The herald., 1898-10-02
force Of men at work viii be increased. and

6Iu ATlXOud 10 tuc icW VAiC SSA''o
at the McCabe mine in Yavapai county.
1t weighs $1,000 pounds and has ho.stns
capacity Of 1000 feet.
The smelter at Silver Bell. Pima county
continues to produce copepr enough oa'is
to make the mine more than paying one
Copper mines in Arizona are big producers
this year, and Montana will have TO Dest
herself to win out on Arizona this year.
The Helmet peak mines. in Pima district
and county, are being prospccted by tuh-
mel. High-grade silver ore, with soio
looked for. at about thirty feet
From William jerks. superintendent OF
the Table Mountain Copper company II
Is learned that the mines have cioseu oo""
for an indefinite period. He has gone 10
the coast for breath Of fresh air
Messrs. John KAISER anty Forrest Kali
denberger have effected the sale Oh the
Marshall group CT copper claims TO the
Live Oak Copper Mining ard Smeit ny
company. The consideration was Sld'oo
In money and small majority OF the STOCK
Of the concern. The company is hnaA-
Icially strong. Development work Is to be
pushed. Mr.. KAISER will be superintendent
of the company. The sale was made IN
New York.
The new reservoir at the Great Minas
Prietas, Sonora. is full to its entire capac-
;ty of 34.OO0,000 gallons. This insures pieh-
ty of water for the coming year
The machinery for the Belle McGiivry
mine, in Mohave county, near Yucca, mas
arrived, and will be at once frelghted to
the mine.
Jim Hass Of Mineral Park, on the 18th,
sold his mil tb,, rib x1thN
The town library of Blsbee, supported
mostly by the Copper Queen Mining COM
pany, would be a credit to any average
sized town. There are 1868 bound volumes
and 200 more will be added in a month
Fifteen magazines, seven dailies and TWEEN
ty-five weeklies ore kept on file. The cir
culation of books for August was SCI, and
the average for several months has been
$50 per month. Miss Annie Hall is acting
librarian. The library is ten by thirty.
In Graham county the Republicans,
knowing that defeat would be theirs II
they put up a Republican ticket, tried hard
to gather together all the tag ends Of
Graham politics and call 1t Peoples
Ticket" but the scheme failed. For the
legislature, Burt Dunlap. f. NJ. Curtis and
T. E. Williams were nominated. For sher-
if. w. H. Hagan. and for recorder Frank
Ringold was named. There are three va
cancies on the ticket, and the Democrats
will repeat the history of last year and
elect their candidates for all the Offices
The hundred stand of arms and ammuni-
ton which were procured for defense of
Pima county during the late unpleasant
ness have been returned to Phoenix.
1t is again rumored that the Southern
Pacific machine shops are to be moved to
Benson. AS this rumor is semi-official
Tucson Is not alarmed.
The Democratic county convention of
Graham county has made the following
nominations winning ticket: Sheriff
Rem Clark; supervisors, II. c. Day, VIM.
R Waddel; probate judge, w. w. Dam
ron; treasurer. b. B. Adams; district at
torney, w. e. Jones; council, George A
Olney; surveyor. E. r. Sanford: and ]. X.
Rogers. E. NJ. Williams and VIM. Pace
for the legislature.
The Democrats Of CHA county held their
convention on September Sd and nominal.
ed full ticket, as follows: For council
man. George W. P. Hunt; assemblyman
j. c. Evans; district attorney, Porter w
Fleming; sheriff, Thomas Armstrong; pro.
bate Judge. P. M. Thurmond; count,
treasurer, A. H. Morehead; recorder Geo
Chandler; supervisors. E. ]. Bonacker, j
b. Freeman and @. D. Barclay; county
surveyor, VIM. Sultan.
j. j. Birdno, editor of the Sanford Guar
dian of Graham county. while in Phoenis
the other day, said. in speaking of fie
home county:
Graham county Is making great strides
tp,,n 90
canal will bring under cultivation 5O,OOt
acres OF desert land. 1t will be Is feet
broad on the bottom and 10 miles long. We
are finding that there is artesian water in
the valley, borings five miles north of SAT.
ford proving very successful. The water
gushes up through a strata of clay when
the latter is penetrated by the drill. Min.
ing is being developed nicely, several new
camps having been established within q
few weeks. Some valuable ore is being ex-
tracted. In all respects, Graham county
liz making fine strides in increasing her
material wealth."
One merchant of Graham county. T. f.
Solomon, the pioneer of Solomonvlle. has
during the past season worked continuous
ly his threshing crew from July 7th to
|September 9Th on his own and hts neigh.
boris grain crops. He has threshed 5O4, 9Ol
pounds of barley and 37S,9S5 pounds OF
wheat.
From Florence, in Pinal county comes
the news that Rough Rider Geo. e. Tru-
man. who enlisted at Florence writes from
Utica, N. Y, that the Cuban campaign
has about done him up physically, but he
hopes, with good care among old friends
in Utica, to recuperate. Truman is a
brother of Sheriff VIII Truman of Pinal
county. Florence is proud of her boy.
Stafford, in Graham county, has a new
$4,000 school house to be proud of. School
facilities in Graham county are Of the
best.
Flagstaff Is to have flour mill. A com.
mittee appointed to agitate the question
reports that enough money has been sub.
scribed to insure the building of the mill
The mill will be running by next year.
The ella Valley and Globe railroad is
progressing rapidly, and in very short
time trains will be running into Globe The
grading Is all completed to within six miles
OF Globe, from which point but little grad.
ing is needed. Track laying was retarded
by extra work being needed to complete
| tiestles on San Carlos river. Work com.
menced on track laying again on the 18th
and about half a mile a day will be laid
Mr. Ross of Ward & Ross, the contract.
ors says the road will be in Globe by about
November LIST. 1t will be great day fol
Globe. This road has been building TOWARD