Arizona daily citizen., 1901-06-18
Daily Grist Of
Arizona News.

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Southern Arizona district, who is one OF
the original Texas Hill oil enthusiasts,
was in Yuma last Sunday. He is very
sanguine OF the prospects for oil and
will hardly admit of possibility OF fail
ure. Since retureing to Tucson he has
called q meeting OF the Tucson people
who are interested in oil lands at Texas
Hill and win make q determined effort
to promote the prosecution OF actual de.
velopment work.--Yuma Sun.
A dispatch from Honolulu dated May
%, gives an item of news OF interest to
old residents here. Judge Humphreys
of the first circuit court in Honolulu,
who was former we'll known resident
OF Phoenix. has become embrolled with
the bar association in 30 serious man
ner as to threaten his removal. The
trouble arose over the fact that Judge
Humphreys conducts a newspaper in
Honolulu which he has edited by Il. s,
Gill, also former Phonix man, and at
one time connected with the Republican
here. Trouble existed between Hum
phreys' paper and another owned by a
man named Smith and the recrimina-
tions were 30 bitter that when Smith
was on trial in Humphreys court the
latter disbarred the defendants at
torneys. Action was taken as q result
by the Hawaii bar association and by
a vote of 81 to Z bis removal was de-
manded. Phoenix Enterprise.
MIR. J. B. McClenaham, that well
known and prominent democratic wheel
horse OF Orc Blanco, has been welcome
visitor at the county seat this week on
mining business. Some time ago Mr..
McClanahan bonded TO DR.. Lenox and
Mr.. Wright of the Helvetia Mining
company group Of seven gold claims
in the Oro Blanco district In which is
located the big Tres Amigos mine, and
this week extensive development work
was commenced on the same. Besides
the claims bonded to the Helvetia peo-
pie Nc. is the fortunate owner OF the
Crystal mine, which is said to be most
excellent property. The successful
working Of the mines in the Orc Blanco
district means much for Santa Cruz
county and Nogales, and We wish those
interested in their development the
abundant success they 20 richly de-
serve for their efforts. Mr.. McClana-
han returned home Wednesday after
successfully transacting his business
Nogales yidette.
Mr.. William Gallatin Carral OF New
York. whose recent purchase OF La Do
rada mine, twelve miles east from Car
bo, was noted in these columns last
week, haa returned to the east and will
push with all yigor preparations for
operating the property upon an exten.
sive scale. Mr.. Frederick s. Harris,
who is manager in Sonora for William
Galfatin Carral Co., OF 40 Wall street,
New York, 10 at the property and at
Carlo, making every preparations. for
forwarding the work. IA Dorado Id
property with q fine record, but has
long laid idle from dissensions and diff
culties among former owners. All those
difficulties are now happily settled and
the property has passed TO new own
ership which will devote ample capital
and intelligent direction to once more
placing 1t upon the list Of permanent
producers In Sonora. a.--Nogales Oasis.
The Florence Blade says that Mexi.
can named Ismael Morales went down
into well in Florence Wednesday, to
clean ii out and had nearly finished his
work when the bucket struck the cur
bing and the well eaved in burying the
unfortunate man under about fifteen
feet OF rotten timber and loose sand. II
was some time before relief party
could get TO work. Charles Douglas
volunteered to undertake itand in about
four hours the man was sent up to the
surface. He had his right arm broken
and had received q severe blow on the
head. and If not killed by falling timber
must have died from suffocation "a he
had been dead for some time. He was
an industrious worker and was highly
esteemed by ell who knew him. Charles
Douglas deserves great credit for under.
taking his rescue as 1t was dangerous
piece OF work, and no one else seemed
willing to try it.
The Florence Blade says:--We learn
from Mr.. J. Fl. Brown who came down
from Box Canyon, Wednesday, that the
properties OF the Millbury Mining Com
pany, of which he 10 the Superintendent,
are looking we'll. A very fine vein Of
high-grade silver ore was uncovered on
one of the claims this week. The pay.
streak 10 feet wide. While silver
chlorides predominate the vein also
carries gold, and gives q good showing
OF colors in horn spoon. The Millbury
Mining Company was quite recent.
~ organized by DR.. Rich and has
acquired control of fourteen claims In
OF box Canyon, Mineral Hill
eighteen miles northeast OF
Florence. The company also has q |