Arizona republican., 1909-07-11
WICKENBURG DEPARTMENT


enable time The recent change in | power from steam to electricity has eff | fected a large saving in the cost of 1 operation. The mine is in better shape ! today than it ever was before since it's | discovery. and is under good conserva- I tive management. The Clara Consoli- dated, with its $500 acres of fine min | eral ground. and its steady develop | ment ought to be the making of Bouse ! the center of attraction among the new fields. Glowing reports are coming in 1 from the North Star property. which is | operated by the Golden Star Mines company. The company is installing machinery which will enable it to 1 handle 100 tons a day within the next
 month. Charley Sam, Chinalnan, has some very valuable prospects in the North Star district He has recently l bonded to c. P. Blount, a mining bro ker, some claims known as the Iron
 wood for s15.000 The Calumet & Ari-
 zona Mining Co is negotiating for the Bluestone property which is also own ed by Charley Sam. This property has body of ore assaying in the neigh borhood of S350 per ton. It also has large quantity of low grade ore averag ing about 4 to the ton. If the deal goes through it will be represented in the s5O,OOO class. The Monarch prop
 erty, of which C. W. Platt of Wicken
 burg is the head, will in the near fu- ture have a large force of men em- ployed on the property. As soon as the new road, which is now in the course of construction, leading to the property is completed, a 100ton mill will be in stalled. The Monarch is backed by ample Florida capital, and there is no reason why it should not become one of our leaders. The Central Arizona Power plant, which has just been com pleted, will be a great boom to the surrounding mines, as it is only mat ter of time when it's lines will supply power to nearly all of them. The writer has only mentioned in brief the great mineral wealth of this and surround
 ing country. He has only mentioned few of the important properties; to mention all at this writing, lack of space does not permit
 Dick Roberts has returned from the Golden Rule property, where he has been doing some development work.
 E. s. Jones, general manager of the Brayton Commercial company, left for the coast this morning for brief va cation. His wife and children are all ready there. About town Mir. Jones Is known as the man with the citgar who is always talking business. That he has at last let up and taken a vaca- tion, the first one in fifteen years, will no doubt cause considerable surprise here From the number of our citizens who have gone to join the herd, one thing is assured-that Mir. Jones will not be lonesome: besides his wife and children for companions he will prob ably meet a Wickenburger at every lamp post.
 w. w Ditts and wife left for the Octave. where MT Ditts is consulting engineer for the company.
 F. K O'Brien has gone to Prescott on business.
 H P. Ragland, who was employed as switchboard man at the Arizona Cen tral power plant, has left for the Oc- tave. where he will very likely be em- ployed in the assayor's office.
 A letter received from Ray, Ariz., says that our friend, George Staiger, formerly clerk of the Hotel Vernette here. and now on the clerical force of the Hercules Mining company of Ray. Is getting along fine with his new po- sition. He sends his regards to Wick enburg. I!AiE