Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-18

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 Business Trip.
 i MT. and Mrs. George Day are 1T the city from Phoenix to remain fer a brief visit the former coming or ! business, having been interested 1T cattle raising for few years in the Black Hills country.
 Quiet Country.
 Constable ]. s. Speer, of CamT i Verde. is in the city on official busi- ness, and reports his jurisdiction as very tame in criminal doings. but there is abundant war talk as many ] will register under the new draft or der
 Mining Man Here.
 Thos. l. Sparks, who operates in mining in all sections of the state, was visitor during the week from Mo- have county, and left yesterday for the south. He returns in a few days 10 Prescott. and intimated a deal may soon be closed in this section.
 Mayer Visitor.
 Fritz Mlttendorf, who has mining and farming interests near Mayer, was a visitor during the week, and reports ;he country in fine shape in- dustrially. more mines operating at present than at any time in recent years.
 From the Camp.
 H1-:rI;- n;,,.. fo,- many 1-narc dey1rIoD- ing copper on the western slope of the Black Hills near Davis siding, IS in the city on a supply buying trip. and will continue work during the winter. Interested with him is Char les Bowers, of Phoenix, who is now at the camp. Mir. Dine is preparing 10 present the property to investors, and is sanguinc over sale being con summated after certain exploration is completed.
 Fortune in Action.
 Mir. and Mrs. O. o. Ardrey were visitors yesterday from Providence, and reported the Fortune under the management as actively developing, and determinations reported as satis> factory. Edward Tieke is general man. ager. and under his direction good progress :s being made in sinking a new shaft from the tunnel level. Range Arrivals.
 ]. H. Reeves. the rangeman who makes his headquarters at Cienega, near Camp Verde. motored to the city yesterday on business, reporting the cattle situation as excellent. M. w.. Stewart, another rangcman of the Mayer section, was also in the city yesterday and gave a favorable re- port of -his business.
 Returning Home.
 Mir. and Mrs Franklin Deere, with a party of three friends, are in the city to remain until this evening when they will return to Sacaton, Mariposa county, after being in the north since last July. Mir Deere several years ago resided in Prescott when he fol- lowed his trade as a locksmith. He is now engaged in farming.
 Back From East.
 Col. I. C. Rankin is again in the city from Chicago to look over his mining interests in this section and Mohave county. He brings word that eastern people are preparing to come west with large capital for mining m vestment, and there is now no doubt but what the industry is getting shap- ed up for some big movements at an early date.
 Coast Visitor.
 C. E. Howells. of Placerville, Cal, is recent arrival and comes to in- vestigate placer mining conditions throughout the country. He leaves later for Walnut Grove, where this industry has attractive possibilities. which have been presented his syndi- cate, which is carrying on dredge operations at different points in that state. The Mayer field is also to be looked over. Jeromites Pleased.
 Charles Sauer. the Jerome contrac- tor who arrived yesterday, en route to Phoenix. states news from Wash ington which designates the project ed short line wagon road from Pres colt to Jerome in being classed as military and commercial necessity was received with exclamation throughout the above country and the final disposition of the question is expected to result in construction be- ginning at once. Favorable federal action as announced was anticipated, and there is rejoicing accbrdingly that the blockade by the state has baa, o,-ercOme at last