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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
BoMBHRoER GETS CONTROL ol
 MINES.
(From Wednesdays Daily. '


 As n result of negotiations which have been under way since last Aug. ust, two important mining deals were yesterday consummatcd whom the Gold Standard group of eight claims, seven of which arc patented, passed from the control of Andrew Peterson to Henry A. Bombergcr, who also secured bond ou the Thunderbolt and Verno. patented mines, and the Edna mining claim, from J. T. Bishop and William J. DeArmond
 The properties in question constitute one group of mines in tho Weaver dis. trict, located immediately east of and adjoining the famous mines owned by the Octave Gold Mining company, five of the locations covering the Octave vein, which is developed to depth of l,75o feet, md in which the orc body at the bottom shows stronger and richer than in tho higher levels.
 The consideration mentioned in both transfers is s2O,00O, payable in three installments, due at stated periods, the last to be paid at the expiration of IS months and the first within so days from date. In addition to the price mentioned, Peterson will receive 50,OOO shares of stock, and n $l,5O0,OOO cor. poration will bc formed at an early date to take over the properties, while Bishop and DcArmond will receive lOO,. 900 shares of stock in the same com. pany.
 In addition to the mineral holdings the new concern has some valuable water rights covered by the claims with sufficient water supply for q large reduction plant which 1t Ia pro. posed to erect as soon as the develop. ment of tho mines is far enough ad vanccd to insure a steady ore supply for large operations.
 The mines are located about a half mile sontheasterly from Rich Hill from the summit of which 1t is esti' mated over $i,50O,O0O in placer gold was taken in the latter '60's, the his. tory of which is well known all over the west.
 In the mesas and gulches which skirt the foot of this hill nuggets of gold some worth as much as elO0, arc oc casionally picked up by Mexican placer miners after heavy rainfalls and wash outs, the ground, which has been work cd over, supporting . Mexican colon, of an estimated population of goo, u and around the town of Weaver.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
PROMINENT YOUNG COUPLE PLIGHT THnI1 f1oTH FOE
 LIYD.
From Thursday's Daily.

Yesterday evening, at 8 o'clock, the home of Mrs. M. F. Markham, 34l South Cortez street, was the scene of q quiet wedding, when her charming daughter, Miss Jamie Patterson, wa, united in the holy bonds of wedlock with Joseph A. Sines. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Man don of the Catholic church, in the presence of only few of the relative, and intimate friends of the contracting parties. Miss Mamie sines, sister of the groom, acted as bridesmaid, and W. J. Riley, chief clerk of the Burk, Hotel, was best man.
 The bride has been resident of thi, city for the past four years, and l, known to wide circle of acquaint ances, her accomplishments and charm ing manners winning her many friends The groom is the younger son of MT and Mrs. George w. Sines, of this city He was born and raised here and |, considered among the most industriou, of our rising young business men. Al present he fills responsible position with the Arizona Mines Supply com pany, where he is popular alike with hi, employers and the patrons of the es tablishment.
 
 The happy couple were the reeip tents of many handsome presents. They will make their future homo at 32s South AlsTcon street.
 A host of friends in this city wisl them many yssrs of welded bliss, nc mos popular sospls having plIshtsd thsls troth to sseA hsrs b nany moatAs.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31

ledge over 100 feet in depth from its apex. In the last 900 feet of tho open. ing an orc shoot was uncovered aver. aging IS inches in width which gave re. made from 900 tons of the orc which was treated at the Poland American mill.
 Owing to the location of the tun mel it was necessary Co pack the ore from the mine across the mountain to the mill, by tho primitive burro method, and the management of the mine, real izing that the mine could be developed and operated with gratcr economy through the tunnel on the Fitzhugh Lee mine, an extension of the Ex. press, owned by the Poland. American company, made an agreement with the latter concern by which the use of this tunnel was secured, when work was abandoned on the upper level, and contract was let for tho extension of the fitzhugh Lee tunnel into the Express ground.
 While pushing the tunnel towards the Express along the vein, the contractors encountered paystrcak of ore IS inches in thickness, which is of n much higher grade than the orc taken from the upper level. This shoot has continued without a break into the Ex. press ground, the orc appearing to i'm prove as the work advances. The tun. mel is now 1900 feet into the noun. tain and when 1t is forced through to the end line of the Express mine, will tap the ledge at depth of 5s0 feet from the surface, which will enable the company to mine it at n very reason. able expense, as the ore can be handled by gravity from the stopcs until 1t is dumped from the ears into the mill, which stands a short distance from the tunnels mouth. no shoveling being necessary. As soon as the lower tun. nel is pushed ahead another 100 feet 1 connection will be made with the up. per tunnel. when stoping will be com. mcnccd, and the Poland. A mcrican mill and concentrating plant started on n steady run.
 Tho mine Is situated in the Big Bug district, on the Lynx Creek and Poland divide, at the head of a branch of Big Bug Creek, about oue.half mile i south of the Poland minc. Owing to the fact that it has been worked and abandoned at various times during the past twenty years and that 1t remained for its present management to discover its rich mineral treasures it's develop. ment is being watched with interest by a large number of the Big Bug min. ing men, who are familiar with its history, and who never lost faith in its merit, which is now established be- yond any doubt.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
MoHAvE COUNTY DISTRICTS ABE
 ACTIVE.
(From Thursday's Daily,

Mohave county mining districts ap. pear to me to be more active now than |" any time for n number of years. ,, said W. W. Elliott, member of the firm or Elliott Drescher, who recently re. turned from n visit to Cerbat and Nvs county, Nevada, to a Journal. Mine, representative yesterday.
 "At cerbat times are certainly live. " he said. "The large conceutrstin. plant on Stockton Hin is practically nn'shed' and will be ready to put in operation before the first of usx. month, and . number of mines in th. s'e's'ty arc h steady oberasson apd producing high grade ores.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31

| approximately large, it Is not suf' Rcient to supply the consuming demand even now, and the fact that plans for production on increased scale are slow in being brought to focus, and that demands for the metal, due to the ex' banding of the uses to which the metal is being put, are increasing at an as' tonishingly rapid rate, predicts an even further advance in price. owing to the simple fact that demand exceeds the supply, and is liable to for several years to come.
 The failure of copper exports to m crease in volume is attributed 10 the fact that foreign consumers have not yet filled their full requirements. This country cannot spare the amount of copper required for export, md this also will have tendency Co force prices upward.
 | "Standard' and "bcst sclcctcd' have advanced to f9s and fl02, re- spectivcly, in Europe, which reflect, the panicky condition of the European market. This is the highest level reached since 1888, which was then reached only because of the reckless manipulation of the metal market.
 It was just n quarter of n century ago that copper sold above 2l cents per pound. and in view of the absence of my surplus supplies, the continued increase in demand, and the willing ness of consumers to mako contract, for deliveries fn. into 1907, it appear probable that the average price fol the yellow metal next year will bs almost if not as much as the prevail ing price of 1888, Ql cents.
 The recent furry In the stock mar kct nt New York had the tendency tt send copper stocks down few notchcs Amalgamated dropped on 3 points, a' did several other stocks, but on th, whole the prices of the better copper stocks are beginning to reflect tho prosperity of the companies they rcp resent, and are higher than they were a few weeks ago.
 While 1t looks, at this writing, a' though the market might have re action, the prospect is good, however that very much higher run of price' may be recorded between now and ,h' first of the new year.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
ORE BLOCKS foR TERRITORIAL
 rAl1.

Yesterday W. A. Dcaring, general manager of the Eldorado Mines con, pany, operating in the Thumb Butt mining district, about six miles wes, of this city, brought in thrse large blocks of orc taken from tho proper ties of tho company, two of which. weighing respectively 600 and 70o pounds, will be sent to A. A. Johns commissioner to the Territorial Fair, t. be added to the already largo collec tion of orc specimens from the differ ent mines of this county, to be exhib tied at the Territorial Fair, which opens in Phoenix the 18th of Novcm Der.
 The ore carries good values in gold, nlver, lead and copper, as well as s small percentage of zinc, and the specimens, besides being valuable, are also ornamental, showing the many beautiful colors of ores rich in lead and copper bases.
 Eleven full claims constitute the holdings of the company, which an located near the summit of the Copper Basin divide, about one mile south of the Derby mine, md about three miles distant from Alto station, ou the s. F. P.AP.
 The Eldorndo mine is opened by sey eral shallow shafts, exposing the veir along the surface for the entire lengtt of the locations. Tho deepest shaft is now down 60 feet from the bottom of which l40 feet of drifts have been run along the vein, showing the paystreak to hnve m average width of two and one-haif feet. Work is being pushed or this claim, and the third large block of ore brought in yesterday by Mr. Dear ing, and weighing 500 pounds, is now on exhibition on the sidewalk in iron, of the Bashford.Burmist business es -tablishment on 0urley street.
 The shaft on the Little Annie mine. another claim of tho group, Is now down to depth of ll5 feet, and tho veis is also opened by a 100 foot tunnel, connecting with the shaft at Q dspth of 6O feet. In the bottom of this shaft and in drifts which have been run from it a short distance tho psystreaL shows a width of two feet, the ore carrying copper values of high grade.
 Work is being pushed on this shaft, which is equipped with Q whim, the is tent'on being to install hoisting plant later, whom greater depth is reached.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31
FALL CATTLE ROUNDUP sHowS
 STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION.
(Fsom Wednesdays Daily.r

The fall round up on the ranges of southern Arizona is now nearly com pletcd and from all reports this year has been an unprecedented. one witl all the cattlcmen of the district. From every side come reports of great pros perity among the cattlemen, while the calf crop is unprecedented in size i' some eases, as with the Green Cattb company, where an average of 90 per cent was reached.
 T. P. Blevips, . rancher of the san simon Valley, stated that the round nps in his section were now almost completed. Tho San Simon Cattle com pany, which is just about to close its roundup, has met with great success as more than 1c,0OO cattle were gath cred in, he stated, while several thou' and calves were branded.
 Cattle are universally fat, the abund ant growth of grass nurtured by the rains of the summer supplying then with excellent food.
 Considerable anxiety is being fell among cattlemen, a tho present dry speIls promises to eradicate their gan These, however, arc things which ''n' alone can settle, and for the pre'sn' 1t may bs said with truth that the ea' tie industry has improved wonderfully during tho season jsst passed.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31

TAs Jousnal.1llnas Aas thrss sine sAs 0sslstiss C aar Dapss h Ns'" ., AsiaooA
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01
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NEAT SWINDLE IN PICTURES

a letter to the customs authorities
there, telling them that they were
about to be the victims OF tremen-
dous fraud. Two real Rembrandt pic
lures, recently discovered, we're to ar
rive from Europe with the name OF
Rembrandt painted out and another
insignificant name substituted for it.
Take off the upper coat Of paint in
the right-hand lower corner and you
will find that the name of Rembrandt
is there. The idea is to sell these old
masterpieces in the United States
after they have passed your admins
tration. warn you that each paint
ing is worth at least $120,000.'
This advice did not fan into I'M
eager ears. The outer coat was taken
off, and sure enough, there was the
name Rembrandt with the proper
date. The customs people demanded
$4,000 for the two paintings, a sum
paid contritely by the correspondent,
who feigned great thankfulness for
being let off for that amount. But
a fortnight later he sold the pictures
for nearly $120.000, their authenticity
being properly established by the re.
ceipts of the American custom house.
They had cost $40 apiece in Paris
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01
KING OF CARIBBEAN ISLAND

Do the cares OF royalty wear heav.
lily upon him? No; he simply sees that
the men get out at their work at sun
rise-there are no women on the
island-and that they keep at it until
sundown, save for the two.hour rest
al noon. Need an army or courts OF
justice? The captain smiles. No: Of
course, there are times when discip.
line must be enforced, but then man
knows how to do that. The captain
had not had twenty years of soafaring
for nothing before he took charge OF
the island.
"My greatest difficulty" he said, us
the fact that the men will get drunk.
How do they get it? Easy enough. Or.
chilla is surrounded by number OF
smaller islands. In the seasons whep
birds are there there are many men
hunting their eggs They always
carry rum. Suddenly you find your
crew drunk on you, and you know
that somewhere out on the keys are
the egg hunters What amusements
have they? Sleep. When they've
been working from sunrise to sunset
they want that.
"Of course you can't keep the men
from their women and children all the
time. They come from Bonaire, in the
Dutch West Indies and once every
six months | take the old crew in the
footsteps of the father and grandson
in the footsteps of the son. They are
quiet easy lot"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01

In the Paris Matin NJ. Hardouln, a
well.known writer and financial au-
thority, thus describes an ingenious
plan to hoodwink the New York Gus
toms authorities, which he says was
carried out: There exist in Mont
martre pocr devils who can turn out
Rembrandts better than Rembrandt
himself. Certain dishonest picture
dealers in Paris know this and give
orders for these Dutch masterpieces.
AT the bottom of the canvascs the
lame of Rembrandt Is placed Ordl
parilv the dealer sells these. But 1t
occurred to one of them last summer
that there was something better to
do with them. These are good, he
said to the ragged painter who brought
them. Put your own name on them
in place of that of Rembrandt. Why
give him the credit, eh?' The artist
carried off the canvases, painted out
the false name and put his own in
place of it. Then he took them back,
and the dealer bought them for a
pitiful sum.
after a few weeks the dealer sent
the pictures to his correspondent in
New York. and at the same time sent
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01

Capt. G. G. Rivers is now absolute
ruler of the Island of Orchilla, in the
caribbean sea, says the Baltimore Sun.
He threw out his lines and made fast
there twelve years ago, and will prob
ably make it his harbor the rest OF
his life-this though he is the only
white man on the island. and though
he has seen the members of his family,
who live at 2103 Cough street, only
twice in fifteen years
Capt. Rivers is king and cabinet
combined, and not one of his thirty
West Indian negroes under his sway
dares question his rule, but when he
leaves Orchilla he leaves his royalty
behind.
The captain is not comic-opera
king. He doesn't wear birds of para
disc plumes when he's on the throne,
but down there in that lonely little
spot, with the blue Caribbean about
him and the tropical nights above, he
superintends the gathering Of qua
no from the coral reefs, which the sea
Is eternally uncovering. Boston capi.
talists first bought the product of Or
chilla. They secured Capt. Rivers
services fifteen years ago The island
is now owned by company of Ralti-
more. Other islands are to be ac-
quired by the company, and the cap
tain is here loking for viceroy to aid
him in the management of his king
DOM
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01
CHAPTER ".
DISAPPOINTMENT.

There is peculiar condition of mind
incident to some persons whose CORE
spondence is small, which induces
them to carefully examine the envel.
ope of letter addressed by strange
hand-an indescribable fascination In
specializing as to. who the writer may
be and why lie has written. 1t is sci.
dom that this self-imposed doubt lasts
longer than is necessary to make out
the writing and postmark, and then
the letter is Opened-a thing which
would have been done by a busy or
practical man at the instant of its re-
ceipt.
Influenced by some such feeling.
delayed to open the copper box which
| had taken from the oak chest In the
library. though the nature of its con-
tents strongly excited my curiosity.
An instructive belief that the contents
were valuable had taken a firm hold of
my imagination, though / could not in
appeal to reason. The contents Of
both the oak chests had doubtless been
examined by bygore members of my
family at least rs often rs the proper
ty had passed from father to son, and
probably with greater frequency. 1t
Is true the chests had not been opened
for quarter of a century or so; but
then the lid Of the copper box bore
tbs date
This 23d daye Oct. 1911
and could not do such violence to my
creGulity as to suppose that the con-
tents had been suffered to remain 50
many years unexamined-which made
strongly against the presumption that
they were of any value. But the
strongest human hopes arc oftcnest
reared upon the most unstable foun-
dations. had certainly suffered the
hope to grow upon me that it had been
reserved for me to make valuable
discovery; and knowing that my
chances Of doing anything of the sort
were the most shadowy conceivable,
l delayed to open the box, contenting
myself for the present by carefully
examining it's exterior.
TO be continued
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01
India-Rubbcr COrscts.

The corset, as all the world knows.
Is an essential detail OF the costume of
the modern civilized woman. The ap-
paratus, in Its present stage of evolu.
tion, has gained the Wholesale con-
tempt and detestation Of all physiolo-
Gists rs an outrage upon the organs Of
respiration, circulation and digestion.
Lovely woman, however. has carried
her fashion step nearer breaking
point by inventing corsets of india
rubber designed for bathing purposes.
The idea Of thus converting what
should be most wholesome and
health giving recreation into field for
exploiting various kinds of irrational
dress could have been engendered only
in the brain of latter-day fashion
able woman.-London Medical rress
and Circular.
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OTHER TINES. OTHER GIRLS

think l stood thus in that room some
seven times OF more,
And each time saw some other chap
escort her from the daor:
And every time that other chap was one
that | could lick
l tell you, men and brethren, ii made me
mighty sick
Yes l could lick him, and knew; his
name was Willie Drew.
And thrashed him once week Tor say,
year or two.
And so / said: "Well, blame 1t all! II that
has got a show,
! guess that | need only ask. and 1t Will
be a go. ,,,,
III ask her sure next Sunday night How
run our schemes awry!
| stood there like a leaden chump ana
saw the girls go by.
All Time thou art a sullen wight, nor
heed our worst mishap;
Yet bring me back those days again. ana
fire" that other chap.
Bring back sweet Millie: let her smile. as
oft she used to do
But do not let her waste those smiles
upon that Willie Drew.
Still as the weeks went browsing By. no
more in life to roam,
l vowed and vowed again. that would
ask to see her home, :.
| never did: never dared-confcsslo'i IS
the thing
Rut. Oh the years the freakish years.
some strange conditions bring
For MiJlie married Will. and when TO
church last week went ].
I saw the boys stand at the door, to see
her girls go by c
A 7 waterhousc in San Francisco Call.
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oh. Time. from DER thy hill OF shades
bring back the day knew;
Bring back the little village church; bring
back the "preacher."' too.
There let me sit, as oft I did. and hear
the parson dronc A..
or mans first fall, the judgment day, the
lightnings round the throne. -.
The winter days were cold, Wot, out III
tie was the harm.
For he could paint hell so hot 1t served
There let me yawn till, "tenthly" past we
heard our final doom;
Then let me haste to join the boys out IN
the anteroom
1t was that anteroom, fear, that led us
church to try,
For there we stood In stunning rows 10
see the girls 60 by.
All, Time. il you will be so kind. turn
back unto that day,
And let me stand with stunning boys, ana
wait for Milie Ray.
Her eyes were like the shining stars or
gems that know no flaws.
Her lips were cen the crimson bow that
only Cupid draws;
And though a clumsy oaf was l, Id reg
istered a VOW
That some night / would see her home, or
ask her, anyhow.
And so I stood with shuffiing boys within
that anteroom,
And tried to screw my courage up to
meet her spoken doom.
Alackaday! and woe is me! or woe, at
least, was Il
some other chump would ask her first,
before the girls got by!