Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-04
ARIZONA
News, Views and
Gossip.

of the Pearl Gold Mining Company at
Dos Cabezas that assays sos 90 to the
ton.
The Bisbee Daily Review reports Sc
we're thunder storm at San Bernardno
last Saturday which wrecked the ranch
of j. II. Slaughter killing his stock and
causing him loss of several hundred
dollars.
The Gazette OF Phoenix Gays the Rio
Verde people seem to be in fair way to
yet accomplish the original purpose OF
taking out water on the lower Verde for
portion OF the lands on the north side
of the valley.
The Arizona Gazette of Phoenix
says: The movement among the far
mers to reopen the head OF the Grand
canal is meeting with general approval
and the money will be raised, without
much doubt, to accomplish the work.
The preliminary examination of John
Foster and ]. B. Harris, charged with
the murder OF f. w. Stump near Bisbee,
was concluded in Judge Williams Court
yesterday forenoon, and the defendants
ordered discharged because of lack Of
evidence against them.-Bisbee Daily
Review.
| A petition TO the postoiiice depart
ment is being circulated among Phoe-
nix business houses for the establish
ment OF mail route from Mcdowell to
Tonto. If the prayer OF the petition is
ever granted by the department, it will
be the starting OF goodly portion of the
Tonto trade to Phoenix markets. The
board OF trade is now working with a
Tonto wae on road proposition. Phoenix
Enterprise.
The air of Phoenix seems full Of rail
road runners. According TO the Gazette
there is talk Of extending the line OF the
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix south
ward by way of Tempe. Mesa, Florence
and Mammoth. "a surveying party Of
fifteen members. went through here to
Mesa on yesterday morning s train, says
the Gazette, tomorrow the preliminary
survey will be commenced. It is said
that other parties will be put in the
field and the work pushed to completion
with the utmost speed"
Referring to the reduction OF the
salaries of jailors by the new code from
$75 to $50 per month the Arizona Gazette
of Phoenix says While many Of the
county officials and clerks who work
reasonable hours on week days had a
raiee in salary the jailors who are on
duty day and night seven days in the
week were cut down. Frank Murphy,
sheriff OF Pima county, who was in
Phoenix this week, Gays; "The cut
will make no difference with the men
in my office, as will pay the extra $i5
out of my own pocket" Whether this
liberality will prevail in other counties
is not yet known. II is true, however,
that no one about any Of the court
houses, put in so many hours as the
iailors.
The Prospect announces that rich
strike his been made on the Hammer
claim, one OF the White Horse company
properties, situated IN Walker district.
about six and one.haif miles east OF
Prescott. The ore, which la quartz aud
hemitite, was encountered in shalt No.
3 at depth of twenty-five feet and is
about two feet in width. Tests made OF
the value shows that it will plate $500
gold and will go 81 500 by fire ASSAY.
Since this rich body of ore has been
struck the shaft has been sunk fve feet
deeper, making thirty feet, and the
character OF the pay streak is improy-
ing. The properties OF the White Horse
company, the White Horse. DENNY
May and Hammer veins parallel each
other and run in an easterly and wester.
ly direction, entering the Baltic mining
claim on the east, the property of Nor
ton 4 Schultz Some as rich Cre has
been taken from the Baltic as has been
found. On the DENNY May the COM
pany is running a crosscut tunnel, which
will be about l50 feet long, to tap the
vein. The tunnel is now in seventy-five
feet and when completed will cut the
vein at about 200 feet from the surface.
While out driving don't forget West
Congress Street Gardens, the place to
get all kinds OF cold and refreshingdrinks
and nice, cool private rooms with ac-
commodations to suit the public in gen.
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