Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-05-21
GROOM CREEK ITEMS.
Social Gossip, Mining and General News From the Rich Min
 ing District.

Journal -Miner.-1 he miners union | gave their first social and dance on the 10th, and from what every one says it was bowling success. There were some 50 or 50 people from Pres colt besides others from the districts around. The dance lasted till day light. About midnight they carried up lunch from Mir. and Mrs. Lou Riley's place consisting of coffee, cake and ice cream. The will also see to it that the next miner that slices the ham will cut it across the grain.
 The miners union on the creek is trying to raise money enough to build themselves little hall and they ex- pect to give a little social and dance every month. It is for good cause, and where could you go and enjoy more pleasant time than out here among the pines, only six miles trom town. The union will not al low any rowdyism around the hall. If you can not be gentleman , get" is their motto.
 Thomas Schultz and wife were welcome visitors. Shultz is always to be found amongst the miners and may say is a friend of the miner understand Tom is not only handy with the pen, put also good violin ist. As the committee was dissap- pointed in one of their musicians, Tom was kind enough to help them out once or twice. When the tune was played, Come Back to Erin, one of the boys stuck his head through window pane, thinking that the window was open. 1 also under stand that a Prescott gentleman drove over an s0-foot shaft with load oi ladies and then got home safe.
 There was only one of the commit teemen that got any way excited That was the cloak room man. He lost his bearings in the crash of tht people arriving, and in seeing SC many people in our gathering, tha
 he became so intoxicated with plea sure that he hung hats, cloaks, etc. out on the trees. His case will be
 tried atthe next meeting.
 Empire Company-The Em pir
 people will hold meeting on th' 18th. It will then be decided if the.
 will put in an air compressor an'
 drills and sink 200 feet more, making
 500 feet. We all know the riches
 ore is at the 400 level and it too
 them almost eight months last yea
 to 20 hundred feet in sinking.
 think Dr. Hendryx is right in putting
 in machinery and going at it |
 good legitimate fashion.
 Niles Mining Co. has its new pun
 and they say it is fine. They nov
 have a station pump on the two hun
 dren foot level and sinking pumf
 and are now able to handle all tn
 water. They commenced to sink O
 the Ilth for the 600-foot level at thi mine. At the 300-foot level the, drifted 800 feet north and 800 fee
 south. They also have hundreds C
 feet of drifts at the 100 and 2OO-foc levels. They all say that it is turnin out to be famous mine. l under stand in The near future they wi commence to build 10 stamp mil They have built quite little tow with five nice two room bunk houses l also two-story cook house and dir ing room. They have quite crow of wood choppers cutting and paci , ing wood, and take it all around . looks like wide-awake compan | with a good mine.
 Groom Creek M. Go. is also goin right along. At 200 feet they hay 9 the drifts in 50 feet north and 50 fe' . south. They have three feet of ol 9 that will sample S49 ton. Not { - bad.
 1 At the Monte Christo they al ' still sinking for the 300-foot level. n The Midnight Test is still shI @ down. I understand it will start U
 by the first of the month. This h one of the richest mines on the cree z but part of the company is pullin 2 one way and part the other. Son i. day this mine will be big produce Montauk-In my Montauk tunn n I have two feet of sulphides and eigl e or ten inches of oxide ore. l am jul n waiting for my assays to see Ii [ will be MT. or plain Tom.
 h Chas. Balm is doing some asses h ment work and is getting some vel t rich ore. Sunday I dropped arour l. to see him, and inside of an ho I there were seven of us, Mir. and Mi S Morrison, Mir. and Mrs. Halstead. | O Metzgar, the dentist and MT. Ha e ser and myself. He gave us dim :. or lunch from II till ? p. m. It is = very pretty place to spend Sunda e and Charles says his latch-string t always hanging out.
 Thos. J. Laird.