Weekly journal-miner., 1919-12-10


 Reno. Nevada. to present the prop l erty to associates, and it is believed a deal will be consummated.
 (From Saturdays Daily) Comes to Visit.
 Mrs. J. L. Leavell, of Walnut creek, is in the city to visit for few days with friends. t- Visiting Friends.
 Mrs. George Woodling and child, of Mayer, are in the city for short visit with friends =. Leaves For Winter.
 Mrs. A. (. Gilmore lewt yesterday for Los Angeles to remain away for the winter visiting with friends. Business Trip.
 Mrs. J. B. McNally left yesterday for Jerome, where she is called on business matters, and also will visit with friends.
 Mayer Here From Mayer.
 w. ]. Mayer, merchant and mining man of Mayer, visited the city yester- day reporting the town as thrifty, due to mining activity adjacent. Back From Phoenix.
 Thomas Colwell, an attache of the express office in this city, has re- turned from Phoenix after an absence of a few days on business. Oregon Visitors.
 MT. and Mrs. Paul C. Woodin, of Sunnyside, Washington, are recent arrivals in the city, coming to spend the winter, and possibly may remain longer
 To the Coast.
 Mrs. Morris Goldwater and daugh- ter, Miss Olive Fisher, have gone to Los Angeles, to be away for the win ter visiting with relatives and friends Leaves For Yuma.
 Mrs Ed. Marquis left yesterday for Yuma, to join her husband, formerly an electrician with Vyne Bros. of this city, to remain away for the winter, expecting to return in the spring. Mining Handicapped.
 F. A. Fletcher, in the city from Turkey creek, states the flood waters along that stream last week and the heavy rains to fall at all camps has disturbed operations, and production has been curtailed. The high price of silver has stimulated mining and gen eral results are gratifying. Hobbies Into Town.
 (. Benjamin Hays, head of the Last Chance Mining Co.,, near Walk CT, motored to town yesterday in his 80-horse power car, making the trip of 12 miles in three and one-half hours. his wife and baby accompany ing him. He said: There are no roads and one has to pick his way by landmarks"
 Lively Camp.
 Frank Thornton, president of the Big Bug Copper Co.,, was a brief bus mess visitor on Thursday, reporting three shifts at work and determina- tions at a depth of 225 feet, the deep est point reached, were better than at any time since development start ed. Meteorological conditions are changing and a better grade of sul- phide ore is being exposed. --. A Where It Is Cold.
 C. L. Garder is in the city from Red Lakes, in the northern section of Minnesota, and is en route to Red lands, California, for the winter, to join his wife. He leaves today for Jerome, for a brief visit with a son, and stated the temperature in his home section was Standing pat" at about 70 below zero.
 Lucky Soldier.
 Phil L. Abingdon, a miner well known in this section, passed through yesterday for Swansea, in which field he has mining interests, and comes from St. Paul, Minnesota. He served overseas and escaped injury, although e per cent of his company were either killed, wounded or died from disease. He had been visiting with relatives since mustered out of the service over six months ago. Buy More Land.
 Coburn Bros. Cattle Co. has pur- chased from Mir. and Mrs. Granville Fain a tract of about 40 acres of inn proved land in the Bloody Basin sec ton, the deed of $9000 being recorded yesterday. The above firm is ex- banding in its land holdings, this be ing the third transaction closed in less than a month in this line, aggre- gating over $20,000.
 Back to Poppy Land.
 Spinach" one of the early-day Chinese arrivals in this community, left few days ago for his home in the fowery kingdom, saying: What's the matter now, no drinkee, no spor- tee any more, and pretty soon no smokee." He is getting old and had been in Prescott for over 42 years, i'll all that time having never been out side the city limits. His wife is over there
 Comes By Train.
 Lester V. McGarry, a mining man of Pinal county, who had been in the Black Canyon field for the past ten days making examinations, arrived by -rrain on Thursday night from Mayer He left his automobile in the mud out of Cordes, and stated yesterday it felt good to hit the trail