The Benson signal., 1917-01-20

County officers In Greenlee county
are seeking a salary raise.
Three Mexicans were arrested at
Chandler for stealing hay.
Williams people are planning on
making that town a summer resort.
There is an increase Of 100 at the
Chandler schools over the same time
| last year.
The zinc mining and zinc smelling
industries experienced a year of pros
perity in 1916.
Jim Garrett, an employe of the Cop
per Belle mine at Gleason, was in
| jured in sixteen-foot fall.
1t was reported that firewood was
worth ten cents pound in Oatman.
during the recent fuel shortage.
Arizona's share of the million dollar
federal government, will be $58,604 in
1917.
The Lookout holdings, near Pres
| colt, are being put In shape for the
working Of large force of men before
spring.
The high price of copper is respon-
sible for the present shortage of coal
in Arizona, according to w. s. Colds
worthy of Phoenix.
A large force of men is at work
building 500 feet of track for the mine
cars at the property of the Ray
Broken Hill Mining Company, mile
south of Ray.
Three shifts of men have been put
to work sinking the shaft at the Mag
ma Chief mine, mile north of Su-
perior, and adjacent to the famous
Magma property.
For the purpose of developing the
French Lily property near Turkey
creek, Los Angeles operators have or
ganized the Lily Mining Company and
will begin development.
The Critic mine in the Wickenburg
district is being worked by several
sub-leasers who are shipping about
two cars per week. The cars are net
ting around $4,000 each.
Placing liquor in safes of the type
usually used as receptacles for money
and other valuables will afford it no
protection, according to County Attor
ney John F. Ross of Douglas.
A careful observation of the ore
bodies of Magma mine and other pro-
ducing properties in the Superior dis
trict reveals pyramidal formation of
the mineralized zone, the ore bodies
broadening as depth is attained.
Yavapai county rounded out last
year and entered on the current year
with more mines operating, with more
mills running, with more miners work
ing and with general business in a
more fluorishing condition than ever
before.
Yavapai county broke all previous
records for mining locations in 1916.
During the year no less than $500
lode and placer claim locations were
filed with the county recorder The
water right and millsite locations
reached 300.
The Desert Mining and Develop
ment Company, financed by Jerome
capital and located in Cunningham
Pass about ten miles north Of Wen
den, has cut it's large ore body at the
300-foot level. The ore at this point
is thirty feet wide.
Advices from Boston are that sew
eral capitalists of that city have fully
financed the Jerome Del Monte Cop
per Company, recently formed for the
purpose of developing the Monster
Extension group of 80 claims, east of
the Haskell ranch.
That Phoenix may have a branch Of
the government biophysical laboratory
maintained at Riverside, Cal, and
Is the news received in letter from
A. w. Morrill,, state entomologist, by
the chamber of commerce
Approximate estimates of the total
output OF copper from the smelters of
the Copper Queen Consolidated Min
ing Company and the Calumet & Ariz-
ona Mining Company, situated at
Douglas, show that 271 100000 pounds
were turned out during 1916.
All officers of the national guard of
Arizona who are now on the unas-
signed or reserve list and who have
not yet taken the federal service oath
will be required to take same before
Jan. 20, or they will be dropped from
the list of officers of the national
guard, according to an order sent out
by Adjutant General Harris, of the
state militia.
One of the most important plans of
the Arizona State Bureau of Mines is
to conduct legislative research bu-
reau for laws relating to mining, both
state and federal, in conjunction with
the department of legislative research