The copper era., 1903-11-19
NEW MEXICO NEWS


 dent ot Silver City, was recently mar ried al Albuquerque to Mr. \. J. Tot ten Of that place.
 Abran Abeyta, cx-trcasurer and collector Of Socorro county, is now under arrest, charged with embezzIc- .meut Of the county's funds.
 D. W. Shoemaker has struck what seems Co be artesian water on his ranch some twelve miles northwest Of Alamogordo
 The C. Q. <. Cattle company and the E. T. outfit delivered about 700 head Of heifers at Deming last week to Mir. Nelson, who will ship them to south crn Arizona.
 A hunting party composed Of Ed ward A. Laync. George Burdette, Clyde smith, F.. NJ. Harris and J. w. Cheney. who went out from Silver City iE September for d trip into Old Mexico, returned last week with num- crou7 bear stories.
 While walking near Charley Bot toms place on the remains Of Main street, Cevcro Norales made mis- step and fell into the arroya Sunday night, breaking his right leg below the knee. Fortunately he sustained no other injury of | serious nature.- Enterprise.
 David l.. Evans, familiarity known as "Unclc Dave" Evans, and who resides
 n example Of sturdy manhood whose equal is not often to be found. Last week. for example, he wanted % come into Silver City, and a conveyance not being handy, easily walked the twen- tv-two miles distance, reaching here at last witho4t any outward signs of fatipue. Thi, is rather remarkable feat when it is taken into consider ation that Nr. Evans is over - years of age.-Enterprise.
 Mrs. Adriauia Anthony, wife of O. w. Anthony. of the Mimbres, died at the Ladies Hosuital in Silver City, Saturday afternoon of last week after d comparatively shor, illness. Death was the result of form of gangrene' which is said to be quite rare to medi- cal history. Mrs. Anthony was born in Juarcz, Mexico, and was about 43 year, of age. She was resident Of Grant county for the past thirty years, all o' which time she spent on the AIimbrcs. Four grown children sur vivc, two sons and two daughters. The remains were taken 10 George town, where interment was made In the family plot.
 Work has already been comwenced bv Mr. William McAllistcr, the lessee, on the Aztec and Arizona mines at Pinos Altos. These are old mines and were worked years ago by the owners. St Louis companies, and large divl- dcuds were paid from their earnings. For ten years or more the Aztec has been idle and the old mill north o' this city with its machinery and tables has been waiting for the opportunity tu turn out more profitable products under better management and with modern methods Mr. McAllistcr has men at work on both of these mines, cleaning the earth, rock and debris from the shafts and drifts and timber ing where necessary, and expects in the next few weeks to have both in the list of shipping mines again Enterprise.
 The influence of tho recent devel- opmcnt and strikes in the rich mines at Gold Gulch k already apparent in the increased activity in all the min ing camps in Grant county and in the largely increased shipments from Sil- yer City. This is especially notice able in the camps at Pinos Altos and those nearer the Gold Gulch mines. The president and secretary of the Missouri mine, about one mile east Of Central City, arrived in town early last week and commenced prcpara- tions to move the water from the shaft and propose to commence sink ing and drifting at once. employing q considerable force of men for that purpose. This mine was opened some thing more. than a year ago and conSid- cJaole high grade ore was shipped from it, but water intcrferrel and the work was stopped on that account. IL k now proposed to sink the shaft at least to 300 feet and drive drifts and cross-cuts every 10 feet.-Enterprise X dispatch from Las Vegas contains the folio wing account ot the murder ul Charles Cause, who was for a num- bcr of years a resident of Silver City, and who was we'll known throughout this section: .'Shcritf Clcofas Romero has sent to Fl PasO. town just across the line in Leonard, Wood county, his deputy, Rafael Luccro, to investi- gate the cold blooded murder of Charles Cause, a prominent ranch man. Cause left Gailinas Springs for a nights drive to his ranch. He vas never seen again alive. When the justice ot the peace to whom the re- port was made sent men to the place 1t was found that Cause had been shot twice through the head and twice through the body. His team was found standing quite a distance fur ther towards home, but the horses heads were facing d rocky and narrow draw, which prevented turning or go ing further It is believed the team was driven there by the murderer, l..-,. ,,,,,I3 h.,a