Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-04-28
Pushing Right Along Through Min
eral Sections Of Arizona.
INTERESTING ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT
Special Correspondence.

oNohf - u hhdAAt VI IOhJttluTt WHICH
the people are giving no consideration
or thought, and the railroad company
Itself is doubtless in a quandary in re-
gard to future measures. For a rail-
roau, the rate of taxes on shippers in
order 10 make 1t pay xpense and de-
clare monthly dividends to the august
stockholders, is quite heavy. and
should II extend its line on across the
river and into Utah, the passenger and
freight tarif would have to be proper
t~ionately increased according to the
work done. as there Is but little, II any,
business waiting for them In that d.
r%ectlon. And this heavy burden OF
taxation by the railroad on traffic will
have to remain in operation until the
building Of the road opens up to re-
sources Of The country through which
1t is to pass before a reduction can be
hoped for. The future Is cloudy for
those who are looking for lower rates
OF travel n freight, and one In which
the people stand in dismay in trying
to penetrate the foreboding future.
The Hattie Bell mine. situated close
to the Elkhart, has broken into a body
OF ore which averages 500 ounces silver
TO the ton by the carload. The nav
streak has been followed in a shaft
seventy-five feet deep with a fifty foot
drift from the hfty foot level. Be-
sides its great value in silver, assay
returns have been had that give $40 in
gold and about 20 per tent copper PEI
ton. Jack Wilson, one OF the three
owners OF the property. has made the
statement that their new find was to
be worked for all II was worth. and
this Is taken to imply a new steam
moist and the working of quite a good
force Of men.
The Diana Gold and Silver Mining
company. of Los Angeles, but incorpor-
ated under the laws OF Arizona, has re-
Gently levied an assessment on its
stockholders to the amount OF s25. 900.
and the money all paid in. The sink
ing OF a 200-foot shaft will be the nrst
work to engage their attention to make
connections with underground work.
ings, and by or before the middle Of
summer erect a new concentrating
plant. The ore in sight, both In value
n quantity, will fully Justify the
venture.
Mrs. Frank Thompson has lust re-
turned from a very pleasant and enjoy
able visit to friends and a%cquaintances
at Kingman.
Mrs. Rodenkirch has entered into CO.
partnership with Mrs. w. N. Parker
In the fruit business. This is the MON
eer fruit store of Chloride. and has
built up an enormous business both at
home and abroad, at times shipping
fruit to buyers by wagon to Utah and
Nevada.
May ! Is to see the biggest time here
that Chloride ever had. This will be
the occasion OF a celebration given I'M
der the auspices of the local miners
union. A well-planned and skilled pro-
gram has been gotten up both for in
door and outside amusements, and sets
II forth In streaming banners OF yellow
paper OF prodigious size. The day will
De spent In outdoor sports and amuse-
nlents. and the whole to win IN at
night with a fine ball n supper.
some one spoke about going over to
BIZ Williams Fork prospecting the
other day, and Charlie Bradley. OF this
city, up and told this story OF his ex-
perience In that part OF Arizona:
Il went over there to help put up a
mill a few a ago" he said, "and
was there about three months. The be-
ginning Of my %sojourn was In the early
spring. but when warm weather came
on, 50 did every species of reptiles
known to mankind. Mathematics, OF
course, we could guard against, most
l, and many were killed-great big
r~usty-looking fellows. But, then, there
were tarantulas. the singing scorpions
and the centipedes, which we could not
look after so closely, because they
were smaller n could hide anywhere
and everywhere-even In our pockets.
They would crawl up the posts and get
IN our hunks. either day or night. and
tuck themselves ever so nicely away
among the blankets
Finally this smaller class Of reptiles
got 80 Internally friendly and sociable-
like. that we got to shaking our blank
cts before daring to retire for the
night. AS fast as one mar would pull
his blankets of and the reptiles would
fall to the floor where they could be
got at. the other men would be ready
with their clubs and knock them in the
head. This was kept up for several
nights, but h varmits got onto our
racket and began slowing themselves
away on the wall plates and secreting
themselves In knot holes. AT night,
when the candles were burning, we
could look up and see them exchanging
observations. The c~entipedes, which
were the biggest round n longest /
nave ever seen, would hang through
the knot holes with most of thelI
bodies on the outside, barely showing
their heads, and that only enough &c
see over. The singing scorpions die
likewise n they were hard to see, blu
they had a fine bead on us, and dom
you forget IL.
The tarantulaswere more high toned
than their smaller neighbors and woulC
roost up IN the wall plates OF tn,
house which were about Ike in width
and thickness. They would ARA,
themselves In long lines along the edg,
OF the board like chickens on a roost
but thickest directly over our hunks
Sometimes they would stand on theil
hind feet and cut the air with theI,
fore paws and hairy feelers toward III
vigorously, At other times two woult
engage in a wrestling bout and a thlrc
one would run up and stop the play
Again two would lock their long, hair,
limbs together n go through some.
thing like a round waltz and then a.
quickly quit and take their places OF
the edge Of the board and resume theil
observations below.
The next thing We did was TO in
augurate a new movement agains
them. This was commenced by som,
Of the men going round on the outsld,
with long poles and pushing then
, through on the floor, and as they Eel
they were at once despatched by thos
on the inside. Sometimes this woul,
/ result hurtful to one or more OF IN
, crowd. The Weather was at its hot
test and during the combat the me.
would be dressed about as they slepI
and in the flying and swinging OF club
Z In the fight would come in contact wit
the WpaDOns SOmatSnaa 10 uyn,1A d