Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-09-08
TERRITORIAL NEWS

The pipe line gang struck for
Straight time" last Sunday. and since
then several of them have been spend
ing their time and substance in can
rushing carousals and more or less
riotouS living Their places were filed
by Others.-Winslow Mail.
John O. Hurst and Ed Bargman have
matched race for $3.50 a side, quar-
ter of mile Hurst names Gray Ea-
gle and Bargman CycloneDave Race
to come off on the Doth of September.
| Both horses are fast at the distance
named, and the race will be blood and
a betting one. as the horses are evenly
matched.-Winslow Mail.
The indications are that the attend
ance at the territorial fair this wear
will be greater than ever Secretary
| Crawford is receiving stacks of letters
every day from persons who intend to
bring exhibits and who desire to know
| the prizes offered for the best exhibits
in different lines.-Albuquerque Cit
izen.
y couple of hustlers have been au-
| thOrized by the city council to place
street signs on the corners and to
number the buildings of the city-a
much needed Improvement. Now let
everyone place number on their
house, and with water works, sewer
age. numbered streets and houses.
free postal delivery and other modern
conveniences, Prescott will take her
rightful place as the ideal city of Ari-
Zona.-Pick and Drill
Several large prospecting parties
have been fitted out here during the
past week, besides Il number that have
passed through, bound for Sonora, in
the visinity of Nacosari. This section
of Sonora has never been fully pros
pected and with the certainty of a
railroad through there it is attracting
miners and prOSpectors from all parts
of tie country. A number of mines
have been fouesl there which did not
pay TO work on account of the immense
cost of getting supplies in there. This
obstacle will soon be removed and
number of mines opened up. thereby
giving employment TO a number of-
Orb.
Word comes from Lynx creek dis
trict that the Silver King mining claim
owned by Chas Born. is looking well.
Mr. Born recently began development
by means of a tunnel which is now i'll
80 feet and shows nothing but ore. the
vein being wider than the tunnel.
While the name of the claim would in
dictate that the ore carries silver, the
copper and gold values are also good.
Tire tunnel starts at the foot of Il
steep mountain, and the tunnel. if run
on the vein n distance of 800 feet
would gain nearly or quite foot for
foot in depth.-Courier.
The Swindler mine, which is located
n Big Bug district. near the line of
the Big Bug railroad. is reported to he
l wonderfully promising mining pro-
lerty. having all the characteristics of
he United Verde copper company
mines when they were first worked up
IN. Mining men predict that the Swim
Her viii prove to be one of the great
st mines in Arizona. Men are now at
work. in the mine retimbering the shaft
nd a boarding house and a bunk house
ire being put UP and other prepara-
ions being made for the starting OF
What may become n second Jerome.
The property is located twenty-five
niles from Prescott-Courier.
Look for a big boom in the mining
Industry over in the Big Bug section as
Don as the s. f. p. X p. railway peo-
lie get their cars running to Mayors.
strikes the average citizen as just
little bit funny that the '.taXlesS
ooters' don't enjoin the construction
f this branch railway. And further
lore. stop that Murphy gang from
aging out so many thousand dollars
mong the people of Yavapai county.
me thing is certain, if this sort of
hing is permitted to go on much long
r these mOSs-back silurians who are
)rever opposed to progress and pros
Gritty will be forced to the wall or else
to migrate to more congenial
rroundingS.-Pick and Drill.
The Arizona Rough Riders will come
irect to Prescott and be released in
lis city. \ recent letter states that
OF over fifty men of the northern Ari-
ma company will return, the re-
lainder being either killed, wounded
: sick They should be welcomed
18th the same patriotic devotion that
,llowed them in May last in a fervant
Irewell. Let us all unite TO greet the
augment of our worthy fighters and
wv is the opportunity to show again
II true American coiorS for the living
well as the dead.-.Iournal-M Miner.
The cattle returned in the five coun-
rs. ella, Graham. Cochise, Pima and
inal. aggregate 254, 700 head, or over
per cent of the total number. That
practically twO-thirds of all the cat
e in the Territory are found in the
re counties named Graham ranks
st with number of cattle with Co
Use a close second. Some well inform
stockmen believe that if the truth
ere known Cochise would take first
ace. Yavapai has the largest num-
r of horses and Coconino sheep.-Star