Arizona republican., 1901-03-01

heavy blanks. the burro led from in front and the car man. who. in this instance was T. r. Casey, shovel the wagon to the edge of the dump, upset the bed and the rocks went rolling down into the bed of the creek. The bed was fastened to the trucks by means of two eyes, one in each end of the truck on the same side. Then in each end of the bed was driven q piece of iron as large as small bolt The bolts worked inside the eyes, holding the bed from falling off when it was tipped over. The shafts were constructed from two pieces Of iron rods, and that was about all that can be said of the shafts. The ends of the rods were curved so as to fit over the axle, and could be hooked over either axle, so that the burro could pull the car into the tunnel and out again with out turning the ear around: all thaG was necessary was to lead the animal around the car and hitch it to tho other end. For headlight, there was candle tied to the packsadde. Ii took considerable coaxing to get tho little burro to enter the dark. tunnel, but it was finally accomplished by us- ing pan of crushed barley which the animal followed slowly into the dark. After going in several times to get something to eat the little donkey had no fear any longer, and walks into the sunnsl as brave as lion. It has been truly said that necessity is the mother of invention. Necessity was certainly the mother of that invention, for the men who organized the com pany had no money to carry on the work, so did the best they could. It is wonderful what they have accom- plshed already. Having all the con- fldence themselves In the merit Of their property, they had no trouble in con vincing others of the value of tho mine. They found men who were will ling 10 work for them and take their pay, or at least, part of 1t, in stock. Tive men have been thus employed for some time now Tho men are thorough miners and understand the ground, and are so confident that there is rich copper mine in the limits of the Venture Hill property that they would not sell a share of their stock for less than it's par value. What better could be said of a property than this? on the three claims bonded by the Venture Hill company they are pledged to do q certain amount of work each month. At present they have two men at work on, a tunnel in on5 of the mines. The tunnel is now in over fifty feet. They l,.i,. ah fn hohx, of supposed to exist in the formation be- heath bluff. which overlooks two of the claims. The face of this bluff is green in places from the seepage or copper water from somewhere within its mass of stone. In one place the copper water runs out leaving sub- stance that is almost pure copper. Should it prove to he what the owners of the property think. it will be great deposit of sulphide ore. At other points in the property there have been tunnels run and shafts sunk, with good prospects for striking ore within the near future. have never yet talked with men who have the same amount of confidence in a property es the Venture Hill people have in their lnllElul tltlN $. ltlts BdNN 1b.A N'r' siderable stock to men in Jerome, and all who have visited the property speak well of it. They have been able to pur- chase most anything they need with stock so far. and will continue develop mcnt work right along. J. w. Avery will leave in few days for San Fran cisco to put the stock on the market. Stock has been selling at ten cents a share, but will be advanced to twenty five cents on the first of March.
 Charles Cobie and Frank Zurich were held to appear before the grand jury 10 answer to the charge of perjury Tn Judge Burkes' court last Saturday. The case lasted almost a week, and was fought bitterly by J. w. Ross, for the q fendants, and H. M. Gibbons, for the territory. The case arose out of a civil suit brought by the men against Anton Pejk. whom they claimed owed them money for wages. In swearing to their complaint Cobie and Zurich swore that they worked for Anton ninety days in succession, from the Sth of October, 1899. to the 5th of January 1900. The time books of the United Verde company were intro- duced as evidence, and showed that the men worked almost a month dur ing that time for the company.
 There was baby girl born to MT. and Mrs. Henry Hergett, Monday night. Dr. Coleman was the attending physician.
 There is to be a mask ball to be given in Jerome on the 18th of March
 II promises to be grand affair A large attendance Is assured.