Arizona republican., 1902-05-04
Mines and Minerals of Arizona

StarVa ton. J. r. F1nneSdn, or InlS city, 1 was the largest stock and range owner at that time and he shipped everything out that could be gathered up, even to his fine herd of porkers that he kept | at home for family use. Geo. A. Bon elIi, of Kingman. whose stock and | range are considered mostly in this part of the county, did not do so well | in shipping, and what he has left, and a smaller number of horses and cattle | belonging to Robert Marra. are all that | are left of the once vast herds that ! roamed at will over the vast plains and | valleys of northern Arizona. The meat | market here is, and has been since that | epoch and drouth. supplied with meats | from Phoenix. entailing quite a heavy | expense for fresh beef and pork. But. | notwithstanding the gloomy outlook | for grass, many stockmen and others | have hopes that as the season advances | rain will come and recuperate the dry | and parched hills and valleys, and all | will be well yet.
 There is a great stir and running to | and fro over mining matters since the | prospect Of a shelter being built to | treat ores at a cost of only S8 a ton to l owners of low and high grade ores. | Many old mines and fairly good min l ing prospects are being looked after | again after years of idleness and abar- | donment. and all will be sooner or later as the new smelter gets under head | way. The machinery for the new plant will be in by the first of the ensuing week. and then the work of it's erection and diverse equipments will be in full blast until finished and running. F. ". Theis, who has the contract to de- of fo, the new plant, is having work pushed rapidly Cn the well he is having sunk for that purpose. He feels very confi- dent that the stream of water will be struck at forty-five or fifty feet, and this depth is being reached very fast under his system of work. Keen anx- ieties and apprehensiOns are felt by many here that a new town will spring up al the present terminus of the A. & U. railroad, where the shelter is to be erected, which is having quite a dispar- aging effect on real estate transactions and improvements here. When the railroad was completed to that point three years ago, the railroad company had eighty acres of land surveyed and ! plated for q new and populous town. 1 LCng avenues were laid out and the brush and rocks cleaned away, a deep well sunk and other Improvements made by the company as al induce ment for people to come and buy lots. i build homes and esta blish places of business. But the promoters of the enterprise reckoned without their host. and only two small places of business went up. and they soon pulled up stakes and left, one of them returning here. Some think, however. that there | ic 7l,i, boA and shelter company to make another effort in this direction, for the latter has purchased from r. w. Theis thirty acres of patented mining land. part of which will be occupied by the new plant and other buildings, but just what they wanted with so much moro ground than is necessary for their new works is what is causing these appre- l tensions of q new town being built, with other superior inducements by the railroad company than that which the new smelter will bring. As is very well
 known railroad company can either build a town or tear one down, and ! there are for examples the town of Deming, N. ET., one of the most eligible and best sites for a large manufactur- ! ing and commercial city in the terri
 tory, was knocked in the head in 1SS2-3 | by the Texas Pacific railroad because the people went to law with them for the lands upon which the town stood and won. Another example of what a railroad company can do if it wants to is the town or city of South Santa
 Monica, Cal, which has been built ui, to large and bustling city within ten years rom one of the dreariest
 wastes that was ever beheld, by the ! Santa 10 rai1
 with only a leased line of railroad
 twenty miles in length. They had for a strong opposition. almost as strong as itself, the pretty and well established
 town of Santa Monica, mile above
 This latter endeavor, or something sim liar in it's workings, will probably be in augurated by the A. &, T.. railroad at
 the new shelter, but whether it will be a success or not can only be coniec- tured.
 The various mining enterprises of the camp and district are prosperous and
 as above stated, the prospect of a new smelter has and is adding many more
 to the camp. In short, the camp is growing and many new faces and new
 people are seen on the highways and among the great ore belts of the noun
 tains.
 The district school closed here for the present scholastic year Wednesday,
 followed by an interesting entertain
 ment by the pupils. The school has
 been conducted by Miss Mary Noonan
 and Miss Alice Darrah. of Los Angeles.
 who have both acquitted themseIyes
 quite nobly to patrons.
 Catch girl these days and you will find her pCcketbooIl full of samples of
 shirt waist goods she is taking home to
 see if they will wash"