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WEEKLY ARIZONA JOURNALMlNER.
Pioneer Paper of Arizona.
PRESCOTT. ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY. MAY U, 1904.
Forty-First Year.
EOF
PEOPLE If! RICH
FORTUN
THE PFAU GOLD MINING & REDUCTION CO.
Uncovers an Immense Body of Gold Ore.
Hundred Ton Reduction Plant to be In
stalled at Once What Has Been
Done in the Property.
It seems a little strange tbat Pres-,
cott should be shadowed by moun-1
tains of gold ore and not know it, yet j
such is proving to be the fact. Re-1
!
cent developments of the property of
the Pfau Gold Mining and Reduction j
company are calculated to give a i
greater appreciation of the environ-i
ments and opportunities of this sec- !
tion as a mining district. Observing
the unmistakable tracings of nature on i
the surface, this company has had the ,
courage of their convictions in exten-,
sively devloping their holdings.
Among the many mining properties
that have been located in this county
few have been so rapidly and success
fully developed as those under con
sideration in this article. The com
pany was organized only a little over
a year ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, by
Lee Pfau, who is president of the
company, and who was for a number
of years in the eugineering corps of
the war department. It has for its
officers and directors prominent busi
ness men of tbat city. After the or
ganization of the company its direct
ors employed Dr. Ingalls, a mining
expert, to make a report on the prop
erty. In company with Geo. Hensbaw,
one of the directors, and one of the
most prominent business men of Cin
cinnati, Dr. Ingalls visited the prop
erty and thoroughly examined the
different claims. Upon their favorable
report the services of C. K. Tibbetts,
a prominent mining expert and super
intendent of Montana, were secured
and the active work of development
was begun.
Very little has been said to the pub
lic concerning the progress being
made on the property, but several re
ports having com6 to the knowledge
of the Journal-Miner concerning the
uncovering of a very largo body of ore
recently, a representative of this pa
per visited the property this week in
company with Messrs. Pfau, Henshaw
and Atkins, who have been spending
several days at the mines looking over
the work already accomplished and
formulating plans for the future.
When Mr. Henshaw arrived at the
mines he could hardly believe the
evidence before his eyes at the splen
did progress that had been made and
the changes in the property since his
former visit in November, 1002. After
a thorough examination he expressed
himself as highly pleased and said
that in his opinion every dollar of
the money that the company had put
into the property had been judicious
ly spent aud well invested. Although
this was the first visit to the mines by
Mr. Atkins he was also delighted with
it and felt no doubt that the company
had a great property, and was also
much surprised at the immense devel
opments made and the extent and
permanency of the improvements.
The first place visited by the party
after arriving on the ground was the
cross cut tunnel on the Valley claim,
which is only about three hundred
feet -from the mill. Here is where
the big body of ore was recently
struck. The ledge was encountered
when in only a few feet and the tun
Del is now in over eighty feet and all
in ore. On account of the dip of the
ledge the distance now attained in the
tunnel gives the ledge a thickness of
fully thirty feet and the foot wall
has not yet been encountered. Tbo
hanging wall is porphyry and from
the old workings on top of and on the
other side of the mountain, there is
every reason to believe that the foot
wall is granite and that the ledge may
be "fully 100 feet across. Everything
in this ledc,
milling values, while a r:ch streak on
the banging wall, which varies in
thickness from eight inches to nearly
four leet, carries values ranging from
f 20 to $300 per ton.
Two drifts have been run on this
ledge, one to the north for a distance
of sixty five feet showing fourteen feet
of quartz that carries gold values to
the amount of 210 per ton. Tbo couth
drift is seventy five feet long and
exposes eight feet of quartz also carry
ing good milling values. Tbe north
drift is connected with a fifty foot
shaft while 200 feet south of this shaft
is an open cut also showing the ore
shoot thus demonstrating for a cer
tainty that the ore shoot is fully 200
feet long, and the probabilities are
tbat it is much longer than that, as
float is found in abundance for a dis
tance of 1000 feet without a break,
when it disappears under Kicb Hill
It reappears beyond this mountain
and is again traced for G0O0 feet.
Snpt. Tibbetts estimates that there is
now exposed and ready to take out
and mill not less than 100.000 tons of
ore tbat will averace, on a very con
serrative estimate, 87.50 per ton
There are now on the dump over 500
tons of this ore that has been taken
out in doing tbe development work in
the tunnel and drifts.
In addition to the above mentioned
ore there is now on tbe .lumps and in
the drifts of the old workings of the
B. B. claim, on top of tbe mountain,
only about 900 feet above the Valley
tunnel, fully 7000 tons of ore already
mined that will run from S4 to $28 per
ton or average between $7 and 810 per
ton. When the reduction plant is in
readiness this ore can be milled for
about ninety cents per ton which will
leave a handsome profit A gravity
tram will be built and the expense of
CINC NNATTI
HID IN GOLD MINE
handling the ore will be reduced to a
minimum. When the tunnel was run
tbroueh the top of the mountain some
years ago, from which this ore was
taken, all ore tbat went, below S12 to
.815 per ton was left on the dump or
thrown back in the drifts as the ore
bad to be taken on burros to Cherry,
a distance of four miles over a steep
mountain trail, and then treated in
an old primitive stamp mill. Even
under these trying conditions over
M0, 000 in gold was thus taken out.
From all indications the big lead
recently struck in the Valley tunnel is
the same one that this rich ore was
taken from in the old B. B. workings.
Tbe above lead dips to the east
while from the opposite side of the
gulch on the Anthony and St Clair
claims, is a lead dipping to the west
This lead can be traced on the sur
face for 2000 feet and is a lime and
porphyry contact From the small
amount of work done on this lead it
shows from six to eighteen inches of
ore carrying from two percent to four
per cent copper. On tbe east side of
this mountain an abundance of copper
sulphide float has been round.
From the dips of the above two big
leads it is estimated they will come
together at from 500 to GOO feet in
depth and when thay do they will cer
tainly form an immense body of rich
gold and copper ore. With this in
view the main working shaft was start
ed about half way "between tbe two
leads and has been sunk to a depth of
215 feet, is well timbered all the way
aud is as good a shaft as can be found
in tbe country. It is a two compart
ment shaft At tbe 200 foot level a
drift was run in an easterly direction
for a distance of ISC feet when a cop
per lead was encountered with
such a flow of water that the drift and
shaft had to be abandoned until ma
chinery of greater capacity is install
ed. About 100,000 gallons of water
each twenty four hours was pumped
out of the shaft for a while but it was
found tbat the machinery was inade
quate and work was begun on the Val
ley tunnel which has been so richly
rewarded. The question of an abund
ant water supply seems to have been
solved for the property and the fact
tbat it is strongly impregnated with
copper shows that a true fissure of
copper ore was encountered.
Besides the above workings there
hate beei! numerous other small shafts
and open cuts opened up and nearly
every place that work has been done
ore has been encountered until one
can almost literally say tbat there is
a whole mountain of ore.
A brief account of the development
on each of the eleven claims will bb
given.
On the Valley and Drimmen Drew
claims is the Valley tunnel of which
extensive mention has already been
made. Besides tbe ore shout mention
ed before, another shoot begins about
400 feet north on the Fame lead and
can be traced 800 feet until it disap
pears under Rich Hill from which it
is said early settlers picked up over
SGO.OOO of rich float There is no de
velopment on this shoot but Supt
Tibbots is of the opinion tbat rich
ore will be found there.
On the St Cluir claim only a small
amount of prospecting has been done.
A vein of ore nearly four feet wide,
however, was exposed on the surface.
On tbe Anthony claim a vein of
copper ore is exposed in size from six
to eighteen inches in width.
The Choctow claim shows slight
tracing of gold but no development
work has been done.
Valley Fraction shows small stringers
of gold ore in porphyry. At the 200
foot level a drift has been run to tbe
east to meet what is known as the
contact lead. A ledge had been en
countered i.nd penetrated for eight
feet when water was struck, as pre
viously mentioned, before tbe oppo
site wall had been struck.
Red Hills No. 2. On this claim
there is an outcropping of gold quartz
three and one half feet thick which
assays 830 per ton. These outcrop-
pings can be traced for 500 feet
But little work has been done on
tbe Elizabeth and Virginia claims.
On tbe Red Hill claim is found what
is thought to be the foot wall of the
Valley lead. This claim is what was
formerly known as tho B. B. claim
and contains tbe old working of the
property.
The mill site contains five acres of
ground and an abundance of excellent
water is obtainable there. It also has
an undeveloped ore body.
With all the characteristics of the
outcroppings and from tbe aotual de
velopments, together with the pres
ence of this particular kind of por
phyry, it is believed that in these
claims the same experience of rich
pockets and finds will occur that
have happened with otber mines, and
further that this kind of formation
does not pinch out or cease suddenly.
This property lies about four miles
beyond Cherry postoffice in the Black
Hills mountains and about eight or
nine miles south of Jerome where the
great United Verde mine is located.
Tbe property is now equipped with
a two stamp Ideal testing mill. The
mill fs an amalgamating and concen
trating plant being equipped with a
Bartlett concentrator. A small cyanid-
ing testing plant was recently install
ed and the tests so far made ou the
concentrates by this process is highly
satisfactory, ninety two per cent of
the values being extracted.
It is the purposo of tbe company to
Install a one hundred ton plant at once
as there is now enough ore uncovered
and developed to run such a plant for
about five years without developing
another foot of the ground.
Besides the mill there is a gasoline
hoist, two large pumps, splendid new
boiler, fully equipped assay office,
blacksmith shop, office, boarding
house, bonk houses, and superintend
ent's house. There is also about 1200
feet of T-rail track laid and several
ore cars.
When it is considered tbat it is
only thirteen months since work was
begun and in that time, besides the
improvements heretofore mentioned,
there has been over a mile of moun
tain road built, there is cause for con
gratulation on tbe part of the manage
ment Two shifts of men are now
working in the mine and mill.
The capital stock of the company is
only 8500,000 and with such men as
Geo. Henshaw, C. M. Werk, son of M.
Werk, the great soap manufacturuer,
Chas. Kuhl a well known stone con
tractor who has been in business in
Cincinnati for over fifty years, Wm.
H. Gazlay, administrator of the Gaz
lay estate of over 83,000,000, Harry T.
Atkins, of the firm of Atkins & Pearce
woolen mills, who has just been offer
ed and has accepted tbe secret ary-treas-
urership of the company, Geo. Hund-
inger, a prominent merchant of New
port, Ky., and Lee Pfau, for many
years in the employ of the govern
ment in the. war department there can
be no doubt of the business like and
economiacl manner in which the prop
erty will continue to be developed
and operated.
MINING INTELLIGENCE
Bamburger and Solomon have dis
covered placer grounds near Drake
and are at work taking out gold with
a dry washer. The gold is coarse and
the ground is said to be rich. A few
years ago a train man found several
small nuggets under a bridge this
side of Drake and some effort was
made to discover the source of tbe
gold. In the foothills to the east of
Drake there are many veins carrying
gold and it is possible that the placer
gold comes from the erosion of these
veins. Mobave Miner.
The Illizona company has its hoist
and compressed air plant in place and
started them in operation on the first
of the month. Everything is working
very satisfactorily about the mine,
and the property is in splendid con
dition. J. S. Acker returned on Tuesday
night from a'six months' visit to
Cincinnati on mining business. He
says he has not seen six days during
his entire trip of such weather as bo
has experienced during the two days
since his return.
The old Bonanza mine, better
known as the Harqua Hala, has been
sold by A. G. Hubbard for 840,000 to
an eastern syndicate and tbe fisrt pay
ment has been made. This mine, for
merly owned by Hubbard and Bowers,
was sold about twelve years ago to an
English syndicate for 81,000,000.
Bowers died soon after that and Hub
bard subsequently repurchased the
property, tbe English owners failing
to find the operation of it profitable
employment It was said tbat it had
been worked out, but since then sev
eral valuable deposits have been
found. The Bonanza was at one time
one of the great gold properties of
the west There is a great deal of
activity now in that part of the conn-
try. The owners of tho Oro Cobra
adjoining the Agard properties in the
Hacuvars have let a contract for 250
feet of work and are figuring on the
early building of a smelter.
E. E. Greenwood is in town for a
few days. He is anxiously awaiting
the arrival of a hoist from tho east for
Mt Union Mining company. He has
tbo building already completed, and
has two G0-horse power boilers in po
sition, all ready to couple up with
the hoist on its arrival.
Tbe contractors in tbe lelan mine
have finished their contract to sink
tbe shaft to tbe 500 foot level and are
now commencing to dritt at tbat
level. The property is said to be
looking fine.
M. C. Parmley has returned from a
visit to tho property of the Dividend
Consolidated Gold Mines company
and reports things looking fine at the
camp and the recent rich strike of ore
in tbe Galena shaft to be a wonder.
He says the rich streak is fully
eighteen inches wide. There are
two or three small parts for tbe new
stamps that have not arrived as yet
but which are expected at any time
and as soon as they arrive the mill
will be ready to start up and tbe ten
stamps will then bo kept pounding
continually, as everything about the
place is full of ore with hundreds of
torn of it all ready to break down
and mill. He says he is confident
the Dividend will soon be one of the
best paying properties in Yavapai
county.
James M. Skeiff, superintendent of
the Mohawk mine, came into Prescott
last night He reports that the com
pany is now uuwatering the mine pre
paratory to starting work again.
H. A. Kendall is in town from the
camp of the Yavapai Copper company,
on tbo west slopo of tbe Black Hills.
He says he is expecting a party of
stockholders of tbe above company
here within a few days, among the
number being tbe president Geo.
Nightingale and tho new general man
ager W. P. F. Fogg. Tho affairs of the
company have been in somewhat of a
complicated condition for some time.
but have been straightened out again
now and the company proposes to start
up work on the mine again soon. The
properties as far as developed are Eaid
to look very encouraging.
A gentleman in town from the Yae
ger Canyon country says that the
Yaeger Canyon Copper company has
recently made a very important strike
of rich ore in their mine. The com
pany has struck an abundance of ore
rich in quality but this is a new body.
Ho says it was struck in a drift in the
400 foot level, and the ore body is
eleven feet wide the ore being black
oxide. Tbe company has one of tbe
finest concentrating plants in tbe
country just about completed, a large
amount of tbe ore in the mines re
ouirine concentration. This new
strike of black oxide ore however will
not need concentrating.
Connection from tbe two ends of
tbe Poland tunnel was made last week,
and as the grade of the tunnel is to
wards the Big Bug end, the water in
the tunnel is now pouring into that
stream, leaving the Lynx creek chan
nel dry. The work on the tunnel is
not entirely completed but an opening
has been effected sufflicent to drain
the tunnel and stop tbe pumps, tbe
water from tbe Lynx creek end here
tofore having been pumped into Lynx
creek. ,
R. H. Jack came in Saturday-from
Lynx creek, where he has been engag
ed in constructing a reservoir for a
placer mining company. Mr.Jack says
there is- great activity on the creek
now in both placer and quartz min
ing.
The machinery for tbe Mt Union
Mining company's hoist for which
Superintendent E. E. Greenwood has
been watching and waiting so anxious
ly for several weeks arrived on Satur
day and was loaded on feight wagons
yosterday and started to its destina
tion. Tbe hoist is a very large one
and looks to be capable of hoisting
from a depth of from 1500 to 2000 feet,
The weight of tbe machinery is 15,000
pounds or seven and a half tons, and
required twelve animals to transport
it. E. C. Whalen brother of the pres
ident of the company has been here
for several days on a visit to the prop
erty. E. L. Sbarpneck, of tho Ideal Min
ing company, of Groom creek, was in
town Saturday and reported that a few
days ago he had started to sink a shaft
on tbe ledge about 1000 feet from the
present working shaft and had un
covered some fine ore tbat carries
values from $2u to 835 per ton. The
ore streak runs about eighteen inches
thick but gives indication of widen
ing out as depth is attained. About
ten tons of the ore has . already been
taken out and a mill test will be made
on it in a few days.
H. L. Dooley, of Rock Island, III.,
and P. Federson, of Davenport, Iowa,
who are interested in the Cypress
and Burlington mining properties
have been in this county for several
days most of which time has been
spent at the above named properties.
It has been decided to put in quite an
amount of machinery, among which
will be an air compressor. This will
be installed at the Cypress mine
which is only a short distance from
the Burlington property, and a pipe
line will convey the compressed air to
the latter mine for running drills,etc.
W. W. Elliott, of the firm of Elloitt
& Drescher, reports that they expect
to have tbe new five foot Huntington
mill which they have been installing
at the Golden Cross property, ready
to start up about Wednesday of thin
week. This mill has been added to
the old ten stamp mill that is now in
operation at the property and will in
crease the capacity of the plant to
about fifty tons per day.
The new mill at the Yeager Canyon
Copper company, has been started up
and the test so far made is highly sat
isfactory.
H. A. Bombarger, of the White
Tanks Mining Co., which company
has lately taken over tbe Wickenburg
smelter, was in Wickenburg last
week, says the Martinez News-Her
ald. He has had an as payer's room
constructed aud is now making gen
eral improvements about the works.
The smelter will be blown in shortly.
AH the good that has been hoped for
by Wickenburgers from the smelter
will yet be realized. The financial
ability of tbe new company is such as
to warrant its success. This entire
mineral belt will be aided and stim
ulated by tbe successful operation of
the smelter. The company is adver
tising its enterprise in most of the pa
pers of the territory. This gives Wick
enburg some free advertising and tbe
people of the section can well afford
to help an enterprise which will keep
the public looking that way. Let
every one who has ore tbat will pay
to smelt see to it tbat the smelter is
well supplied. If the smelter tails to
run for want of ore, it will be a long
time before tbe prospectors of tbe vi
cinity will have another opportunity
of proving tbat they have smelting
ores. Seize this golden opportunity
before it is too late.
Louis Nixon, who is developing a
claim near tbe Blue Bell mine has
opened up a ledge five feet in width
very rich in copper. The vein carries
a large percentage of native copper.
Ho has only sunk a few feet on it but
as far as he has gone tbe claim is a
very promising one.
W. A. Clark came np this morning
from Fool's Gulch, where be is in
charge of the Planet-Saturn group of
mines. This property has lain idle for
several years, but Mr. Clark states
that there are excellent prospects for
its being started up again soon under
a new company. The property is a
very valuable one and tbe cause of its
having remained idle so long was not
on account of any demerit of the
property, but was caused through the
death of some of tbe principal stock
holders. LADIES AND CHILDREN
Who can not stand tbe shocking
strain of laxative syrups and cathartic
pills are especially fond of Little
Early Risers. All persons who find it
necessary to take a liver medicine
should try these easy pills, and com
paro tbo agreeably pleasant and
strengthening effect with tbe nauseat
ing and weakening conditions follow
ing tbe use of otber remedies. Little
Early Risers cure billiousness, con
stipationn, sick headache, jaundice,
malaria and liver troubles. Sold by
Brlsley Drug Co.
PRETTY STORY
CONTRADICTED
Source Reliable but Ee
port Improbable.
Russians Are Leaving New Chwang
Without Doubt Spies Cut
Wires Connecting Mines.
New Chwang, May 9. Delayed. Of
tbe five Russian regiments which have
been stationed here, four have left
already, and the other has been or
dered to .leave today.
A report which' has been received
here, from a source which has always
been relible is to . the effect tbat the
Japanese are landing at Kai Chau
bay, and that a faint at landing was
made some fifty miles to the south.
The Japanese are said to be thirty
thousand strong.
This report, is however, contradict
ed.
The Russians are entrenched strong
ly at An Ping, whither the guns
from tbe New Chwang fort have been
sent Japanese spies, disguised as
beggars, have cut tbe electric wire
running to the mines placed at the
month of tbe Liao river. The unrest
here is rapidly increasing.
PUBLIC RECORDS.
The following is the dally report of
instruments filed In the county re
corder's office, as reported by the
Prescott Title Company:
May 2. A P Carder locates Little
mine. Peck district.
Wm E Ellis and M Kelly incorpo
rate Alliance Gold and Copper Min
ing company, capital stock 81,500,000.
Jos I Roberts, sheriff, appoints Cal
Greer, Jos Smith, J M Pace, G A
Kenken, Z A Kenken, Z T Stone, Wm
Bannister, Tom Chidester,T U Roach,
Frank Scott, Ed Reder, Wm Bernle
ben and Robt L Pellet as deputies.
C W North and M J Nolan locate
Golden Spike mine, Tiger dist.
Chas Battye, J J Fisher, et a)., lo
cate Sryacuso mill site, Tiger dist.
Henry W Kent locates Helen K
placer, Walker dist
John Fisher, John Wilkins and W
Wilkins to H W Kent, trustee, mining
deed, Lafayette mine and Interna
tional placer claim, Walker dist,
con 810.
John Fisher and S M Boblet to II
Kent, trustee, mining deed to north
one half of surface ground Safety
mine, Walker district, con 810:
May 3. E Chandler and Geo A
Cook incorporate La Moneda Mining
and Development company, capital
stock 81.000,000.
R E Wilson to R E Rosenberg, bill
of sale, H-W branding iron, etc
R E Rosenberg to J B Deeds, bill
of sale, cattle and horses on Big Bug
range, branded H-W.
W Bergman, L A Gates, et al, in
corporate Newton Oil and Gas com
pany, capital stock 81,000,000.
J Pickrell, J C Herudon and T
G Norris, incorporate Bi-Metal Gold
Mines company, capital stock 8500,-
000.
Tim O'Connell locates Grey Eagle
mine, Weaver district.
David Morgan, John Kippen, et al,
locate five mines, Salt Wash district
Jos I Roberts, sheriff, appoints D
D Field W L Greer, S J Snapp, Ed
Page, Carl Carlson, Pat O'Donnell,
C A McEwen, Frank Gibson, James
Cummings, Joseph Whithous,T White
ly, as deputies.
LD Phillips and wife to E S Clark,
w deed, lots 35, 37 and 39, blk 1G,
Prescott, con 85u0.
May 4. D Kile and C J Kimbell to
H H Stone, deed, one half Pleasant
Ridge, Granite Knob and Herald
mines, Lane dist
H Van Alpn and wife to J L Arcb-
ambeau, deed, lots 9 and 10, blk 3,
Ash Fork.
Geo A Cook to Eugene C Chandler,
deed 2-9 Carrigan, Equinox and Cot
tonmtail mines, Black Canon dist,
8000.
C E Price to Wm J Martin, deed,
7-24 Copper Bullion, C R Ext and C
B Ext No. 2 mines.
Sarah A Fisher to A B Binkley,
deed, lot 2, blk 14, Prescott, 8100.
Thos Roach to D M Timmons, deed,
Aida, Mountain View,Gold King et al
mines Peck dist
D M -Timmons to Gold King Min
ing company deed same as last above
and other mines.
Four mining location notices.
May 5. John Rees and wife to J F
Martinez, deed, lot on Hog Back
claim, Jerome, 8300. .
F G Martinez to A R Armstrong
and J C Talbot, deed, lot Hog Bask
claim, Jerome, 8175.
J A Van Deren and wife to S W
Holder, deed, n one half of s e one
fourth, sec 2, 15 n, r 3 e and water;
11000.
Arthur C Young to Carl Rees,
deed, sw qr of nw qr and nw qr of sw
qr, sea 13 and e half of ne qr, sec 14
1 17, r 2 w, 160 acres, 8750.
May 6. Geo F Shurtleff to W II
Cokely, lease, lot on Jack Pot and
Winsom Bell mines, Crown King S10
per month.
Ben Hall to N Miller, lease. Hall,
Lunch House, Crown King, 840 per
month.
John Lawler and Fred Gaines to
Chas Rigder, bill of sale of cattle
ranging in Upper Kirkiand valley
81900.
John Lawler and Fred Gaines to
Cbas. Rigder, deed, c hf of sw qr and
se qr and n qr of se qr, sea 21, t 12
n, r 4 w, 8G00.
Seven mining location notices.
May 7. L Gadette and D Connor
to J C Cowles, deed to lots 5,'i and 55,
on Hogback claim, Jerome; 8200.
Chas. S Howard to T C Sohnebly,
deed to 1G acres in sec 2G, tp 17 n,
5 r e.
J W Neighbours et al incorporate
Montana Mutual Oil Co, capital stock
8500,000.
G D E Mortimer and J M Phillips
locate fpur placers, Weaver dist
E H Meek and J J Sullivan locate
five mines in Sullivan dist
Leonard L White to White Gold
Mining Co, deed to a quarter of Bru
nette and part of Dark Horse mines,
Black Rock dist.
Lonard L White to White Gold
Mining Co, deed to Abe Lincoln
mine, Black Rock dist, 82000.
J N Duncan locates Iron Chief
mine, Turkey Creek dist.
May 9. Tho3 A Merritt et al incor
porate Yavapai Development Co, cap
ital stock 8400,000.
J W Ambrose -to Robt Friedel,
deed, Valentine mine, Matayallan
mountains.
Mary E Bashford to Frederick P
Browne, power of attorney, concern
ing lots 7 and 8, blk 8, Prescott.
Pickaway Development Co, to A E
MoManus, -agreement, three years,
Copper Age, Pickaway, Look Out,
Sylvia P. Idlia, Virgo and Gray Rock
mines, 8230,000.
Pan American Mining Co, to Luther
Wilson, deed, S 137 feet of Mexia
mlne.'IIassayampa dist, 82.
Chas J George et al incorporate Poland-American
Gold Mining and Mill
ing Co, capital stock 82,500,000.
Jos I Roberts, sheriff, revokes Mar
tin Testori and Jack Smith and ap
points Lafayette Ilolcomb and Lon
Young as deputies.
United States to Yavapai Copper Co,
patent; Tough Nut, Ash Cr.eek, et
al, 25 in all, mines, Black Hills dist.
United Statss to T G Norris, patent,
Merriiuac, Lone Jack, Monitor, Mag
net No 2, Charleston and Olympia
mines, Peck dist
Oscar Uountree files "bond of 8500 as
live stock inspector at Cordes, etc.
Oswald. Stoin amends locations of
Connecticut and Hartford mines,
Pine Grove district.
Oswald Stein to Oro Miuing Co,
deed, Connecticut and Hartford
mines, Pine Grove district.
Marie Kuhne to W C Brandon, deed,
one half Sunrise mine,Wakler dist
War News of the Week.
Tokio, May G. The report of Ad
miral Hosoya in giving the details of
tbe landing of Japanese troops at Liao
Tung peninsula, but suppressing the
landing place has been received.
He states that tho seventh division,
with the torpedo boats escorting tbe
transports arrived at the selected
landing place at 5:30 p. m. May 5th.
He first bombarded the enemy's pa
trol and drovo them back, when
the soldiers rushed ashore, wad
ing breast deep in tbe water and
reaching land safely. Immediately
advancing they took possession of a
range of hills without firing a single
shot, and planted tbe flag on the
bills. Tbe gunboats discovered one
hundred of the enemy and bombard
ed them, killing several. The troops
are in high spirits.
Piers are being erected to facilitate
the further landing of troops.
Rome, May G. According to a tel
egram received here from Che Foo,
tbe garrison at Port Arthur has been
reduced to only four thousand men.
All important documents, money and
all the field guns have been removed
to Mukden. This action on the part
of the Russians was taken in anticipa
tion of the Japanese cutting off com
munication by rail.
St Petersburg, May G. News of
very heavy fighing near Feng Wang
Cheng is expected within thirty six
hours. Heavy reinforcements have
reached tbe Russian position. An im
perial order has been issued attaching
three batteries of artillery to each
riflb division.
St. Petersburg, May 6. Tho general
staff this afternoon are in receipt of
tho details of tbe Japanese landing at
Pitzwo. It says tbat only a few bun
red cossacks were on the bench when
the Japanese appeared.
They tired a few rounds and then
retired to tbe rear.
At tbe present hour the landing is
proceeding uninterruptedly. The rail
road and telegraph to Port Arthur is
still working.
While it is not officially admitted,
it is generally believed hero tbat the
entrance to Pprt Arthur is effectively
sealed, at lest, for tho largo war ships
and tho Japanese landing at Pitzwo
is expected to ba followed almost im
mediately with the isolation of Port
Arthur.
The landing ou tbe west coast of the
peninsula was also anticipated by tbe
Russians who aro reconciled to the
cutting off of their stronghold. They
are convinced that the fortress is im
pregnable against attacks either from
land or sea.
It. is believed tbat General Stoessels
forces, including tbe garrison does
not exceed 23,000 men. Tbe fortress
it Is claimed is provisioned for a year.
It is reported tbat General Kouro
patkin has asked the emperor to dis
miss General Zassalitcb for disobed
ience of ordei.
New Chwang, May 6. It is reported
here that the Japanese force landed
yestordav at Pitzwo numbered ten
thousand men. Port Arthur, accord
ing to reliable information received
here, is still well supplied with provis
ions. Tokio, May 7. Admiral Togo re
ports tbat tbe entrance to Port Arthur
is blockaded completely to all vessels
except very small boats. He adds that
the Japanese did not lose a single war
vessel, although the attack resulted in
considerable loss of life.
Tokio, May 7. Admiral Togo's offi
cial recital of tbe latest engagement
off Port Arthur shows tbat tbe Japan
ese have effectively blocked the en
trance to tbe harbor. Five out of
the eight Japanese blockading ships
weie jammed into tbe inner channel
and aro now preventing egress from
the harbor to all craft excepting .very
small boats.
St Petersburg, May 7. Tho calm
ness with which tho Russians accept
tbe isolation of Port Arthur which
has always been regarded as theRus
sian Gibraltar of tbe far east, is most
remarkable. The utmost confidence is
expressed in their ability to withstand
tbe siege. Tbe' total force there is
about 22,000 men. There are practi
cally no nan combatants oitber there
or at Port Daluy.
Washington, May 7. A cablegram
dated Tokio, May 7, baa been received
at tbe Japanese legation here today
which says: "Admiral Togo reports
that the combined fleet effected the
third blockading operation at Port
Arthur on May 3. At the beginning
of the operations a strong wind arose,
greatly hindering them, when the
commander ordered them to stop the
operation, but they failed to receive
the order, and consequently eight
steamers proceeded and dashed into
the harbor despite the enemy's fire.
"Five of them reached the harbor
and anchored and were blown up,
effectively blockading tbe passage.
Half of tbe crews were rescued, by our
flotilla.. Three of the steamers struck
tbe mines and sunk before reaching
tbe entrance to the harbor.
"Two torpedo boats were slightly
damaged by tbe Russian Are. The
flotilla's causalties were two killed and
three wounded."
St. Petersburg, May 7. According
to persistent rumors General Kouro
patkin decided not to give battle at
Peng Wang Cheng aud the Russins
have fallen back and tbe Japanese
have occupied Feng Wang Cheng.
St. Petersburg, May 7. The Rus
sian retreat from Feng Wang Cheng
is confirmed. Tbe Japanese pressed
the retreating troops, though with few
losses on either side. The Japanese
have destroyed the railroad at Port
Adams by blowing up tbe bridges.
St Petersburg, May 7. The Rus
sian capital is now without any news
from Port Arthur for almost twenty
four hours. It is believed tbat the spot
where the Japanese cut the railroad
and telegraph lines is near Port
Adams. A telegram from General
Kouropatkin says that General Ku
roki's army is advancing on tbe Rus
sian position in two divisions. He
further says that tbe enemy with its
artillery, has reached Kao Li Meun
which is called the "Gate of Korea"
within ten miles of Feng Wang
Cheng.
3 Lima, Peru, May 7. President
Canadame, who has been ill for some
time at Arequipa, died today.
Los Angeles, May 7 The Methodist
conference, today, adopted resolutions
on the death of President McKinley
who was a member of tbe M. E.
church and instructed the committee
on memorials to present suitable ex
pressions of appreciation of bis worth
and loyalty to the church and his
greatness as a oitizen and statesman.
Many otber resolutions pertaining to
tbe deeds of tbe church were intro
duced, and referred to committees.
Tbe conference adjourned at noon.
St Petersburg, May 9. The Rus
sian authorities are completely in the
dark as to what is happening in tbe ter
ritory occupied by tbe enemy except
such news as comes from the newspa
pers abroad. Viceroy Alexieff refuses
to receive any more foreign war cor
respondents. Seoul, May 9. The Japanese consul
at Gensan telegraphs that a force of
Russians, number unknown, accom
panied by Mancburian moqpted band
its, crossed the Yalu far above Wi-
jn and advanced southeast and occupi
ed Chang Jin, one hundred miles west
of Song Jin.
St Petersburg, May 9. Viceroy
Alexieff has telegraphed tbe emperor
announcing tbe transfer of his head
quarters to Harbin. It is expected
that General Kouropatkin will remove
to Mukden. The admirality reports
tbat Rear Admiral Yessen's squadron
is still at Vladivostok.
London, May9. Baron Hayashi, the
Japanese minister here, looks for the
next engagement to take place at Liao
Yang, Baron Hayashi said:
"General Kuroki will probably
march to tbat place and General
Kouropatkin should give battle there.
Indeed from the signs of his concen
tration, he may assume the offensive.
Under existing conditions, however,
General Kuroki ought to be able to
drivo back Kouropatkin.
'At Liao Yang the Russians have a
central position, and can strike either
to the right or tbe left, an advantage
they did not enjoy before. New
Chwang will be defended and in the
event of our occupation of New
Chwang we will immediately appoint
a civil administrator to open the port
to ill nations. Admiral Togo, I think
will now likely dock part of bis fleet
and give tbe men a rest from tbe
ceaseless vigil they have kept up
since the beginning of the war. Our
land advance as a part of the impend
ing engagements, must largely depend
upon the commissariat. This I hardly
think is yet able to cope with the for
ward movement upon Mukden.
Tokio, May 9. An official report of
the Japanese casaulties in the battle
on tbe Yalu on May 7tb shows that
tbe guards lost one officer and twenty
men killed and 3even officers, and 122
men wounded. The second division
lost one officer and eighty four men
killed, and thirteen officers and 50
men wounded. The twelfth division
had three officers and seventy six men
wounded.
London, May 9. A dispatch to the
exchange telegraph camp, from St
Petersburg, announces the death at
nino o'clok this morning of M. Pleske,
late minister of finance. He was 52
years old and entered the ministry
when he was 20 years old. He was
relieved of his duties as minister of
finance last December on account of
an injury to bis spine received in a
carriage accident, and which prevent
ed him from engaging in aotive work.
St. Ptersburg, May 9. The swift
march of events at tho theatre of war
and the virtual abandonment by the
Russians of all of their advanced posi
tions along tho Mancburian littoral,
has created a deep impression among
the Russian people, and a deep feel
ing of apprehension, which tbe author
ities conten'd is unwarranted by a
calm consideration of tbe situation.
Tbe associated press is informed
tbat, wbilo a Russian garrison is still
at New Chwang, the untennbility of
the position is fully realized, aud pre
parations for dismantling tho forts
aud removing tho garrison havo al
ready been completed.
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Hork's, tho Burke Hotel Druggists.
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YOUNG
BURGLARS
OVER:
Five Prescott Lads Are
in Trouble.
Bound Over to Appear Before the
Grand Jury Under $500 Bonds.
Confess to Crime.
For several months there have
been numerous cases of house break
ing and store burglaries reported to
the officers and every effort possible
has been made to locate tho thieves.
It was naturally supposed tbat the
work was being done by men but
within tho last two or tbreo days the
whole gang has been discovered and
as a result there are five of Frescutt's
lads ranging in age from 12 to 10 years
and two Mexican lads from El Paso
about 12 years of age, in jail under
8500 bond to appear before tbe grand
jury.
Tbe names of tbo Prescott boys are :
Will Fitzgerald, Perry Bones, Lloyd
Farley, Mell Simpson and Swain
Sparr. The gang seemed to be under
the leadership of Simpson and Fitz
gerald. They have been operating for
about four months and in that time
have broken into and robbed tbe
Adams ana Cavell second hand stores,
Johnson's saloon, the Wester Union
office, Vinena Bakery, Racket Store,
tbe Model Cash Grocery, the meat
market near tho Model Grocery, and
several otber places. Tho night they
were caught they had attempted to get
into Otis' and Gardner's stores and
were just in the act of getting into
Dillon's store when a night watchman
caught them and took them to jail.
In jail they confessed to everything
and told where they had bid a part of
their plunder, which was in a water
pipa at the corner of Montezuma and
Carleton streets. The officers got a
lot of six shooters, knives, watches,
opera glasses, etc. The boys had
secured in all something like 375 in
money all told but bad spent all of
tbat and it was the faot of the carni
val being in town and their desire for
more money tbat made them so bold
and led to their arrest.
The parents of several of the boys
have promised to send them to Ciali-
fornia to school and tbo officers are
inclined to accept that as a compro
mise if it will tend to break up the
gang of juvenile robbers aud reform
the boys.
Must Go instructed.
The following announcement ap
pears in this morning's Courier, the
official democratic paper in this coun
ty, and is self explanatory:
"To the Democratic Voters of Yavapai
County:
"Owing to the fact that the major
ity of the counties in Arizona have
instructed for William Randolph
Hearst, it is self evident that ouly
delegates from counties instructed
for Mr. Hearst will be selected si the
territorial convention as delogutes to
the national convention, therefore it
is absolutely necessary to send an in
structed Hearst delegation from Yava
pai county to the Tucson convention,
in order to insure tbe success of
John Lawler in his candidacy for na
tional delegate.
Dated May 9, 1904. .
J. P. Storm,
President of Hearst Democratic Club.
P. W. O'Sullivan,
Vice President
J. J. Sanders,
Treasurer.
Attest: Reese M. Ling,
Secretary."
Railroad Repaired.
St. Petersburg, May 10. The cor
respondent of the assoicated presahns
obtained absolute confirmation of the
report that railroad communication
with Port Arthur is gain open.
The first locomotive came through
last night and the second at nino
o'clock this evening. According to
information received by the general
staff a bridge which was blown up by
the Japanese near Port Adams has
been replaced. Tbe permanent way
was uninjured. Telegraph communi
cation with Port Arthur is not yet
open.
It is rumored that General Stoereel,
commander of the military forces at
Port Arthur, has personally engaged
in driving off the enemy. The general
staff has no confirmation of this re
port Tbe emperor received the news
of tho reopening of communication
witb Port Arthur last night and seem
ed to be greatly pleased. He bad a
message from Port Arthur &n hour
before, by pigeon poet via Lino Yvbg,
reporting all well in the fortress. The
admirality heard today from Vladivo
stok. Rear Admiral Je?seu's squadron
is still there aud he roports all well.
Hills Did Not Stop Japanese.
Shan Hai Kwan, May 10. It is re
ported here tbat tbe first Japanese
army corps having followed tbe Itu
sians in their retreat from tbe Yalu
river ovei took the enemy twenty miles
south of Liao Yang yesterday, when
severe engagement followed.
The Japanese dragged their gum up
hills which were bolievcd to bo insur
mountable. When tbe Russians per
ceived this they continued their re
treat north.
A division of first Japanese army
corps is now approaching New Chwang
where there is only a handful of Su
sian troops.
Japanese scouts are reported only
six miles from tbat oity.
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tent, made glorious summer by this
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burns; the cream that cures sun burns,
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BOUND
VERY PROMISING
COPPER
Extensive Development
to Begin at Once.
Solid Vein of Copper and Gold Ore
Twenty-Nine Feet Thick
Now Exposed.
One of tho properties of this county
which offers splendid prospects for
a great future is that of tbe Yavapai
Development company, which recentT
ly purchased a number of claims o
the Pickaway Mining company, lo
cated on lower Turkey creek about
three miles east of Turkey station on
the Bradsbaw Mountain railroad.
This is a decidedly copper property,
although it carries some values in
gold. The claim has been prospected
to a depth of about 100 feet and a
cross cut run through a solid vein of
copper and gold ore twenty nine feet
in thickness. This work bad all been
done by E. A. Haggott, superintend
ent of the Blue Bell mine, and he in
forms tbe Journal-Miner that the
property of tbe Yavapai Development
company is 33 near like the Blue Bell
in character of ore aud formation as
any two mines could possibly be. A.
E. McManns, a prominent attorney of
Dnlutb, Minn., and Lewis Merritt,
a leading broker of that city, have
been here for a few days examining
the property and left or their homes
yesterday highly pleased. Mr. Mo
Manus is tbo president and Mr. Mer
ritt tho treasurer of the company, and
their visit was to complete arrange
ments for the development of the
claims in a systematic and extensive
manner. These centlemen have been
identified with some of the big prop
erties in the Warren mining district
near Bisbee in this territory and
thoroughly understand the business
of copper mining. They decided to
start work at ence on a three compart
ment shaft and sink it as fast as pos
siole to a depth of 500 feet before any
drifting was done. They will then
decide on further development, bnt
it is the intention to spend the next
eighteen months in purely develop
ment work. When tbat is done it
will be determined what kind of re
duction plant is needed and as the
company has unlimited capital to
properly carry out its plans there is
every reason to believe that one of the
great properties of the county will be
the result
When the Band Plays.
Will be a good time for you to decide
where to go to escape the summer
heat.
To help you do so, the Coronado
Tent City Band of twenty five mem
bersand one of tbe finest on the
coast, will give an open air concert in
Prescott on May 24, at place and time
to be announced later. Everybody
i3 invited to enjoy the program,
which will be of great interest The
bawd is en tour in the interest of Cor
onado Tent City, famous as aCali
fornia summer resort, where the cool
sea breezes afford relief during the
heated term. Its exceptional loca
tion on the narrow peninsula between
Sun Siego Bay and the ocean is an
ide-il one for a summer residence.
Electric lights, sewerage, graveled
streets, etc., give city benefits with
freedom and charm of camp life.
Most comfortable are the furnished,
matting covered board floor tents,
with toilet necessaries, etc. Its prox
imity to Hotel del Coronado, under
the sarao management, is an addi
tional attraction. Illustrated booklets
may be bad from Santa Fe agents, or
from Mauager Coronado Tent City
Band.
Fine Cash Register.
H. G. Carter, representing
the
left
for Albuquerque this morning after a
visit of about ten days in Prescott.
During his visit here tie took an
order for a cash register for the Palace
; hotel aud bar, which will be made to
'order and which will be the finest
j cash register ever made by the com
! pany for a similar business. It will
contain four cash drawers, each one of
which will be devoted to a separate
department of the institution, and in
addition to registering the amount
paid, it will be provided with an au
tomatic device, whereby a history of
the transactions will be recorded in
duplicate, whereby the managers can
by inspecting the register tell just
from what source the receipts of any
day were obtained. The register will
bo made to order and it will take
tbe company about two months to
complete it It will be made to con
form with plans submitted by the pro
prietors of the place and will tend to
greatly sinipify aud systematize their
business.
Ascension Day Services.
Tbe following program has been
arraued for the services at the Cath
olic church in this city tomorrow,
WediHedy, that being ascension day.
Low mass at seven o'clock a. m.
High mass at eight o'clock a. m. at
which service music will be furnished
by the young ladies from St Joseph's
academy. Communion will be given
to children who at fhis service take
their first communion.
At three p. m. the ceremony of the
devotioual of the baptismal vow and
benediction.
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