Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
IeEporariIy in chal
A WOOD FAMINE

A WOOD FAMlNE-If a wood fam inc does not occur in this city there is likely to be at least a great scar city of that important fuel. On Sat urday the Phoenix Wood 6 Coal CO., which supplies more wood than any other one institution in the city. was playing very close to the limit. It win prove a hardship to many who had not laid in a supply before the rain. but it is even more pitiful to think of the suffering of the neighbors who have to steal their wood from those who now haven't any even for themselves.
 A RURAL PACK TRAlN-Ben Pe- ters who carries the mail on rural route No. 3. west of Phoenix, has abandoned his mail wagon for a pack horse or rather a saddle horse equipped with a new fangled pair of saddle bags Of Peters own invention. Peters found wagon travel too slow on his route since the rain the mud being frightfully deep in places. He took two wooden coal oil cases, the sort that are made for the accommodation of two five gallon cans of oil in each, beveled of the tops of the boxes and attached them to his saddle for the accommodation of his mail With that equipment he can go about the country with much greater facility than by dragging four wheeled vehicle around.
 THE. SUPERIOR-Concern the Superior copper mine and the recent gold strike. the Florence Blade says: Dr. George M. Broadway went up to Superior this week to examine some applicants for insurance, and while there was presented with a beautiful he arf0 min It is as fine a grade of gold as we ever saw, being almost absolutely pure. The Superior is a high grade gold property and a regular copper bonanza. \ carload of ore shipped this week con sisted of solid chunks of carbonate and oxide, some of which were as large as a small washtub, and the teams came in Thursday loaded with 50 and 70 per cent ore. The Superior bids fair to exceIl the celebrated United Verde mines. It is only a question of time when Pinal county will be the greatest producer of mineral wealth to be found in the world. We make no exception in this respect.
 DESERT IS HEAVY-It will prob ably surprise no one to announce that since the recent heavy rains the desert is pretty wet and muddy in spots. = the Relief mine, having gone out there since the rain. Strange as it may ap- pear, he made the trip out. up grade, and with a load, more easily than he did the return trip without a load This was because coming home he got stuck in a muddy flat and had to shovel his way out of a place that was solid when he went the other way. He says the flood has rather improved the New river crossing by washing the sand out and leaving a rocky bed. In speaking of the mine he says he has six men employed, most of them at work on an upraise from the west drift. One upraise has been completed to the surface and this is another 12O feet further along in the drift. When completed it will make the third out let from the underground workings, ! giving the best of ventilation and safe ty against any possible entOmbment below. This last upraise was intended to connect with a shaft already down some distance but he has run into new ore bodies that look so good he pro- poses to fo-o-- them, lead where they l may. The mill was run only seven days during December, but the ore re- duced returned $16 per ton which was | entirely satisfactory.
 TIME UP TODAY-As announced q | few days ago, January 15 was the day set by tHe board of governors of the | Water Users association as the time | limit for those who had not yet made i the initial payment of ten cents per | acre to the association on lands they ! had contracted to take association | stock for The alternative was the l return to these signers of their con