Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-28
ARIZONA
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Late information from Black River
where a battle was fought last weel
beteen party Of citizens and th,
Smith gang of outlaws, Is to the effec
that there were twelve i'm the citizens
party on the trail of the outlaws Tn,
citizens party was divided up into two
or three squads. Just at dusk on the
evening of the Sth, the advance guart
of the citizens party came upon Tho
outlaws in a little rincon Of Blach
river, surrounded by trees and under.
brush. The outlaws had just made
camp. and were starting fire. They
were not armed at the time, but ag il
afterwards transpircd. their winches-
! tors were leaning up against tree
They were commanded by Mr.. Max
well to surrender. and they said "all
right" and asked how they should
come out Mr. Maxwell ordered them
! to come straight ahead. which hap
! pened to be In line with their winches-
/ ters. When they reached the tree
/ against which their rifles were lean
ing. they grabbed them, and the battle
commenced. In which Mr. Maxwell
was killed and Mexican seriously
wounded When Mr.. Maxwell was
killed the posse was SO demoraized
that the outlaws had little difficulty in
escaping. About II O'clock that night
they visited Johnsons COW camp,
where a roundup was in progress. and
wanted to buy horses. but were told
that all OF the horses with the outfit
In, f,A.,
pounds of -four and some bacon, and
left for the hills, since which time
nothing has been heard of them, Mr.
johnson did not know that they were
outlaws, or that battle had been
fought until the following day. None
of the Arizona rangers were in the
fight neither were they in that sec
tlon of the country at that time. Cop
per Era.
Friday morning as j. L. Sturgeon
and Frank Fogel were standing on the
street in Tempe, they were approach
ed Billy Birchell. and after few
words, blows passed. Birchell then
drew his gun and took three shots at
Sturgeon. all missing him. but the last
would have reached its mark but for
the fact that Fogel struck up the arm
of the marksman. Bircheil and Stur-
geon have been Mt outs for some time,
both being in the butcher business II
is current on the streets mt Tempe that
Birchell had previously made threats
against Sturgeon and the trouble was
not unlocked for. and that Birchell
was hooking for trouble is evidenced
by the fact that he was armed. At a
preliminary trial this morning Birch
ell was bound over in the sum OF
j.V00 Phoenix Enterprise.
A gentleman who recently arrived
from years prospecting trip In So
nora. thinks 1t is the richest mining
country on the face Of the globe. lie
tells pt immense veins of copper which
viii average from Is to 20 per cent,
and run well In both gold and silver
He found an old mine which had been
worked by the Spaniards many years
ago, upon which hundreds of feet OF
work had been done. He took careful
samples OF the tunnel many hundred !
feet in length, and found the general |
average to be II per cent. The sam |
pies were taken across the bottom /
sides and face of the tunnel. and the !
whole thing is In ore OF that class. |
This property is some distance from |
railroad. and has not been located. |
The gentleman was backed in his pros /
pecting work by men who dIi not |
wish TO go SO far from railroad, but |
as he stated. when railroad is built |
into the country ii is most likely that |
such a valuable property can be had |
for less than 81 900. 900. There is a /
wide field for energetic and intelligent |
In Sonora. but the pros
pector must undergo many hardships |
and dangers Copper Era.
Messrs. Elder and Neimann, of |
X clyin. recently received letter from !
eastern parties asking the price OF |
their gold properties in the Riverside I
district They replied that the prop |
critics could be bought for $4,000. |
This week they received a dispatch /
from the parties saying that the $50 |
900, to pay for the mines would be
placed in bank at once. The par
ties must have made an examination
of the properties without the owners
knowing II or obtained information as
to their value from source unknown
to the owners. Florence Blade.
A. T. Eandercook. Benjamin Hast
ings and J. b. Hall, have leased the |
talngs of the old Barbee e. Walker |
mill, at Silver Reef. and are preparing I
to put in big cyanide plant to work
them over The tailings carry very |
o.,
en- ounces silver, They have also OBJ
tained several thousand tons OF tall
ings from the old Leeds mill and are |
to work them on royalty basis, The |
two falling pits contain over 100000 |
tons Of tailings and II the boys sue
coed in making good extraction they |