The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-22
Arizona News
Views and GOSSIP.

Mitt Simms. of Clifton. has an
rounced himself as Democratic can
didate for county recorder or Gfahan'
The Clifton ball team defeated MO
renci bv score of 8 to : at Chiffon /
last Sunday.
Probate Judge Moody is down with |
smallpox, along with about twenty-five
others. in Solomonville.
The Eagles will organize an aerie IN
Prescott next week. About loo Buzz
Zards are now on the list.
1t is said that the government VIII
spend $500 900 to rehabiiitate FORT
Whipple, near Prescott.
The Val Verde smelter will blow in
this week.
II is announced that negotiations
are on for a reorganization of the ven
ture Hill Mining company, at Jerome
Wickenburg will soon have tele-
graph system both local and long
distance.
The Poland mill, in Yavapai county,
is piling up concentrates at the rate OF
about twenty tons per day, with its
twenty stamps in operation
The Mammoth cyanide plant has
suspended operations, having treated
all the failing on hand. But the work
OF sluicing the old tailings for the re-
coyery of the wolfanite contained
therein will continue. The value OF
this wolfanite is molybdic acid. which
is now taking the place of the tungstic
acid in the process of hardening steel,
and for which purpose 1t is said to be
superior to tungstic acid. Wolfanite
is composed of molybdic acid and lead,
usually in the proportion of 40 per cent
OF the acid to 60 per cent of lead.
The corner of mountain was blown
ND on the S. P. cut-of this side OF Ell
Paso a few days ago. A tunnell was
run in 125 feet, and 900 kegs of powder
were set off at one time in this tunnel.
1t has been announced that the Cop
per Queen smelter will be closed down
for few days to allow some needed
repairs to be made.
A mammoth wagon. weighing 10000
pounds, with a carrying capacity or
10000 pounds was constructed re-
Gently in Tombstone. 1t will be used
to transport several large boilers OF
the Nacosari company from the rail-
road to the mines.
Mining papers are now advising
miners and prospectors to keep away
from the Thunder mountain mining
country. as that section Is just now
overrun with idle men.
j. c. Vickers, president of the CHR
icahua Cattle company was at Geron-
imo last Saturday and Sunday. ship
ping two train loads of cattle gathered
from his ranges in that vicinity.
Last quarter the sewing-room force
at Rice Indian school made $50 new
garments. including boys blouses and
overall pants, work and school dresses.
They also mended 1,4G9 pieces.
demented rancher entered the
Phoenix National bank the other day
and demanded $4,000 with which to
corner the hay crop of the Salt River
Valley.
The Hassayampa river is now lower
than 1t has been for forty years. The
stream is dry for distance OF thirty
miles above Wickenburg.
The Saturday Review is the name of
new weekly started in Phoenix, with
J. J. Thompson as editor.
report from New York gives the
gross earning and operating expenses
of the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern
railway for March, 1902 The net re-
ceipts for the month were $14, $50.
The steel frame work Of the big
hoist of the Tombstone Consolidated
Mines company Is beginning to arrive.
The contract for the erection of the
mammoth building has been let to the
American Bridge company, and work
will begin on same very shortly.
Exactly what q meat shop should be.
The Palace Meat Market.