Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-07
Daily Grist Of
Arizona News.

maue lte nrDb appearance ln iAA S1n0"e~
last week. creating quite stir upon
the Mexican population. 1t seems
to take the grades very fairly at present,
but consumes an enormous amount OF
coal.
The oil fever is spreading with alarm
ing rapidity.s The Phoenix Enterprise
says that It siezed hold OF ssaid Tom
Sloan, the dfspenser of tickets in the
Santa Fe office and whisked him oil in
the direction Of Tempe. When last
seen he Was heading for the oil fields
with q hand spike and tack hammer
and grim discrimination to get rich
The Federal and Territorial Court will
convene in Florence Monday, May 18th,
Judge F. NJ. Doan, presiding. There
will be no territorial grand jury called,
as the the district attorney reports no
cases for consideration, says the Tribune.
However, there will be considerable
business before the United States Court,
there being number Of men in Jail
charged with couterfeiting and selling
liquor TO Indians.
Governor Murphy announces the ap-
pointment of Samuel Huntington as del
egate to the Boise City international
mining convention. Mr.. Huntington
has substantial mining interests In Ari-
zona. He is in charge Of the Phoenix
mine. The Phoenix Republican says
that Mr.. Huntington was schoolmate
at Union college, New York. OF Hon.
Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster-Gen
eral, who 10 at Phoenix on today with
the Presidential party.
John N. Isgrig, the well known min
ming man, was In Florence last week.
He informs the Tribune Of rich strike
in a mine seven miles northwest Of the
Quljotoas, recently bonded from George
Brownell by Charles Addicks. AT .
depth Of eighty feet . four-foot vein OF
petite was encountered. This is . rare
| mineral, and carries from 60 70 10 per
cent silver and 80 to 40 per cent telln-
rum. The Importance OF the discovery
cannot be overstimated, and great
excitement exists throughout the dis
trict.
The New York Herald Of last Sunday
published . list of the miliionaires OF
the United States, in which Arizona
makes good showing, ee aering the
population. This Terrific Vie far from
the bottom Of the list. There are alto
gether 1923. Arizona has five: Messrs.
r. M. Murphy, =. B. Gaee. +. w. Wells,
w. G. Greene and DR.. J. M. Ford, lead.
ing New Mexico with four, Mississippi
with three and North Dakota with one.
West virginia and Arkansas have only
six each, Wyoming has none and Nevada
10 credited with none, iOF though both
Senators from that Stats are MANY times
millionaires. one Of them lives IN Wash
ington, D. c.. and the other in New
York.
Major L. w. Coggins Of the Territorial
Guard has nearly completed arrange.
ments for the most Representative prize
shoot ever held in the Territory. The
Phoenix Enterprise says that each com
pany in the Territory may put up .
team Of six men 70 compete on the day
set, May 80, the shoot TO take place at
the home town OF the company and the
report to be forwarded here. The dis.
tances are to be 200 and 500 yaEds, ten
shots to be allowed each man at each Of
the above distances. A medal will be
given to the team making the highest
record and also to, the individual max
ing the highest score. This Is the first
test for proficiency ever engaged IN by
all the companiessof the Territory and
al the correspondence Major Coggins has
received from the companies report the
greatest enthusiasm in the event.
The ore body wss encountered In the
tunnel which is in the side Of the noun
tain about $50 feet, and at this distance
is probably 800 feety from the surface.
The enterprise is q Yavspai county one
exclusively. as the locators are Yavapai
county boys. The incorporation 10 q
Yavapai county one and the stock that
has been sold hsa been purchased by
Yavapai county citizens, 20 that Yayapai
capital and Yavapai muscle 10 develop
ing it. 1t is hoped that the strike may
prove even greater and richer than the
United Verde, as If any one deserves
unlimited success it 10 the prospector
and miner. The Journal Miner would
like to see q few mines at least turn out
rich enough so they could be worked by
their locators and miners, thereby enrich.
ing them instead of having TO be turned
over to capitalists. Present indications
are that the Venture Hin viii prove snch
a property,
Word has been received in Prescott Of
rich strike made in the Venture Hill
mine near Jerome day or two ago.
That is evidenced from the fact that T.
M. Elder, who is president of the com.
pany, has left for Jerome TO look after
it. The Jerome Miner says that the
claim is located about two miles south
east of Jerome and the ore encountered
is exactly similar to that Of the United