The copper era., 1907-05-09
News OF THE TERRITORY.

A deal was Consummated last week
whereby the Ward orange grove
changed hands and the purchasers
are Phoenicians who know the condi
tions and can. see the price of Salt
river valley property on~the upward
march. The grove was bought by F.
NJ. Avis, E. S. Wakelin and J. l.
Irwin, and the consideration was $l5,,
900. The gentlemen who buy are al
prominent in Phoenix business cir
cles and each of them is of the
opinion that they have struck bar
gain. Last years crop on the Ward
grove brought $4,000, and the present
indications are that this years crop
will beat last years. The deal was
engineered by ]. L. Irwin, who also
sold the Scott grove with this prop
erty, but the amount paid for it was
not announced, though it runs up into
the thousands of dollars. Irwin seems
TO be pretty keen when it comes tc
selling real estate. He sold one
parcel of land twice. 1t was sold to
A. r. Taylor in the morning and in
the afternoon was sold to w. NJ
Hardy at an advance.-Democrat
In the district court last week ap-
plication was filed by the Detroit
Trust company company for the ap-
poiutment of a receiver for the East
ern sugar factory, and Judge Kent
appointed d. w. Fulweiler receiver.
Judge Ainsworth appeared in behalf
of the plaintiff and Paul r. Inglis ap-
peared for the defendant. Full
weiler's bond was fixed at $4,000.
The Detroit Trust company is the
underwater of the bond of the COM
pany and the trustee. The first
mortgage bonds in the sum of $780,
600 we're written in 1908 and the COM
pany has defaulted upon the first
payment, which was due January l of
the present year. The company
holds on all of the property owned by
the sugar company, including the
factory and large acreage of real
estate in the valley.-Democrat
John Cole, one of the pioneer pros
pectors and miners of Hassayampa
and Slate Creek districts, is in Pres
colt from his camp on lower Slate
creek, to have assays made on sam
pies of ore from a very promising
copper property recently discovered
by him about one and one-half miles
south of the Lookout group of mines,
the prosposed terminus of the mar
row gauge railroad from Poland.
The ore body from which the samples
we're taken was uncovered while dig
ging the required ten-foot hole on
the vein for location, or discovery
work. The ore body is four feet in
thickness, apparently carrying high
grade values in copper and gold.
The vein can be traced on the surface
for the length of two small claims,
which have been located by Mr.. Cole
for himself and partners. D. H. Biles
and Archie Lockhart, of Prescott.
The topography of the ground is such
as to admit of the development of
the claims by a tunnel on the lead
which will attain almost a foot in
depth for foot in length as the tun-
mel is pushed into the mountain. The
owners of the new find are making
arrangements to start tunnel on the
are located in we'll watered and
timbered section of the range skirt
ing Slate creek.
Globe people were surprised to
learn that there is a gold mining
camp within three miles of the city.
1t is bona fide placer proposition,
although it has never succeeded in
getting into print. John Pascoe and
Bob Henry, both Globe men, are the
owners of the camp and they have
been washing the dirt for the yellow
dust for several months past. The
camp is three miles south of Globe on
government land adjoining the old
Anderson ranch. Messrs. Pascoe and
Henry have built Hume a mile and
half long which brings the water
for sluicing around the hill from
Pinal creek. 1t is not known how;
much gold has been taken out of the
ground there, and, according to the
owners, the work has not been very
satisfactory owing to the fact that
muchsof the gold is lost because the
rifles of the sluice box fill up with the
black sand and the gold washes over
it. They clean up every night. 1t is
understood that they are figuring on
an Improvement of their method
which will result in the saving of the
gold which is now lost and which will
result in a neat profit for them.
Apropos of the many arrests of
traiumen made lately on the Mexican
side in connection with the charge of
smuggling arms and ammunition in
to Sonora from the American side, il
related a story of how one brakeman
outwitted the officers over there who
were "after his scalp, says the No
gales Times. The other day when
the Guaymas train reached Hermo-
sillo, officers went aboard and ar
rested the brakeman upon order OF