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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
THUNDER MOUNTAIN
A Big Section of Country In Idaho in the Above Vicinity
 Still UhprOspected.
A Returned Miner Thinks We'll of the Prospects for a Rich Mining Sections Being
 Developed.

A telegram from Spokane, Wash,
 says: NJ. B. Merritt of Curlew,
 Wash, has arrived in the city. He left Big creek, eighteen miles from the Dewey mine, on the 18th and made the trip in less than five days. He reports that large num- bers are coming out, with but few go- ing into the district. Mir. Merritt has great faith in the Thu nder Mountain district, which he believes to be rich in gold silver and copper.
 "There is big section of country over l50 miles square" he said, ''which is practically unprospected. The number of people in there now could not go over all this country carefully in less than 10 years. From the time you strike Dixie you can prospect in a new country clear through to the Bitter Root mountains in Montana.
 "In the Big Creek district, where my own claims are. I have seen as good silver and copper showings as I ever saw in Montana. There are vast lodges of low grade ore which is soft and easily worked. Development of them will bring out the best kind of mines.
 "A great deal of the discourage ment of those who rushed into the camp is due to the fact that they did not understand the character of the ore with which they had to deal. Many simply went up to the Dewey and tried to pan the ore. When they could get To color they said the whole thing was fake, and a large numker came out without ever look ing over the country. Others were afraid of the mountain fever and came away for that reason.
 "The reason for a failure to obtain color by banning was that they did not do it correctly. The ore is syl- vanite in character and the gold ore is light and has whitish appearance. For banning it must be pulverized much finer than most ore requires. Ore of this kind that will not pan runs from B to S30 per ton in gold.
 "There was a fairly good demand for labor when I came away. A great deal of development work is being done, and while there are lots of loose men there, they usually prefer pros- pecting to working for wages"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
JOHNSON'S
 RICH STRIKE
Gold Specked Ore Found in Large Quantities On the Surface
 East of Town.
One Hundred and EIghty-sm Dollars and Fifty Gents IS Horned From
 Sixty Pounds of Ore.

Definite news of Berger Johnson $
 rich strike fifteen miles east of here
 and thirteen miles northeast of Morris
 town, has been received at the News
 Herald office from one who visited
 the property last week, and samples of the ore brought to this office make poor newspaper man feel like drop
 ping everything and going and doing likewise-if possible.
 Our informant states that Mir
 Johnson has four claims, located this year, lying about one mile south of the Trilby mine and one-half mile from the Independence group, be- longing to Ben Swininger. Mir. Johnson did the title work on the different claims, disclosing a well defined ledge about three feet wide, carrying very good values. Since completing the title work, Mir. John- son has been prospecting about the claims, and several weeks ago knocked of a piece of the ledge cropping and found It to be very freely speckled with coarse gold. He immediately went to work taking out the ore and sacking it, and after taking out a number of sacks, started horning out the yellow metal in a horn spoon, first grinding up the ore in stone matate. Out of the first 60 pounds of ore, Mir. Johnson horned $186.50, receiving that amount from a Phenix bank for his product. This is at the rate of over S6,000 ton. Mir. Johnson now has a four foot hole at the place of discovery and We ore told that a streak of the rich ore nearly foot wide is now showing in the hole, though no work is being done at present, the owner being busily engaged in horning what ore he has already taken out.
 MT. Johnson was so fearful of his discovery and that it might only be a pocket that he did not make it pub lie until he had taken out and hidden a number of sacks of ore and yet had more in sight. At his cabin MT. Johnson has two large pieces of the ore weighing about one hundred pounds apiece and literally spesked | with gold. and not in small pieces | either. Our informant states that | MT. Johnson still goes on horn ng out gold and making good | wages,
 Advices from Morristown state that local mining man has thirty | lay option on the property and is now in the east negotiating.-News Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS

Two divorces were granted today in the district court. Alice Hamilton was the plaintiff in one, the defend ant being James Hamilton, and the title of the other was Mary Hansen vs. w. c. Hansen.
 Herbert E. Brooks and o. Louis Anderson were admitted to practice in the court on examination held in open court.
 The trial of the case of w. $. Boyd against Monte Cristo Mining com pany was today set for September 15.
 Garnishee proceedings were dis missed in the case of Sellers vs. White Horse Mining company.
 Judgment for Defendant B. c. Redlon was entered in the suit of A. J. Howe against him.
 Defendant was also given judgment in the case of s. B. Wood vs. D. A. Curtis.
 Emil Hayne was given judgment for S3s5 against Van Alstyne & Go.
 Raible vs. Lawler was set for trial September 17.
 Judgment and foreclosure of lien was ordered plaintiff in case of J. H. Hise vs. Byron Erkenbrecher.
 Default was entered in the divorce proceedings of Mary Hansen vs. w. c. Hansen.
 The case of Mrs. F. A. Bashford vs. Fleishman and Slate Creek M. Go. was tried and submitted. This action is to recover piece of ore.
 4 demurrer to the complaint in the case of R. H. Burmister x Sons Go. vs. Empire NJ. Go. was argued and sustained.
 A plea to the jurisdiction of the court in the same cas argued and and submitted.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
Thirty-Nnth Year. Single Copies, Five Cents.

tutional lawyer, for he assumes that the fathers framed an organic law which in its limitations took from it the right of self preservation. The whole theory of Mir: Bryan's argu- ment is founded on a false presump- tion. It assumes that when our people pushed the savage from out their path they were preparing the way and a place for enlightenment but when they teach a barbarous people, who fell as wards to us, the beauty of peace and order and begin to open to them the book of knowl- edge, then the whole theory of our government is changed, and from a benign supporter of the oppressed we became tyrants and despots of the George IT. rule
 NIT. Bryan is talking to process sion that has passed him. His eyes have been kept upon the ground so long that he no longer sees the lights in the sky above him and does not realize that he h as become a back number.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
PUBLIC RECORDS.

The following is the daily report of instruments filed in the county re- corder's office, as reported by the Prescott Title company.
 JW Dougherty and wife to J H Clinkscales, deed to lots B and 34, blk f, Fleurv addition.
 In estate of Isaac Kuhn, deceased, decree distributing property to two daughters.
 E Corcoran and J E Ryan, trustee, to J c Mining & Milling Co, deed to Portland, Portland No 2, Mabel C, and Manitou mines in Big Bug dist.
 LA Anderson, trustee, to H Hise, deed to President mine, Walnut Grove dist.
 May Dougherty to J W Dougherty, general power of attorney.
 Marks and wife to J W Dough erty, deed to lot f, sec 29, nv l of ] of ne l, and lot l5, sec 32, and others, Twp IA n, 2 m.
 Various parties, thirty mining To- cation notices.
 July 23.-Estate of John Burkes to Geo Ward and wife, release of mtg.
 July 24-B and G F TDton and wife to Annie Hilton. dee0 to half of a 29a feet of lot 3, blk 19, Prescott.
 NJ A Carrier and wife to L A Flaw kins, deed to part of lot 4, blk :, Je rome.
 L N Wombacher locates White Horse mine, Cherry Creek district.
 Alfred Carrigan, I. Gadette and F H Williams incorporate Carrigan Mg & Dev Go; capital stock, Sl ,OOO,- GOO.
 CIV Hull to G NJ Willard, NJ A Carver and J L Munds, deed to half of Green Monster and Green Monster Ext mines, Verde district.
 ED Barr and wife to A L DeMund, mortgage on W 150 feet of lot 6, blk 3l, Prescott.
 CA Dake to G B Bragevich, re- lease of mortgage on store fixtures etc.
 Various parties six mining location notices.
 July 25.-Thomas Thompson to Peter Mackin, bill of sale to certain brand.
 Jennie Houlihan to Chas Rieman, lease of lots II and 12, blk 2, Pres colt.
 Affidavit of William Wilkerson con corning ownership, etc of lots and 3, blk 17, Prescott.
 City of Prescott to H Brisley, deed to lots 3, ' and 9, blk l7, Prescott.
 State Nut B & L Asso to H Brisley and wife, release of mtg.
 PM Hawkins, J E Fulsifer and wife to Bradshaw Mt Ky Co, deed to right of way across Golden Nugget mine, Big Bug dist.
 Francis D Claypool to F S Hil- dreth, lease.
 J w Sullivan to U $ A, deed to ni and sw4 of set of sec l5, l4n, 3w.
 Various parties, five mining loca- tion notices.
 July 2S.-H Simmington and wife to Grand View M & NJ Go, deed to five mines, Cherry Creek dist.
 R B Houghton to W D Powell, deed to half of Copper King mine, Agua Fria dist.
 F J Hartman to w D Bridges l of Homestake mine, Magazine dist.
 Mrs. Sara A Fisher to H K Me Donald, deed to lots 3 and ,, blk 43, Prescott.
 J B Tomlinson, R E Sloan and James Newlands incorporate Venezia gold mines, capital stock, S600,00O.
 J Il Garbarino and wife to G H Schuerman, mtg on lot 13, blk A, Prescott.
 co Scoullsr to Federal NJ < NJ
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
SHIRLEY-MITCHFLL CASE.
Trial Concluded With Briefs to Be Filed Hereafter Defense Re- sorts to Desperate Tactics
 Today.

The trial of the case of James Shir. ley against Geo. Mitchell, which is an outgrowth of the Cobre Grande litigation, was concluded today and submitted to the court. Each, side was given fifteen days in which to file briefs. The defense resorted to tactics today which have caused con- siderable unfavorable comment, and which has not helped their case in the minds of the general public, by the introduction of testimony at tempting to impeach the reputation of the plaintiff. In rebuttal of this MT. Shirley subpoenaed some of the best business men of the town, in- cluding its mayor, all of whom testi- fled to his reputation for truth and veracity being good.
 MT. Shirley has resided in Prescott for about twenty years and during that time has exhibited remarkable energy and perseverance, and has succeeded in attracting a large amount of capital to this section of the territory, for the development of mines, and a man without at least a fairly good reputation could not have accomplished what he has succeeded in doing.
 At the inception of the Cobre Grande deal MT. Shirley's reputation seemed to have been good enough to satisfy both Mir. Green and Mir. Nit chell, and if it has suffered since, there may possibly be way of ac- counting for it.
 During the period of his residence here, like a great many others, he has had his ups and downs, but during it all we have never known his reputa- tion or character having ever been called in question.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
A DASTARDLY DEED
The Congress Pump House and Plant Blown Up With
 Dynamite,
The Parties Perpetrating the Deed Make Their Escape in
 the Darkness.

The Date creek pumping plant owned by the Congress Gold com pany, and which supplies the com. pany's mill and plant as we'll as the town of Congress with water, was blown up on Saturday night about 1C o'clock.
 The man in charge of the pump and his family, who reside in house close to the pumping plant, had just retired for the night prior to the ex- plosion. They claim that after the explosion occurred they heard men shouting as A exultihg over their dastardly deed. but they escaped in the darkness. Officers left Congress immediately on receipt of the news there in hopes of arresting the men guilty of the deed.
 The explosion blew up eight tanks of gasoline of 100 gallons each; also the big water tank and damaged the pump very badly if not destroying it No intimation has been given out as to the perpetrators of the deed, and if there is any clew as to their identity it is not disclosed.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Judge E. NJ. Sanford has ordered a steam hoist for the Century mine which he is working, the shaft being down now 1l5 feet. The mine is To- cated about eight miles south of Prescott and near the Senator road.
 The sale of the hidden Treasure mine on Groom creek to the Monte Cristo company is reported. The Hidden Treasure is on the same vein with the Monte Cristo and the ore bodies found in the latter are sup posed to run into the Hidden Treas ure.
 P. L. Kastner has given a bond on the Logan group of mines in Cherry Creek district to Los Angeles capital ists, who will commence work imme- diately developing them. Ex-Sheriff Gibson of the above city will have charge of the property.
 The shelter is shut down until the main shaft of the power house is re- paired. Supt. Giroux says that he will be able to control the gas which has been given them so much bother the past three days. There is much being said of the damage to the mine by the fire that has accompanied the gas, but no one seems to know with great certainty. It is the general opinion that the carbonate gas orig mates above the forty-fve level. The gas has been strong enough to keep the miners away from the fire, and as consequence its extent has not been learned. Fresh air is being piped into the mine to aid the men in their work of bulkheading up the fire; and with this fresh air it tries the strongest miners severely, the men being spelled every few minutes. It is the intention to work the lower levels as soon as the power house is in repair.-Jerome Reporter, July 23.
 The work of hauling a car load of machinery from the depot to the Modern camp has commenced. This machinery consists of a new fifty horse power hoist, blower, ore cars, cable, etc. Also a car load of lumber is being hauled to the mines. Dur ing the installation of this machinery it has been necessary to stop work in the mines, but when the new hoist is ready for operation the number of men required for carrying on the developing will be larger and twenty to thirty men will be regularly em- ployed. The owners Of this pro- perty have great faith in it's value and all who have examined these mines have agreed with that opinion -Bisbee Review.
 The Senate Gold company has just ordered fifty-four horse power Fair banks and Morse gasoline engine for its property near Congress. It will be used to furnish power for an air compressor to run three Sullivan drills, also a pump with a capacity of discharging l25,000 gallons of water per day from the mine. Plans have also been prepared for an office build ing thirty-six feet square, and work will be commenced shortly on its construction, The mschienery is ex-
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
SHIRLEY HANDICAPPED Greene's Complaint Against Him for Perjury Falls to
 the Ground. The Evidence Introduced by the Complaining Witness Insuffi-
 cient to Warrant
 Holding Him.

The preliminary examination of James Shirley, on w. c. Greene's complaint of perjury, was concluded last evening before Justice Moore, and resulted in his prompt acquittal and discharge.
 While District Attorney Sam l.. Pattee appeared for/the prosecution in his official capacity, Mir. Greene's attorney, E. s. Ives, took a promin- ent part as the representative of Mir. Greene in prosecuting the case.
 Mir. Ives has become somewhat noted of late as au attorney in the prosecution of suits of a shady char acter, notably in his suit against Governor Murphy and Dr. G. w. Nickers, and the result in each of these cases have been the same. Of course, in this case, NIT. Ives acted as attorney for the complaining wit ness and under orders from him. This perjury complaint against Mr. Shirley was one of the most high handed proceedings ever instituted in a court of justice in this county. The motive for it has been apparent to all as we'll as the fruitless attempt to impeach his testimony, given on the trial. Neither was prompted from motives of justice or to subserve any good ends, but solely for the purpose of discrediting him. The flat failure made in both in- stances Ras had just an opposite effect however in the community and the discredited party is the one insti- tuting the proceedings.
 Of the merits of Mir. Shirley's case against Mitchell and the Cobre Grande company, the Journal Miner is not sufficiently informed to form an opinion, and even if it were, it is a matter for the courts and not the l to decide.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

A shocking murder of a woman is reported from Buda-Pesth. A jew eler. named Erdeyi. 50 years of age, called upon Esther Petroff to de mand payment of an instaliment due on goods she had purchased. The woman. who is 26 years old and of powerful physique, threw herself up- on the jeweler and after a desperate struggle threw him on a bed, where she strangled him with her hands. Not content with this, she literally hacked him to pieces with a big knife and then wrapping the remains in a shawl, placed them in her child's perambulator and conveyed them outside the town, finally depositing them in a deserted building, after which she returned home. The mur- deress was arrested through the ins strumentahty oi Q child three yeats of age, whe had witnessed tho sfius from an eppcsits window,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
Wharton Golden in Prescott.

The Jerome Reporter makes the statement that Wharton Golden, one of the parties implicated in the killing of Goebel, now in Prescott, is one of the most inoffensive appearing persons within her limits. Golden has told the Arizona colony some thing of his experience in Kentucky since becoming a witness for the commonwealth of Kentucky. His mother died since and he went to Knox county to attend the obsequies. He reached the little station about 10 o'clock in the morning and went di- rect to his mothers home. When he entered the room where his mother lay, ready for burial, he found about twenty neighbors gathered about the bier; with his entrance they all sil ently filed out of the room. Not word of sympathy or friendly greet ing from any of them. Golden says he has been in the mountains too long not to know the meaning of all this, so he told his brothers that he would take the train that came along an hour later. The mountain folks expected Golden to stay for the burial and then it was intended to settle with him.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30
Co, deed to Quo .Vadis and Black Hawk mines, Cherry Creek dist.

Go, deed to Quo .Vadis and BlacI Hawk mines, Cherry Creek dist.
 Monte Cristo Mg Co by sheriff to W F Boyd, b of sale to pump, pipe line, etc-assignee of T M Eatnear.
 Geo O Ford to c J George, trustee, deed to half of Red Jacket Nos 2 to mines, Verde dist.
 Sam Franklin to Electric Nj & Nj Co, b for deed to Rocky Nit mine, Black Rock dist.
 L Booker & Co file of a work on Midnight Snap mine, Walker dist.
 Geo Dimmick to G A Treadwell Mg Co, deed to Exchange mine, Verde dist.
 J w Young appropriates water of Dripping spring near Cordes.
 Oscar Bergstrom and wife to Copper Cobre Mg Co, deed to Coronado, Marguerite and Independence mines, Peck dist.
 Marshall and James Young to Copper Cobre Mg Go. deed to Blanco White mine, Peck dist.
 NJ Moker and wife to State Mutual B & L Asso, mtg on lots 8, Sand 20, blp 5, Moeller addition, Prescott.
 w w Wood to T W Otis, b of to horses, wagon, etc.
 w P Hamlyn vs E R Hall and es- tate of J R Mcintosh, lis pen, to quiet title to Texas, Ramona, Demon, Cy- cle, ct al, Blue Tank dist.
 Com Trust Co to V B Creekmeer and wife, release of mtg.
 Various parties, twenty-one mining location notices.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

pected to arrive within thirty day.
 and active work will be commenced
 on a much larger scale than before
 on the development of the property
 The mines are looking splendidly
 and with the development work al
 ready done they have continued tc
 improve every foot. The parties
 from the east who recently visited
 them were very highly pleased. The
 Senate at present gives every indica-
 tion of developing into as big a pro-
 perty as the Congress mine, from
 which the richest ore has been taken
 from its deepes workings.
 John Berrie, superintendent of the
 Hudson mining company's property on Lynx creek, was in town today. He says that in starting to sink a winze from the tunnel of the Lincoln mine, he struck a body of good ore, much richer than any before dis covered in the mine, at depth of only two feet below the bottom of the tunnel. In the Alice mine of the same grolp, he has struck eight feet of very rich sulphide ore.
 The Val Minta Mining company which was incorporated recently by B. J. Hatmaker of Buffalo, N. Y., has twelve or fourteen men employ ed de- veloping group of six claims in Mint valley district north of Granite The claims were formerly owned by J. H. Lee of the American ranch and they are near the Bald Butte claim, which was worked few years ago by Mir. Mergauthaler, in- ventor of the linotype. The-veins are gold bearing.
 It is reported that the Octave con- pany has struck a body of extremely rich ore at the 300 foot level of their mine. The ore is said to go as high S200 per ton and the ore body is five feet wide, though it is probable that the entire width of the body does not give the above values. The company has another shaft on its property 1 100 feet deep at which depth there is an ore body eight feet in width which goes S26 per ton in gold. A superabundance of water has been struck in the latter shaft.
 Sheldon Littlefield, foreman of the Mohawk mine, is in town for few days. He says that development work on the mine is progressing fla and that so far the mine, from indications, will prove to be a wealth producer of no small magni- Jude. MT. Littlefield says that the promoters of the Mohawk have great faith in it. In few weeks work will De pushed at rapid rate and on a large scale.
 The sale of the control of the Bull mine is reported to have been made recently by H. B. Clifford, he purchasers being the Investment company of Columbus, Ohio. MT. Starbusk, the president l ,f the above company visited this section recently and became inter 'sted in other mining properties here.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

Senator Platt, in a recent interview, revealed the secret of his political success. Speaking for the benefit of young politicians he said: "Never give any one the right to say that you have broken your word to him. Be careful about making a promise, but when you have once passed your word stick to it though it may be to your own detriment."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

Since President Roosevelt has in augurated a judicial campaign against the trusts the democrats are looking around for a new issue. The fact is that no public question has arisen which the republican party has not met plainly and squarely and settled honorably and justly. They will continue to do so and the voters of the country approaching this fact, will continue the party in power for another term.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

The democratic nominee for dele gate to congress would be the princi- pal man who would be pained by the candidacy of E. S. Clark for the same office. MT. Clark is one of several who can be elected to that position. He would not have to run on Murphy or any other record, as hls own record is clean and pure and he needs no other.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-30

And now one of Mark Twain's books has been barred from Russia. It seems as if that cautious young ear is even afrald of an explosion of of laughter If, instead of prohibit ing this book in Russia, the czar could get all of his subjects to read Mark Twain and infuse some good nature into them, he might find it an antidote for nihilism.