Arizona republican., 1920-09-12
ABOUT THE STATE
Mininq Claims to De Changed

Mining Claims to be Charged
 DOUGLA AS-Thc stroke or the clock at midnight December 3l, will release about 25 Der cent. if not more, of the mining claims in the state, including Cochise county, because of the re- to do assessment work thls year. before midnight December 3l. For nearly four years assessment work has been ehminateI by act of congress, owing to the war. This year there has been no elimination and it will be nee essary under the law of the state to do S1Oo worth of work on each and every claim, or $10O worth for each claim in a group.
 During the last three or four years. prospectors and locators, tempted by the permit to file notices to hold and withhold assessment work, have located claim after claim in the hope of sale. In some cases. not many perhaps, To- Caton work has been done. In the majority notices have been stuck on old location holes. some 20 years old, and properly registered as new work in location.
 During the years of exemption from assessment work, the holes have chal- lenged Identification as new work and so have passed muster.
 Notices Send Out
 As a result whole mining districts have been covered with these vagrant notices, holding back development really for the notices meant nothing more than for sale notices in the eyes of prospective investors and working prospectors.
 There are some men in the state who hold under such notices as many as two hundred or more claims, and in this lavish expansion. Cochise county men have not been any more conser- vative.
 Requires Considerable Cash
 To do the work on such claims would require expenditures of thousands of dollars, more than the claimants ever had or could reasonably expect to have
 These claims will for the most part be open to location by others after midnight December 31, for unless new assessment work is shown on the prop erty the law opens the property auto matically to the next entry man and his right to jump the claim is uncon- testable.
 Mining industry inactive
 Just now the mining industry throughout the state is inactive because of many conditions, one of which IS that investors and mining scouts have sized up the situation and are wise enough to know that it is not good
 
 owner cannot possibly expect to hold by assessment work another year. By waiting until the fatal hour, the prop erty can be located and property mined.
 Situation Growing Crucial
 The situation is growing crucial as the remaining months of the year grow fewer. for the reason that the cotton picking in various parts of the state will draw thousands of laborers who normally can be hired to do as sessment work in mining property.
 Miners cannot be had and wages are so high that if obtainabIe they cannot be kept on the job until the work in big holdings are completed
 No Labor Available
 During the last week mining men have waited weeks in town to get shifts to go to isolated properties but have found it impossible, in view of the prices offered for eorton picking.
 Must Work Claim
 Formerly a ten-foot hole was con sidered sufficient to represent a $1os worth of work. Now however. this s changed to mean the payment of $100 worth of work. for which performance an affidavit from the owners that ex- pended the amount and from the man doing the work that he received the amount together with an affidavit as to the amount of work done.
 There has been much activity by men holding such blocks who are un- able to get their work done, to take in partners on the work so that the expenses might be cut down. But partners are scarce, although the chance to get in on a good block of claims for future operations and sale IS one of the most attractive gambles in and around Cochise county today Dispatch.
 Need Teachers In Yavapai PRESCOTT-It was learned yester- day at the office of County School Superintendent Miller that the state ot Arizona is over 40 teachers short oi the number necessary to have school in all the authorized districts. IT Yavapai county there are 12 regular school districts still unprovided with teachers. besides several communities where parents with children of schoo 1 age have sent in requests to be assist l ed to secure teachers to take charge l of a private school to accommodate 1 the children of their section. Superin- l tendent Miller is desirous of meetins any qualified teachers who will voIun- 1 teer to help meet the need of the chil- dren who await the securing of an in structor to continue with their educa- l tion. Married women are not dis l criminated against, their teaching qualifications alone being considered Journal Miner.
 Imports and Exports 1 DOUGLAS-ImpoFt and export. l through border ports included in the Arizona district totalled $5,791539 dur l ing August. according to information from Nogales. headquarters of the dis trict. The ports of Nogales, Douglas and Naco are included. The months l total for the district. being more thar l five and a half millions, means the | total imports and exports handled +brouOb norris Of tba Arizona diStrie-