The copper era., 1904-03-24
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 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLIFTON

Judge ; S,Oan last week handed dOwl
 bis decision in the tax case, in which
 the United Verde company and th'
 district attorney were at loggerhead
 oyer the payment Of taxes for th,
 year 1902 by the United Verde people
 ogerruling the demurrer presented 0l
 the attorney for the supervisors. sav'
 the Prescott Herald. The action o | Judge Sloan means that in his opinion 1 the supervisors exceeded their author | fly in compromising the taxes of the big mining company after the time limit had expired for the board to sit
 a. d board of equalization. The re =
 duction made by the board in the
 taxes of the company for the year
 1903 is not affected by the decision.
 Wallace Willard levied the assessme
 that caused the trouble. The super
 about Sl2J0,OO0 to about $SS), ,0)0.
 The above figures are simply for the
 property owned by the corporation.
 Sheriff Wills returned from Superior
 last week aud reports that Vert
 Rellamy had remarkably narrow e.
 cape from death in the Superior mine.
 Vert and three others were working
 in drift near the main shaft. Hi,
 three companions left the drift po-
 ment to get some timbers and while they were gone large section of vein
 matter caved and buried Vert beneath
 it. In the bottom of the drift was d
 narrow trench and Vert fell into this. A large rock fell across this trench over Wert's head and shielded it from the falling debris. Hearing the noise his companions rushed into the drift and taking in the situation lost no time in digging Vert out. Just as thaF got to the shalt another large section of vein matter dropped over the spout wbe"e Vert had lain, and had he not been previously removed, would have smothercd him before his friends could have dug him out The boys say that when the second cave took place Vert jumped for the water and went up it like a squirrel. :. Blade.
 X dispatch to the Phoenix Enter prise from Jerome Junction says Startling news reaches this city from ! Jerome. If it should prove true it l will work great changes in Yavapai ! county. It is stated, on what seems to ! he reliable authority, that Senator lark will remove the great Uniled Verde company camp from Jerome to Jerome Junction, point thirty-fve miles frem Jerome and fourteen miles rom Prescott. If is said that ar ef- 'ort is being made tD locate water at jerome Junction, and that if it can be secured in sufficient amounts, the immense smclters will certainly be moved. It k d fact that the United Verde company has had men employed iigging wells and doing other pros )ecting for water at Jerome Junction or some weeks. Pumps have been installed 10 test the flow of the water. For years Senator Clark has had in the removal of the melting plant to the Verde river, but removal 10 Jerome Junction would greatly reduce the costly transferance f his large volume of freight.'
 The Quartette stamps are now drop ping on ore taken from the 700 foot cyel. With each succeeding level the (uartette lead has steadily improved ,Oth d. to size and values. On the 600 oot level the ore body measures 10 feet nd runs nearly SlO0 ton. The hang ng wall has not been reached on the , 00-fool level but it i, believed that he lead will be fully as wide as on the evcl above. and it i> admitted that the alues are just as high. As the mine lands today l. is undoubiediy d ten million dollar proposition. Another important fact in connection with the pening of the 700 foot level is that the e mount of water in 'hc shaft has vjsi- > ly iuc"cased. The first of the biz imbers which will be used to frame ? the station on the new level were : ,wcrad down the shaft last week. lS,- O. feet of lumber will 90 into the sta : ion. In size it will be lSx40 feet. 'ith an additional space of 12x17 feet, ut into the foot-wall for pump room G 10 center posts will be used. As soon s the station is completed sinking S ill be resumed. Tue shalt Is to be T Ink to the 90)-foot level as rapidly as ossible.-The Searchlight. @