The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-05-16
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have gone to the scene of the strike,
and all of the ground in that vicinity
is now located. James Hamilton and
the Hoyt brothers have been working
some claims where the strike was
made for two or three years past,
and it was on their property the ore
was found. Hamilton came to town,
bringing with him some samples,
which he took from the bottom of
50foot shaft on one of their claims,
and that the ore is rich IN gold can
be seen plainly with the naked'eye.
Among the samples which Hamilton
brought in was one that he did not
think was of as much value as some
of the others, and this was deposited
with the rest. A man named Batch
elder, who has been developing some
claims in the vicinity of Dos Cabezas,
aud has been in the various rich
mines happened to be looking over
the specimens and came across the
one which was thought of little
value. He at once pronounced it
wolfranite, a very rare and valuable
metal. The samples have not been
assayed as yet, but that they will
give values amounting to thousands
of dollars is assured. Whether the
strike means the finding of itch
veins of gold in the Tombstone dis
trict, of course is problema tical, but
many are already preparing to stake
money on finding of the precious
metal in commercial quantities.-Ex
Word has reached Yuma that Fred
Vaughn, farmer living on his prop
erty with his brother in No. water
district, seven miles south of Holt
vile in the Imperial valley, Cali
fornia, was murdered by an unknown
man last week, and at the same time
Vaughn instantly killed his assailant.
Fred and his brother were at their
home when two strangers entered,
demanding of the farmers that they
saddle horses for them to ride to the
railroad. This the men refused to co
when one of the strangers drew a re-
volyer on Fred Vaughn and repeated
his order for horses. In reply the
farmer swung rifle around and said:
"You can't bluff me-" At that both
men fired, and both men fell dead.
The brother of Vaughn then grap-
pied with the other man and held him
until help arrived, when he was turn
ed over to the constable. 1t is be-
lieved that the men were criminals
endeavoring to make their escape
across the line into Mexico, thoagh
this is matter of speculation SIM
ply.
Mineral Hill camp is assuming con-
siderable proportions. There are
employed at the camp a force of
more than 100 men and this number
is being gradually increased. Two
shafts and Wine are being sunk on
the property. There are also two
other shafts which were previously
put down. One of these shafts has
reached a depth of 448 feet. The
pumps are working in good shape in
the Weedin shaft and there are two
drifts being run from that particular
shaft. Stopping is being done on the
200-foot level on No l shaft and good
ore is being taken out. A large
quantity of ore is being shipped
daily and twenty teams are kept
busy hauling the ore here for ship
ment to the Douglas smelters and
taking supplies from this city out to
the camp. The Mineral Hill Prop
erty is one of the oldest ones in the
1t was idle for time but
has been worked on a large scale
since the present owners, who are
Pittsburg capitalists, secured it.
Citizen.