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Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-06-02

(From Tuesdays Daily
In from Groom Greek.
T. j. Laird Of Groom Creek is visit
ing in the city for few days.
McCabs Visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fammer are
visiting friends IN the city for q few
days.
silver Bell Visitor.
Mrs. c.. T.. Goldsworthy. OF Silver
Bell, Pima county, arrived in the city
yesterday. She will remain some time
AS the guest Of her son, Harvey Beard.
and her daughter.in-law, Mrs. Beard.
Sick Child.
Harold, the youthful son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilmot Pentlsnd, is reported Sc.
riously i'll.
Birth Of q Boy.
Dr. and Mrs. J, Harvey Blain =
home was frightened Sunday morning
by the birth of boy.
Returns TO Prescott
george Meade returned TO Prescott
yesterday from Globe, where he has
been for some months.
From the Hills.
Z. j. McNulty, who is deyeloning
the well known X. A. NJ. mine ON Con.
per creek, is visiting in the city.
From McCabe.
Miss Nora Farrell, the ebarm,,c
daughter OF J. II. Farrell, is visiting
friends In the city, from McCabe.
wickenburg Visitor.
W. NJ Neagle is paying the city a
hying visit from the above city. where
no I" preparing to 20 into business.
From the West.
Dan Thorne, Jr., a young MINING
man from the Santa Maria, is visiting
me city, to cool OF, as he tersely nuts
1t.
Back from the East.
Alfred DeKuhn, the mining eng,n.
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Slowly. hu, Surely, this great coun.
'ry is ercO'ng the recognition u
merits. The rcactionary period has
passed. a dozen important deals have
been contaminated in the last ten
days in the Ellsworth district.
Men Of recognized conservative
Judgment have. after careful invcstiga
ton. taken hold of prospects, and de
'ormincd upon active development.
You all know what this has meant
IN the past history Of mining
Already, new camps are being es.
iablished, tools and camp parapher
MALTA bought, and life and progression
iBstillcd into the community.
Following in the footsteps Of what
has gone before. is the immigration
of the men who do things.
People around Sslome are beginning
20 talk about building concrete hotels
and storea "''" % d.
Still Others are thinking of taking
up Homestead, somewhere on the
great prairie around. There's tbous-
ands OF aeses of good farming land
between Wendeu aud SsIome, and he.
tween the iiarcuvar and the Harqua.
ITala's
The outside world would come a.
rushing, If they knew that water can
be obtained on this ground by sinking
driven wells from 70 TO 200 feet deep,
and installing = pumping plant, like
they do in California.
But there's a greater, a more logical,
and a more business IKE reason why
those needing homes should settle in
this country For everything they
raise they viii have a permanent home
market. Ia less than two years this
great country win have many towns in
a.; good towns, hustling, up. to date
towns Why Do say sof Because
the whole country around here il rich
an mineral deposition; enormously rich;
richer than any other equal area in
'he whole world.
Do you bc%ieve tbisi You may not.
But you certainly will be compelled |
70 AZ time gee. on, and production !
sells the story.
Plans are under way now for mills
and smelters and mines and roads and |
other things that spell the words. Flu.
ture Prosperity, increased Population,
Activity.
"No Knocking" is the slogan of
this roun,ry. speak we'll Of your
neighbor. or remain silent. is the so.
cal understanding here. There is a
broad -mindedaess in the very air of
this region. Mine owners here eYtol
'he virtues Of other mines, In prefer. !
cnce to toqting their own horns. I,
1t is tbis spirit that IA. come to
stay that vii make the country 90
forward 4 knccker, in this country,
has got liars job. II
If he tells tho truth, be loses his
job. Many 2 skcptic, who was honest
1t heart, has joined the Unlimited
Booster Company Of salome, vicksburg
md winches}cs. ,
To you that are initiated In the
knowledge Of the prodigious resources 4,
II this eoue,ry, It may sound like the G
'ehoeS FROM . Pine Dresm to tell you
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about il, but with al the strangcness
of ihc tales told long ago, in the fables
Of the Arabian Nights. and the won.
( ders of Verne, yet tho truth about this
I Salome country il stranger still. And,
! 90 reflection, IL is not 80 strange. IL
is natural The very mountain tops
cncircliug this little burg, in easy
grace, have settled back into the peace.
I ful settlement Of natural position.
Every range that forms this circle is
in perfect accord with everything
around it. The country is not torn
and twisted and uphesvcd and scat.
tered.
should ! attempt TO tell you about
half Of what's going on, in this coun.
try. it would require better pen
than mine, and more space than a
dozen newspapers could furnish.
Many of you, perhaps, remember the
Tonopah days Strike after strike was
made, and in succession GoldHeld, Bull
Frog, Manhattan, Baxter and Round
Mountain was struck, and then the
Greenwater Echo and Johnnie excite.
ment. In all this great country pro.
duction has told the tale.
was one of the carly birds of that
country. I imbibed some Of my best
optimism in Nevada. Nevada is all
right; Montana and Colorado and lots
Of other places are all right, but in
common honesty, / feel compelled TO
acknowledge that Arizona will be the
king of them all.
When a person makes a statement Of
this kind publicly you have the right
to demand his reasons.
In giving my reasons I shall try TO
he unbiased, but il is absolutely i'm.
possible for me to keep my enthusiasm
from creeping in. Arizona IN 30 big
and so great that ] shall be compelled
to con6nc my description TO this dis.
trict, for the present, but as this sec.
tion is going 10 be the most prominent
in Arizona, IL may well be considered
representative.
i am first going to tell you about
it'll" trip took r"e"ntly, with my
friend, T. II. Finnegsn. Perhaps you
don't know Mr.. Finnegan. Well, he
is one of the finest fellows in the
world, and superintendent Of the Cal.
cite company's group Of fourteen
claims, near Salome.
The old timers Of Leadville, and
many another western mining camp,
know Finnegan, and know him well, |
md highly respect him and his judg. |
nent. had heard about the Calcite !
property. and wanted to see IL.
Mr.. Finncgan gave me cordial in. !
and attempted in no way TO
interfere with the thorough investigs.
ion ] gave II. Aud ! want TO say,
light here. that am not an expert.
am only an old prospeetor, who has
'pent most Of his life in the study Of
iod's beautiful earth, and who will.
ngiy and gladly gives to the world
lis impressions, for what they are
worth.
We left Sslome on wagon trail
hat goes to the Caleite Company's
amp, and on up through the Granite
Wash range. to the Great Northern
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country, and | have yet to prostitute
my pen to boost any private or pub
lie interest in any man $ country.
This country is my country, and you
can bet your boots, or anything else
convenient, that ! love my country too
well TO tell n lie about IT,
And, now, let's get back on the
trail again, where we left of. Let's
see, we were on the Catherine claim,
Of the Calcite group.
The Mocking Bird claim adjoins the
Catherine, and, like the Conundrum
claim, has the big vein traversing 1t.
On this claim there is a ledge that is
at least 100 feet wide, that carries sill
yer and lead, and, undoubtedly, when
development occurs, rich ore in mas
sive form, will be uncovered.
T.. A. Haggott, the well known min.
ing engineer, and associates, have
group Of claims adjoining the Calcite
company's ground. II Is called the
Banner group. On the Banner claim
well defined ledge, at least four feet
wide, cuts the great sulphide body,
that believe goes through this claim.
Mr.. Haggott should strike it rich long
before he sinks 200 feet.
I could 60 on up the gulch, and tell
you about dozens Of other good claims
we would pass on our way to the Ar.
IONA Northern, but aim going to do
IL now. I want TO come back a ways,
with you, and show you the Bee Line
claim Of the Bee Line group. This
claim is only three miles from Salome,
and is right down in the valley, and
is owned by two we'll known and most
highly respected ladies Of Salome.
They are Mrs. T.. s. Jones and a Mrs.
Bissell, formerly Of Salome, now n resi-
dent Of Los Angeles.
The Bee Line claim has a large
trachyte dyke running parallel of the
center Of the claim, and blanket out.
crop Of rich ore dips towards this
dyke. This proves the existence Of a
ledge, that in all probability accom-.
panics the intrusion Of trachyte. II
is Gne leasing proposition.
And now, we will become little
bit better acquainted, as / tell you
what I think about the geology Of this
country. l haven't got any Of the
Latin at my convenience. or / can.
not tell you about all them fossilated
faunss, or describe the pleocene, mic.
'ene, tertiary or preambrian, but
AN talk everyday common sense, and
Won't charge you very fierce price,
'ither.
/ have been examining this region
loosely, for the past three weeks, and
I strikes me, that in ages past, the
5Iarqua Hala, Harcuvar and Granite
Wash range, around Salome, was big,
Ugh mountain, way yonder bigger, in
III probability, than Vesuvius. When
second eruption occurred to disturb
Is plutonic interior, its great top was
brown off, and mixed with the molten
ava, that ran down its sides, and ,
enee melted into basalt and was car.
led, in disintegrated form, perhaps Z
lany miles away. Then the subter.
anean flow of water got into the =
rater, and raised the mischief. Ex- I
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property. past many claims, whose
wealth viii yet help 70 populate the
desert. We came 20 the Conundrum
claim Of the Calcite group, and It
seems TO me rs though / had just
awoke from q Rip Van Wrinkle dream,
10 find myself standing on an earth
composed entirely Of mineral. Here
was a great lode, porphyry and lime
stained, scarifed aud ron impregnated
vein Of mineral. that was at least COO
feet wide, and encascd with as perfect
contacts a. nature ever provided. The
vein was absolutely in place, and 20
were the cnfolding planes. The south.
and the northern contact was quartz.
tie. On the other side of the quartzi,c
was twenty feet Of volcanic lime, with
fine looking ledge cropping out here
and there. through il, and next TO the
guartzite. On the southern contact,
on the other side of the granite, was
an upraise Of another great mineral
zone Goodness knows how wide this
naturalization is, and IL extends for
miles. They can sink most anywhere
inside the 600 feet, anyhow, and strike
the sulphides in less than 100 foot
depth. | would be willing to bet
money, chalk or marbles that this is
fact. The naturalization is uniform
and general. The evidences are posi-.
tive Of fumolrolic actions, and the ac.
tion of ascending and descending
waters, which just as positively spell,
in a mineralized zone, secondary en-.
richments
Mr.. Finnegsn has established his
camp on the Catherine claim. On
this claim this monster vein is at
least 400 feet wide. They have a
shaft 100 feet deep, and are in sui
phides all the way. Al depth Of $50
feet they ran erosscut towards the
north contact. They are in thirty
feet, and within few feet Of a big
ledge. that has assured the sulphide
zone. They went through thirty solid
feet Of sulphides, and the ore now is
beginning 20 show strong Indications
Of carrying gold and ruby silver. just
think of it, 400 feet wide, by miles
long. of solid ore; and some of IL.
may be picture rock. You. who would
not enthuse over a proposition Of this |
kind, must, indeed. have n marble |
heart.
DO you know that the poor, toiling
and his ever. faithful little
friend, the patient burro, has hunted
hese places out for youi Has left |
his footsteps on a trail stained with
'riyation, toll and human bloodi. 1t
3 along this trail that the iron horses
'ollow, and the march Of civilization
,egins.
The blazer Of the pathway OF civil.
zation Is now calling on you for help.
You have needed him in the past and
'ou will need him in the future.
This is not wfid eat country. The
mineral is here. Come in, and help to
'evelop II, or you will energetically
% the kicking act in less than another
ear. Some years ago, was in Beau.
,ont. Texas. Long before they struck
II, found indications of 1t, AZ well
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-06-02
WEALTH OF SALOME DISTRICT
Written by L. % the JomaM

plosion after explosion occurred, and
vents and veins, and assures and big
gaps were created in the twinkling OF
an eye. The heavily charged mineral
solutions arose and fell in these out
let's of dynamic force, and they boiled
and fumed. and Kissed and sizzled,
and while all this was going on, the
metallic values were precipitating in
the volcanic mud, and the mineral
ashes, and the iron ochres, and In any.
thing that had precipitant present.
And. after while, these vacuums be.
came filed, and the fires died down,
and the waters cooled of, and the ores
settled back, and Gods grand work
was complete. The intrusions that &C.
companied these explosions naturally
occurred on the outer volcanic rim, AZ
the volcanic force kept the center clear
Of mineral deposition, except at great
depth. These intrusions and these g.
sures are plainly seen, all around Sa.
lone, today. But after the volcano
stopped emitting, the chances ere,
ten to one, that the slopes OF the inoun-
tain were covered with volcanic tufa,
mineral ashes and malapais. This has
all eroded, and gone away with the at.
mospheric action Of the ages. The
plutonic, or slowly cooled, area, IL thus
exposed. This is the easiest country
on earth to prospect in, and there's
lots Of show yet to get good claims.
To any young man who is physically
able to do so, 1 would advise him 10
come to this country at once. Don't
come broke. A fellow is up again It,
anywhere on earth, except when he's
dead or at home, when he's broke; but
come with enough money to buy some
burros, a six.months' grub stake, and
a glad smile. Don't drink anything
stronger than water, and don't stop by
a water hole, all summer Put your
shoulder to the wheel, act square, and
you II be all right. The old timers Of
the border could tell lots Of you young
fellows how true my advice is.
You will meet them, IL you come.
Every one Of them was once q tender.
foot. They all will give you the true
hand Of fellowship, II you enter into
the spirit Of their lives. Help others
to help themselves is their motto, and
the one that does ii is the recipient OF
loving attention in the hour Of sick.
ness peril, or death. -
The greatest little big man in this
whole country is Albert Alser. He Is
The discoverer Of the great Arizona
Northern. He has tasted the bitter
sweets Of life, and through IL all, his
head is just as high, his purpose in
life just as firmly fixed, his sense Of
honor just as great, as when he Art
nit the trail. This man will greet
you, when you come in, and will do his
pest to help put you wise.
Mr.. Alger is a very happy man, to.
light. He made recent trip to
phoenix to escort a dearly loved sister
ut to Salome. She came all the way
rom Colorado to join him, and the
amp Is proud to do her honor, and
ave already adopted her, ms Alger al
eady belongs to them, and it's all In
he family.
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~ gas. I tried to get help to sink
a well, from local people. | was good
uaturedly laughed at. Nobody be
lieved there was oil, outside Of Penn
sylvania. You know all about wha,
Beaumont has done since then: bu,
the local capital got in, on the very
tail end
Don't you, my good friends Of Ari.
IONA. make the mistake my Texas
friends did. Your time is limited. In
another year, you can't get a smell
TO use slang phraseology) in this
country. Now's the time. The living
present. Procrastination will steal
your opportunity.
Remember, that this is not the only
enormous ore body that lays around
this God blessed town. I haven't told
you anything about the Cobrslla group,
the Anita, the Ultimatum group, or
the Yuma Copper company's claims.
Some old day, when we have more
time and space. ] am going to take you
plumb through this district with me,
and ] am certain that when we get
through, you will be glad you are a
citizen Of the United States, and
more glad that you live in Arizona.
and have a chance to grow up with 1t.
Horace Greeley knew what he was
talking about when he said "Boys, 20
west, and grow up with the country"
You will have to get a hustle on you
now, IL you keep up with the process.
sion.
In the Harqua HAAS, only five or
six miles from Salome, in the Harcu.
vars, only seven OF eight miles from
Salome, and in the Granite Wash
range, only four or five miles from
Salome, strike after strike is being
made. Good strikes. Strikes that
will stand examination. What are you
fellows on the outside doingi Are
you asleep, YETI The boom is on for
good. now, in this country. A boom
that has merit at the base Of its
foundation.
All the old mines in this section are
work again. Innumerabic
projects are on foot, for permanent
work, throughout the district. DO you
know what this meansf II means lots
of new jobs created; work for thous-
ands Of unemployed. The production
Of this country is as sure as daylight.
Mills and smelters will. of necessity. !
be built, and Denver, Butte, Pueblo,
and dozen other cities that have !
arisen in their might by the support |
II the mining country, will indeed
ook small in the next twenty-five ,
years. as compared 10 the big city of |
Salome. II cannot help but grow.
IT'S only few houses now. But little
accommodation Is here for strangers.
Each one il waiting for the other one
% start building. But all this will
'hange. Once IL starts building, moth.
ng can stop II. whyf Because the
mines are here, and there's plenty Of
rood water and railroad facilities.
These three things make a combination
o strong that it speaks for itself.
i have the absolute rectitude Of my
wn conscience for every statement I
ave ever made, while writing up a
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Dandy Time.

There has been another good old
fashion picnic at the Frank Bowers
sugar camp on North river.
The ladies prepared the dinner
for ninety and the men caught
was it with silver hooks enough
fish to satisfy the health appetite
of all. Some of the catfish meas
ured thirty inches in length and
the bass was the largest caught
this season.
They do say: When it comes to
eating, F. Baldwin, w. H. Lilly and
Fritz Kline took the cake and sWal-
lowed the fifteen gallons of lemon
ade and had their share of the ice
cream. Mr.. Glenn, manager of the
ceremonies, was perfection persoai-
fled and Will Baldwin did the funny
part.
And every one present is even
now preparing for a return of the
fun next year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
A Race Meet.

In addition to their regular fair
this year, Shelbina will hold a Race
meet July 21-22-23. To add to the
occasion, they have arranged a
game of baseball each morning with
their old rivals, Macon, Monroe and
Paris. These games will be played
in the order given and will no doubt
draw large crowd, as the interest
among these towns is at white heat.
Between these teams one sees as
good class of ball as among the
minor leagues.
To complete each days enter
tainment, the Novinger Band will
give a concert each evening in the
park. The concerts given by this
band consist of high class operatic
music and are really fine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Atwoo od-Monteomery.

Albert H. Montgomery and Miss
Edwine Atwood were married We'd
nesday of last week in Denver,
Colo.
The bride has visited this city and
is highly respected here. And AL
bert, he was reared here, every one
knows him as a gentleman, and it
would be hard to find adjectives too
strong to compliment his true
worth as a man.
May the summer time of youth
and love bloom perpetually for
them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Liehtnine'S Work.

Early Monday morning Will and
John Collar who reside on the H. A.
McClintic farm were going to the
barn, Will carrying an umbrella
and John possibly one hundred feet
in the lead when a flash of natures
distilled lightning struck the UNI
brella and threw it some fifty feet
and shocked the holder of it so he
fell to his knees. The same flash
struck the brother and hurled him
to the ground and caused him to be
unconscious for several hours. DR..
McNutt thinks his recovery will be
complete.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Brush Creek Picnic.

The DEMOCRAT has gotten out
the bills for the Brush Creek annu-
al picnic which will be held Thurs
day, July 20, 1909
A picnic at Brush Creek means a
Missouri time and that is next to
heaven, for there you will find dane
ing and pretty girls, the best picnic
dinner on earth and lovely matrons
and girls to serve it. And then
there is Ball of Montgomery City,
Allison of New London, Hays of
Hannibal and Whitecotton of Paris,
to weave the oratorical wreaths.
Oh my, but the dancing platform,
music and games. The Monroe So
dality Band will be there.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08

and children moved to this state in
1885 and settled on what is known
as the Holmes" place, two and a
half miles southwest of HunnewelI.
Here they lived happily until
in 1889, when death entered the
home and took the husband and
father. In 1841 she married James
Herndon and moved to his farm
near Florida.
Being left a widow the second
time in 1855 she went back to the.
old homestead near Hunnewell
She came to this city with her
daughter, with whom she lived un-
til the death of DR.. Goodier. She
then went to make her home with
her son, two miles west of this city,
at which place she departed this
life July 3, 1909.
Early in life she united with the
M. E. Church, South, of which she
lived consistent member until the
time of her death. Besides her
children, grand children, great grand
children and great, great grand
children, she leaves a sister, Mrs.
Price cf HunneweIl, and a host of
friends to mourn for her.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist Church Sunday af-
ternoOn by Rev. NJ. F. Grove, assist
ed by Rev. 7. Penn of this place
and Rev. Boyd of Shelbina. ~
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Jurors.

The following jurors have been
drawn for the August term of Mon
roe Co., Circuit Court:
Washington: Ike w. Caldwell Sr.
Glen Hardesty.
Clay: Danny RagSdale, Marvill
Harrison.
Marion: Frank Houchins, VIM.
Orr.
Union: Ad West, Samuel Ball.
Indian Creek: Vim. Finnigan.
Monroe: W. f. Shearman, En-
mitt Yowell.
Jackson: Geo. Moss, C. T. C.
White, Jonas Scobee, Vim. johnson,
Jas. Force, Sam Cunningham.
South Fork: Geo. Wallerson. Lafe
Heckarr.
Jefferson: Leslie Crigler, Thos.
Bishop, j. W. McCreary.
Woodlawn: John Roberts, Ferd
Wedding.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Ball Park.

The Amusement Park stock, of
which the major portion was beld
by H. c. Null has been sold to M.
c. Hawkins and Rolla Armstrong.
The lease is to run three years
and there was SIS unpaid on first
year. The gentlemen assumed the
Indebtedness and paid $50 cash.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-07-08
Herndon.

Emily Parker Cox was born in
Lynchbure, Va, Oct. S, 1912. She
was married to Amasa Holmes in
1927. To this union four children
were born, two of whom survive
her, H. j. Holmes of near this city
and Mrs. Martha GOodier, of Louis
vile. Ky. She with her husband