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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
Miners are Fed.

The striking miners of Platt City were given their weekly supply of provisions today from the miners commissary. Dur ing the visit of National President John Mitchell to the Birmingham. district many of the Pratt City miners have conferred with him and they express the greatest confidence in the results of the strike.
 Mir. Aird Removes to Birmingham.
 J. B. Arid and family, who have lived in Pratt City for the past several years. removed today to Birmingham and will take a residence on South Highlands. Pratt City deeply regrets to lose MT. Aird and his interesting family, but his duties as assistant county solicitor made it necessary for him to remove to Birm- ingham. g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
ROBERT NELSON DIES.
We'll Known Civil Engineer Passes
 Away Suddenly.

A telegram from Patton, in Walker county, announces the death of Robert Nelson, a well-known civil engineer who was in the service of the Corona Coal and Iron company. Death occurred sud- denly at 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Mir. Nelson was about 50 years of age. He was born in Albemarle county. Va, and his father still lives in Charlottes- vile.
 The deceased was a very accomplished man and had a great number of friends in Birmingham who will lament his death.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05

mine is one of the big properties of the county, and carries good values in gold. It is operated by w. c. Howard and J. F. Littleheld, experienced mining men of San Francisco.
 F. Dunham, who is interested in the old Fay mine, south of Kingman, ar rived from Los Angeles last Tuesday, and has been making an examination of the property. The shaft has reached depth of 175 feet and will be contin- ued to the 200, from where levels will be run. The ore shows up well the en- tire distance in the shaft, and in places shows big Improvements in values and width. A mill will be placed on the property as soon as the ground is blocked out and in producing shape.
 At depth of 75 feet the Bonanza mine, in the Sheeptrail section, has been crosscut to the footwall distance of twelve feet, and splendid body of rich gold ore found on the wall. The ore is of good milling value across the entire vein, but that found on the foot wall will pay to ship. The mines are owned by George Hughes and Miller. The owners have been at work on the development of the property since it's discovery last spring. Some drifting will be done on the vein at the present level
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
Items About the Mines and Min eral Development Culled
 From Exchanges
TREASUReLAND OF AMERICA
Reports From Many Districts in the Territory, Telling of Important Dis ooveries, Active Operations and Dr. osnization of New Companies

A company composed largely of Ohio capitalists has just been organized to take over the Alto mines in the Salero district. Santa Rita mountains, about forty-five miles southeast of Tucson. The enterprise is being financed by the American Finance X Securities com pany, the same corporation which plac- ed on the market the Tombstone Con solidated, the Imperial and the Mowry, all of which have turned out to be eX- ceedingly valuableproperties. Citizen
 The diamond drill to be used on the Verde Chief property has arrived m Jerome and will be taken to the mine as soon as possible and started at work. The drill is hand machine, and with it they will be enabled to sink holes on their property to a depth of between four and five hundred feet. As the work will be done principally from un- derground workings, this drill will enable the company to explore its group to depth of over 1000 feet. The Flu reka Gold X Copper Mining company s property is the southwest extension oi the Verde Chief, and the development of the V. c. means the development oi the Eureka. Jerome Mining News.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
M0HAvE COUNTY
The Weeks Mining News as Reported
 by the Miner

Andy Frazier and Joe Brown came up from the Manitowoc mine, owned by the Standard Gold mining company. last Monday. The shaft on the prop erty has been sunk to depth of 200 feet, and is showing good ore in the bottom. Drifts are being run off from that level to the ore body. The boys completed their contract, but expect to return to the mine as soon as Superin- tendent Jonas arrives from Chicago.
 Work is progressing satisfactorily in the drifts on the 200 level of the Roose- welt mine. A large streak of ore has been opened up that runs more than four ounces gold and several ounces sil- yer to the ton. The vein at the bottom of the shaft is about eleven feet in width, and the average of the ore at that point is said to be better than S14. The mine is owned by J. M. Day, of San Francisco, who has been develop ing it for nearly year.
 The Pyramid mill is now running steadily on ore from the Catherine mine. The mill is of twenty stamps capacity, and is equipped with cyanide plant capable of handling 35 tons of ore daily. If it is found that the mill handles the ore successfully it will be greatly improved and enlarged. The
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
YAvAPAi COUNTY
Growing Importance of the Mining ln-
 dustry. New Developments

From the Prescott Courier,
 The formal transfer of the Davis group to it's new owners was made last week, and work has been started on the repair of the wagon road and cree tion of several buildings on the com pany's grounds. The old cabins on the premises will give way to general of flee building, modern dwellings will be erected for the mems sleeping quarters, and large boarding house built that will accommodate any number of men that may be employed. A strong force of miners is to be put on at an early date for the further development of of the property. Ex-Governor N. O.. Murphy is to have general supervision.
 w. A. Rowe, ex-member of the legis- lature, who left Arizona several months ago with the intention of locating at Riverside, Cal, has returned to Yavapai county and bonded the Dunkirk group of claims, adjoining the Davis property. He will start work on the Dunkirk at once,
 John s. Jones, president of the Jessie Mines Company, who went to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend meeting of the stock. holders, will lay befor the company plans for the purchase of additiona machinery and enlarge the scheme of de. velopment. It Is his intention to have 6 40-stamp mill placed alongside of the | Jessie shaft so as to more economically | handle over 40,000 tons of ore on tho dump, and as well treat the product oi the Jessie as it is mined.
 | From the Prescott Journal Miner.
 The well known Cleveland mine at McCabe is to be openedup on an exten. sive scale, a force of men having beer placed at work on the property as re { suit of the new company that has beer formed for this purpose. It is incor porated as the Triangle Mines Co.,, anC it has for its officers George H. Lynch C. C. Paul. and Sam Foran. The valu, of the Cleveland property was so wei known to the miners around McCab, that many of them eagerly purchased
 .lares without solicitation, and man, citizens of Prescott, who are likewis, acquainted with the Cleveland, hay, invested in shares. In consequence the amount of working capital has beel secured in a remarkably short time and the development win be begun a once.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
CONC ENTRATES

It is not unusual to find the upper levels of mine wetter than the lower levels. Several gold mines along that 0cr. of the gold belt of California ex- te.ding through Amador and Gala veras counties are of that nature, nola- bly, the Kennedy of Jackson, California The Lake Superior mines are dry to their lowest levels.
 At the United Verde copper mine, Jerome, Arizona, the ore averages 6l per cent. copper. It carries from l5 to g per cent. sulphur. When heap roasted such ore is piled three feet high on eight inches wood, which, be- ing ignited, fires the sulphur on the ore, that burning from five to eight weeks, when the now desulphurized ore goes to the furnaces.
 By a miners inch in Colorado is known that volume of water which is discharged through one square inch of an aperture which is two inches high and four inches long, cut through a plank l.25 inches thick. the lower edge of aperture being two inches above the bottom of the measuring book, and the upper edge five inches below the level of the water.
 The mining statutes of the United States require locator of mining claim to disclose vein or lode of ore in place, but do not require that he sink l0-foot discovery shaft. If he should sink shaft to any depth re- quired by the local or state or terri torial laws, and then mark his claim and record it according to law, even though he found no ore in place in his discovery shaft, and afterward discov- cred ore in place in another part of the To- cation, such discovery of ore has been held to cure the defect of not finding ore in place in the discovery shaft, and the claim was adjudged as good and dated to the time of original location. This will not apply to cases where any second locator has obtained conflicting territory by location between the dates of the first location and the discovery of ore in place. = Mining & Scientific Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION.

In the probate court of the county of Gila, territory of Arizona. Notice is hereby given that L. C. Wagner, the administrator of the estate of George w. Wagner, deceased, having filed in this court his petition praying for an order authorizing him to sell all per sonal property of the estate of said George w. Wagner, deceased; the hearing of the same has been fixed by said court for Tuesday, the tenth day of October, 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room thereof, at Globe, in the county of Gila; and all persons interested in the said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any there be, why said order should not be granted. Dated September g, 1905.
 2t P. c. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
C0CHISE COUNTY
Where Mining, the Chief Industry, is
 Very Active

From the Douglas Dispatch.
 General Manager s. A. Parnall of the Calumet & Arizona was in Douglas this week, looking over the smelters. The Calumet & Arizona smelters are making great advancement, and much fine machinery has been installed at the plant recently. One would be sur prised at the great improvements which have been made there during the past few months.
 From the Tombstone Prospector.
 McPherson's teams were busy today hauling ore from the Tranquility and Silver Thread properties, four cars be- ing loaded at the Scheuster platform. Considerable more ore is being shipped from the properties at the present time than ever before.
 The stump on the S00-foot level of the big shaft was cleaned out yesterday and three shifts put to sinking. Ire shaft is SXH, cnl it will require consid erable time to reach the l00O-foot leveI but the work i5 to be rushed as rapidly as miners and machinery can accom- plish the task. The company does not intend to cut any other stations until the l000-foot level shall have been reached. It is expected that the work of sinking will require a years time, and will only be completed then with good luck attending the handling of the water ard hoisting of the dirt. A wig,z has been started on the 801-foot lcvt in ore found in one of the drifts which promises to open up into large sizeC ore body. Considerable native silver i, being taken out of the ore stopes or the 400 and 700-foot levels, pieces oi which make excellent specimens for 6 cabinet, the rock being literally covered with flakes of the white metal.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
PROCLAMATION OF OFFER OF
 R WARD
By the Cove, of Arizona

Whereas, 1 have been officially in formed that Samuel S. Plunkett and Edward E. Kennedy, citizens of Gia county, this Territory, were murdered on the 18th day of July, 1905, by some person or persons unknown; and
 Whereas, The S.eriff of said Gila county has requested me to offer on be- half of the Territory reward for the the said Samuel $. Plunkett and Ed ward E. Kennedy; and in support of his request has stated that the whereabouts of the said murderer or murderers is unknown to him; and that there is reason to fear that the perpe trators of the said murders will escape arrest unless a reward is offered by the Territory for their apprehension; and Whereas. It appears that the said Sheriff of Gila county, and his deputies have used due dilig gence in their efforts to apprehend the said murderers, and so far have failed in such efforts; and Whereas, It appears that extraordi- nary reasons exist for resorting to this method of aiding in the capture of the fugitives.
 Now, therefore, l, Joseph H. Kibbey, Governor of Arizona, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by law, do hereby offer reward of Fiv, Hundred Dollars for the arrest and con viction of the murderer, or of any of the murderers, if there are more than one, of the aforesaid Samuel s. Plum kett and Edward E. Kennedy, or for the murderer or murderers of either of them.
 In Witness Whereof, have hereunto
 set my hand and caused the
 Great Seal of the Territory to [sEAL] be hereto affixed. Done at
 Phoenix, the Capital, this
 twenty-ninth day of July, 1905.
 JOSEPH H. KIBBEY. By the Governor
 LEW w. COLLINS,
 Assistant Secretary of the Terri
 tory of Arizona,
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
CLIFTON AND MORENCl
Items of Interest From Graham County's
 Big Copper Camps

'S OOfFS O~''pe
 From the Clifton Era.
 It is expected that the new converting plant of the Shannon Copper Company will be in operation about the first of the year, which will enable the com pany to manufacture its product.
 Before his departue for the east last week MT. Ayling, the former manager of the New England company, informed representative of the Era that the company had recently raised Sl00, ,OOO and would soon commence developing it's property on an extensive scale. Ja- cob King, an experienced mining engi- neer, who has long been with the com pany, is now in charge of the property, and will doubtless remain with the con- pany in that position.
 The Era learns from parties who have visited the Standard mines during the past week that the body of second class ore, averaging 15 per cent, has widened to ten feet. There is good ore in all the lower workings of the mine. High grade ore, averaging better than 40 per cent, is being developed in many places. The aerial tramway has been kept busy for some time past in hand ling the output, which will be largely increased during the present month. In fact, it looks as though the Standard had passed through its most critical pc riod, and from now on it may be con- sidered as mine Unless all signs fail it will make big money from now on, and will soon resume its old place as regular dividend payer.
 The Era last week mentioned the ar. rival in camp of Col. Durham and Col Parrish, both well known as mining men throughout the United States They are still at Metcalfe, where they are thoroughly going into the merits oi large number of mining claims, anC it now seems reasonably sure that ; deal will be made on these properties for men of their class do not triil away much time on properties in whicl they are not interested. Should this b the case there will no doubt be anothe strong company operating in the cam in a very short time. Thepresent pric of copper, together with the gradual increasing output of the camp, is at tracting the attention of moneyed me throughout the United States. A larg number of claims have been tied up i the Metcalfe district during the pas two months, which is an indication 0 the returning interest which is now be ing taken in the camp by outsid parties.
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05
No,IcH OF FILING OF ACCOUNT

In the probate court of the county of Gila, territory of Arizona.
 Notice is hereby given that l.. c. Wagner, the administrator of the estate of George w. Wagner, deceased, having filed in this court his third term account of his administration of the estate of said George w. Wagner, de- ceased; the hearing of the same has been fixed by said court for Tuesday, the tenth day of October, 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room thereof, at Globe, in the county of Gila; and all persons in, terested in the said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any there be, why the said account should not be allowed, ap' proved and settled. Dated September 22, 1905. P. c. ROBERTSON, Clerk. 2
Arizona silver belt., 1905-10-05

The apex of a vein is not necessarily point, but often line of great length, and any portion of the apex on the course or strike of the vein found within the limits of a claim is sufii- cient discovery to entitle the locator to obtain title.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
Stencil From the Refuse Below Mon
roe Street Bridge Annoys Residents
of That Neighborhood and Peace
full Valley Is Up in Arms.

Once the burdened residents of Peaceful Valley
appealing without recourse oS an abolition of unsani
tary conditions
The board of public works is again refusing relief and
the board of health has declined to take action because Of
the municipal superiority of the board
The contention this time is that the street sweepngs
and other refuse and filth deposited just below
the Monroe street bridge Main avenue.
From that spot arises odors which smell up and down
the most expensive driveway the city has attempted
to build.
Nothing more unsanary can be deposited aside from
the night SOIL yet the city commissioners declare they
have no other place to dump the filth
All OF the street sweepings formerly dumped
through trap in the Monroe street bridge.
Objections made to the dumping of the refuse in
this manner and the kick made strong that the
board of public works was forced to heed it.
Then it that orders given Foreman Tllisch to
create dump
81 working under the orders of the board of public
works. said Foreman Tillisch today. ave must have
place to put the street sweepngs sheet iron slide
has been put in and all of the refuse is dumped that
and run down to the river. If we abandon that dump
have other place to put the street sweepings'
Peaceful Valley residents and those taxpayers using
the Main hill up and declare that the
unsanary features Of the dump must be done away with
They claim there places along the river which could
be better used than the big fill below the bridge
-2o strong the odors rising from the dump that
people prefer to climb around the hill from Riverside
rather than the pathway down under the bridge.
Residents of the Dodd block and roomers in the Mer-
chants hotel complain of the odors in the evening.
With the wind in that direction it will be impossible
to use the Masonic temple.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
CITY AGAIN CREATES NUISANCE
BY DUMPING FILTH INTO RIVER

in Chicago to Walter r. Davis Of this
city November Is, 1904, by Rev.
David Beaton. Mr.. Davis says she
was not, and Mr.. Beaton, in state
ment made before Court Commission
err Harper, confirms Mr.. Davies.
Mr.. Beaton's testimony Of the mys-
terious marriage fairly took away the
breath of the defendant and her coun-
sci, as he was positive that Mr.. Davis
was not the man that he married to
Mrs. Russell on that November day.
Now the question is, who was mar
ried to Mrs Russell at that time?
Mr.. Beaton said the marriage took
place in the parsonage of the Lincoln
Park Congregational church, Chicago.
of which he Is pastor. He also stated
that Mrs. Russell called on him after
ward and inquired whether the mar
riage would hold, and was assured it
would.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
WASHINGTON NAN T[Ll5 Of
CONDITIONS At 60LDF|AD5

better personal care with cleanliness
and warm bedding made a great diff
ference.
Il went down there for a number
of Tekoa men who put in their share.
staked claims known as Tekoa No.
l, and 3. Out of these we have ore
running $3.50. The Desert Rose,
the greatest mine there, has ore rum
ming s66,500 per ton.
Il am only up here for a few days
with these samples and will return
at once to develop the Tekoa prop
erty. You can state positively that
warm clothes, decent habits and q
grub box will save anyone from the
dangers of disease which carried OF
the paupers and the drunkards and
adventurers.
There are number of Spokane
people down there. A great many
gamblers from this section are also
there"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

william III. Estey of Washington,
d. c., paying teller of the house OF
representatives. arrived in Spokane
from Portland last night. Mr.. Estey
when interviewed by a representative
Of The Press said:
II am greatly surprised Mt the Won
derfu1, up-to-date appearance of this
town. l had no idea that l would
strike place in this section which
I might honestly say looks like a
miniature New York
do l think that the congressional
delegation. which recently loft upon a
junketing trip for Alaska. will stop
off at Spokane upon their return
east? Well, OF course. can not
speak with absolute authority, but,
judging by what Uncle Joe Cannon
says. they will most likely take in
this town.
lis there any truth In the state
ment published at the opening of the
Portland fair that Speaker Cannon re-
fused to deliver his address because
ono of the ladies upon the grandstand
objected to Cannon taking a piece OF
lco out OF a pitcher and rubbing tho
bop of his head with III No. that
eas report circulated by one of the
yellow journals. Speaker Cannon upon
This occasion, on account of the can
sas cover over the speakers stand
which had a tendency to retain the
great heat which prevailed upon this
lay, felt faint after being compelled
o wait several hours before his turn
Iams to deliver his address and rub
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

conditions at Goldfields are great
ly exaggerated" said George Buhrson
of Tekoa, who has just returned from
the great gold camp. The stories
sent out of epidemics were un-
founded.
I'm the first place. Goldfelds is not
a poor mans camp. There is no
placer work and it takes money and
machinery to develop the mines.
When the fever was on men rushed
in there with barely enough money
to reach the goal. They were paupers
at once, lived filthy lives, were poor
ly fed and after the hot days would
sleep on the cold ground In tents at
night and take no care of themselves.
Liquor ana the cold ground at nights
gave them pneumonia and they began
dropping off like sheep long before
anyone knew what was the matter.
Better sanitary conditions and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
COURT ORDERS BOND OF
MRS. LATHAM INCREASED

the sheriff was instructed to take
DR.. Latham into custody until the
bond was rearranged and that it
should be $500 instead of $1,000.
The court then took up the other
case growing out of the burning of
the Latham store at Mead, that of
John II. Messner, veterinarian. Pros
ecutor Barnhart asked that the case
go over until later in the month, and
the court fixed the date of the trial
at June rs, instructing the witnesses
in the case to return to their homes
until notified to appear.
The jury received the Latham case
late Saturday evening, Judge Pom
dexter ordering an evening session
in order to get through with the case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

When Judge Poindexter this morn
ing called the case of the state VS..
Latham he found that the convicted
woman was not in court Attorney
Henley stated that he had not been
Informed that it was necessary to
have the defendant in court this
morning and he had so told Mrs. La
tham's son, who had informed him
that his mother was feeling very
badly.
my instructions to the sheriff
were to release DR.. Latham under her
old bond of $1,000 until $50 o'clock
this morning, when he was to have
her in court" was Judge Poindexter's
reply.
The upshot Of the matter was that