The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-08-12

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 . A meeting of the board of control WAS heI.l yesterday at which. among other things considered. was the Flag. stat reform scluoI improvement. Mir. Mrsinnis, the architect appointed by the late board. had been summoned. I.fi~w@s informed by the board thai inaslnuch as the funds for carrying o,,, the proposed Improvement wrra not available. it.was ds'sirab!s, that ,'prra- tions should De suspended. He was asked ,o brIag iin a biII for his ssrvices tn dale and qut work on the pla's. Mr. McGinnis lid mt say whether he would sccr.le ,,,,S tle wishes of the board nr wh-,hsr he would g, on with the plans ah,lsr lis u,inttact --K-pub- iican.
 | In Ariznna is the first discovery of 1lilliograph rock known in the Uni,e,! States. The rock used im this Ir,r,. tory comes from Bavnlia principally I, varies in east from 6 tu e2U a square f,s,t. For the finest color wok inc best rock lO be found is used Comparisons of the Ariznns rock with tiat of Bavaria shows u striking si,ni. lari,y. It is difficult io distinguish nns fl,,m iha other. As far as lha lr velnpment work has gone heres the fock appears t'. be firm and in cnntin- uous siraias which will allow large blacks ,o bs taken out in an almost perfect state. It Is only another in. stance of the need of capital in Ari- zo,a.
 | A City of Mexic, dispatch says: | is predicted here that when the gold placer mining is developed in ihe sla,e Iof Gusrreu more gold will be taken out than in ths Klondyke region SomH placer miuing is heinz done with -xcsllsnt results. and labor is cheap and water abundant. even in ihs dr, season. One miner. an old Califr- nian. repnrts taking nnt $24.00n in gold im May. and his average is $l5. 900 per month. The In,lians tn Srnora. who work in crude way in the local gold placers. only operating when i' pressing need of money. get large rr- lurus for very little Iabnr. and an ex- piorer who has recently bren through the remotest regions states that Sono- 1 "A will equal California in it's palmirst I days as gold producer
 l Tuesday afternoon near Blaidsell, Yuma county, N party consisting of Leslie M. D"an. his brother John D,mn. Fred Martin. superintendent of the Forums mines. aud E. B. Wiggins. master mechanic, were returning from BIaidsell where they had been as a guaftl with the regular monthly ahii'- meMt ,of) gold bullion frum the Fmtn- na mines. which was shipped on th.. morning train Tuesday to San Fran cisco, sayy the Tucson Star. Whe,, I about five miles from BfaidseH One 6f the guns. of which they had several. a frty-6ve caIiber Colts revolver, fsll from the seat where 1t was lying l,e- side Leslie Damn. and struck the but tom of the wagon. The concussion caused the revolver to go o6, the bull let passiug up through the seat clear through the body of the unfortunatt man, coming out above the navel. The party immediately turned back k' Blaidsell and made the injured man as cDmf,rtable as.psssi6ls and telegraph. ed tn Yuma for medical assistanca. The Southern Pacific phy sician tt that lplace responded on special engine immediately, but was unable to dc much. and advissd that be be brought
 O the hospital at Tucson. which they did, arriving thsrs on tho passenger train from the west yesterday morn ing. From the time he was shot hs did not suffer any material pain. bu, continued to grow steadily weaker until yesterdAy morning at ( o'clocl