Arizona republican., 1909-06-29
IA. |. COUNTRY NEVER BUS|ER More Work Going On Than
 Ever Before ..R- ,,- IN SPITE OF SUMMER
There Are Not, However, So Many Loafers In the Country as There Will Be When the Weather Gets Cooler.

i Winchester, Ariz.. June 2S.-(Spe- cial correspondence of the Re publican.) While reports seem to ! have gone out that all mining oper- ations in the desert country are now at d stand still for the summer, nevertheless as d matter of fact, the opposite is the real status of affairs, particularly in this immediate dis trict. The Winchester and Vicks- burg district are Nnore active today than ever before in the history of the country. More men are actually working underground than ever be- fore, either summer or winter and more properties are being developed. To prove this one has but to look about for the facts. In the first place there are now two good gener- al merchandise stores at Vicksburg and one at Winchester all doing q good business. Until a short time ago there never had been store closer than Salome or Rouse, with the exception of a small commis- sary operated by the Brayton Com mercial company several years ago at Vicksburg. The station receipts. bblll Gdf'1tliStAS anu AAIASlAN dN ANho- burg, are greater for the month of June than for any other month in the history of Vicksburg It is true the district is short on lOafers. What loafers there were have gone to the hills in the northern part of the territory and have left the workers in charge of the district.
 However, it can be said that the influx of prospectOrs and grub stalk CTS into the district is not large and will not be until this coming fall, when it is expected there will be 6 very large number of people from all parts of the country come into the district, not only this district but the entire country along the Ari- zona & California railroad, will be well filled with mining men of all classes. The country is mighty well thought of in all sections of the country and thousands of people have stated that they will visit the desert country, as it is called, next fall and winter.
 It would be idle talk to say that the weather is not hot or has not been hot for the past ten days, but it is a safe guess to state that ac- cording to the press dispatches the weather in the A. X C. country has been more pleasant than in most parts of the United States. Heat prostrations are unknown in this country and the weather is far from being unbearable, in fact, with the exception of two or three hours in the afternoon the weather is consid- cred quite pleasant. Men working in the various mines are not suffering from the heat All the shafts and tunnels which are far enough under ground to be shady are being worked as comfortably now as in the winter time and the camps which have talk en the due precaution to provide suitable sleeping quarters for their men to sleep during the day time are having no trouble at all in keeping their men at work and getting as much work during the eight hours as could be gotten at any other sea son of the year. Of course where no other provision has been made for cool quarters. sleeping during the hot part of the day is very nearly inn possible. and those camps have to be content with one shift per day
 Anaconda Develops Good Ore.
 Development work on the Anacon- da is progressing as rapidly as pos sible. The shaft is now down about twenty feet with two shifts working every day. The rich vein is holding it's own in size and gaining in rich ness. An excellent ore shoot has just been opened up in the bottom of the shaft showing high grade gold and silver ore running very rich in galena. The pay streak is about three feet wide and dipping nearly straight down following a basalt dyke for q foot wall.
 Big Horn Keeps Up Steady Work.
 w. G. Leftwich of Phoenix, who has charge of the development work on the Big Horn property near Win chester is now in camp and states that they will keep a small force of men working all summer doing pros pectng and development work and that in the early fall they will put a good force of miners to work sink ing two or three deep shafts on the most likely places on the property. The summers work will consist en- tirely in prospecting. the property with small holes to find the most available lodges of ore. Tom Morris, formerly superintendent of the prop erty has resigned and for the present the property will be in charge of MT. Leftwich and the men will work un- der the direction of a foreman.
 Other Properties.
 The Stafford mine is working a full force of men as usual. The Yuma Copper company is working large force of men and are developing in several places. The Midnight is con- tinuing development. G. w. Read is