Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-05-05
ARIZONA & UTAH.
Pushing Right Along Through Min
eral Sections of Arizona.
INTERESTING ARTICLE ON the sUsItcT
special Correapondsnos.

BEEN Qutuulgted. and vas done 10 aaes
the payment of taxes Tor ten yeags Ia
case tney would build and EQUIP thirty.
fVo miles Ia Mohavo county within I
year from tiine VI beginning Of "a,
hrat work, Or, frudn a certain specified
date, A. % its further extension IN
the direction OF the Colorado river and
Utah, 10 a matter of conjecture which
the people are giving no consideration
o. Thought, ana the railroad company
itself - doubtless Ia = guandary ia 70.
gard 10 future measures. For a rail.
road, the rate of taxea oa shippers In
order 20 make it pay expenses aud Do.
clare monthly dividends to the august
stockholders. 10 quite heavy, and
should u extend its line on across ths
river sud Into Utah. the passenger and
freight tarin would have 10 be proper.
tionately Increased according 20 ths
work done, aa there Il but little, n any,
business waiting Tor shem IN that a..
rection. md this heavy burden OF
taxation by The railroad on traffic will
have 10 gcmain Ia operation until the
building oS the road opens up 10 70.
sources OF the country through which
II II TO pass before a reduction can b.
hoped for The future ia cloudy for
those who are looking for lower rates
Of travel and freight. and one Ia which
the people sfand IN dlsmay Ia trying
70 penetrate the forchoding future
The Hattie Bell mine. sic aicd close
TO the blkhart, has broken into a body
of ore which averages 700 ounces silver
90 the ton by the carloed. The pay
streak has been followed In a shaft
seventy Ave feet deep with a nifty foot
drift from the Hfty foot level he.
Sides ~ great value In silver. assay
returns have been had that eivs $40 IN
gold and about 20 per cent copper pe,.
ton Jack Wllson, one Of the three
owners ~ the property. has made the
statement that their Rsw fnd was to
be worked for all 10 was worth. and
this iH taken 10 Imply a new steam
hols. and the working Of quite a good
force % men.
The Diana Gold and silver Mining
company OF Los Angeles. but inaorpoF-
aaed under the laws OF Arizona, haA re-.
Gently levied an assessment on itH
stockholders TO the amOunt Of yg5. 600
and the money all paid In. The slnk.
ING of 200. foot shaft will De the fsrst
work to engage their attention 60 make
connections with underground work.
ingN, and by or before the middle Of
summer erept a new concentrating
plant The ore ~ sight. both IN value
ana quantity viii fully Justify the
venture.
Mrs Frank Thompson has Just re-
turned from very pleasant ana enjoy
able visit 20 friends ana acquaintances
at kinFman.
Mrs. leodonklrch has entered into CO.
partnerHhip with Mrs w. n. Parker
IN the fruit business. This IL the pion-
eor fruit store OF Chloride. and has
built up an enormous buslnels both Al
home a'sd abroad. at times shipping
fruit to buyers by wagon 10 Utah and
May la 20 see ihe biggest time here
that Chloride ever had. This viii be
the occasion Of a celebration given ua-
der the auspices Of the local fninsrS
union. A Weli-planned and skilled pro.
gTem has been gotten up both Tor In.
door ana outside amunementa, and aeta
u forth IN streaming banners Of yellow
paper % pr0digioun size The day viii
be spent IN outdoor sports and amuae-
Hienia, and the whols 10 Wini up at
night with a fne bail and supper.
same one spoke about going over 10
B'll Williams Fork prospecting the
other day, and Charlie Bradley, of this
city. up and told this story 0f his ex.
perlence IN that part Of Arizona.
Il went over there to help put up e
mill q few years ago" be said "and
was there about three months. The be-
ginning % my solourn was IN the early
spring but when warm weather came
on, ~ did every species Of reptiles
known 10 mankind. Rattlosnakes. Of
course. we could Rliase against. most
~, and many were killed-great big
rusty y-looking fellows. But. then. there
we're iarantulas. the singing scorpions
and the centipedes. which We could not
look after % closely. becauao they
were sn.sller aud could hide anywhere
ana where--eveu IN our pockets
They w9gld crawl up the posts and get
ia our hunks, either day OF night, and
tuck themselves ever 80 uioely away
among the blankets.
Finally this smaller class ~ reptiles
Eoi 80 Internally friendly and soclablo.
Ike that We got 20 shaking our blank
80 before daring 70 retire Zoe the
niEht A. fast as ons man would puii
lis blankets on and the reptiles would
ran 10 the ioor where they could be
s0t a.. the other men WOuld BE- ready
With their clubs and knock shs-n In the
head. This was kept VI FOR several
nights, but the vauniis got onto our
racket and began stDWinK themselves
away on the vail plates and aecretInE
themselves Ia knot holes. A. night
p hen the candles were burning, We
'ouia look up aAd see them exchanging
pNerYauous The centipedos. which
were the bigscat round and lonSeat /
have ever seen. would hang through
the knot hoies with most OF their
bodies on the outside, barely showing
their heads, and that only enough 10
zee over. Toe singing scorpions ala
likewise ana they we're hard 10 see. but
they had fine bead on us. and don't
you forget a.
''fns tnrantulaa were more high toned
han their snialier neighh0fs and would
rooat up on the vail plates ~ the
house. which were ABOUT lac ~ With
ana thickness They would array
themselves "a Ions lines along the edge
u the board like chickens on q ro0st,
but thlckeai directly oseF our bunks
Aometmas they would stand on their
hind feet ana out tke air with their
fore paws ana hairy feelefs toward un
yigoroualy. A. other times Two would
enEags in. wrestling bout and a third
one would Fun 80 and stop the play
Again two would lock their loHg. hairy
iimta ioseiher aud 50 through some
ihins Dkf 4 round waitn ana then AZ
quickly quit and take their places on
ne eiae ~ the board and resume their
bfiOw
The next thing We ara was 10 IN
auFuraie new movement against
ham WNI.Hm 49, II..Isaaa.