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WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1912
MOHAVE'S MILLIONS
ATTRACT CAPITAL
Leading Gold Producer Stocked With
A Great Variety of Mineral And
Other Resources
MS COMPANYISAVOY PROPERTY HENRY MEAQMM 1 NEILL GOGS
REPORTS RICH MAY SOON BE FOUND NICE FREE OF UGLY
GOLD ORE RUNNING NUGGET ACCUSATION
(Hy K. II. Hose)
Tlie northwest county of Arizona
has an accredited output of more
than $20,000,000 in mineral wealth,
chiefly gold.
Gold docs not fluctuate in market
value, and though copper and silver
temporarily depreciate through econ
omic conditions in the business
world, the principal mineral product
is growing yearly with the develop
ment now in course. Each month
the mine product approximates $300,
000, constantly increasing through
the shipments from "mines in the
making" and there arc many .of
them.
The world-famed Gold Road mine
produces bullion to the amount of
$80,000 monthly; the great Tom
Reed follows closely with about
$70,000; the Ruth mine adds $15,000
and the Frisco in the northern part
of the section furnishes like amount.
The Tennessee, Union Pass and
other gold producers help swell the
total, and the Golconda, a zinc prop
erty of Kreat richness is sending to
the smelters in Oklahoma a carload
per day of ore that pays a premium
on account of its high grade zinc
and other mineral values which de
fray the cost of mining, freight and
smelter charges. There arc a dozen
other properties that arc cither at
the regular production stage, or rap
idly being developed to that point,
which means great mines of the
future.
New finds arc continuously being
recorded and development work is
being done on half a hundred prom
ising prospects, and yet those best
informed say only the "advertising"
Mage has been reached. It is con
fidently asscrtcl that greater fortunes
will be exposed by the prospector's
pick than those which now form the
basis of a solid, permanent and pro
gressive prosperity.
The development of water power
possibilities from the current of the
Colorado river is about to be under
taken by corporations having ample
capital that will insure the economi
cal development and expansion of
the mining resources. Not only
this .but the incidental irrigation
possibilities, correlated with the
power exploitation, will bring into
being a large acreage of the highest
grade of farming soil in the new
state.
Here is a great home market
awaiting the soil products, which
are now imported from a distance,
assuring large profits to those who
will uudcrstandingly take advantage
of a situation practically unique in
this part of the west. Dry farming
experiments arc proving highly sat
isfactory to those who have dared
the elements, and results of the har
vests soon to be gathered will es
tablish new records for Mohave
county.
New railroads, and the extension
of those already here will greatly
widen yhc scope of operations and
work beneficial economics to now
remote sections.
There is abundant range for vast
numbers of cattle and sheep that
will not be interfered with by the
fencing of irrigated and dry farm
ing lands. There is room for thou
sands of agriculturists who will find
in the county, in the desert country
to the west and in Nevada mining
camps a ready demand for their sur
plus. There is a constant demand
for horses, mules and asses whose
breeding would prove highly re
munerative. Capital is being attracted to these
promising fields of investment and
when the outside world is made ac
quainted with actual conditions the
influx of brain, brawn and progres
sive manhood will be as natural as
the flow of water down hill. All the
elements are here for an empire,
rich beyond the conception of those
who judge only by the evidence of
today, and the millions of Mohave's
past will be as a cipher to the mil
lions to be developed and produced
during the next generation. The
way has been shown, the trail blazed
and an enthusiastic army of those
who "do things" will soon follow
the trail.
Old Conger Vein Said To
Be Attracting Much
Attention
ELY KILLING TO JUDGE CANCELS
BE PASTIME IN
YORK
NEW YORK, May 10. Having
been made uncomfortable since time
immemorial, New York is now
planning a novel innovation by which
it is proposed to reverse matters and
make the fly miserable for a change.
As a result the millions of flics which
may have decided upon this city as
the one in which to spend the sum
mer months are sure to find a warm
reception awaiting them in the shape
of a movement now under way to
swat more flies than ever. While
estimates of the number of flies to
be found in this city at midsummer
are necessarily more or less guess
work, several persons who have at
tempted a fly census assume that, it
would come pretty close to the fill
lion mark. In early spring, how
ever, before eggs have been laid and
hatched the number is far smaller
since it is estimated that each fly
now will produce at least a hundred
later on. It h estimated therefore
that if every man, woman and child
were to kill two flies a day for the
next ten days the city would pro
gress so far toward llylcssness as to
make the joke about a bald-headed
man without fl avor here. Of course
not every one will kill his or her
share of flici, but the "swat the fly
early" program is already well
enough under way to indicate that
this dimmer should show a vast im
provement over previous years.
(From Saturday' Dally)
J. II. Tribby, manager of the Cac
tus Gold Mining company, is in the
city to meet Marshall T. Levey, of
Indianapolis, the later returning from
the coast, and who is en route to
their holdings in Cherry Creek dis
trict on a trip of examination of de
velopment under headway. Hoth
will leave today for the camp. Mr.
Levey is one of the heavy stock
holders, and a few weeks ago in
spected the property. He is enthu
siastic over the future. The Cactus
holdings include the old Conger
mines, and since resumption a few
months ago, old time ore bodies are
being determined. Two shifts are
employed, and drifting ui)dcr the old
workings is going on. Mr. Tribby
reports an ore body of over twenty
inches in sight, high grade in value
and free milling in character.
A permanent camp has been es
tablished, and the plan is to operate
energetically and indefinitely. Sam
pics of the ore were brought to the
city by Mr. Tribby and created much
interest by their mincralogical char
acter, and are identical to the pro
ductiou of many years ago when the
Conger was rated as a bonanza. The
affairs of the Cactus arc In the hands
of a close corporation, and no stock
is on the market.
SUNNY IE
MINE
MAY
INSTALL
BIG PLAN
T
CITIZENSHIP
(From Saturday's Daily.)
II. X. Coleman, manager of the
Suunyside Mining company, while in
the city yesterday slated that the
experimental cyauiding tests had
been concluded, with satisfactory re
sult. A plant, of sufficient capacity
to treat a big output will be installed
soon, when Mr. Coleman says opera
tion of an extensive scale will fol
low. The mill has been running at
intcrvnls on ores from various claims
owned by the company, and satis
factory returns given. Mr. Coleman
feels pleased with conditions.
PAPERS
SEATTLE, May 10. Federal
Judge Hanford ordered the cancella
tion of the citizenship papers of
Leonard Oleson, the Socialist agita
tor, on the ground that he committed
fraud when he swore he was attach
ed to the principles of the constitu
tion of the United States. This is
said to he the first case on record
where a man has been deprived of
citizenship because of alleged sediti
ons utterances.
OVERLAND CHOSE NEW
SET OF DIRECTORS
STILL NOT SATISFIED
HAVANA, May 10 The Steve
lores coalers and lightermen who
returned to work today, later struck
again, and traffic of the port is once
more paralyzed.
PHOENIX, May 8. J. W. Wea
therford of Flagstaff, A. C. Webb of
Roosevelt, I). J. Shea of Jerome, W.
11. Hurbage of Winslow, Henry T.
Andrews of I'rcscott, and John A.
Lent!!, K. S. Towuscnd, Redmond
Toohcy, C. H. pratt, I'. T. Hurley
and I. J. Johnson, all of this city,
were elected as board of directors of
the Overland Telephone and Tele
graph company this afternoon at the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the company. The above named
gentlemen composed a ticket nom
inated by Mr. Andrews, and they
will serve for the coming year.
The election of the above directors
means that a new president will be
named for the company to succeed
I. T. Stoddard. It is understood
that the president must be a mem
br of the board of directors. Stod
dard was not elected as n director at
today's session.
KINGMAN THINKS
MINES BRING PROSPERITY
Unndvertliod things art told
wmotlraM. Journal-Miner wiat art
will tell them quickly,
The business men of Kingman do
not appear to realize the importance
of boosting the mines of the Stock'
ton Hill section nor to aid the pros
pector and leasers of that part of
the district. A short time ao busi
ness was brisk in the town and the
merchants had their hands full wait
ing on the customers that came here
to trade. There has been some fall
ing off in the business and this has
been accounted for by the fact that
this is a presidential year and busi
ness throughout the country usually
falls off when there it a chance of a
change in administration, Hut the
fact is that they have failed to place
the cause for the falling off in trade
where it belongs,
A , few months ago a large force
of men were employed in the Stock
ton Hill section, and every dollar
paid out there found its way to King
man. Now there are only a iw
leasers working in that section and
this has caused the falling off In
business. With one hundred men at
work in the mines of Stockton Hill
more trade would be brought to
Kingman direct than if there were
two thousand men in the Cold Road
section.
We- do not believe in boosting any
one section to the. exclusion of an-
other, hut we do believe that it is up
to the merchants of Kingman to
give direct aid and encouragement
to the people that most directly ben
cuts tlicm, hvcry section of the
county needs aid and boosting, but
the base metal mines most of all.
Let the people most interested get
in and make possible the success of
a large number of leasers on the
mines in this district and the result
will astonish the business men of
the town. Mohave County Miner,
(From Saturday's Dally)
llcrnard CunnilT. of the Savoy
Mining company, who arrived from
the cast several days ago, after in
vestigating conditions at his camp,
stated yesterday that arrangements
are being perfected to resume de
velopment in the near future. In
fact his trip to the country is taken
for this purpose. He was at the
works near Crown King for several
days looking the situation over. He
feels elated over the general out
look in the Ilradshaws and the activ
ity in evidence since he was a visit
or several months ago, expressing
the belief that the country faces a
better future than in many years.
He will return to New York in a
few weeks.
(From Saturday's Dally J
Henry Meacham. formerly a min
er of the Hradhaw. continued his
joumry to Albuquerque yesterday
after a two days' stopover in the
city, and had in his possession a
gold nugget valued at $186, which
was washed out on the Santa Maria
near the old Mexican placer camp,
on March 31. He was working with
two other minor and the result of
the winter cleanup among them ag
gregated over $1000. He will re
turn in a few weeks and will oper
ate this summer with a dry washer
of his own invention, one of which
has been used successfully on the
desert near home He is returning
to the above city to visit with his
mother and other relatives, and will
also build his machine in that city.
KING BROTHERS C1TY liOTWILL
IMPORT FINE
HERFFORDS
(From Saturday' "Dally)
A handsome bromide enlargement
of a photograph of some sturdy
Hereford bulls was presented to the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday by
Tom King of King Hrothers, tin
Rig Chino Valley beef barons.
The animals depicted by the cam
era arc thoroughbreds and look as
though they had just stepped off
their native heath in the beautiful
county of Herefordshire, in old
England, from which they take their
name.
King Hrothers imported this stock
from Missouri recently to improve
the strain of their range stock and
arc very proud of the animals. Tlx
photograph will be used for a half.
tone about to be published in the
magazine "Arizona," in a few weeks,
TIP TOP-HEATH PLANT
READY TO
RUN
(From Thuraay'a Dally)
E. G. Wager has returned from the
holdings of the Tip Top-Heath Min
ing company, at the old Tip Top
.mine, and states that the new re
duction plant has been inallcd. and
with the exception of the pumping
facilities, is ready to begin opera
tions. The method of treating the
ores will be by the Denver roller
!ll - ...
mm process, wmcn lias a capacity
ot twenty tons per day. The con
centrates will be handled by Wil
li cy tables, two of which arc in nosi
tion. The crushing of ores will he
by a graduated system, in which
two Hlakc crushers will be used.
The old dump that accumulated in
years of developing the mine, and
wmcn contains ahotit 40,000 tons cs
timatcd, will lc treated first. This
ore carries wolframite which is at
trading much attention, and which
also forms the principal basis for
reviving this old producer. The
silver ores will also be handled in
the running of the new mill, old
ground being opened that shows at
tractive values in the white metal.
Mr. Wager feels much elated over
the consummation of plans to place
the property in a producing basis.
ami states mat inside of thirty days
inc new plant will be running.
RUTH MINE SHIPS
SILVER-LEAD ORE
(From Friday V Dally,)
the Ruth mine on Indian Creek,
but six miles from this city, is as
suming prominence as a producer,
the second car of 44,000 pounds of
ore being shipped yesterday, the
first leaving two weeks ago, "In ten
days another car goes to I'ncblo,
while enough ore is exposed in the
drifts to load the fourth car. The
Ruth is a silver, lead and zinc prop
osition, and is being operated by
James R. Slack and J. I. Gardner.
alter lying idle for many years.
It is the only mine in this field
that is in a productive stage of its
mineral character, and Mr. Slack
while in the city yesterday stated
that it is developing into a big pro
ducer. As depth is reached, the ore
bodies arc coming in strong, and are
increasing in value. He feels elated
over the outlook, and will continue
shipping Indefinitely, stating that a
heavy tonnage is assured by what is
in sight.
BE
C NED
TO
m
(From Saturday' Daily)
The well of the I'rcscott Water
Users' association is to be started
again next Monday, a new boiler
having been installed yesterday with
sufficient capacity to run the big
pump so the well will he kept clear
of water and the designated depth
of 150 feet will be readily accom
plished. The well reached a depth
of 124 feet, when further digging
was suspended, the water reaching
to within 96 feet of the surface with
in 24 hours.
CATTLE MARKET
STRONG, SHEEP WEAK
KANSAS CITY, May 6. Light
receipts of cattle here last week and
a good demand from killers was a
combination that gave the market
an uplift of 25 to 40 cents. Fed
steers made the greatest gain, par
ticularly medium grades, which kind
are selling Inglier than they have
sold in forty years, or n'ncc the re
construction days following the
Civil war. Top steers have sold at
higher figures than at present, though
several lots sold today here at $8.50
to !s.70, unequalled previously this
year. The supply today is between
K'vcn and eight thousand head here,
the market strong and active. Sup
ply ligurcs for the year to date at
the five leading markets of the coun
try sliow only a 6 per cent decrease
from same period last year, which
does not furnish an explanation for
the advance of 40 per cent in values
in the some time. Hogs and sheep
have increased at the same markets
so far this year, over last year,
which renders the explanation still
more inadequate. Evidently the
consuming population has gained
several laps ,,n production of meats
more than has been suspected. Dis
taut territory continues to send in
cattle, else the shortage at Kansas
City would be much greater than it
is. Hulk of the native steers at $7.25
to $8.50, sugar beet steers $7.25 to
$8-40, bay fed steers $7 to $7.90,
South Texas grass steers $5 to $6
quarantine fed steers up to $8.25, top
native cows $7.25. stock steers
$675, feeders $6.25 to $7.15.
I'cw sliecp and lambs came in last
week after Thursday, a fortunate
circumstance for sliippcrs, as the
market was being undermined the
last days of the week. Rut the blow
fell all the harder today, when the
run of 15,000 head consisting of a
varied assortment is selling 25 to 75
cents under last Thurs.lnv ti.
best woolcd lambs only reached $9 50
today, ami good clippers stopped at
?.50, fair ones going at $7.50. Choice
cxas wctners sold at $6.10 today
nearly a dollar under last T...
and goats were being hawked
the sheep yards with sm-.li m
of selling, even at shnn.lv
a,l,cs' " to noon. Ihi vers tl
still more punishment later this werl-
ROOSEVELT LEADS IN
HENNEPIN COUNTY
MINNEAPOLIS. Mnv in.
cations here late toniuht nr. .T.J
Roosevelt carried the nresi.t,,,,.'
primary of Hcnnenin COIlnU. ...1.1.1.
iiBirii:i.
(From Saturday'! Daily,)
Jud Ncill was acquitted by a jur.
yesterday on the charge of stealing
three head of calves from a Mexican
and a white man, the alleged cnr
dating oacK to im At that time
an indictment was found by it
grand jury, when the accused wn
out of the territory, going to Mexico,
After his return to Arizona in 191
he was taken into custody jaj
brought to this city, being released
on bail. The trial went over from
last fall, and was finally conclude
at the present term of court, hea
he was exonerated.
ANTITOXIN SAVING
HUNDREDS YEARLY
WASHINGTON, May 9.-StauJ
tics have just been compiled by Dr
John S. Fulton, secretary-general of
the Fifteenth International Congroi
on Hygiene and Demography, show,
ing that the lives of 500,000 childres
were saved in the United Stain
alone within the ten years between
1900 and 1910 by the use of diph-,
thcria antitoxin. How many toll
were spared from death from the
same disease in the different coun
tries of Europe within the same de
cade, can only be guessed, hut it it
known the number reached well into
the hundreds of thousands.
The statistics were prepared in
answer to the question whether the
United States has derived any bene
fit from past international congre
ses on hygiene and demography, and
as an introduction to the Fifteenth
International Congress, which will
be held in this city, under auspices
of the Government of the United
States, September 23 to 28. Prof.
Von Hehring discovered his diph
theria antitoxin in 1891, and at the
Tenth International Congress in
Iludapcst in 1894, the value of hit
discovery was confirmed. Three
American delegates came home with
the news. The next" year a verj
little antitoxin, very expensive, came
over from Germany and France. The
Massachusetts Roard of Health and
the Health Department of New Yorl
City soon began to make antitoxin
for use by local physicians. The
census report in 1900 showed that
diphtheria mortality of the rcgistra
tion area had fallen from 97.75 to
45.2 per 100,000 between 1890 and
1900. The Census report for 1910
showed a further decline to 21.4 per
100,000 persons living.
A review of other earlier Con
grcsses on Hygiene and Demograph)
shows that the history of municipa'
hygiene in Italy dates from thr
fourth Congress at Turin; the Fiftl
Congress, Geneva, 1882, led to thr
foundation of the. Federal Ilurcau c
Health of Switzerland; the firs1
chapter in colonial hygiene was writ
ten after the Sixth Congress in The
Hague; Vienna eventually was who!
ly transformed as a result of hygiew
reforms growing out of the Seventh
Congress ; the Ninth Congrc. ir
London, 1891, opened the era of leg
islation for the health of wage-earn
s, in which England still hold
leadership, And even greater results arc anti
cjpatcd from the Fifteenth Interna
tional Congress on Hygiene an
Demography, in connection wit!
which it is expected to standards
hygienic procedure in all of in
states of the United States, and t'
bring the entire country within th
registration area, so that the all-im
portant vital statistics may even
where be preserved.
McKINLEY MAKES
A REPORT OF PROGRES:
(IFrom ThuratUy'a Daily.)
C. E. McKinlcy, who with hi
wife and son left Prescott late U'
week in an auto for New York Citj
is maldng splendid headway, an
reached Winslow on Saturday lib'1
or two days out from this cit '
a letter written to F. W. Foster
the subject of road condition-
that city, Mr. McKinlcy write "
to Ash Fork, a good highway wa
traveled over, from that place I
Williams it was awful, and the If'
h'ord car had trouble, but was c,u:
to the difficult task. From Withan
to Flagstaff the road was fair, a"
from Flagstaff to Winslow, the grad
was splendid. He expects to w
Albuquerque not later than W
"esday, and both he and his wii
are enjoying the novelty of the
the journey, and their mission is a1
tracting much comment in all towr
they have passed 'through,
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