Arizona republican., 1899-10-11
NEWS FROM TONTO
A Big Horse Race on October 5I aLd
 r1any Prospective Timing Sales.

MT L. L. Morris of Tonto was in the
 city yesterday and was well supplied
 with interesting news from his section
 of the country. The most sensational
 news of the day in that part Of the
 territory is a horse race, which from
 it's nature and the amount of the
 stakes. will prove an event of no small
 magnitude.
 It will be a running race between i two young, but fleet-footed animals for
 a purse of S7,OOO, or s, 300 side. One i of the horses is owned by H. D. Morris
 and is locally named Salt River while the other is the property of I. E. i Crabtree and goes by the name of 1 'Greenback. It will be the maiden
 race of both animals, neither of them i having appeared on the track before,
 and therefore neither of them has a l record to point to or on which the sports can base their judgment. It will be purely race for blood and the favorites of both animals are going it blind, or, rather, they are putting up their money on their natural judgment of horsefiesh. The race will be run ! at TCnto between 10 and Il o'clock on the morning of October 3I and it is believed there will be a big attendance of horsemen present to witness the sport. It is very probable that other events will be arranged to follow this race and the day given over to sport.
 Speaking of the mining industry, MT. Morris says that part of Arizona is coming to the front very rapidly and keeping pace with the rest of the ter ritory in mineral development.
 I. E. Crabtree recently made a five days run with an arastra on the New Years Gift mine in Sunfiower valley this side of Reno mountain. and for his trouble cleared up two ounces of gold. Up on Gun creek times are get ting lively and mining excitement is on the increase. H. B. Morris has sold a mine for $15,OO0, and nothing is lacking but the final transfer of the property. It is a gold claim and has a magnifi- cent outlook for the future.
 Bob Schel and son have been hard at work for a long time in the develop ment of their gold property, also on Gun creek, and have at last been re- warded by the sale of the mine for a consideration of $S2,OOO The first pay ment was to have been made on the 9th and in all proba ability the transfer has been made before this.
 MT. L. L. Morris himself has a group of three gold claims on Mount Ord which is situated on the boundary line between Gila and Maricopa coun- ties. They show up remarkably well | and he thinks he has a promising out | look One vein is six feet wide, is a i big lead and assays S10 per ton. The | other veins are smaller, but assay | from $20 to $50 per ton. There are two l small shafts on the smaller veins, no | work of importance having been done | on the larger vein. MT. Morris also 1 has a gold prospect on Cave Creek 1 near the Phoenix mine, from which he | has received good reports and which . he will proceed to develop as soon as | possible.
 MT. Morris was very much pleased | yesterday to meet his old time friend, | Frank Cox, whom he knew in Califor- mia twenty or more years. ago when Frank was a skinny, snooth-faced boy. MT Cox recognized him at sight, though MT. Morris was somewhat sur prised to note Franks well-fed and good-natured appearance, so great had been the change in him. He consid- CTS it a great testimonial for this eli mate and the mental and moral at of Phoenix