
Coming now to the fourth and final
agitation, 1 take pleasure in recording
the fact that both the Arizona Republi-
can and the Arizona Gazette have de-
cided to give the president his own
good time in which to send Mr.. Nc
Cords name to the senate.
IN M'KINLEY'S OWN TIME
| On Tuesday the Republican announced
for final fact that McCord's name
would be sent to the senate that same
day-this in a Washington dispatch
On Wednesday Editor Randolph spoke
in this wise:
| President Mckinley is demonstrating to
the satisfaction of Arizona Republicans
a hurry. He has jolted the friends of Col.
McCord several times in the last week.
The Republican is now disposed to give
him all the time he requires to settle the
governorship question.
On Thursday the Gazette declared-in
it's leading Washington dispatch-that
the fight was all over and McCord' s
name would reach the senate today"
On Friday Editor Dunbar thus bespoke
his mind:
If McCord fails of appointment today,
we shall cut that private wire to the
White House and shut up.
THE FINANCIAL FLAVOR
There is a feeling abroad in the town
that every succeeding hour is sure to
bring with it the gubernatorial nomi-
nation--but I have noticed the same
feeling several times before, and have
come to believe that Mr.. Ive (the prison
contract gentleman )was eternally COR
rect when he said that the name of Nc
Kinley's choice for governor of Arizona
would not go to the senate until the tar
i fff hill had Iaft If