Arizona republican., 1899-05-04
Mines and Mining


 during the fruit season. There are nearly 1000 miners, the average dail! wage rate of whom IS S4. A great many of these men have families, and the most of them are money savers They live as well as the camp affords and they would live better if theF could. Aside from the benefits which the valley rancherS and merchants would derive there is another consid' eration. During the winter months Globe is a cold place to live in. At the present time southern California is scarcely farther away than is Phoe- nix. Miners cannot afford to send their families to the California winter places. and If the Salt River valley is brought within a days ride of the camp there is every reason to believe that hundreds of people would visit the Salt River valley from this camp and the surrounding country in the winter tune. The wives of miners would go there to trade and the mer- chants would feel their presence among them.
 On the other hand Globe would be benefited in like manner. The cool breeZes of Pinal mountain would at tract Phoenix people in the summer time just as the sunshine of the val ley would draw upon the population of Globe fn winter to help swell her crowds. There is probably no better place in Arizona to summer than among the pines and springs of Pinal mountain. There is excellent hunting there and on the crest of the great mountain can be found many pretty parks which nature has made. The efa1 roly iCif tn "a very top of this mountain and Globe would be in easy a.ecess to supply their wants and pleasures.
 Among the Improvements of the past year in Globe are electric lights and water works which give the camp a metropolitan air There has just been completed q two-story brick building which was erected by the Odd Fellows. The lower floor is fitted with a stage for the presenta:i on of operas and plays and is used for dancing also. The upper portion of the building is handsomely finished for the occupancy of the order. The appointments of the secret chamber are brilliant and comfortable. A number of substantial buildings have been erected on the mfin street of the camp and on the hill sides arp numerous homes which have appeared during this period of growth.
 The size of Globe is not apparent at glance The camp stretches for mile and a half through a gulch which allows abundant room for busy thoroughfare. The sides of the hills are dotted with tents and homes built of brick and wood. Passing down the gulch toward the smelters little gulches open up and present the homes of miners closely nestled with in their protecting walls, and on the hills near the smelters are more homes clinging to the mountain side. Standing on the main street in the center of the bus ness portion. of an evening the visitor cam see con- tinuous file of miners passing over beaten trail to the gulch below where they disperse On a hurried walk to their homes Some of them have horses in waiting for them at the mines and they race up the street hke boys returning from school.
 The output of copper at the mines here is about fifty tons day. Both the United Globe and the Old Domin- ion are running or full time. The amount of money distributed each month by these companies IS between s8O, 900 and $10O, ,0O0. These mines are steady producers and it is seldom that they shut down. During the past winter wood famine caused by deep snow stopped operations for awhile.
 
 Jrdee Hackney, the venerable editor of the Silver Belt, was one of the first
 0f here started his paper twenty-one years ago. Until six months ago he wrote editorials and attended to the duties of an editor of a weekly paper He was stricken with paralysis and since that misfortuna befell him he has been confined closely to his room. He has not seen the railroad nor many Of the other improvements which have come recently The track of the road passes a block from his office and from the window the judge has seen the en- zines pass. But I have never seen the track" said he, "and l don't know what the depot looks like. l would not go near the track even if could walk that far for boys are liable to be run over they tell me-" Judge Hackney is now eighty-four years of age. He drops into reminiscence as one would fall into an easy chair after long journey. He derives pleasure from it and Eis well pre- served memory makes him an enter taning companion. When I asked him his age he said: "I am ten years older than any railroad in the world and I was born long before Arizona was. I think I am the oldest news paper man in the territory. I came over the trail from Silver City and brought a printing press and a bunch of type with me. That was over twenty years ago. During that time l have never asked man to take my paper but the Belt has good c!rcula- tion in Arizona. I went to Tucson ID 1882 ard that was my last tip on railroad" Judge Hackney spends nis days reading papers and books in his sanctum and he keeps good track of
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