The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

March 5-7-Annual Convention Ari-
zona Cattle Growers Association at
Globe.
Many cattle are being shipped from
Wilcox.
Tempe cotton growers are being Of
fered forty cents a pound for long
staple Egyptian cotton.
The people of Jerome are unanimous
in their demand for a shorter, better
road to Prescott, the county seat.
Plans for the establishment of an
aeroplane factory and school of aero
nautics at Phoenix are being consid
cred.
The next annual convention of the
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
will be held in Globe on March 5, 6
and Z.
The Oatman Coalition will start ac-
tive development of it's property in
the southern part of the district dur
ing the coming month.
Twenty-Five companies filed their
articles of incorporation with the Ari-
IONA Corporation Commission during
the week ending Oct. %.
Preparation for the installation OF
three new Diesel Oil engines at the
power plant of the Miami Copper
Company is now under way.
Baird Stone, young man employed
at the Jerome Verde, was killed by
falling from the collar to the 500-foot.
level of the Jerome Verde shaft.
That the Tom Reed Gold Mines
Company will soon begin the erection
of a 5OO-ton mill is the report that is
going the rounds in mining circles OF
the Oatman camp.
A 100000 damage suit was filed
against the Arizona Hercules Copper
Company at Phoenix by F. A. Delga-
do, administrator of the estate of Joe
DelgadO, deceased.
Eleven men, all residents of Tucson,
were arrested at Tucson by federal au-
thorities on charges of being impli-
Gated in a plot to furnish arms ano
ammunition to revolutionists in Mex
leo.
A concentrating plant for treatment
of the ores of the Wandering Jew
and Royal Blue mines, in the
Tyndall district, was received in Pat
agonia and freighted out to the prop
erty.
Plans for the construction of 200
ton reduction plant for custom pur-
poses are being considered by owners
of the Silver Hill mine acting in con-
junction with a committee of Chloride
business men.
Prohibition has caused a scarcity OF
labor in the prison camps and it is
probable that one of the camps will be
abandoned, according to the report OF
the state engineer to the state high
way commission.
Churn drilling operations at the
property of the Arizona Ray Copper
Company have penetrated the dacite
Gaping and are now in oxydized
schist, the formation which carries
disseminated ore in that district.
Numerous stringers have been cut
at the Crescent mine at Oatman re-
Gently, and the management is of the
opinion that the vein will soon be re-
vealed. Samples taken from the
stringers gave values of So per ton.
Henry E. Aplustell, shift boss at the
United Verde mine, in charge of all
levels below the 1900, was killed at
Jerome by falling down No. shaft.
He fell from the 1850 to the 1900 and
landed on top of the cage. His body
was horribly mangled and death was
instantaneous.
At the conclusion of the prelimin-
ary negotiations at Globe, arrange
ments were made to have two min
ing engineers, representing syndi-
cate Of Oklahoma oil men, investigate
the property of the Cypress Queen
Mining Company in the Twin Buttes
district, near Tucson.
Postoffice receipts at Tucson for
the month of October, 1916, show a
decided increase over the same month
in 1915, according to figures made
public by AL Roshe, assistant postmas-
ter. In October, 1915, the total re-
ceipts were $4,825.64, while in Octo-
ber, 1916, the receipts were $6,245.17,
an increase of $1,419.53.
Recent discoveries in Oatman are of
rich ore, and are taken by the own
ers of properties there to mean that
The deeper the mines are sunk the
greater is the value. The Tom Reed
mine, which is one of the largest in
the district, has reported good strikes
in lower levels, but the management
has not made public the full particu-
lars. Recent discoveries in the Nellie
tunnel are also reported to be of rich
ore.
The. flag of the historic frigate
"Constitution" will be placed on ex-
hibitiOn in the rOtunda of the state