Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-01-31
WEALTHY MEN BUY HE MARK
 TWAIN.
(From Tucsday's Daily.)

. Twain and Eighty.six mines in the Walker district. The mines were the property of F. Nj. Murphy and Mrs. Kuhne, and are known to have pro duced some very rich ore some years ago when worked near the surface by Frank Kuhne, one of the original To. cators.
 The deal was promoted by D. T. Whc- Ian of South Bend, Indiana, and the pro perty was examined and favorably re. ported on for the new company by William McEniry, a prominent attorney of Rock Island, Illinois, an ex.con. gressman from his district, and n min. ing man of experience and note. hay. ing operated on a large scale for n number of years in the state of Col. orado.
 The property, which has been d.. veloped to depth of 1sO feet within the past year, is known to he one of the most valuable in the rich district in which it is situated. From the bot. tom of the shaft at this depth a cross. cut has been run with the intention of tapping dike which parallels the vein, and in this crosscut n body of orc four feet in thickness was encountered recently, the extent of which is of n very high grade. The crosscut is TOW in . distance of 80 feet, and the wall has not yet been struck.
 A fifty h. ?. boiler, n large hoist and Cameron pump will bc placed at this shaft this week, and arrangements nrc under wny to commence work there on large scale to open up the proper. ty by sinking to n great depth and run. ming laterals from the stations cut while sinking is in progress.
 The personnel of this company Is composed of some of the most promin. ,nt business men and Gnnnciers of the states of Iowa and Illinois and the com pany is a close corporation, there be- ing no stock for sale or on the market.
 Thomas F. Hallignn, the president, is q member of the washburn. .Hallig gan Wholesale Coffee company of Daven. port, Iowa, one of the strongest busi.
 ness institutions of that state.
 c. !. Larkin, is n wealthy building contractor of Rock Island, Ill., who
 has n high standing in the financial
 word.
 Frank J. Lewis, also of Rock Isl and, is president of the Lewis Roofing company. the largest roofing concern in the United States, which even owns it' own railroad cars for the transporta
 tion of it's wares.
 ]. T. Shields is the proprietor of on' of the largest wholesale grocery es tablishments in Rock Island, Ill., and [ prominent Anancicr of that city. P. T. Walsh is president of th' , Walsh Construction company. whicl has probably constructed more rail
 road lines than any similar concern ir
 the United States, among number o others the Belt line of St. Louis.
 F. J. Sommers is a large clothing an'
 dry goods dealer of Moline, Illinois
 and considered to he one of the mos , contemplating men of his city. , A. W. Edwards, the only local cnpi
 alist who Is interested in tho company V is well known here ss the business as | sociate of F. NJ. Murphy, and one O z the most conscrvn''~e and sbrewdes r men that we have in n business way
 NJ. J. whelan. who win be the gen - erai manager at the mines, is known . r be among the best mining engineer Q conducting mining operations in thi b section. He knows the property thor n oughly. and will develop it well and O f business principles.
 n The mines, which are but n shor f distance from the mouth of the Polar !. tunnel. are favorably situated a- fa n as the transportation problem is cor . cerned. The mountains are fa'rl !. well timbered in the immediate vicir l. ity, which insurcs au ample supply Q ' fuel while water is sufficient for al r. purposes will be developed in tb
 mines as depth Is reached. t Il Endowed by nniure and surround 2 ings with such favorable condition q and developed by company cowposc f of men of wealth and experience, it n snfe to say that fin reasonable tim | this valuable property will ran ', among the great producers of northcr II Arizona, and contribute it's reward s the men whose enterprise and goo o judgment brought it to the front