Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-07-12
MINING MATTERS.

Or. Rohr writes that the Pacific
Union smelling company has men busy
getting Up. the plans aud specifications
for the building necessary to erect
here. The company wants to let the
contract for the erection Of the. build
ings in August, aud will probable ad.
v%ertise for bids in FL Paso and Lords
burg.
Word comes from Bisbee that
Phelps, Dodge s. Co. have consummat-
ed the deal by which the Hanover
mine and a number OF adjoining claims
10 the Santa Rita district have been
purchased. The sale is said to have
been made by President Grayson Of
the Silver City bank, and that a
large cash payment was made. Phelps,
Dodge & Co. will probably continue
the Bisbee road from Deming to
Hanover.
Prof. Carrera, superintendent Of the
Lena mining company, shipped a car
of ore from the Miser's Chest mine
last week. Since the professor took
charge Of this mine he has done over
a thousand feet of development work,
He has reached a depth Of 200 feet,
and there has Eve feet of heavy pyri-
ties Of copper. The professor came
here to hunt for ore, and his hunting
has been very successful. There Is so
much silica in the ore that he will
have to erect a concentration to get
the best returns from the ore.
About Eve o'clock Wednesday morn
ing the Ell Paso smelter caught fire.
The belt driving the hot blast broke,
this stopped the blast, which carried
off the gas generated in the furnaces,
this gas blew back and exploded, the
explosion wrecked the machinery, and
set fire to the buildings, The ma
chinery wrecked included the pumps,
so the smelter's own Gre fighting ap-
paratus could not be used. The FIRE
steamer came up from FL Paso, and
after lighting the fire for Eve hours
got the mastery of it. Thirteen men
were seriously injured, three of whom
will die. The loss is estimated at
$3.50, 600. The superintendent of the
smelter says it will be two months be-
fore it can commence to smelt ore,
and will be six months before it Is in
full running order. This will be a
great blow to the mining industry of
the southwest and of northern Mexico.
Graham county is suffering from an
infection that in times past has cost
Grant county lives and treasure,
namely the sixshooter deputy sheriff.
At Clifton on the Fourth of July there
was a game of ball between the Cliff.
ton aud Morenci clubs. A man who
was drunk created alittle disturbance,
whereupon Constable Hamilton re.
monstrated with him, using his fist.
The man went to Deputy Sheriff
Hobbs and complained of an assault
and wanted the deputy sheriff to ar
rest the constable. There has been
some bad feeling between Hobbs and
Hamilton, and Hobbs seemed only too
willing to do something. He went to
Hamilton, pulled and cooked his six.
shooter, presented it to Hamilton's
stomach and, apparently wanted to
settle whatever trouble they may have
had Hamilton u,oo uporn,o6 20
which fact he informed Hobbs, and
no fight ensued. Hobbs put his gun
back in his pocket, and reports differ
as to its condition, some saying he did
not let the hammer down, others say
ing he let the hammer down on load.
ed cartridge. Soon after a little fell
low got obstreperous. He was so
small that several spectators said
Hobbs could have picked him up and
broke him in two, but this would not
have attracted enough attention to
the majesty of the law, so he pulled
his sixshooter again. and cracked the
little fellow over the head. The blow
was hard enough to cause the six
shooter to go off. Unfortunately
Walter Mcdonald was sitting directly
ia range, and the bullet from Hobbs
sixshooter struck him in the abdomen,
causing a fatal wound, He lived but
an hour and a half. The people Of
Graham county are so used TO the six.
shooter deputy, that the killing of a
quiet spectator did not even interrupt
the game of base ball they were
watching. Mcdonald was a man
about thirty-hve years old, unmarried.
He was a cousin of the Mclean
brothers. 1t is said that nothing will
be done to Hobbs for his action, as it
was the result of an accident" The
LIBERAL is informed that in Arizona,
as ia most states, one of the degrees OF
murder is defined as where death is
caused as the result of some illegal
act. 10 this case there is no question
about the fact that the pulling and
cooking of the gun aimed at Hamilton
was Illegal. II the gun had not been
cOcked IT, WOuld mot have exDloded