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GREAT UNITED VERDE MINES

out of ;he way. But they did not get t;c rrcpe,ty.
 ''The men at the mine. not being paid their wages, took po.~assicI If tac works, matte and bullion, and threatened to destroy the plant. Jack Boyd kept them from doing this with his Winchester. Finally a settlement was arrived at, the bullion and matte were shipped. and the returns were divided pro rata. 1 believe about 30 cents on the dollar was paid.
 Jack Boyd was left in charge, and in January, 1888, Andrew Farrell ex- aminei the property. He was one of the founders of the Parrott Copper company of Butte, Mont. Being one of the old style Connecticut people, who never decide in a minute, but rather take time to study the ifs and ands before doing anything, he lost out.
 Following him came Prof James Douglass, with others, and examined the property. On his return to New York he had papers made out but the United Verde coIcpany did not like some of the features of the contract, so the matter was left open for future discussion.
 "W. A. Clark followed right behind Prof. Douglas. Accompanying him was John l.. Thompson, an assayer in charge of the Oxfrd Copper Works of New Jersy. and J. l.. Geroux.
 After thoroughly examining the property they returned to New York, went to the office of the United Verde Copper company, secured lease for three years and an option on cer- tain amount of stock.
 Prof. Douglas went to the office after w. A Clark had secured the property, to see what they were going to do with him. and to his surprise found that w. A. Clark had had the property under his control.
 "On the 7th day of March, 1888, J. l.. Geroux arrived with twelve men and went to work putting things in order, and working the mine from tEe Wad Hampton shaft, 135 feet deep. Soon followed J. L. Thompson, who
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was the general manager, Geroux act ing as superintendent.
 About the end of May, 1888, the thirty-ton jacket was started up with many difficulties. W. A. Clark came in the meandme also Fred Murray, to turn over the property for the com pany.
 "The smelter was run with diffutlty. often freezing up, the cause being principally the desire of the smelter men to get some of the men dis charged.
 By this time W. A. Clark had se- cured control of the stock of the old United Verde company and has held it ever since, there being little if any of the stock thataIs not in his hands at the present time
 During the Clark lease develop ment was confined 10 the 135sfoot lev el of the shaft on the Wade Hampton, and after driving a short distance through the cave fine body of ore was opened up. It was reported that ss0,00o was taken out here. Some of the matte and bullion was shipped to the Oxford works. and some to Chi. e go.
 "A tunnel was finally started on the 360-foot level in 1889. and continued till it reached the lode between the Crome North and the Eureka claim. After putting in a round Of shots in some slate the water burst through running the tunnel full for over i've hours. and carrying everything before 1t. with thousands of tons of sulphide ore literally strewing drifts and sides full of ore. Drifts, stopes and cross cuts were run in several directions, and much high grade ore taken out. some of which was reported to run over s1.000 to the car. There was matte and bullion assayed by Prescott parties that -an over s5. 000. Ship ments were made amounting to twen- tv to twenty-five tons of bullion and matte TOT dav. Thi~ '~fr-rnatscn l have from the 4. G c. 2. R.
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and sell stock on the strength of their .ast find, which was very encourag -ng.
 he new Epley find is very rich and 'orreSpondingly small. It is a ledge proposition, the vein being some five feet in thickness, while the pay streak is about eight inches running close 70 50 per cent in copper with some gold and silver. It has been opened up in an incline cut for several feet. The ledge with precisely the same characteristics has been caught up with several hundred feet further on. The ledge in point of size shows a dispo- sition toward improving, while the values, to use the Cornishman's ex- pression, go bobbin' all over the bloody hillside" It is, to say the least, good prospect, and the hill in which it was found is fairly mineral ized all over the surface.
 The Leadville has resumed work on sort of a preparatory plan George Walker, ever since he and George My CTS made their little stage in shipping lead, finds he has a "hankering" after lead and will resume operations on the old plan. In the meantime he owns large part of the district. He is practical rustler, man of sound judgment and does the district more good than all the theoretical hard rock Solomons who ever visited the Chiricahuas.
 Jim Williams is F-cTaring to chlo- ride and ship. He has IA claims with as good a surface showing as the dis trict has ever produced. Over % years ago, parties c,4icrided on his property and packed the product to Silver City on burros. The ore ran high in silver and the owner believes he can make it defray the expenses of development.
 At the Scanlon, no developments of importance can be expected until the new tunnel crosscuts the ore body. There can. be little doubt but what a happy surprise is in store for these people. A 125 foot incline shaft has demonstrated that ore bodies of ex-
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of sulphide ore. From the cut above this tunnel there has been taken out close to $1,500,000 since.
 The price paid for the Eureka was about s10,00e, and being a little un- easy, they got Judge Silent of San Jose. Cal, to sell the same, arranging with NJ. A. Ruffner and Rod McKenon to sell their interest at the same time
 "A conlpsny was formed in New York City, called the United Verde Copper company of Arizona. One Of the crganizers was Jerome, whom the town of Jerome was named after, us was also Jerome Park of New Yo:k. This gentleman was the father of the present district attorney of the same name. Associated with him Were Murray Mcdonald, Bushnell, F. A. Gastell and Thomas.
 The new company commenced op- erations in 1883 by building a thirty ton jacket and wagon roads.
 After the company was formed they purchased the Crome North, Crome South, Venture North, Venture South, Azure North, Azure South, and Gift mining claims from Boyd, Dough erty, Fell and others The Hermit and water rights were added to the group later on at cost of about $2000.
 The United Verde Copper company started its thirty-ton jacket in the early part of 1884, but was compelled to close down in the latter part or
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line of profits. At one time the Ali Zona Copper Co. was on the point of abandonment. It had run ou. of high-grade ores and it's low-srade ores were too lean to permit of profitable operation. This very fact, however proved the company's turning point. In order to protect the invest nlert, the management was forced to expert ment in the treatment of its low grade ores on 10-cent copper market. It was able 10 meet the conditions, and the result has been one of the most prosperous companies in AriZon1 and the making of number of million aires. It has been only in the past ten years, however. that it has made a great success.
 In the early days the Arizona {, New Mexico railroad, which is oH T. cd by the. Detroit Copper Co., defaul- ed several times in meeting the iater- est on it's bonds, but with the growth of the district resulting from the enor- nous tonnage of ore by reaso-, of the low grade, this company has been turned from a loosing to a highly profitable investment and Is today one of the best pieces of privately-owned railroad property in the United States, not even excepting the Phelps-Dodge lines in Arizona.
 The ore in the Clifton district aver ages about 3.5 per cent copper. Much of the ore produced by the Arizona Copper Go. averages less than per cent copper. That is the lowest grade ore in the district and lowest grade mined in Arizona.
 Shannon is averaging about per cent copper. About So per cent of all the ore mined in the district is concentrated on the basis of from , to 7H tons into one.
 Phelps-Dodge and Co. purchased the Detroit Copper Co. in 1897. This com pany has recently erected a new con certrator casting over sf 100000. and it is now outputting 1,650.000 pounds of ingot copper per month. It ex- roots shortly to increase this to g. eSc.oco poG-dz.
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November of the same year, on ac. count of the heavy snow storms, the ground being covered for several feet in depth all the way from Ash Fork to Jerome. Teamsters were com pelled to turn their animals loose to keep them from starving.
 Copper having dropped to six and seven cents per pound, the company did not resume operations.
 The United Verde Copper company took out with the thirty-ton jacket, it Is claimed, something like s779,00o in 264 days. It paid two dividends, one of s37,000 and one of s25,000, total of s62,0o0.
 q have noticed many publications and statements that Senator W. A. Clark organized the United Verde Cop per company These statements are incorrect, for F. M Murphy, who rep resented Arizona al. the New Orleans Exposition, called W A. Clark's at tention to the ores there on exhibi- tion that came from the property of the United Verde.
 w. A. Clark at that time probably had more practical knowledge about copper and copper ores than any other individual who visited the exhibit
 Robert Herford informed me that the ores worked for the month Of July and August. 1884, ran as high as $10S in gold. the matte going about 50 per cent.
 ''The works and the mine were shat down until 1887. Fred Murray and Jack Boyd were put in charge of the same in the summer of 1887. when ex-Gov. Tritle secured g bond and lease from the United Verde eompaD '. stared operations and was running successfully; but owing to the heavy rains and weather conditions he was unable 10 get the bullion and matte 10 EsrSet. his put him in financi9l d'sfIess and as some of his credito. s thought him a little TOO extravagant, they closed down on him: while others who were doing ali they could to down hin sBf ass Possessirn of the p-n9 ,. ty finally succeeded in getting TT.tle
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mined"
 Clark had expired the mine was one of the best developed properties in Arizona From then to the present time there have been several million dollars spent sa improvements, till today tht works are producing from S0,000 to 10V,vv0 pounds of copper each and every day in the year, and the mine is in better condition today than it ever was. and it will be pro ducer for many, many years to come. Infact, it might be said that the value of the min has not yet bn determined"
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PARADISE DISTRICT.

In the Chiricahuas, the situation has ceased to pivot on the Chiricahua De- yeiopment company. This is salutary symptom to start out with, and yet, with the plans for the future, which have been evolved and adopted by Capt. Buns, it Is a throbbing prob ability that the Chiricahua Develop ment will yet be @ mine. Capt. Buns and his associates expect soon to take over the property and the equipment and then propose to do business. When Fred Hoar took charge of the work, out Of S300,000 raised and ap- propriated for the development of the property, only s5O,900 remained i> the treasury. With this slender ex- chequeT he could not commence work on new system. He could only fol low out the original plan which was to drift adlibitum on the 3S2 foot level, thus avoiding the expense of hoistins water which comes in at that point. The dump resulting from operations on this level shows an abundance of white iron running from trace to 2 per cent in copper. as fine prospect at that depth as could be desired The new management, encoaraeed no doubt by the existence of similar con ditions, followed by happy results in the Warren district, will reverse the old regime, and go down regardless of water, working under the divide in the direction of the Manhattan and their chances for success are consid- cred exceptionally good by sound min ing men who have visited the field.
 The Manhattan nas been largely ab- sorbed in practically surface opera
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tions, but have met with far greater encouragement than the c. D.
 Other properties and prospects in this section are barely holding their own, and little activity exists at the present time.
 The Foot Hill Belt.
 In this section of the district we have far different spectacle. Just why | respective arrangements of the leading properties do not get ir and do business on a scale common surate with their prospects is hard to understand. The Savage is fairly well developed and would justify the erection of a concentrator, but would hardly impress mining man as being adapted to smelling, though there f., a small shelter on the ground i'll waiting to be installed.
 The Cochise has a small concer. trator, just large enough for a samp Ter and after half days run, shu' down for repairs. The mine has large bodies of chalcopyrite and the lame little run already made has fairly demonstrated that the ore is splendidly adapted to concentrating. The concentrates are of a character highly priZed by smelter men and can be fed without briquetting.
 The Paradise development has done nothing since they struck water and a bunch of black sulphides. It would look to an outsider as though they would rest on their laurels a while
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History of One of Well Known Copper Properties in Yayapa County Which Has Made Arizona World Famous as Copper Producing Country.

Maay Disputed Points Cleared Up by Hon. G. w. Hull the
 We'll Known Pioneer Resident of the United Verde Dis - trct Who Knows All the Ups and Downs of the Prop
 erty T s1faas4as
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nCunced and cleared out with view to standard business. In a majority of instances, these old properties prove to be dividenders. Rarely has an Antigua been worked out and it stands to reason that if they could pay in those days, even with the most econo- mic system available under such prim- itive conditions they should be win nerS today.
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MINING PERSONAL.

George Dunn has just returned from the Ajos where he has been engaged in trimming up his dumps preparatory to important development work.
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Joseph Cox, formerly superintend- eEt oe the Bhie Bell mine in the Tor diilos James Fellow and Fred Rich ards went 10 Paradise yesterday morn ing where they will enter into the em- nlovr'ent of Supt Knowles in that locality.
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Properties South of Douglas Are Aaiting Attention and Many Have Made Remarkable Showing With Develop ment Work Already Done.

In the Paradise District All Work Did oNt Stop When Chr- icahua Development Company Ceased Operations = At the Queen Shelter
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Charley Wallace has returned from Cananea with part of the final rat ents for the property owned by him self and Frank Armstrong and he assu-au~~ fhat the remainder will shortly follow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
Some Athena News Items,

ATHENA, Jan. 22.-The city has
filed affidavits, application papers,
maps, etc, with the interior depart
ment, petitioning them to allow Athena
the use of the Green springs for NUM-
cipal purposes. These springs run
through the Umatil reservation, and
G. DeGrow, who lives on the reserva
ton, filed on them last summer, and
it was at that time supposed by the
city that he owned them Investiga-
lions snow that only corner of his
land is near the spring However, De
Grow claims that he will contest the
case, should the government grant the
city the use of these springs.
The petition of Moses Taylor, which
is being circulated in different parts of
the county, was freely signed in Athe-
ma, as is being done in all other cases.
The particulars of the case and petit
ton have been previously mentioned.
There was a heavy snowfall in the
mountains in this vicinity yesterday
morning and snow fell here to a depth
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22

cement and the results obtained are
highly satisfactory.
In addition to the new cellars many
new tanks and pipes have recently
been installed in the brewery, and the
improvements recently added to the
plant total up an outlay of not less
than $4,000. The rear and top
floors of the saloon building at the
brewery are also to be built over into
up-to-date storage rooms.
The Stahl brewery is now one of the
most up-to-date and best equipped Of
it's kind in the Pacific northwest.
Woldemar Stockder, manager and SUI
perintendenr of the brewery had
charge of the recent improvements. Mr..
Stockder is a brewer of considerable
reputation and under his management
the output of the Stahl Brewing &
Mailing company has come right to the
front and now enjoys an enviable
reputation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
White Build North Coast.

e. G. White & Co, of 43 Exchange
place, New York, with offices in Lon
don, Paris, Hongkong and other large
cities of the world, is behind the North
Coast railway and will build the line
from Walla Walla to Seattle. This
statement is authorized by a high New
York authority, and the connection is
further shown by the fact that J. G.
White. head of this firm. is now at the
head of the board of directors of the
North Coast company. The change in
the directorate was nude several
weeks ago when the capitalization OF
the company was increased from ST.
10000 90 $25,O0O,00O and his name ap-
pears in the new articles of incorpora-
ton on file at Olympia
J. G. White & Co, is an engineering
promoting and construction company
that has undertaken great public i'm
provements in all parts of the world
with a view to disposing of them at g
profit. This has been done in Egypt
the Philippine islands, the United
States and elsewhere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
Knights of Pythias to Convene.
PendIeton Will Entertain District Con
vention On February 10.

PENDLETON, Ore, Jan. 22.-On
February 10 district convention of
the Knights of Pythias lodge will be
held in PendleIon, which date is the
anniversary of the organization of the
order in this city of Damon lodge No.
4, K of P
There are now between 25 and 80
applicants for membership in the local
lodge, and It is planned to have most
of that number taqen in as a first
rank class on the evening of the con-
vention. Among the grand officers
who are expected to be present from
the state are: Grand Chancellor M. F.
Davis, Grand K. of R. and S. L. r.
Stinson, Supreme Representative w
M. Cake and Past Chancellor w. l.
Bradshaw.
All the lodges of Umatilla county
will be represented, and it is expected
that there will be about 500 visiting
knights.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
LORD WILL LOSE SOME MONEY
TREASURER TO PLACE PERMA-
NENT FUNDS IN BANKS OUT
SIDE OF OLYMPIA.

State funds are to be deposited in
the leading banks throughout the state,
instead of exclusively in the Capital
National bank of Olympia. The change
in the policy of the office was
announced at Olympia Saturday by
State Treasurer George G. Mills.
Asked the reason for the proposed
change and to what extent it would be
carried out, Treasurer Mills said:
My chief reason is to disabuse the
public mind of belief which has been
created chiefly by campaign orators
that the state treasurer is absolutely
controlled by a single financial in
stitution.
so far as 1 am concerned, such
statements are, and always have been,
without foundation, and, while they do
not worry me in the least, 1 consider
it only fair to the people who elected
me that their minds be disabused of a
wrong impression so far as it con-
Germs me-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
KenneWick Wakes Up,

KENNEWICK, Jan. PA meet
ing of the business men and citizens of
KenneWick is hereby called for Tues
day evening, Jan. %, at 1870 o'clock,
at Dircksen's hall, for the purpose of
discussing the questions of an open
channel for river boats to Kennewick
and wharves and dockage for the same
have been down the river to report
will make a report. If freight can be
brought here by boat it means a
marked saving to every consumer in
the valley.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
EXAMINATIONS ARE 0NAT WHITMAN
STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE
BUSY REVIEWING WORK GONE
OVER SINCE SEPTEMBER.

Mid-year examinations began at
Whitman college this morning at 8
o'clock. The examinations will all be
given in What is called the Academy
Study Hall upstairs in the Memorial
building. They will run through the
entire week morning and afternoon.
Chapel exercises will be conducted
each morning at S:45 o'clock instead
of 10 o'clock as usual
The Greek club will meet tomorrow
afternoon to elect a president to take
the place of Rev Austin Rice, who has
been compelled to resign on account
of pressure of other duties.
The Boys Glee club is projecting a
trip to Dayton and Waitsburg during
the mid semester vacation early next
week, but the matter has not yet been
fully determined upon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
AS0T|N NOW WANTS ELECTRIC LINE
THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS OF
WHEAT WAITING TRANS
PORTATlON THERE.

ASOTIN, Wash, Jan. 22.-Asotin
will bid for an extension of the electric
line to be constructed by the lewiston
Charleston company and it is believed
sucn a showing can be made as to
make the proposition a tempting one
to the builders. At resent nearly
100000 bushels of wheat are stored in
the Asotin warehouses and cannot be
moved or marketed on account of the
low stage of water. The grain crop
tributary to Asotin has been at the
mercy of the boat line with the excep-
ton of last year when the independ-
ent steamer Mountain Gem, moved the
crop to Lewiston for shipment over the
Lewiston market was received. The
average price paid here Is two cents
below the Lewiston market and the
crop can be delivered only at those
times wnen the boat company has no
other employment.
In addition to the moving of the
grain crop the electric line would en-
joy a large general freight and passen-
ger business and by establishing park
at some convenient point On the Aso-
tin creek a heavy excursion traffic
would be created out of Lewiston and
Charleston.
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: SPORTS !:
TRACK LAYING TO BEGIN THIS week
TEN MILES OF RoADsED ARE
ALREADY GRADED OUT OF
RlPARlA.

RIPARIA, Jan. 22.-Chief Engineer
Boschke of the o. r. & N, is here in
speeding the work on the lewiston
Riparia line and he states that track
There are now nine or ten miles ready
for the rails, out Of Riparia; by the
end of the present month fifteen miles
of track will be laid and within
month from this date, with the present
rate of progress of grading main
tanned the road will be ready for the
rails to Almota, a distance of forty
miles from this point. The first fifteen
miles of track will bring the line to
Central Ferry or Perrington's Bar The
tracklaying machine under any con-
ditions can average a mile a day and
with favorable conditions can put in
place two miles of steel daily. There
is an abundance of steel here and no
delay will be encountered in secur-
ing material to keep the machine in
steady operation. The fact that it will
be possible to have about forty miles
of the road completed within a month
or by March 1 shows that the entire
line would nave been completed by
April I, as at first planned, if inter-
ruption of the steamboat service had
not interfered