Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-08-06

l CO.tO monthly payments on the Sl,000. Agents wanted. Write MT. J. NJ. Leach, Prescott, for circular and terms. a2x6
 Reports today from Jerome state that fire has been in progress for several days in the United Verde mines, and is apparently gaining headway instead of being checked. l Up to noon today the fist, second third levels were on fire, and so alarmed had the company become that it had been deemed expedient to close down the works and lay off 800 employees. A miner whose name could not be learned was overcome on the first level by sulphurous gasses and was dead. The company is making hard fight to combat the fire that seems however to baffie their efforts, and, 1t Is said, feel greatly alarmed unless they are successful very soon. Reports are heard also that some of the surface ground is already beginning to settle, and a similar experience to that which Oc cured two years ago is anticipated, when the machine, foundry and other works settled to depth of six feet. Underground fires seem to be a con stant menace to this property, and at each recurrence seems to be attended with disastrous results.
 W. T. Hall. who has been in charge of the mill work of the Los Reyos mine in Mexlco for over a year, ar rived in Prescott last night for a short visit with his family. This property is being operated by Detroit people, the same being under the superintendency of Lester Jackson. Mir. Hall gives a very fine account of this property as a gold mine, and says that when the new machinery now en route is placed thereon it will be a heavy producer. Up to the time of its purchase by the above people not an ounce of steel nor a pound of powder had ever been used on it, not withstanding the fact that it had been worked for over 300 years. Mir. Hall will retuIn to the mine in August, and is here to personally in spect new machinery in use on several mines in this section, and which his company contemplate introducing. He paints pretty picture of that section in climate, scenery and min ing, but of the people he simply says they are a thousand years behind the days in all things and cannot be taught anything other than they or their ancestors know, which means tbat the day of the Aztic still has its devotees in every walk of life today among the nine-tenths of the average people in the nelghborhood of the mine he is at.
 From Fridays Daily.
 Mrs. Bruce Profit left today for California, where she expects to re- side.
 The mercury took a decided rise today, registering very close to the ninety degree notch.
 Dr. Fralick goes tomorrow to Los Angeles. He intends establishing a sanitarium there.
 See our refrigerator show case and select what you want. We cook it in first class style at Comet Grotto. 3ltf
 F. A. Tritle, IT,, and J. c. Martin turned over the land office this morn ing to their successors, Fen $. Hill dreth, register, and J. M w. Moore, receiver.
 Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart left on today's train for a thirty days vacation which he will spend in the east. On his return he will be ac- companied by his wife.
 The Lady of Shalott will be repro duced soon at the request of a num- 1 Der of people, some of whom heard the former performance and others who are anxious to hear it.
 A A. Johns returned from the Needles empty handed. The man arrested there supposed to be Ed ward Charles HOOligan, turned out uot to be the man wanted for steal ing a horse, or for hiring a horse and then selling him.
 Rev. T. c. Moffett returned to Prescott yesterday after an absence of three months in the southern part of the territory and in Indiana. Mir. Moffett is the general missionary of the Presbyterian church for Arizona. He is residing at 2I1 East Union street.
 Reese NJ. Ling has resigned as president and general manager of the McCabe Extension company and Dr. J. Bradford of Chicago, has been elected to the position. Dr. Bradford arrived in Prescott several days ago and assumed the management of the property.
 The fire which has been ranging near the 400-foot of the United Verde proved fatal to Fred Grammant, who lost his life while trying to save some of his fellow-warkmen. He was overcome while on fhe hoist on which he had gotten for the purpose of being hauled to the surface. He ! fell from the cage and his bod y was greatly disfgnred.
 The Los Angeles Record of July 29 contained the following item con corning former residents of Prescott: Arrived on July P, a boy baby at the home of NIT. and Mrs. F. G. Hummer. Wife and child are doing nicely. NIT. Hummer is a building contractor here since November last, from Arizona. He wears nothing but smiles and says California has proven the old proverb, Go to the coast and get a start" While con graduating the couple on the arrival of the voungster, it is suggested that Mir Plummer's costume mentioned in the item is somewhat thin even for California climate.
 \ telegram from DeMoines, Iowa, says that Captain J. \, Mechanism, a prominent politician of COrydon and ex-grand master of the Masonic order of Iowa, lost his right hand from the effects of a handshake with ! a friend whom he had not met for a , number of years. The meeting be tween the two took place several ' months ago, and the grip received by his friend was so hard that several of the small bones were broken and |; afterwards caused caucerous