Arizona republican., 1900-10-26

Murphy tries to uphold his mine
 blacklisting proclamation by saying that the mines he enu-
 THE merated have not be- GOVERNORS come producers. Prob
 WARNING. ably his proclamation
 kept investors from
 putting in the necessary development monly to make them producers. Has
 the governor the gift of second sight that he can see into the Eround?-Our Mineral Wealth.
 The above is a fair sample of the un- just criticisms leveled at the governor by democratic newspapers of Arizona. These papers take no account of the people ruined through the efforts of the fakirs against whom the governor warned the public. The Republican knows the facts which led up to the is suing of his letter and it has no hssita- tion in saying that tine warning was timely.
 This newspaper sent correspondent to the scene of operations of the Spenazuma Mining company in southeastern Arizona. and his report showed that no effort was being made by the company to keep faith with it's stockholders. Our correspondent wrote that prior to the time set for the visit of eastern stockholders to the mine" ore was purchased of different miners in the vicinity and taken to the prop erty where it was exhibited to the stockholders as ore dug from the Spen- azuma claims. After this exposure of the Spenazun4 company's original way of mining, this newspaper received let ters from citizens of Tivoli. New York, a small town on the Hudson river, stating that nearly all the population of that town had hcught Spenazuma stock and that if the stock was worth less many of the buyers would be ruined. The chief of police of Tivoli wrote to this effect and there were other letters received conveying the same information. It is well known that the Sp5razuma company ceased | operations, and if 1t has done a stroke of work in Arizona since the issuance of the governors warning, we are not aware of it. If it's representations to . the buyers of stock in Tivoli and other . New York towns were based on it's op- erations in Arizona, and it's prospect uses would indicate nothing else, it fol- . lows that the stockholders are in the which our Tlvou correspond ,nts predicted.
 The governors public letter con | .ained the following among other state ments:
 Whereas. It has come to my knowl- edge from reliable sources that a min ng company, known and advertised as the Val Verde Copper Company. Linn ted. is selling, or endeavoring to sell, stock throughout the country in mounts and at prices not justified by he development and productive power If the mining claims or prospects, owned by said company; and
 Whereas, Maps, circulars and containing gross misrepre- 'entatiOns and manifestly untrue are being distributed by he Val Verde Copper company, or its II for the purpose of in 1ucing the purchase of stock in said company. and,
 ''Whereas, Several prominent eastern newspapers have been induced to pub ish extensive notices and wildly exag- 5erated accounts of the property owned oy said Val Verde Copper company; md
 Whereas. such schemes work incal- ,ulable injury to the legitimate mining interests of the territory, and are used or the purpose of obtaining money up ,n evident misrepresentations, and de 'erve the seVerest condemnation,
 Now. therefore. I deem it my duty. n order to protect the good nama of he territory and the legitimate and 1 worthy mining interests therein. tp 5ubllcly and officially denounce surhs methods. and to warn investors every VI where against being deceived by this