Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-10
Walnut Grove Wants A Toll Line
 Service
Experiment of Pumping Oil Watched With
 Interest
Special Correspondence:

GROWN KING, Oct. 7.-R. k. Byrd, Jr., has taken n bond on one of the claims in the Farley group, and may put up n small mill shortly. From the surface to n depth of 90 feet the show. ing is very good and considerable free milling ore is in sight. The IIumbug section of the country has a good many promising prospects, but lack of cheap transportation is the greatest obstacle to it's advancement.
 According to reports cmanating from n presumably authoritative source, work on the Walnut Grove dam will bo started within the next few weeks. The dam to bc put in this time will bc
 much larger and stronger than the ono which washed ont several years ago The completion of this enterprise will mean n good deal to the surrounding country in the way of cheaper power for the mills, hosts, etc
 It does seem strange that commun. ity with the population of Walnut Grove is so entirely isolated from the outside world. It has no telephone no- telegraph connections and a mail sor. vice that requires practically two days to reach Prescott. Tho people of the Grove arc clamoring for telephone ser. vice. and say they cnn pledge enough service to make it an object to con. meet them up with either the Kirk land or Minnchahn lines.
 The Ventura Mining company, opcr. sting on Castle Creek. is pushing do vclopmcnt work as rapidly as possible and expects soon to figure on the cree. ton of a stamp mill.
 4 small shipment or ore was con. signed to the Humboldt shelter by the Savoy Mining company, Inst week. This ore comes from the winzc sunk on the first orc shoot encountered in the main tunnel and runs quite high in sill yer. Arrangements are being made by Manager Suniff for the installation of n largo hoist, after which sinking will at once be commenced. The Savoy companys property is considered as among tho best in the Bradshaws, and no one will exhibit great surprise to hear of its becoming ono of the big producers.
 The Tiger Gold company is having a number of large oil tanks erected on the hillside above the mill, in which they will store their winters supply of fuel. Tho pumping of this fuel oil n distance of about four miles through .h inch. ordinary water pipe, and over n hill nearly HOO feet above the pump. ing station, has been watched with keen interest by nll mining mcu, to whom tho fuel problem is bothersome one. Mir. Harrington figures that it will be impossible to pump oil during tho cold. or weather, and consequently is having number of tanks put up and will Hll them while the weather Is yet warm enough.
 Thomas Roach and William Carder have secured the contract for 300 feet of tunneling on the Blue Bird vein and arc getting things in readiness to com. mencc work.
 The report comes from those con. nccted with the De Soto mine al Mid, dleton that one of the richest strikes ever encountered in that property was recently made, and that the ore body was about eight feet across, snd the entire mass was imprcgnated with na- tive copper Two ears of ore are daily shipped to the Humboldt smeltcr.
 Mes.rs Prince and Williams arc about to reopen the old workings of the long dormant Tuscumti ia mine, and expect 10 hnd orc rich enough to ship, whore the ore shoot was abandoned in the carly days.
 Dr. J. K. McDonald, Otto Stevcns and Tony Johnson have taken lease on the old Lane mine, and are opening up and rctimbsring tho old workipgs. Tho Lane wns at onc tims . big pro- ducsr of high grade silver ore. and the present lessees arc conhdfnt that | Mt. tie development work will put them into good pay ore.
 On tho Venus minipg claims, owusd by Harrington { Libaadon, . large body If kiGh Rrado Rnla anA coppsr Nrs -.