Arizona republican., 1904-02-20

and out. so as to prevent absolute starvation. Before the sheep get back 10 the MaZatal range they are hungry, and in nearly unmanag geable condition. An added hardship on the sheep men is that they cannot complete their lambing in this southern, mild climate, but must get where there Is fled and also too great chance of losing lanhs by severe cold. Last night there was rain here in small quantities and fur ther in the mountains enough to war rant a delay of a week or more; but, unless rainfall shall be very much more copious than is now foreshadow- ed, the sheep will have to go a month at least in advance of former sea- sens.
 Since December 1st, last, James D. | Houck, the merchant here, ,/has had more business responsibility on his ] mind than any other business man ill | Ihe courty, not excepting even the most prosperous in Phoenix. to keep u9 his own hand-shearing plant, and have general coHrern for the machine plant; to keep his store and his grain ware houses filled with the var ieh assortment required 70? 4 metro | politan department store; to keep sew l eTdl NdSOIlS OH lHe TOdu tdCIl U3N going in for or returning with sup pi.es, and also a hotel feeding a hun q, ed per day at least-all this requires al. executive ability of the highest ord CT. He has had to do his work .n i'll health and while ombat.ng q disposi
 ton to pneumonia which is now under control. The volume of 'iIs business must be enormous, and considerably ] larger this season than ever before. Our mining enterprises are yet in | a'rly active operation. Major Gates has had since the new year and vet | has, a considerable force at work on
 the Sierra Alta and expects to have orders to keep them at work some weeks later. Col. Dravo seems to be | preparing to have considerable work done on his rich claims by contract. At the same time The Grand Traverse and Arizona, under MT. Withey, con- | tinue systematic work on huge high grade dikes at the east foot of the Gold Hill or Continental range. Re gently MT. Withey doubled his consid- | erable force of miners-first-class mi
 ners, not common labor roustabouts. 1 Except to note that work Is in sys-
 tematic progress there, I need add nothing more just now.
 l The Ben Hur management has all
 the men it can put in the 3O0-foot tun-
 nel which is to strike the great dike
 several hundred feet from the surface: and until this dike is reached, and to 1 some extent cross-cut, the owners will
 not know surely how they are to work
 it and until the tunnel and main shaft
 arc connected they will have to work
 under some disadvantage. In mining
 certain details must be given the time
 required and hurry and worry are
 alike useless. By midsummer all ob-
 stacles to big operations will be re- 1 moved. In late communication the
 term copper" pyrites was used in-
 stead of the proper one ''iron" py- rites
 A few days ago MT Howard Sen.
 showed me gold button got in a sur prlsing manner. His son Ed. Howard
 has rich vein on Gold HiIl specimens
 of which often reveal plenty of free gold. One day recently he pulverized
 about five pounds of rock not from a
 pocket nor specially diffegent from the
 average except in the brilliancy of the spots and wires. From five pounds of | this pulverized ore he banned out an
 amazing quantity of gold dust and
 nuggets. This she melted down into a
 button weighing seven eigths of an ounce or APO grains, which he present. ed to his father. We'll, to an experi-