Weekly journal-miner., 1916-05-31
City Ne,Us In Brief

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 Verde Visitor
 C. (. Galloway, large rancher of Verde valley was an arrival yester- day on business visit.
 To the Springs.
 Mrs Jennie Paul. manager of Linn hotel, left Tuesday for Elsinore hot springs, Cal, for the benefit of her health.
 Locates In Los Angeles.
 Dr. A. J. Murietta. until recently surgeon to the United Verde Copper Co.,, has left Jerome, and is now To- cated i1 Los Angeles practising ais profession as surgeon.
 Mining Business.
 P. NJ. Jewett. who is interested in the Witcnita Placer Co.,, or Lynx creek. was an arrival during the week from Phoenix on an inspection trip, returning home yesterday.
 Range Visitor
 Clyde Douglas a rangeman of the Turkey country, was as arrival yes terday, and returns home today in an auto, buying a Ford yesterday from the Hill Hardware Comnay.
 Come For Summer
 Mir. and Mrs. F. A. Reid were brief visitors on Tuesday, arriving from Phoenix. They are en route to Selig- man for the Summer. They had been spending the Winter in the south. Health Restored.
 Mrs. Thomas Koontz. who has re- covered from appendicitis, after be ing operated upon at Los Angeles. is to return here this week Hc- moth CT. Mrs. ]. H. Stephens, left for that city yesterday to accompany her home.
 Pioneer Visitor
 Judge Geo. w. Hance, Of Camp Verde, a well known pioneer resident. was an arrival yesterday and IS clos ing up cattle deal. He reports a favorable season as approaching the farming element, in the biggest fruit and other crops known in many years as assured. Visiting the Coast.
 Major W. w. Midgley, of the Va linda Rancho. in Williamson valley, left yesterday for Pomona. Cal, his former home to visit with his wife and family for a few weeks. He stated that later he will build a resi- dence in this city. His wife will ac company him here on the return trip. Visiting Old Home.
 The many friends in Prescott oi Allan and Brodie Campbell, sons of MT. and Mrs. Thos. E. Campbell, will be interested to learn of their arrival from Phoenix yesterday to remain for an extended visit at the old home. They are with their grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Daniel Campbell. Douglas Returns
 James S Douglas. president of the l United Verde Extension Mining Co.,, arrived yesterday in auto from Doug 1 las. en route to the Little Daisy on | his customary inspection trip. It is quite probable this prominently | known copper operator will make the i north his principal place of residence for several months to come. Miners Return.
 Calvin Hoode and George James, | miners who had been on the desert | prospecting for sheelite in Yuma i county, returned few days ago, and stated that a small strike had bee> i made, but the grade was of low per centage. The reports they received | which occasioned them to go to a | certain locality, were found to have been exaggerated. Both return to the desert next Winter. however, to work new gold claim they located Business Trip.
 T. ]. Sparks. IT., with the company operating the Boehm copper mines of Copper Basin, was an arrival Tues day night on a business trip. report ing shaft sinking as going ahead at two points on the group. Other ar rivals from that field yesterday after noon reported the original shaft as entering the sulphide zone at a depth i of less than l50 feet. The Boehm holdings are situated in the same belt as the Commercial and the Loma Prieta, adjoining both.
 Major Pickrell Returns
 After an absence of several weeks on the coast, Major A. J. Pickrell ill charge of the affairs in this field of i the Commercial Mining Company has returned from Los Angeles, on a brief business trip. He will visit Copper Basin today, and later in the week leaves again for the coast to be away for a few days only on business matters. After his return an import ant movement is under consideration affecting the Copper Basin holdings, with which he expressed himself yes terday as satisfied from development given and production made during his absence. His coast trip was for recreation and to enjoy his first vac ation in many years.