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Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
WHITE HILLS DISTRICT.

Sixty miles north of Klngman is the famous White Hills silver mining dis trict worked by the White Hills Min ing and Milling company, a Denver company which acquired possession during the winter of 1896, paying therefor s1.OO0,0OO, in addition to thou sands for claims owned by a number of locators and all located in the dis trict, limited, as whole, in area. The present company bought the interests managed by L. T. Root, which includ- ed a ten stamp mill and buildings in the town. The company represented 1 by Root operated since early in 1893 and took out millions in silver, a fair proportion of their profits being in gold, the ores running in the yellow metal from one and a half to four ounces per ton. High grades then, | as now, were sent to Pueblo and Ell 1 Paso for treatment. The new con- pany has seventy-two claims. They have expended on water pipe, new stamps and appurtenances. additional
 buildings, large reservoir, etc., fully | $1, ,000, ,000, added to which was the rail and wagon charges, these aggre-
 gating large sums. The ore will av- craze 300 to 400 ounces in silver.
 | l ne cOupduy HdS teiepuOue 6uu | telegraphic connection with Kingman
 and maintains offices at White Hills
 and Kingman. They carry on two
 mercantile establishments, corrals,
 and boarding house at White Hills,
 and employ an assayer, physician, su- perintendent and assistant, besides
 minor officers and about 200 men, the
 latter including those engaged in
 hauling to and from Kingman. The
 company pays taxes on an assessed
 valuation of $40,000. In all probabil- ity rail connection with Kingman will
 be made within a year, other districts
 to be feeders, as we'll as White Hills.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
FACTS AS TO WATER.

It would not be fair to the large Humber of readers who will look to this edition of The Republican for re- liable information as to the resources and opportunities to be found in the Salt River valley, were we to refrain from mention of the disadvantages which our agriculturalists and fruit growers are contending with-disad- vantages which have attended the de velopment of the valley throughout the last decade. We refer to the lack of an adequate supply of water for ir- rigation purposes. The eastern visi- tor grows enthusiastic as soon as he sees our magnificent farms and or chards, and it is natural for him to conclude that there is nothing further to be desired by the tillers of our soil His astonishment is great, therefore, when he learns that the present state of development has been reached un- der the most adverse conditions as to water supply. It is small wonder that when he learns the facts he assents to the statement that our soil and eli mate are the best that the world af- fords.
 But the fact remains that in the summer season, through the period in which nature gives the greatest value to water, our farmers are forced to "get along" with supply of water which in quantity is not more than one-fourth to one-third of what they actually need for adequate irrigation. Litigation between the users of water and the canals, and between canals disputing the ownership of water, has absorbed fortunes in money. In addi- tion to this the growth of Phoenix has been dmpeded to an extent which only those thoroughly familiar with the situat ion can approximately esti- mate. THe Arizona canal, the largest in the valley, and representing to bondbG4ders of it and allied companies an investment of a million and a half, is in the hands of receiver.
 On the other hand, it is likewise but fair to state that these adverse condi- tions will soon disappear. Projects for the storage of the flood waters of the Salt and Verde rivers have pro gressed through the stages incident to all such enterprises to a point from which their construction within a very short period is assured. The TontO Basin reservoir alone, with a capac- ity of almost a million acre-feet of water, will be able to supply not only the existing canals and the lands now cultivated, but ali the land available under them. The public may rest as sured that the new owners of the Ari- zona canal will be forced by the con- sumers of water to avail themselves of the opportunities which these stor- age reservoirs will afford, and the vexed question of a water supply will be settled for all time. Not only will the scant two hundred thousand acres now under ditch be brought to the highest point of tillage, but the area of land under irrigation will be more than doubled.
 These developments being cer- tainty, it requires no prophetic gift to say that the day is not far distant when Phoenix will rival Los Angeles in wealth and population.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
PLACERS IN ARIZONA.

Arizona is one of the best fields for the placer miner in the United States. Prospectors have been working the placer fields for thirty-five years and there has been a constant yield of pla- cer gold since the discovery of Rich Hill in 1862. Rich Hill produced $1,- 100000 of placer gold, and men are at work there now making good. wages. Then there is the San Domingo dis trict, the placers of the Hassayampa river, the Big Bug placers, the Hum Bug district, and many other we'll known placer fields where good wages are being made by prospectors.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
TEN THOUSAND.
This edition of the ARIZONA

This edition of the ARIZONA REPUBLICAN will exceed 10,- GOO copies. It contains a com prehenslEe, matter of fact de scription ot the mining re- sources of ArEona, and much. useful information concerning the Salt River valley and the advantages, climatic and mater ial, of the treasure territory. This edition will be distributed not only in Arizona and the southwest, but throughout the entire country. It will prove to be an invaluable advertising medium. The merchants whose announcements appear in it may consider themselves fortunate. Merchants who decided not to take advantage of the opportun- ity to get their names before at lsa 5o,coo people are cor llial1y invited to visit The Re publican office this morning and see our press laboring with this big edition. The spectacle may give them some progressive ideas.
 The Republican has kept its word in regard to this edition. It presents a plain statement of business and natural conditions in this region. There are no friiIs-no expensive features. The Republican nets a neat sum, it's patrons get complete returns for their investment, and Arizona secures wide and valu- able advertising. What more could be desired?
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
THE UNITED VERDE MINE

No mine in Arizona is better known throughout the world than the United Verde copper mine at Jerome. It is one of the largest copper producers in the world, and the mine is conceded to contain the most extensive body of ore of any mine yet discovered. The ore body has a width of 400 feet at the
 present depth of the mine, which is 500 feet. The ore carries considerable gold, and occasionally the gold value runs very high. Over $2,OOO,o 900 3
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
COCONINO COUNTY.

The Grand canyon copper mines are the center of mining activity in Coconino county. These mines are owned by a company organized by Gen. w. O. O'Neill of Prescott and of which he is manager. They consist of the mines in the canyons depth and many claims back from the rim of the big chasm. The Cameron property, which lies 2,300 feet down in the can yon, is the latest acquisition of the company, and there are but a few claims in the district which the com pany has not obtained control of. They are developing their claims and pushing the work in their mines, en- ploying large number of men. The ore taken out is left on the dump to await the completion of the Santa Fe & Grand Canyon railroad, which will be built this year from Williams to the canyon. A fifty ton shelter is now being erected at Williams and the ore will be hauled from the mines to that point to be treated. A year hence will see one of the largest cop per camps in the territory on the rim of the Grand canyon. Colin Tim mons, well known mining man in the southwest, is superintendent of these mines.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

Minister Angel is coming back from Turkey without bringing the damages with him which he was sent to Con- stantinople to collect. The sultan has seen bill collectors before. In the meantime ex-Minister Terrell is prob ably laughing quietly in his sleeve. The Angell rushed in where Judge Terrell was not supposed to be able to tread.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

The various cuts of American bat tleships that have been used through out this country to represent the Viz caya answered the purpose, possibly, if they did give her four big guns in- stead of two.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
SAMPLING WORKS.

Two establishments in the town of Kingman of this character have handled large quantities of ore from the north and south, besides which are two assayers in the town. Several cabinets of specimens are to be seen to which the town and county people are pleased to invite attention.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
THE LITTLE JESSIE.

The Little Jessie is producing a great deal of gold. The output of the mine is about twenty-five tons a day. The values run from $40 to $4o0 The mine produces great deal of ship ping ore. A cyanide plant is being operated and the tailings are yielding from $S to $20 ton. The Little Jessie is one of the best gold mines in the territory. It is the property of John s. Jones of Prescott.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

The Republicans circulation is in creasing so rapidly that new, fast press is needed. We have our eye on a perfecting press that is thorough ly up to date. The Republican intends to keep at the head of the newspaper procession in the southwest.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

month was the copper product of the mine last year. The mine supports one of the largest camps in the ter ritory, In the United Verde Arizona claims the largest copper mine in the world. With the addition of the new smelters which MT. w. A. Clark pro- poses to put in it will become the greatest copper producer the world has ever known
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

gulch at the base of the mountain, of it's own gravity.
 There is no hoist at the Gladiator, and none is needed. The mine Is worked by tunnels, and all the work ings are above the mill. Harrington Blauvelt is superintendent of the Glad iator, and the mine is owned by Byron E. Shear and A. Falco of Aspen, Colo, and some Arizona mining men.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
Close-mouthed departments

Close-mouthed departments, secret boards of inquiry and government con- trolled cables do not interfere with the sensational papers in New York in the least. So long as pen and pa per and imagination and back room are at their command, the startling sensations are obtainable.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

A divorce was granted in less than a half hour in New York the other day. Does this indicate disposition to again rebuke Oklahoma and the Da- kotas for their crude and backward ways?
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

The Key West fakir has had excep- tional opportunities, but he is entitled to full credit for the handsome man ner in which he has utilized them.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

- Zola's conviction was a foregone conclusion, but France is worse hurt than the defendant in the enlightened opinion of the world.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
THE NINETY-SIX.

Councilman George H. Miles of Yuma has spent s1 800 on this proposi- tion. Three shafts are down, fifty, fifty-six and 150 feet respectively, and the ore assays from $10 to $100.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
THE GLADIATOR.

The Gladiator is little east of north from the Crowned King, some thing over mile. The vein runs par allel with that of it's neighbor. Both veins cut through the apex of the highest peaks of the Bradshaw noun tains. They are separated about l. 200 feet. The character of the ore is the same, and the values are nearly equal to the Crowned King, although the Gladiator is just beginning it's ca reer as a dividend payer. Water is taken from Dickey's spring, one mile from the mine, and run into tanks on the top of the mountain, which con- tains the mine. The water goes down to the mill, which is located in a
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28

The federal senate is disposed to be warlike and jingoistic, but it draws the line at following Allen and Mason.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
WEAVER DISTRICT.

To the north of the Sacramento val ley there are several parties working on gold properties. The Great West is fine proposition owned by James Bone, it averaging $15O to the ton. The Mocking Bird is in this district, $80 being the yield per ton. A 10 stamp mill is operated at the Mocking Bird. Bone, at the Great West, has taken out $8,000 in less than two years.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
MINERAL PARK AND CERBAT.

Not great deal is being done in the former Mohave county seat at Mineral Park, or at Cerbat. The Eureka in the latter district has paid it's owner, Tub Ayres, s60,000. It is down 200 feet and drifts of about 500 feet more have been worked. The Eureka is idle but will be reopened this spring. Mineral Park and Cerbat are fifteen miles from Kingman.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
SHIRT TAIL MOUNTAINS.

Col. Thomas Ewing of San Francisco has undertaken the management of several claims in the mountains in the interest of coast parties. This camp is over the divide from the Union Pass. Work is in it's infancy, but enough is shown to indicate that there are good prospects. The haul is to Kingman, as is that of the Union Pass camp.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
UNION PASS GROUP.

Messrs. o. D. M. Gaddis, B. H. Spear and J. c. Dexter have associated with Emmons, Strong & Go. of New York in the development of three claims twenty-five miles north of Kingman. One-half interest was given Emmons, Strong & Go. in consideration of their putting up the necessary stamp mills, etc., and developing the claims. The properties are good producers. Cap tain R. D. Crawford of Philadelphia is in charge and his reports are fla vorable. It is scarcely six months since the New York parties engaged in the development of this group.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
THE ORC PLATA.

In Todd Basin, about twelve miles out of Kingman and not far north of Cerbat is the promising gold camp known as the Gro Plata (house of sil ver) which has been worked several years. John w. Garritt of Kingman purchased the claims from California parties and leases have been made to Clark Bros., F. B. Austin and others. Silver has precedence, while gold will show two to four ounces.
 THE CEDARS.
 Ex-District Attorney Blakely has small stamp mill at work in this dis trict, thirty miles below or south of Kingman. Joseph Roseborough has placer claims further south and is working them. There are placers be- low the Chimewavas and in the Chi mountains where some devel- opment in gold claims has been made and shipments sent to Kingman.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
TEMPLE BAR PLACERS.

AL the nedQ or sacramento valley IS a company operating on the Colorado. The company has expended $125.000 on machinery, lumber, etc., which has been hauled from Kingman, eighty five miles away. An agency of the company is located at Kingman. Ac- tive work begun this year. By July it will be pretty we'll known how good the placers are.
 CHLORIDE DISTRICT.
 The Elkhart is operated by the Se- curity Mining and Development com pany, Scotch concern. This organi- zation secured the property in 1S96- They own sixteen claims. Two hun dred feet has been reached and consid- erable drifting done. A stamp mill works over 100 tons daily. There is good profit in gold, silver and lead. The Southwestern Mining company has three shafts on the Schuylkill, an extension of the vein on the Elkhart. Silver is high grade and lead is appar- ent. B. T. Loy is operating the Merri- mac. Former owners took out 800 tons of mineral bearing ore. Silver and gold are features and show very well. A. McDuff1e is owner of the Rainbow, an old producer. Little is being done at this mine now. MT. McDuffie intends to sell the property. The Tennessee, Pay Roll and other propositions are excellent properties. A Denver company has bonded the Pay Roll and other openings owned by Judge Murphy. They are expected to do some extensive work at once on six claims bonded.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-14
THE HuBBARD CoLLroruox.
AceeDtin4 the Gift Re.
ported By Mr. Cunmings.

Resolution AcoeDtinG the Gift Re.
ported By Mr. Cunnings.
Representative Cummings. from the COM
mittee on the library, has made favorable
report on House joint resolution go, which
provides as follows:
That the librarian Of Congress is hereby
empowered and directed to accept the offer
of Mrs. Gertrude NJ. Hubbard, widow of the
late Gardner Greene Hubbard, communi-
Gated to him by the following letter. on the
terms and conditions therein stated; and to
communicate to Mrs. Hubbard the grateful
appreciation of Congress of the public spirit
and nunificence manifested by said gift
The report Of the committee says:
The committee has had under considera-
ton the offer of Mrs. Gertrude N. Hubbard
to present to the United States, to be pre-
served in the Library Of Congress, the very
valuable collection Of engravings and art
books made by her husband, the late Gardi-
ner Greene Hubbard, and deem 1t proper
that the gift should be accepted by an ap-
propriate joint resolution of Congress-.
which Is submitted with the favorable rec
ommendation Of the committee.
The letter in which Mrs. Hubbard COM
municates her willingness to make this mu-
nifcent donation to the Library Of Congress
evinces such q laudable public spirit that 1t
has been embodied in the resolution of &C.
ceptance, and is. together with the other
correspondence upon the subject, made a
part Of this report"
Then follows the correspondence upon the
subject, which has been published in The
Star heretofore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-14
Sword of the Great Wallace.


1t is the popular belief In Scotland that
the sword of William Wallace, the friend
of Bruce, and the hero par excellence of
Scottish romance, lies. with other relics, in
Sterling Castle. This, according to the
story of Duncan Mcpherson McTavish OF
East Girard avenue, Is a popular mistake.
He alone has the. sword of the Scottish
warrior, and he says that 1t has been hand
ed down from sire to son in the McTavish
clan for centuries. -Tha sword which the
esteemed Highlander proudly exhibits to
his friends is most formidable weapon
Il is exactly six feet four inches in length
and weighs somewhat over twenty-ssven
pounds. No ordinary man can hold it out
at arms length and not even Sandow
could WELD it fey Axn miRutes. 1t Is made,
Mr.. McTavish asserts, of the finest pa
mascus steel, and he-aads that but one head
of his clan-hts Ereat-grsat-great great
grandfather, Ian Dha McTas,sh- could use
It in battle, and hts-strength was SO great
that, with this. terrible weapon, he could
cut right through an armed knight from
the helmet to t31e ssadle OF his horse. Mr..
McTavish talksA H1od deal Of his famous
ancestor. espsei21ly after dinner. and the
stories he relA&e s4l his physical prowess
are somewhat Yad2 4fuL rs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-14
HEART OF THE wARsHIps.


The Great Boats Are Lifeless H,pl.
Until the Machinery IL Put In.
Prom the Atchison Globe
Although the big new battle ships Ken
lucky and Kearsarge are now afioat II
VIII be months before they will be any,
thing whore than inert, motiopiess hulka.
Not until great masses of machinery. nom
derous engines and huge boilers have been
lowered into position, connected here and
there by thousands Of shafts and pines
and tubes. bolted and braced and fastened
into place; not until an army Of srimy
machinists have hammered for many
weeks down in the depths Of the hulks.
VIII there be life In the warships.
Ten thousand horsepower il necessary
to drive the Kentucky through the wa
nished by two Immense engines, tripie
expansion, with three cylinders each, s3k-
inch. b1-inch and 76-inch by 4S-inch stroke.
as accurately made az q watch for thev
lave to turn 12o timss 9 minute under I
mendeYs mass t. be lying around st he
rate OF twice every second. and the saieht-
est tmperfectiOn In a vital point would
perhaps mean loss Of shi0 and crew.
drive eighteen miles an hour. pulling q man
and sulky Tor twenty-four hours each day
then II he were to put the Kentucky on
wheels over . rood turnpike It would
take string cf thoroughbreds twelve
miles long and twenty-focr abreast TO do
the same work. or $4,000 trotters.
She has dve-boflers. each Is. feet Inches
In diameter. made Of 7-l64lnch-thiok
steel nearly armof plate. and the total
bursting pressure IN each boiler ak $50
pounds per square inch would be 100000
pounda Imagine this pent-up energy In
the hold OF vessel safely. slowed away,
II II -frue. but ready ct any moment to take
advantage Of the slightest weakness IN
encet 8
1t 4 NO wonder that the United es.tes
goverhment 1Astg(B upon the best work
that human skin can encompass before
accepting tia = s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-14
A CaH for Volunteers.

Secretary Alger is credited with having
informed one of his visitors today that in
case Congress directs the President to use
the land and naval forces of the Omitted
States in the case of Cuba, that a call for
5O,00O volunteers will be made by the Presi-
dent within fcrty-eight hours thereafter.
The Secretary declines to affirm or deny
the report that he made the remark at
tr:buted to him. hut, judging from the
preparations being made by the War De-
partment for prompt military operations,
there is reason to believe that he is cor
rectly quoted.