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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28
Houston Horse won.

crowd saw good racing at the Reedv.lle
Driving park todey. Tho winner Of the
Massachusetts, championship Rllma, Is
from Fsoote Bros. stable. Houston, Texas.
Trotting. 2.i6 class. purse $1,000 tson.
cludedl-G. IL. f. won. Eagle Flanagan
second. Mack third. Best ftme 2:i2i.,
The Massachusetts trotting chainpion-
SHIN 5000 tcpnciuded)-~Rilma won. The
Monk second. Oakland Baron third. Best
time 2:l0
Tnotting. 2ls class purse sleco-T.ou,s
Victor won, Captain Jack second, Katie
Mack third Best time 2.ioai.
Pacing, 2;W c,ass purse SlOoo--Iyottie Ilo-
rain won, Barney second, Brightte third
Best time 2.C7a.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28

Buffalo, N. Y, August 27.--The Fourth
army Corps held it's reunion today at Camp
'ewett. The following regiments answered
the roll call; Fifteenth. Forty-second, six.
y-tifth and Eigbty-ninth Illinois and
seventy-seyenth Pennsylvania. The meet.
ing organized by electing General Edgar
swain president and Major H. II Wotz as
secretary. They were made permanent Of
ncers for the full organization of the corps
at Cincinnati next year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28

st. Louis. August g7.-one mile-out-
away. Plug. Chiswell. Time 1a3%.
Five furlongs--Flora G.. Clara c., Lady
Chance. Time :08.
One mile-H. u. Gardner. ultimo, Reve-
nue.. Time l:43h.
Six furionrs- i'riiget, Silver Set. Yankee
Heiress. Time 1:l5A.
one m.le--Earl Cochran. Uncle Pat, Glad
Eyes. Time 1:i2A.
SIX furlongs-Siva, Rolla. Farondelle.
Time 1.15ik
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28

Kansas City, Mo-. August 27.--Prices for
hogs are the highest in two years. having
advanced here 4oc hundred since last
Friday. zoe since August and nearly .
dollar siaes The middle Of July.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28

Gonzales. Texas, August a.-Albert Ma
son. Ralph Eastland and Charlie Ramsay.
three young men of Gonzales. came from
Cuero this morning on bicycles in -four
hours and twenty nlinutes--thirty-s seven
miles They went down TO Cucro Tuesday
morning in four hours and forty minutes.
This is the best record for Gonzales.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28

10 uon 20 the selection Of proper text book.
t ~ use IN our schools and the exclusion
'nereirom Of such Is are improper. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28
Have Invasled sa niia

Lima. Peru. August 27.-coionel Pando
| Of Bolivia with force OF 600 men has IN
vaded the Peruvian AseeEee Of sandal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-28
London
Purple
and
Paris
Green.

We are IN position to FIJI all orderA
orders promptly for Paris Green or Lon-
don Purple, In smali or large packages.
and guarantees bottom prices on open
orders.
with the coming of another moon We
anticipate big demand for poison ana
would suggest to planters that 1t would
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17


 Those members of the legislature who have shown such an antipathy to newspapers, that they are not willing to pay them for what has been received. are not gaining the plAudits of their constituents or of anyone else. Men possessed of such parsimonious, niggardly ideas, on certain questions, as has been dem onstrated during the present ses- sion, do not represent the broad gauged citizens of Arizona. Men who strain st a gnat snd-swaliow 8 camel-who economize on small things, but who throw their body and soul, as we'll as their vote, in ia vor of big appropriations, are nei- ther consistent or fair. Mir. Gold berg, a merchant of Phenix, in op- posing the payment for papers fur nished the legislature, said the ed itors did this as matter of courtesy to members. Mir. Goldberg must be troubled with a swelled head, over the importance of being elected as member of an Arizoua legisla- ture. that he thinks the position so important that the newspaper men of the territory will rush to his presence, and on pended knee, be- fore his august presence, lay their treasure at his feet, as 6 matter of courtesy to him. But after ali, one could not reasonably expect any thing different from one whose whole business experience has bsen an the line of this distinguished CD statesman. An everlasting chase after a nickel trade is not calcu- lated to expand ones ideas or broaden hIs views on either public or private. affairs, though it need not necessarily result in educating one to absolute repudiation of an honest debt, as has been done in the matter of refusing payment for newspapers.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17

Weaver district, located south of Prescott. and along Antelope creek, is probably one of the oldest mining distrcts. in point of location, in tue territory. It's history. like that of mining camps generally, has been a varied one Its placer diggings have yielded thousands upon thousands, aye, we'll up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fortunes have been made and their possessors have gone away and spent them with lavish hand, living like princes while they lasted. Some have returned to again try their luck, but most of them have remained away from the territory. Out of a score or more of men who left the district independ- ently rich, few, now alive, are in even moderately easy circumstances, and, fewer still, among those who have died. ever left anything be- hind for relatives or friends to fight over. The class of people who braved the hardships and privations attendant upon the exploration of a new country, were not the meu to hoard wealth, but sought it for the enjoyment they might receive from it.
 The story of the fabulous amount of gold taken from Rich Hill during the summer of 1863, has been told and retold. The exact amount taken out will probably never be known, but that 1t amounted half a million dollars and over. there Is very little doubt.
 At intervals, ever since this won dcrful discovery, on the very summit
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17

There are some men whom the country editor likes. When they meet you. they give your hand a skake which is genGine and does you good. They never allow their poli- ties to infringe upon their business and good will toward all. They never allow their subscription to run behind and rarely fail to hand you the news, and occasionally fail to bring you subscriber. They always speak a good word for their country newspaper, and in a thou sand ways render themselves indis- pensible to you. There is another class which have no use for a news paper. Their business Is usually transacted in back alleys and back rooms; their souls are so small that six of them would rattle in the shell of a mustard seed, and their ways are so dark that a "a, of light will discolor them out of recognition. This hnd have no use for newspa- pers.-Ex.
 A club composed of twenty per sons have subscribed to receive the report of the C)rbe.t- -Fitzsimmons fight tomorrow.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17

 of a mountain, two thousant feet higher than the adjacent valleys, placer mining has been succ ,ssfully prosecuted in the vicinity and thou sands of dollars have been added to tbe worlds circulating medium as tbe result of this work. At the present time about fifty Mexieans and twenty white men are engaged iu placer mining in the immediate vicinity of Weaver, and all are mak- ing good wages. An occasional mug get of large size is found to lure the placer miner on to greater efforts, in addition to the regular product of coarse gold ob- talned.
 The editor of the JOURNAL MINER recently paid visit to this historic section, and found unusual activity in the district, not only in placer mining, but in quartz mining as we'll. In fact, the latter industry is being prosecuted with greater energy than at auy time for several years, and the district seems to be on the verge Of a veritable boom, if present indi- cations hold out.
 Within three-quarters of a mile of Stanton station, or hotel, owned by T. E. Peery, ,and right near the wag on road, and near to the old stage station kept by Mir. Stanton, on ground run over for the last thirty yeats, without the thought of mine being located there, Chas. H. Hayden, Chicago millionaire, and John Lyons, a wealthy business man of Atchison. Kansas, are engaged in developing claim, with very hatter- ing prospects. The clam was m former wears located and relocated by MT. Stanton, but no work to amount to anything was ever done on it. The history of the present location of it IS somewhat peculiar, and should il develop into good mine, as 1t at present gives promise of doing, it will add another chap ter to mining romance, as, nearly every great mine ever discovered has more or less of romantic feature connected with its location.
 Mir. Lyons came to Arizona from Kansas, a very pronounced invalid, in fact, was not expected to live. Having formerly had some experi- ence in the mining business in Colo rado, while in search of health l there, he procured a camping outfit | and started out through the noun tains, mainly in quest of health, but l incidentally to keep his mind occu- pied, he devoted his time to pros pecting.
 It was in November, after an ex- perience of three or four months in | travelling over desert and mountain, and camping out, and after having | located number of very promising copper claims in the Eagle Tail
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17

been shot into it. Captain Crow is running a tunnel to tap the ledge at consid srable depth from the sur face The ledge has considerable of a pitch to it, and at one point, owing to the contour of the mountain side, the earth and hanging wall have been washed away, exposing to view upwards of 2.0OD tons of ore, all of which will pay Co mill Mr Crow proposes Co thoroughly pros pect these claims, aud should deyol- opment work prove satisfactory. a null will be erected to work the ore. These claims aro yeFy faynrably located for working to consider able depth al a minimum cost, as a tunnel can be run through the mountain on the ledge for distshce covering several claims. Mr. Peter son has also a side claim located. which he is prospecting.
 Westerly from he Peterson group. Captain Crow owns three claims. which run diSgonally with the Peter son group. These arc the Bee Hive, the Highland aud the Maine. These are ali new discoveries, the Bee 1.-Two having been located December 29 Two tons 0f orc worked from this claim went Si0 per ton. it Is being worked now, under boad and lease by Messrs. Bowman and Gray. of Name, They have five oF six. men at work aud have three tunnels in on the ledge, varying in length from 9 Co l00 feet. Like the Peter son group, these claims are also favorably situated for working through tunnels to even 8 much greater depth than tbe former. Assays from the ore are encourag- ing aud there are good prospects for establishing quite lively camp on the properties.
 Speaking of Mir. Crows operations there a resident of the district re marked to the newspaper man that he was thc first outsider io come into the district and establish an active live permanent camp.
 As the party was returning from the Peterson and Bee Hive groups, they found C. B. Hosford at work near Weaver Greek on the Second Revenue claim oN ned by Mr. Bos- ford aud partner named Taylor They have a fifty foot shaft on the claim and are quite elated over the prospects of becoming millionaires The ledge is about eight feet wide aud in a sort of open cut near the shat where the ledge has been. stripped, Mir Hosford took his pick and knocked some decomposed-
 quartz down and without any crush ing washed it in a small pan obtain ing quite large number of colors. The ledge runs nearly parallel with the creek and the owners of this claim have prospeeted 1t for cutie a distance. They certainly have ex- cellent prospects for opening up a big mine, if surface indications count for anything Assays as high as so have been obtained from the ora. They have quite a large alount on the dump which they will have milled soon and devote
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17
MINING ACTIVITY IN
 WEAVER DISTRICT.

mountains, about p5 or loo miles southwest of Prescott, that he reached Stanton, greatly improved lu health, in fact, quite robust. in compaTlsou to his condition on hls arrival in the tefritoTy. \ large dy ka running through the country, and cutting the formation in twain, sud into which the ledges on each side Of it secmed to center, attracted his attention. Ou examination af the ledge matter alongside of the dyke, he discovered ore very similar in appearance to the celebrated ore of Ouray district, Colorado It is telluride in character, and believing that with depth big msne could bv developed, three claims were located, the original one being named Lucky Johnny. Mir, Hayden, who was stopping in Phenix with his family, and who also has had some experi encc in mining in Colorado, wss told of the discovery. and after Vis- ting the place was 60 we'll pleased with the prospect that he concluded to risk few thousand dollars in it's development, and work Is now pro gressing on the claim.
 So confident arc Measrs. Lyons and Hayden that they will develop a mine, that work from the start bas been of a permanent character. and they arc sinking . double compari- ment shaft. ax4 feet, which when timbered will be 4xs feet ia the clear. Work was commenced on Saturday, February 6, and ou Sstuf- day, March 6, or in just four weeks, the shaft was down 50 feet deep. the work having been done by three men, with Andrew Peterson. well known and experienced miner and mill mah as foreman. The shaft is in ore all the way. lt is now being timbered to this depth. and a whim has been ordered for use when sink ing will be resumed. Lumber is also on the ground for permanent buildings for the camp. They have taken out quite large amount of ore in sinking to this depth, which will average $i5 per ton, some of it going as high as $500 per ton. It carries a small amount of free gold. The owners have such faith in tbs property that they have decided to sink at least to a depth of foo feet, and probably GOO feet. as the history of the ore of this kind is that great depth must be obtained, and they are not looking for big things near the surface. The ore already en. countered. both as to quality and quantity, has exceeded their expec- tations. The gentlemen also have mill site located in connection with their claims, but the question of its occupancy aud use will bs deter mined by the prospecting of their claims. The gentlemen are both
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17
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STANTON, Aria, March 15.- The God of Nature smiles on Us with the continuation of pretty weather.
 O. T.. Runner returned Tuesday from a few days stay in PheniI. Mr. Runner says Stanton has the best climate he can find.
 :. C. Smith, of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. who has been with us for the past month, left Thursday for Prescott, where he will remain for Sd me time. Mir Smith came to Ari- zlna for his health, and finds he is greatly benefitted by the climate, and he is looking for a place to locate Co do business in, aud will nave an eye 10 this while in Pres colt. Mir. Smith made many friends while al Stanton, who were sorry to see him leave, and We pred ct the same results from his stay in Pres colt.
 J. C. Martin, of the JOURNAL MINER, spent several days with us this week, and met many old timers and aequaintanCes while here. Among them was Andy McGinnis. su old stage driver, who was mani pulating the ribbons on a trip near Congress, when the newspaper man and several others were robbed.
 The late mill run on the Antelope group of mines was very satisfactory to all concerned, the ore plating a little over Sl5 per ton.
 Captain Richard Crow will make a test run of fifty tons of ore from the Peterson group next week. Mr. Crow has several men at work on these mines, and the property looks we'll MT. Crow is no tenderfoot in the mining business, and he is doing good work.
 John Lyons, the superintendent of the Rich Hill Gold Mining Co, left last Saturday for Phenix for few days visit. MT. Lyons is very much pleased with the prospects and progress on the Lucky Johnny mine. The timbering will be completed this week, when he will start sink ing again.
 Pearson x Wilson commenced hauling ore to the mill on Monday from their Pioneer group. They will make test Of twelve tons.
 A mill test of five tons each will be made from the Weaver ard Caledonia mines next week.
 C. B. Genung is taking some very rich ore from his mine, and will soon start his arastra again.
 Mir. Conway, hookkeeper for the Congress Gold Co, spent Sunday and Monday with us, looking after his interests here II is having considerable 'yots done, snd says his mine IS looaiuS veil.
 FL, Virgin, 5; the electric light plant oi Prescott, IS with us for a few days.
 T. E. Peery and family are ex- pected home Wednesday or Thurs day. They have been in California for the last month.
 A. r. Smith, of Prescott, is spend ing the week at the Johnson miDe'
 REPORTER.
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possessed Of ample means to prose cute the work to a successful cul-
 imitation, should the indications.
 which exist. of there being a big
 mine there prove correct, and the success of this enterprise means
 much for the entire district. The
 ledge is a contact vein of porphyry aud slate, and runs in 6 northeast erly and southwesterly direction.
 In addition to the claims men,
 tioned above, Mir. Lyons has five copper claims located in the Eagle Tail mountains, about twenty-five miles southwest of HaTqua Hala. which were also discovered while he was out on his camping expeditions in search of health. He has five men at work developing them. Tho surface indications are very promis- ing, as the ore carries a small per centage of gold and he has received assays as high as so per cent in cop per. He expects soon to ship a car load of ore from Aztec station, on the Southern Pacific railroad.
 Another very encouraging feature of Weaver district at present is the fact that Captain Richard Crow has taken 6 bond and lease on six claims there owned by Andrew Peterson. and is actively at work developing them. NIT. Crow has operated mines in nearly every state and territory of the United States, as well as in Australia and South and Central America, and in consequence, knows about as we'll as any one where to look for a mine. The fact that he has taken hold of these properties in this district, and has taken hold with an energy and earnestness that means success, if success IS at all possible, has had a very stimulating effect on others interested in the district. The vein upon which these claims are located can be distinctly traced by outcroppings for dis tanee of nearly five miles, and there are fifteen claims located on 1t. Of these Mir. Peterson owns six, the Golden Age, Golden Cloud, Golden Eagle, Gold Standard, Golden Star and Northeast Extension.
 Ths Golden Cloud has shaft 100 feet deep on it, and shows up good ore. Captain Crow has men at work on this mine still, sinking it deeper.
 It was from one of these claims that the rich ore, on exhibition in the Prescott National Bank, men, tion of which was made in these | columns some time slnce, was taken. These specimens went away up in i the thousands per ton in gold. Aside | from these specimens some more fabulously rich ore has been en- in which the gold sticks put of the quartz as though it had
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-17

Mir Partridge thinks he has the making of a big property in these three claims, and those who have seen them and who arc familiar with the district share this belief with him.
 Further down on the western slope of the mountain Mir Partridge owns another claim called the Will Lawrence It is oh still another lead. The ledge is from x inches Co three feet wide and the ore runs from Si5 Co S.O per tGu in gold. He has done from Si 1000 Co Sl ,200 worth oi work on this claim aud is highly encouraged
 It may be added pareatheiieally Shat Mr Partridge is between 60 aud 70 years old. and has accom- plished what few, fl any other min eTs, have done, and that is the de veiopmeni of his properties largely unaided. He has sunk a shaft to a depth of s0 feet without any assist ance, and made progress at 1t. He would lll his bucket, climb ladder, windlsss the bucket up. dump it, lower it into the shaft again, and then descend On the ladder and fill il, continuing this day after day. Not only has he sunk one shaft in thus way, but several Of them the deepest one being 70 feet
 Ed. Showermsn and George B. upton, two young men from Clinton, Iowa. who came to that section last fall, have located three claims, which they are working. The Gold ring is on the west side of Rich Hill, just back of I. r.. Peery's place. On this they have sunk . forty foot incline shaft, and have good ore. Another, the i Gila Monster is located near Ante lope creek. They have simply done the required amount of work on this Co record the location, but have struck good ore in dolng this. The other claim is in Pseples valley, and has been christened tho Thanks giving. from the fact that it was located oa that day. But little work ass 0eeu done o8 it. Although their 8gryai iu the territory only dates bscb four mu9ihs, it uill be seen that thoy have proven active during that time, sl s lasi the sort of men tue teif o 8eeds Nr. Upton is also iuteFes5el wilA Oi her parties in another ciain, wlleh wili receive mention hereafter
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the proceeds to the further develop ment of their claim.
 On the west side of Weaver creek, but on the east side of Rich Hill.
 Runner and Davis are working a claim, the ore being worked in the
 Iavapai company's mill, better known as the Kerr mill. While these z ntlemen were not seen, they are reported to be doing well.
 Further up Weaver creek, on the east side of Rich Hill, is the famous Johnson mine. 4 mill run of ore fIom this claim was made recently in the Kerr mill, and while the re- suits are not given out, they were entirely satisfactory to all parties, the ore plating in excess of what was expected. Mir. Conlee is in charge of the property at present, which is temporarily lying idle. The prospects. however, are favor able for its being started up soon, and perhaps on larger scale than ever before.
 West of the Johnson mine. on the very summit of Rich Hill, and ex teading over its brow down on the western side, are three claims the Buckeye, First Western Extension and Standard, owned by William Partridge. The former adjoins the Johnaon mine, and lies in a sort of basin or table, on the extreme sum init of the mountain. It was from the surface of this claim that the gold was virtually shoyeled up in 1863, and from which over a half million dollars were taken in less than six weeks. It is the highest point in the immediate vicinity, and as to how the gold ever got there and happened to be lying around loose, there are various theo- ries. That it was there, and there in abundance. there can be no doubt, and Mir. Partridge has located fine ledge there and expects to strike rich treas ures when able to develop 1t. In fact, with the development work already done. he has struck an abundance of good free milling ore, and some which is exceptionally rich. His deepest shaft on the Buck eye is 35 feet deep. He has another Is feet deep and about 100 feet of open cuts, which expose the ledge and show rich ore.
 The First Western Extension ex- tends over the summit aud down the western slope of the mountain. He has done considerable work on this, among 1t being a thirty foot shaft and has fine showing in it.
 The Standard is on parallel vein to the Buckeye and hes north of it. He has not done a great amount of work on this but what has been done has resulted in very favorable showing.