Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-03-11
NEWS POTPOURRI.
Our Kirkland Valley Correspondent Writes of Mining, BurgIaries,
 Personal and Otherwise.
BurglarIes Committed in Which a Dis. arrangement of Articles Only
 Was Accomplished,
Kirkland, Ariz., March 9.

Things have been rather dull thi: section, and what news there was, wa: more inaccessible to the writer thar common.
 J. H. Hise is the only mine worker that is very active just now. But blasting from toward the U. s. mine indicate regular development in the quarter of Copper Basin.
 Tom Ernhart is also handling con- siderable lumber, which indicates contemplated mining activities. i
 Jack Arnold, who has been on the deserts toward Yuma, is getting out ore for Bill Rudy and Jim Stapps. He, Arnold, is much elated because the new railroad from Phenix to the Colorado river is surveyed through one group of his claims. James Stapps is on the desert.
 c. D. Rynearson and brother are building a fine looking white tuffa rock house on their rock quarries near Rudy's ranch. If 1 understand aright they will hereafter supply all orders for ornamental purposes, as we'll as furnish Innings and other things that this tuffa is good for. Heretofore they only desired large orders.
 Mir. Hunt has moved his dry placer process plant to the Golden Nusa claim formerly owned by H. Gohr- man. The engines and other ma chinery are nearly ready to start. He also has coming from Kansas City a "dry washing" machine of his own design to be worked in connection with the pulverizing concentrating works already up and nearly ready to start. He also reports that assays made of a peculiar "black sand, !" which this claim contains in great quantities, have never returned less than forty dollars a ton. He has al ready on the ground power magnate to extract and separate it in the same operation that the virgin gold is sepa- rated. This may be greater source of revenue than the pure gold.
 Frank Bernal, lately of San Fran cisco and a Mir. Rose, veteran re- turned from the Philippine islands, have bought the copper prospect of Mir. Swingley, as we'll as some other claims from Kyle, Coy & O., near the Gohrman mines in Copper Basin and have just commenced work on them.
 Munds is also said to be at work in Copper Basin, but to what extent and in what manner we could not learn.
 The writer recently made a flying visit to Prescott, and was much sur prised at the many new dwellings that are building in this uncommonly cold and "dead of winter'' weather. That is almost "boom" sign. With Joe Wilson's opera house in full bloom, Prescott will appear more like fash ionable resort than a mining mans center of attraction. But whatever its fate l hope that the stiff, formal landscape gardening will never prevail on its suburbs. That sort of thing knocks more poetry out of fellow than Chinaman with wooden shoes on chasing a rooster
 Your Simplex machine reminds us of an old printer some years ago who said: 'When you get,,a machine that can replace the printers fingers, guided by a prete clear head-beg pardon for egetisSt you may look next for sbabies sf6@ing on potato vines and'full grown roosters matching from artifiical eggs'' It seems to be up to the babies and roosters now.
 A series of puZzling burglaries hap pened some weeks ago. John Morris house, near the Crapo ranch, was en- tered and things upset generally, but he missed nothing. Gohrman's camp and the buildings on the Big Placer company's land were broken into sev-