Arizona republican., 1898-09-08

, rome last week for an extended and | possibly a permanent stay in Texas, the home of Mrs. Ross's mother They will also stay awhile in ChoctaW Ma tion, Indian Territory MT. Ross went to work again at his old position with the United Verde company as night watchman.
 ! George R. Tate, a member of the mining firm of Truax, Thomas & Tate came in from Silver mountain Satur- day. Mir. Tate has the management of property at the above place which is being worked by the above firm and says that it is looking very promising. The firm is also engaged in the devel- opment of a property in Chapparal.- Journal-Mlner.
 f MT. Baehr has a painter and paper hanger at wOrl- on the hall in Dake's opera house and will have it completed in about ten days and when done will be one of the handsomest halls in the territory. A stage 32XS feet has been built in for music or public speaking. Particular attention will be given to placing the flcor in excellent condition for dancing. Miner.
 E. 2. Breed arrived in Prescott Sat- urday from the Bradshaw mountains, where he is engaged in developing the Moody & Place group of mines under a bond. He has seven men employed in the mines at present and although he has just commenced work, he has already struck a good sized body of ore of high grade. He is very much encouraged already by his success Journal-Miner.
 h a letter to Our Mineral Wealth from Montauk Point, Rough Rider J w. Lankford says: When our Captain O'Neill fell in the front the boys went mad and the enemy fell like sheep un- til their legs carried them into the city of Santiago. We would have follow ed them into the city on a run if oug lungs had been trained to the climate Talk about nerve, there was nothing but great courage shown throughout the battles and hardships."
 Work began last week on the grea; stack designed to carry of all the smoke from the furnaces at the United Verde works at Jerome. The stack is twenty-five feet in diameter at the base and is to be 15S feet high. Tho smoke will hardly settle around the works, after being carried to tha, height. Improvement upon improve ment is being made and will continue to be made until Jerome is the greatest copper producing camp in the civilized world.-Jercme News.
 E. T. Bonsall, superintendent of the Vekol mine, situated about forty mile: south of Casa Grande, was in Jerome several days last week looking ove1 tht mining prospects in that iocaI1ty. Ht says the mill at Vekol started up re gently after a shutdown of eight years caused by the property being in lit gation after the death Of the former owner J. B. Walker. The Vekol is very rich silver mine and is very pock ety One day it will seem played ou and perhaps the next there will b' thousands in sight. The writer wa: there ten years ago when it was being worked. Judge Walker received th' mine from the Indians and always em ployed a great number of them as wind lass hands, ore storers, etc. MT. Wal ker was always friend to the Indians He dug a well for them 160 feet deel on their reservation, curbed it and pu iD a wheel, rope and two buckets il exchange for the mine, which the. agreed to show him upon the coTple ton Of his contract-NeWS.