Arizona republican., 1909-02-11
THE
 BEAUTIFUL Shortly to Become a Flower
 Garden in the Desert HARQuA HALA DAM PROJECT Though an Agricultural En- terprise it Means Much to the Many Big Mines Near by--News of Mine Devel- opment.

Salome, Ariz., Feb. S.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican.J-Th work on the Ultimatum group. nine miles north of here, and which was re- gently bonded by the Alvin Develop ment company. a syndicate composed principally of Houghton, Mich. men is progressing very well. The manage ment intends to conduct a very exten- sive prospecting campaign in the near future and thorough system of core drill holes will be put down. Water is also to be developed by this means. Heaton Wright of New Haven, Conn. is general manager with his office in tbfs town.
 / car load of machinery for the Harqua Hala Development arrived here recently and was hauled out to the damsite by McEntee brothers. The shipment included boiler and engine as we'll as drums and cables to replace the smaller equipment which has been in use heretofore. Numerous parties from Phoenix and elsewhere visit the work and the beautiful valley which is to be irrigated. and all return great ly pleased with the prospect c. T. Bonney of Phoenix. and Fred Christen are in active charge of the work. The mining men in this section are greatly interested in this project as ranch ing legion. only seren miles away will mean cheaper living and cheaper horse feed. vtE
 E. c. Norris, the3NelI known mining man, formerly of Colorado, Utah, Ne vada and every other mining state in the west, has been making Salome his headquarters while making a careful study of the resources of the region roundabout. Mir. Norris is most en- thusiastic about thess mineral properties around here. In an interview, he stated that every trip he took impress ed him more and more and that, as he hadn't seen half the country yet. that it must be truly Wonderful region for mining.
 E. A. Haggott. the well known min ing engineer of Los, Angeles is making his field headquarters here in Salome as is his custom Mir. Haggott's inter ests in this region are very extensive. He is understood Ito be the leading spirit in the company which took over the well known Lind Griffen group of the Ironwood and Arizona company. MT. Haggott has done a lot of develop ment work on properties under his control few miles south of here this winter. in addition. The Lind -Griffen group, or as it is locally known, the 70 & A. is located about twelve miles west of Salome in the Harcuvar noun tains. The geological features are very impressive, the ore bearing bodies out cropping in an enormous lime reef in one case and in a big and striking looking iron capping on the ledge fur ther east. It is understood that Mir. Haggott recently bonded this property to Michigan capitalists, represented by Samuel Brady.
 The Harqua Hala company work is progressing under the capable direc- tion of Barney Quinn An extensive development campaign is being con- ducted at the Bonanza mine of the company, nine miles south of here and pending that, very little other work is going on there. c. P. Lee, secretary of the company returned last week from Ironwood, Mich, where he has been in consultation with other offices of the company for the past few months.
 The local assay office, conducted by Edwin Pepper. formerly assayer at the San Marcos and the Harqua Hala, is doing a thriving business these days. MT. Pepper is the only assayer on the line between Parker and Wickenburg and that fact, as well as his reputa- tion. gained in his two years work ;,,+ h ic chO htrc indeed.
 Dick Wick Hall, whose garden is one of the show places on the A. & C., celebrated Arbor day by planting an additional forty rose bushes, mostly American beauties. All who were in Salome last summer sincerely hope that MT. Hall isn't going to forget to raise another big crop of watermelons as last summers crop was certainly a hummer and the melons were mighty fine ones. too.
 Miss Kenyon, the popular postmis- tress here, is keeping very busy in her spare moments working in her big flower garden. Miss Kenyon had a system of sub soil irrigation put in this winter, and her garden should soon be in fine condition and add it's cheerfulness to the desert, also.
 The McEntee Bros. corral is working overtime these days hauling people to the numerous prospects in the region and down to the damsite. The Nc Entees has the controlling interest in some very valuable mining property themselves, and will soon have addi tional forces working on them.
 Leon Jones, the popular manager of the Brayton Commercial company store here, gave a barn dance here re- gently. In addition to numerous Wen denites who came up in automobiles and wagons were present Miss Dill, Mrs. and Miss Richardson, Mrs. E. Pepper, Clifton Hall and others of Sa- lome.
 A very important young man these days is Bill Pepper, the ten weeks old