The border vidette., 1912-09-07
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

The Ajo district is full O
 pro>pectors and many claim:
 are being developed, both by in
 dividuals, and by mining compa
 ries who ale opening up explo ratiOnS. So marked is the acti
 vlty, that a store has beer
 stablished in the district witl Willard Wright of Tucson ir charge as manager.
 Ore of good quality is being taken from the Bland mine in the
 Santa Rita mountains by T. E.
 Heck, Frank Reichert, and w.
 T. Powers. Work is being push
 ed on a tunnel which is to be 75C
 feet long. It is now in the hill
 335 feet. For POO feet the operat-
 OTIS have taken out good ore,
 which it is said will pay we'll for
 concentrating.
 A good pay streak of high
 grade copper is being worked on
 by Tom Frazer of Tucson at the
 property of the Royal Blue mine in the Santa Ritas. A tunnel has been cut into the property, and this is being extended to cut under a shaft 40 feet deep. Fraser intends to tap the shaft, drain off the water, and then mine the ore for shipment.
 Tom Mapleton and H. H. Sikes have located the Hard Scrable mining claim, situated at the old abandoned town of Pinal, under the shadow of Picket Post mountain, 25 miles northeast of Florence. The old Silver King mill was located at this point and when the same was in operation Pinal was a lively burg having over GOO population--Blade.
 Frank Reichert has relocated the Trenton mine in the Santa Rita mountains for which he was caretaker for several years, re- ceiving no pay in the meantime, it is alleged. Associated with him is James M. Gillingham, of BoS- tOn A shaft has been sunk to 9epth of 100 feet and a hoist and constitute h plant. Quite an ore body is said to have been developed.
 The sewer was completed to the prison this week, and will be placed in commission at once. A little more work will be necessary on the levy, between the town and the river, but this can be done without interfering with Inc 01an,,o of thn soon as the pipe and fixtures ar rive, all business houses should connect up with the sewer as a measure. - Florence Blade.
 It is stated in Tucson that the Pioneer Shelter has closed a contract for all the ore mined rom the Austerlitz mine in the Oro BlancO district, and will thus nave all the ore that the smelter ,an handle. It is also stated hat another unit is to be added l o the Shelter to take care of it's | increased business. The ore from | he Austerlitz, which $50 head | ,f draft animals have been haul |
 lg to the shipping station of | Amadoville, has been going to he El PaSO Smelter.
 Splendid oil indications are l oeing shown in the Whetstone | district in Pima county, and the nen who are connected with the york of drilling are said to be 7ery enthusiastic over the out ook. A company is now at york putting down a drill hole lear Camille and has encounter d a very encouraging formation, coal, much oil shale nd sandstone. The depth of he well was not mentioned. The oil outfit is working quietly nd little publicity has attended heir work.
 The small registration in Co., hise county this year is the of all officials. With ! everal thousand more voters in he county since the 1910 regis yet the registration is 'ver 300 less, and the returns" t no time since the books were opened have been brisk. The nost plausible reason is that re ,iStratiOn officers are not making ny great effort to have the citi- ems step in and register. Under he new salary system justices re not allowed the 20 cents per lame heretofore epaid-PrOSDect-