Arizona republican., 1899-10-03

focused and the plates put in place
Before a convenient place to sit
down was found the sun broke through
the clouds and the great volumes OF
smoke rolled up the canyon and over
the mountain. The scene was taken
twice with the large camera and sew
eral times with the smaller one. A
view CT the town was also obtained.
The journey was then continued
4 down into the deep gulches and over
the ridges below the town until the
! ridge, known as the Hog Back, was
reached. Everything was unfavorabIe
for a picture from that point and none
was taken. The climb was continued
up through town to the new hotel.
From the third story porch of this
building another large negative was
made CT the smelling plant, and also
some small ones. The burro and Mex
lean were discharged at the depot
where the outfit was deposited. A
small boy was enlisted and the journey
continued with the small camera to a
point where another negative was
made of the town and splendid view
! secured OF the new hotel
The whole day was consumed in
the work, nc stop being taken at noon.
Your representatives feel thaJ they
hillsides of Jerome.
Mrs. T. H. Brown is reported to
have raised the first crop of potatoes
/ in Jerome Mrs. Browns patch before
it was dug gave promise of a great
yield. The vines were two feet high
and healthy. The potatoes, how
ever, were small, ranging in size
from a pea to a hens egg If the
patch failed to yield crop of potatoes,
it yielded something more interesting.
The story goes that Mrs. Brown Sc
cured drills, picks and sledge ham
mers. A hole was then drilled under
the patch and loaded with dynamite
and a fuse attached The shot was
fired and rocks I5tatoes and earth
all went up in the air together. The
crop was dug, but it would be supposed
that it could never be gathered. The
supposition had no weight with Mrs.
Brown. The ingenious woman figured
that the earth was lighter, and the
rocks heavier than the potatoes, and
that the former would fall up hill
and the latter down hill from wher3
the potatoes would fall. A net was
placed down the hill at the proper dis
tance from the patch and all the pota-
toes were secured free from either
earth or rocks.
L nIOuS4 IuG courtesy Oh Gtu6Idl
Manager II. J. Allen, your cOrrespon-
dent was shown by P. p Hastings
through the upper works cf the United
Verde Copper company. But four of
the six furnaces and cOnverters are
in operation on account Of lack OF
water The scene down the long row |
of furnaces and conYarters, 0t the |
great travelling crane overhead carry
ing huge buckets of molten Stag and |
copper metal and pouring it oue here !
and there, the roar of the blasts, the |
hum of machinery, the men moving !
about in light that counterfeits a |
gloom, cannot but call up Dantes In
fernC and make one shrink. To look
at the picture at night only heightens /
the comparison. Before the copper is
run into moulds it is run into an au
tomato tipping vat. The vat is in
adequate fer the present needs and
another enc will be put in. The i'm
provement will not require an addi-
tional force of men. The comp3ny's
machinery hall is an exhibition IN
itself. All the engines, air compress0rs,
blasts and dynamOs are in one hall |
and present scene that, perhaps can
not be duplicated in the southwest
The main shaft, and the only one
being used, is down 500 feet 1t is d
treble compartment shaft and the only
one of its kind in the territory. The
ore bodies at that depth keep the big
smelter going night and day the year
round and will for some time to come.
Prospect holes have been driven which
assure the company of an almost I'M
limited supply of copper.
The company architect, j. H. Per-
1ins, has finished plans for a new office
building to be erected on the site OF
the present rude structure AS soon !
as the new hotel is completed the office I
building will be built. It will be |
handsome $50 900 structure with all d,
modern improvements.
When an adequate supply of water
IS secured the company will increase l
is regular force Of men.
Locations have beert made of the
of the United Verde Copper
company in order, as follows The
Jerome Copper company, tunnel 1000
,eet, capital stock $4,000, Ralph Dill I
on, part owner and superintendent
News, shaft zoo fest, H. E. Owen {
owner and manager; Decatur. Mr. J
1owery, superintendent; United Verde
Junior, judge Dean, owner; Black
Hills and Iron King, w. A. Clark,
owner, J. l.. Gif0ux, manager; Cop :
Der Chief, Arthur Hsndy. manager
Besides these there is the United
Verde Extension, Hull, interested man
lger, which is to one side of the out
of the ledge. Work is pro
PRESSING on all these properties Gen
9ral Minty of the United Verde &
Pacific railroad Is sanguine Of the
greater Jerome. In his opinion, some
# the above mentioned properties viii
prove to be great mines, and if but
me of them does, jerome will become
city twice its present size
The little engines on the U. V. & P
abroad are not SO small as one might
suppose from the fact that they are
un on narrow guage road. The en-
zines weigh fOrty-eight tons and
AVE seventeen by twenty-inch cylin-
ers. The little giants will pull 200