Arizona republican., 1898-02-27
THE METAL MARKET.

New York, Feb. 26.-Silver certln- cates, 55ss @563s; silver pars' ooA' Mexican dollars, 45A.
 LIVE MINING NEWS.
 Activity in the Table Mountain Dls-
 trict Described.
 Tahle Mountain, Feb. 25.-(Spec1al correspondence of The Republlcan.)- Work on the Table Mountain copper company's smelter is being vigorously nushed. Three gangs are at Worh eliminating the humps and straight ening the crooks in the wagon rodo' and machinery and supplies are dI, irving daily, the heaviest belng nelo in reserve until the road is Tn prime condition. The company's resident oi- ficers have nothing to communicate and consequently there Is nothlng to say about anything but that WHICH lies open to view of the casual opser'- CT This policy, no doubt, IS gooo one. and is the one adopted py COIL cerns which feel secure and are con tented with their possessions ana pros- meets. Wind is generally the quantity on which concerns with doubtfui re- sources are long, closeness 1nvarlapiy marking those of solidity and worth The fame of the company's property however. has gone forth, as IS eVi- denced by the character of recent Vlsi- tors to this section. During the past week several Colorado experts were nrominent figures in the camp. De- fore leaving they expressed tnem- selves delighted with the appareh. mineral resources of this locality ana nromised to return shortly. :.
 The company has opened a saloon oi it's own. chiefly for the reason that consumers of liquors shall have goou article. and not because It encourages excesses of any kind. Drunkenness is not countenanced by the company, and those in their employ having any doubt about it may easily verify tnls
 The mine is still confning its force to a limited number Of men put tne ore dump is steadily growing. great deal of work is still in store before Table Mountain will have reached the million producing point, put TOT 'ne present few new men are put to woiA, as with the advent Of good "eaI.el the various gangs at work are Maklns fnIl time and accomplishing preliml, nary work about as rapidly as requii ou by the mechanical force.
 The initial has been taken lowalu creating a hospital fund, the eXecu.lte hoard. consisting of three nen' MI Jenks. ST., superintendent or the coH- many. representing the company MT. Clark. mine boss, representing ene miners. and at a nominating conveu- tion held in front of the company store. MT. Logue, one of the graue hosses. received the nomlnatlon uo renresent the laboring element mere is some opposition to this measure py 2. few malcontents, who are ln evi- dence here, the same as ln other places. and who would be strictly "out or luck" were they to be oVertaken py some unforeseen calamity, aid not the cool forethought of conservative men prevail and compel them to alo Ill maintaining such an 1ndlspens1oie IT, stitution, and the cost per cap1ta IS very small.
 This camp is remarkably clean nor ally. and the peacefulness is almost unruff1ed. Thomas Moore, deputy sheriff and local peace oficer,is prompt and efficient in the performance of his duty. and in the absence of place Of confinement he utilizes stout Arizona ash tree as a means of restraint. Dur ing my sojourn here a man (white) with an imaginary grievance, came here from Sheep Camp, armed with Winchester and fortified with bad Dawson whiskey, to seek satisfaction but he had scarcely time to declare his intention before he was disarmed and securely lashed to the aforesaid ash. allowing his artificial courage to slowly ooZe through his pores In open view of the entire camp. It did not reouire many hours of this heroic treatment to make the gentleman change his mind, and upon release he was glad to slink quietly out of camp, not desiring to remain upon the scene of his recent humiliation and d1scom- fiture. The others were MeX1cans only two, and at different intervals, whom he took into custody Gag and alb, but the gravity of whose de meanors were not thought sufficiently serious to warrant this unique method of coercion.
 Little, but wicked, Dawson is no longer in existence A number of its deniZens have left the country, ard a few of the good people, who had To- cated there inadvertently, have cast their lot with the population of the main camp.
 Willis S O'Brien, owners of claim and saloon on the southeast boundary of the Table Mountain company's prop erty, have placed corrugated iron roof on their stone saloon property which is thus far the most substantial structure in camp. These gentlemen have a mineral claim on what is known as the Heckley belt-named after the Lake Superior Heckley-ad joining the Table Mountain property About one-quarter of a mile of the wagon road now in common use by tht camp is on this claim. Fully five acres of this claim lies contiguous tC To in nd is