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6 WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 191 1 STAR8UCK MINE m SPLENDD WIN Four Foot Body of Ore Recently Opened In Lower Tunnel OverThousandTonsNow On Dump Ready For Treatment (From Saturday's Daily) Fred Vierthaler, in charge of the Starbuck mines on Slate Creek owned by Major A. J. Pickrell, who arrived from the camp yesterday afternoon, states that tho reports in circulation of the opening of a new and high grade body of silver ore in the lower tunnel are true. The "pay streak averages four feet in width and tho shoot was cut a few days ago in the lace of the 1200 foot tunnel. The find is ensidered the most important yet made in the property. In speaking of the past operation of this property, Sir. Vierthaler states that while but little publicity lias been given the development, there is no question but what the mine will develop into a large producer. Over 1000 tons of a. good grade of milling ore are on the dump, while the ore bodies in tho hundreds of feet of openings assure a permanent output for many years. The Starbuck is opened by three tunnels, one at the upper point in the original workings, and the other two at a lower elevation. The lower one has reached a point over 1200 feet into the mountain, while the middle tunnel is in about GOO feet. All three openings follow the vein. Mr. "Vierthaler states that it is his belief that the best camp of the future in that belt is assured at the Starbuck interests. While it is reported that a reduction plant is being talked of as a probability soon, he would neith er deny nor affirm that statement, but said that with the splendid' show ing it was his opinion that such a movement was justified by what had been proven in the past four years snd what had been demonstrated in -the last few weeks. TEEE SITES FOR COTTAGES IN PRESCOTT l'HOEXIX, Ariz., April 4. The value of the products manufactured in Arizona in 1909 was $50,074,000 and $20,033,000 in 1904, an increase of $21,991,000 or 78 per cent. Plans are well under way for or tganization of a Chapter of American .Mining Congress for Arizona. Bureau of Census, announces popu lation of Tombstone in 1910 as 1,9S2; in 1900 the population,, was. G4G. IDouglas has invited Arizona De velopment Board to hold semi-annual meeting in that city in May. Prescott Chamber of Commerce is of fering free home sites in pine groves Uo Arizonans who will build summer voltages. 'vVickenburg is paying close alten Uion to road improvement in tho vicin iity, resulting in much travel through ithat -city. iBeal estate and building activity prevails at Tucson, every indication is that 1911 will be a record year in -all business lines. Prescott reports prosperous condi lions prevailing in Verde valley. ilbre acreage being put under culti vation this year. Jerome has just completed a new $21,000 high school building marking completeness of educational facilities in the Copper City. Eradication of scabies from Ari Tona sheep herds very successful; ex animation of 400,000 head failed to discover a single case. Ray Consolidated mill at Hay den lias commenced operations, crushing over 1000 tons daily. When in full -operation the plant will be one of the largest smelters in the world. Tucson Chamber of Commerce ias wised $75,000 for purchase of ter minal facilities- and right-of-way for K. P. & S. W. railroad. Deed to be turned over to the company at once. Organization of Territorial associ ation for furtherance of "Good I?oads" is having attention. All parts of Arizona co-operating for success. Governor Sloan will call a meeting in April. A railroad 'through the Mogollon Mountain? from TTolbrook to points south is projected by Eastern and local capitalists. The road will run through timber country and will tap new coal fields. Kingman, Mohave county, reports prosperity iu mining and ranching. Ranges are in splendid shape, sheep shearing active, cattle thriving and much development throughout adja cent country. Dr. A. H. Wilde of Northwestern University has been called to Presi dency of University of Arizona. Re gents are chosen from various parts of the Territory. The University is an Arizona institution throughout. Manufactures in Arizona have in creased from 1904 to 1909 as follows: In capital invested, 128 per cent; in number of establishments, 84 per cent; in value of products, 78 per cent; in salaries and wages, 41 per cent; number of wage-earners employ ed, 34 per cent. FACTS OF GYPSUM PRODUCTION IN 1909 In 1909 the total quantity of gyp sum mined in the United States was 2,252,7S5 short tons, an increase of nearly 31 per cent over the produc tion of 1908, which was 1,721,829 short tons, and an increase of more than 28 per cent over that of 1907, which was 1,751,748 short tons. There was a large increase in the quantity of gypsum sold without calcining and used principally as land plaster and as an ingredient of Portland cement and in paint, but a drop of about 11 cents a ton in value. The sales of gypsum calcined for plaster showed not only a large increase in quantity. but an increase in value at the mills averaging nearly 30 cents a ton. Gyp sum was produced in sixteen states and two territories besides Alaska, The largest production was reported from Xew York. Michigan and Iowa occupied second and third places. The number of mills reporting production in 1909 was 91; the number reporting in 190S was 88. The Paync-Aldrich tariff bill of 1909 reduced the import duties from 50 cents to 30 cents a ton on crude gypsum and from $2.25 to $1.75 a ton on ground or calcined gypsum. The increase in total value of gyp sum and gypsum products imported into the United States in 1909 over the value of the imports in 1908 was a little less than 20 per cent; the increase in domestic production was 31 per cent. The statistics of the production of gypsum in 1909 were collected by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation -with the Bureau of the Census, and the compilation of the replies to the numerous and detailed inquiries contained in the general cen sus schedule has delayed the publica tion of the statistics far beyond the time at -which the Geological Survey usually presents them to the public. "The gypsum industry in 1909," by E. F. Burchard, an advance chap ter of the United States Geological Survey's annual volume, "Mineral resounces," can be obtained by ap plying to the Director of the Survey at Washington. BISBEE, Ariz., April 7. S. S, Badger is enthusiastic over the pros pects of the Bisbee-Sonora property, located in the Chiricahua mountains, near Paradise. Mr. Badger, of Doug las, is consulting mining engineer for the company, and was here as a mem ber of the twenty-man gold team from the Smelter City. Work is still in progress in the ore body which was struck several months ago in the main tunnel of the prop erty, he states. Up to the time of the last report received, 115 feet had been gone through with no apparent diminution of quantity. It is Mr. Badger's belief that the body will prove to be approximately 200 feet in thickness. "I can make no statement as yet as to the average values of the ore run through,' said Mr. Badger. ' believe that wo will have about thirty feel of good shipping ore while the ret will be of fine concentrating quauty. When we strike the hang ing wall I will take samples from every five feet of ore and will then be able to determine the average." Mr. Badger was the guest of Frank B. Door, who is also interested in the Bisbee-Sonora. He declares his belief that there is not another property in the country which has the phenom enal ore showing of the Bisbee-Sonora, when the amount of money ex pended in development is taken into consideration. PHENOMENAL ORE SHOWING NEAR PARADISE DOUGLAS YOUTH LAND PROJECT IS OUTWITS LAND STARTED NEAR LAWS SALOME Leads Bride to Altar To Perfect Title To Homestead Filing is Allowed After Marriage Ceremony Is Performed DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 7. Theo dore Willis Wood is now not only the possessor of a handsome bride, but is also the possessor of a homestead land entry, and the possession of both land and wife has brought congratu lations from his friends and acquaint ances. Mr. Wood was married yes terday to Miss Moody of this city, daughter of Frank Moody, a well- known citizen. This marriage had been arranged by the young people some time ago, but was being delay ed until Mr. Wood should reach the age of 21 years. But last week when he went to the office of United States Commissioner Albert M. Sames to perfect an entry for a homestead of land -west of the city, which had been relinquished by a former holder, he found that to take land from the gov ernment a man must either be 21 years old or be the head of a family. On Saturday Mr. Wood could meet neither of these requirements, and there the land entry wag blocked. But this obstacle was one which it occurred to Mr. Wood might be over come in a case of dire necessity, so he hiked to the presence of his fiance and after the situation was ex plained it was agreed that the mar riage should not be longer delayed, and yesterday the iceremony was per formed in due form in the presence of a few friends and the family of the bride. Monday morning the first onc appear in the office of Commissioner Sanies was Theodore Willis Wood, ac companied by hii blushing bride and a marriage certificate, which was suf ficient to meet the requirements of Uncle Sam in granting a homestead filing. ' COCHISE MINE IS BEING CLEARED FOE ACTION BISBEE, Ariz., April G. Within a short time, if expectations of stock holders are realized, the Cochise De velopment Company, with property lo cated at the head of Dubacher can yon, will commence work of develop ing low grade ore bodies passed through in course of sinking the main shaft, but at that time considered too low grade to be troubled with. The Cochise property, upon which no work has been done for several years, is. capitalized at 100,000 shares of ten dollars par value. At present the stock is quoted on the exchanges at 75 cents for fully paid stock. In pursuance to calls made upon stock and not heretofore satisfied 9,633 shares have been advertised to be sold at public auction by Secretary T. O. McGrath on April 30. It is pro vided that the persons whose stock is advertised shall have the right to purchase before any others are given an opportunity. Rumors of the proposed move have aroused interest in the stock to a high degree but nothing of definite nature has yet been allowed to go forth. L. C. Shattuck is president of the company and T. O. McGrath is its secretary. Several men are now en gaged in clearing the old dump pre paratory to starting. POPULAR MINER- BURIED (From Saturday's Daily.) Services over the remains of the late' James J. McCluskey. were held at the Uatbolis churcu yesterday morning, after which the body was taken to McCabe for interment. A large number of the Improved Order of Red Men in the city were in at tendance, with a strong representa tion of Western Federation of- Miners and personal friends. After the body reached McCabe services were held in the Federation hall, and a large number of members of that order es corted their late brother to the ceme tery. The pall bearers in this city were J. H. Farrell, Thomas Marmont, A. E. Comer, Phillip Hoover, R. E. Morrison and Charles Bennett. Journal-Miner High class job wor Los Angeles Capital Is -Backing Promising Enterprise Power For Pumping To Be Furnished By Big Plant ruuuu, Ariz., April 7. A con tract for furnishing electric power for pumping water to be used in irrigat ing 2,000 acres of land located three miles south of Salome will probabl, be closed soon by E. S. Osborne, rep resenting the Los Angeles capitalists who have negotiated the contract The company, made up of five of the most responsible and best known business men of the coast, has al ready been given a. contract to fur nish water for 3000 acres in Wenden dale township, adjacent to Salome. Investigations and surveys hav been made near Salome and in Wen dendale during the last nine weeks with a view to determining the re liability of the water supply, and the depth at which it would be found also for the purpose of drawing ditch and canal plans for the various prop erties which will be included in the icontract. The investigations hav shown that water is found on the lands near Salome at a depth of from 11 to 95 feet, and it is the in tention of the company to establish a system or ib-incu wens in steci casing from which water will brought up by centrifugal pumps run bv electric motors. Power will furnished, from the central plant, Teams and laborers are already on the 2000 acres signed up to the company breaking grpund in a place selected as the site for the new power house. Construction work will be pushed steadily and it is expected that th plant, an oil burning engine of S3- horsepower with large dynamo and all necessary electrical contrivances, will be ready to furnish power in a few months' time. The power of the sta tion now under construction will be inadequate for the irrigation of 5000 acres, but it is the plan of the com pany to increase the size of the power house. BIG AUTOMOBILE FREIGHTERS IN KINGMAN (Mohave County Miner) Yesterday there was unloaded at Kingman from two flat cars two of the largest freighting automobile trucks ever built. The weight of the machines running light is in excess of ten tons. These machines were built and brought to Kingman by the Great Western. Transportation com pany for the purpose of trying them out on the flat and hill country sur rounding this place. The cars were set up and moved off under this own power as soon as they reached the ground from the cars. Eight men accompanied the ma chines for the purpose of demonstrat ing and operating the machines. These men are W. M. Trout, of the Trout Auto and Livery Company, one of the largest livery concerns of Chi cago, Isaac S. Shirley, H. M. Willcox, S. B. George, Joe Mickle, Bert Knapp, and J. E. Armstrnog. These men are all capable of assisting in various capacities in the trying out of the machines and are interested in their success. The machines are equipped with a battery of gasoline engines, direct connected to generators and have a normal horse power of ninety and when turned up will develop two hun dred horse power. The machine is operated by direct link belt and sprocket from each of the motors and hace wonderful driving power, As the load will be practically over the rear wheels the tonnage will add traction to tho machine. Over the flat country the machine will make is own road, although some time will be consumed on the first trip to Gold Road, as it is proposed to cut away from the old wagon road and make an independent road over the valley to Little Meadows, from which point the road over the moun tain will be widened and made pass ible for the machines. The machines have a width of nearly two feet over the ordinary wagon road, but as they make their own road this will be no detriment. The wheels have massive routed tires of steel, so arranged that instead of powdering up the surface of hard roads will simply pack it down and make it more perfect. It is believed that when the roads have been put in prime condition each machine will have a haulage capacity of twenty tons, and wll be able to readily climb Gold Road hill with that tonnage. The machine is a new type, only these two having been built. As the test proceeds observation will be kept and any change that condition may suggest will be noted and made and when the machine is demonstrated a complete success they will be put on the market. One of the machines is capable of making eight miles per hour and the other six and one-half miles, loaded for the road. LEASING SYSTEM MAY REVIVE TOMBSTONE TOMBSTONE, Ariz., April 6. The prediction has been freely made that Tombstone would soon have more men working in the district than any other time in the past few years. and if the plans of Frank M. Murphy are carried out, within three months this prediction will be verified as it appears to be the plan of Mr. Murphy and associates to give leases for the various -upper workings of the com pany's properties on what is known as the sliding scale, that is the chlor iders are to pay a royalty in propor tion to the values of the ores shipped based on the smelter returns. Outside of the different leases granted by the company, on some seventy-sir claims, many independent claims are being worked. The Walker claim on which a ledge of silver has been uncovered, running several thousand ounces of horn sil ver to the ton, is showing up well and promises to be a bonanza. The Hers'nall mine is working a full force of miners and continues to ship its share of ore to the smelters each week. The Bisbee Extension people, who have taken over the Galvez mines in this district, have five men at work and will shortly increase the number. Shipments are already being made from this property of silver-lead ore, E ACIE COURTLAXD, Ariz., April 7.-A revival of mining activity is reported from the Courtland district. The Gold Queen property, staked off by cowboys and cattlemen during the gold strike of Courtland, will be de veloped, it is reported, by an operat ing company, the latter having enter ed into an agreement with the own ers of the property to sink 300 feet, to install a 20-ton cyanide mill and to do other development work. The property, which on discovery seemed to promise much, has not been developed by the owners to any great extent. It is also reported that the Lead- ville pjoperty may reopen apon and the Great Western is looking up on account of new ores being found. The news of contemplated and plan ned development to infuse encourage ment into that section. (From Saturday's Pally) Returning lawyers and witnesses from Kingman yesterday morning state that the jury in the case of Dempsey B. Powell, accused of the murder of DeWitt Milligan, at Cherry Creek, in this county, brought in a erdict of not guilty. The trial con sumed but one day, and many wit nesses subpoenaed to that city were not called to testify. The jury eon sidered the case thirty minutes. The trial went to Mohave county on a change of venue. PETTY LARCENY THIEF (From Saturday's Daily,; Jack Burton, said to be a profes sional pick pocket, was brought from Jerome yesterday by Officer John Hudgena and lodged in the county jail for sixty days for stealing cheap jewelry in the Copper City recently. MN REPORTED DEM POWELL ACQUITTED UF MURDER LOS ANGELES CAR BANDITS STILL AT Thousand Dollar Reward Offered For Their Capture Fourth Similar Robbing Since Latter Part Of January LOS AXGELES, Cal., April 7. While numerous deputy sheriffs, de tectives and secret agents of the Paci fic Electric Company are searching the city and its suburbs for trace of the two bandits who held up and Tob bed the crew and passengers of a Glendale care near Monte Vista sta tion Tuesday night, securing more than $700, the youths are still at large. Yesterday the Pacific Electric com pany offered a reward of $1000 for information leading to tho arrest and conviction of the bandits. Of this $500 will be given for information leading to the arrest and conviction of either of the robbers. In the same connection the Pacific Electric com pany publishes a full description of the young men. This is the largest reward ever offered' by the company for the arrest of a highwayman. The alarming in crease in the number of holdups on the different car lines led to the re ward being offered. January 25 a Los Angeles-Pacific electric car was held up at Tokio sta tion. February 13 a West Seventh street car was held up at Seventh and Rampart -street and the conductor, G. G. Johnson, was injured. March 17 a Garvanza car was held up at Buena Vista street bridge. In summing up the situation Chief of Police C. E. Sebastian said yes terday evening that no new clew that' might lead to the arrest of tho bandits had been found, but he in timated' that Detectives Jones and Boyd, who are working on the case, expected to land -some definite in formation pertaining to the case with in twenty-four hours. If the bandits had taken any of the personal property of the passen gers," said the chief, "it would not be such a hard matter to get some clew that might lead to their dis covery. So far as we know, nothing but money was taken, unless there was some one among the passengers who has not reported. If there is anyone among the passengers from whom any personal property was taken, we hope to locate them. That would help us materially. But, in the meantime, we are working hard on the case in the- hope that we will finally apprehend the men." The police and the- detectives- bold to the theory that the robbers took a car to the city immediately after the holdup, and arrived in the city's business district by the time the alarm was given. Despite the fact that the work of planning and exe cuting the holdup was cleverly car ried out, the police hold to the belief that the young men are amateurs at the game, while the sheriff's office says it was the work of experts, whether old or young. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 7. Judge Wcllorn in the United, States District Court gave a decision in the case of tho government against the Santa Fe, charged with giving re bates to ths Grand Canyon Lime and Cement Company at Nelson, Arizona, in effect defeating the prosecution and acquitting the railroad. In a similar case two years ago Judge Wellorn fined the railroad $330,000. The district court of ap peals reversed the decision. The judge today said the decision was in line with that of the higher court. If your job is "shaky" a Journal- Miner liner will get you another one. UKE SANTA FE WINS NELSON REBATE CASE