The Coconino sun., 1901-08-24
NEWS OF THE TERITORY.
Items of Interest from Our Exchanges and Other Sources Concerning
 Progressive Arizona.

the assessment roll or any other county
 in Arizona. The property referred to is 300 Ostriches, valued at $7,500. Ac- cOrding to the assessment each ostrich is valued at $25.
 The cost of copper produced by the original Old Dominion Company, as shown by the books was: Mining ex- penses. including development work, 1.79 cents; smelting expense, including coke and huxes, 3.4l cents; general and office expenses, O.5l: total cost per pound of copper produced, 5.6l cents.
 Saturday night, at the home of his father-in-law, near Thatcher, Jose Val encia stabbed his wife four times, with such serious results as to cause her death on Monday, says the Solomon vile Bulletin. Valencia, who had only been married twenty days, was twenty five, while his wife was eighteen years of age.
 A rich gold strike is reported from Pearce, having been made by A. Wight and associates near that place. The rock is fairly impregnated with gold and some specimens show coarse gold in abundance. The strike was made in the hills east of Pearce and gives prom ise of developing into property of great value.-Tombstone ProspectOr.
 During the severe storm which pre- vailed in Nogales Sunday evening about o'clock bolt of lightning struck the chimney of the Oasis office building, entering the structure, disjointing the stOvepipes in the rooms on both floors. and knocking down one of the compos- itors, Miguel Arevalo, who was severely shocked, but received no further harm. The chimney was riven from top to bottom, and part of it fell upon the roof, while the remaining portion was left standing.-Oasis.
 A hOld-up occurred in the valley Wednesday. A number of Jeromeites hired Sam HoOker's bus and went down to the river for an outing. On the re- turn trip some of the boys stopped at C. P. Dunham's ranch for water; on going back to the bus in some mysteri- Ous manner three fine watermeIOns went with them. Mrs. Durham was informed of the occurrence, and took a short cut through the field and headed the rig. She demanded the return of the watermelons at the point of Win chester, and the boys fell over each other in their efforts to be first to hand them out.-Jerome News.
 Since returning to Kingman from the Gallup country we have been repeat edly asked if there was any indication of oil in that country. While we do not put Ourself up as an oil expert we have failed to find anything over which an oil man would enthuse. About eighteen miles from the town of Gallup in nOrtheasterly direction there is seepage of ashaltum, but the sand strata is very small and the sand lies between two seams of coal. There is largei| amount of shale, but the sand is not of the right texture for oil bearing. The whole country is covered with coal measures, some of the veins being the largest found in the United States. On the Navajo reservation there is consid- erable oil seepage, but there is no hope of this land being thrown open to min eral exploration for years to come: therefore this oil land will have to be- come the property of the future genera lions. .-KinUman Miner.