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ja f COCHISE REVIEW VOLUME V. BISBEE, AKIZONA, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 1901. ER 5 4' $&&?2E&Ap i I A3N a: the a; mines a Xlfif Operations in Cochise County, Sonora and Mf X Throughout the Territory jf. MINERS' ASSOCIATION Rules Adopted in Relation to Mem bership. Section 1. Any person engaged in mining or directly interested in the mining industry of the United States or Mexico is eligible to membership in this association. Any such person de siring to become a member of this as sociation tiay do so by signing the membership roll, or un application blank applying for such membership and agreeing to pay an individual mem bership of (12 per annum or $3 per quarter. The annnal dues for each in corporated mining company or oil com pany shall be $50. Any such incor porated company shall be entitled to one vote by its credited representative at any meeting of the association. Section 2. Any mercantile or manu facturing concern desiring to aid in the development of the mining industry shall, upon payment of $50 annually, be entitled to an honorary membership card in the association. Any individual not engaged in mining who wishes to aid the association in its laudable work shall, upon payment of $12 annually, or $3 per quarter, bo entitled to an honorary memembership card. Seotion 3. The executive committee J may expel or suspend any member oi this association for misconduct or non payment of dues, and may restore such person to full membership upon pay ment of all arrearages and performance of such other conditions as may be deemed just. The United Globe Mines. For a year past ore shipments have been ma'do to the El Paso smelters and the contracts for the same expired on the 8th instant, with no prospect of be ing renewed at present. The mines will. continue under development but the policy to bo pursued is under ad visement and the plans will not be de termined for some two or three weeks. Mr. N. S Berray is making an exami nation of the property and it is likely t his views will be followed in the work of development. A stoppage of ore production was contemplated but a complete shut-down of the mine was only precipitated by the coal famine which renders any op oration impossible, and work can only bo r'ocommonced after a rogular supply of fuel is arranged. For this reason it was imperative to pull the pumps out of the 4,Hoosier" shaft and allow the 8th level to bo flooded. There is yet good ore in the mines and the prospects in the "Groy" and adjoining property are extremely good. There is no doubt after development work is recommenced that in time ore production will follow and in the course of a few months moans will bo found to permit of profitable treatment of the products. The bulk of the United Globe mines ores havo been and are now extremely silicious with an absence of evqn a fair quantity of iron ilux. These facts ren dered smelting unprofitable and the ores objectionable to any smelters. Leaching has been investigated but the high cost of acid precludes proseut op orations along that lino. After tho preliminaries of tho plans of the company are arranged and fuel is provided, there is no question of the resumption of work on a fair scale. Tho management of the company has not been determined on, althongh it is settled that Superintendent E. IL Cook will resign. Bismuth Found in Arizona. From samples recently recoived and analyzed t tho Arizona school of mines it appears that tho comparatively rare but Important metal, bismuth, occurs within tho boundaries of Arizona. This adds another to tho already long list of peculiar mino- al products of tho terri tory. Tho prospector who sont in tho sample prefers for tho present to with hold all tho dotails regarding the local ity, but gives assurances that tho vein is rogular, and that Professor Blako shall havo enough specimens for a complete investigation and further analysis, and for tho sholves of the museum at tho univorsity also. Tho attention of prospectors is now directed to tho Chiricahua mountains, which havo never been thoroughly prospected. Rich finds havo been re ported there, and it is bolieved that some great mines will bo located there in the near future, At tho Greone Consolidated Mining Co.'s works in the Cananea mountains, tho reduction works aro handling 500 tons of ore daily and aro turning out fifty tons of copper bullion daily. Around tho works and at tho mlne'i thoro has accumulated a population of 3500. H. M. Woods, representative from Cochise county visited in Prescott this week. John Broad, a well known mine fore man, reeently in charge of the Santa Rita properties, is confined to his room in tho Bellevue hotel at Nogales suf fering from a broken arm and leg, the result of a fall down three flights of of stairs. The Melczer Mining Co., aro bring ing everything into readiness for start ing up the machinery at their Copete mine, and it is anticipated that the smelter will be blown in the latter part of February. Oasis. In a report of tho United States geo logical survey as published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Arizona claims attention for about two-thirds of the space under the head of cooper output. This,too,in competition with the entire United States. Pat Slavin, a well known character, was found dead in his cabin at Har shaw last Sunday. He was surrounded with every evidence of abject poverty, there being little or no food in the hut, and not enough bedding to keep a per son warm. Yet inis clothes was found ?800 in bills ,of large denomination. The Prospector says: A. L. Grove, superintendent of tho Tranquility mine left yesterday morning for San Fran cisco in obeyance to a telegram re ceived from E. B. Gage. In speaking of tho matter to Chiof of Police Wiser, ho said: "I cannot say anything in re gard to information which I have re ceived but think it will bo to benefit of the people of Tombstone.' John P. Harrington, a mining man formerly well known on the Comstock, who of late years has been interested in mining properties in state of Chih uahua, Mexico, was found dead in his rcom at San Francisco, Cal., on the morning of the 7th. Mr. Harrington left Mexico about twelve months ago for the benefit of his health. Thfi Oliftnn f"Ynnfn fYimr.nnv line fll. ed articles of incorporation in Arizona. Tho canitul stock- of nnlv SnOO .000 io ! . , ----- -.-- . j ,. v suu-cnueu. u.ne aireciors are a. i, McKeyes, P. R. Smith, W. C. Wallis J. L. Burnside and I. N. Stevens. The company will work on contiguous terri tory to tho famous Morenci copper prop erty. , Francisco Garcia, who killed a fellow nH ' .n i was sentenced to be hanged but appeal .-, ,, .,-...... -by " "" ed his case to the, supreme court has received no comfort from that body. A decision has just been rendered in which the decision of the lower court is confirmed. Thursday evening William Melczer, president ot tno Melczer Mining Co., i wno was iormony in business in JNo gales, passed through en route to tho Copete mine, the property of the com pany, about twenty-five miles east of Carbo. Mr. Melczer reported that a traction engine and four wagons, for freighting between the mino and Carbo was yesterday to bo shipped from the factory in the east. Oasis. Tho Helvetia smelter is expected to bo in position and ready for operation by April 1st. The now smelter is to bo steel and thoroughly modern in every respect. Thero aro seven carloads of lumber at Vails Station now awaiting transportation to the camp. A number of now men havo been placed at work. All the wreckago and debris have been removed from tho old smelter site. The many miners in Arizona who havo friends in Alaska have been soli citous as to the lattors welfare over sineo the reported blizzard in that country. Tho latest dispatches from Tacoma, Washington, stuto that tho present blizzard has lasted so long in Alaska, and is so general over that country, that great distress is boingox- j pericnopu by tho sufferers. It is re ported that the cold is so intense at Dawson thnt dogs go mad as a result of thoir suffering. Food is scarce, and death and woo seem generally to bo prevalent. The Copper Era says that a strike of unusual importance was made last week on the Comstock, in Bonanza gulch, fivo miles from Morenci. Tho ore is full of freo gold, and is a sight good for soro eyes. Since tho strike was made further developments havo been most encouraging, and Mrs. Baker, the for tunato owner, is being congratulated by her many friends. Mrs. Baker is an old timer In Clifton and spent a con siderable amount of monoy in prospect ing and developing. Tho Btriko is on tho same vein worked by Ignatio Camp bell many yoara ago, during which tlmo he took out a small fortune. Dick Lakoman, who owns an extension of tho Comstock, has boon operating in the same section for several years, and has taken out a considerable amount of monoy from his mines. Ho is also fool ing jubilant over the strike. THE LEGISLATURE. THE S0L0NS HAVE RETURNED FROM JUNKETING. A Man Named Nave Makes a Bad Be ginning. Bills Introduced, Re ports of Territorial Officers Phoenix, Ariz., Jan 28. Thursday the Legislature adjourned over till Wednesday, that the investi gating committees might have time to visit the territorial institutions. Sev eral of the committees are back already without having made serious inroads into the $550 appropriated for expen ses. There is no doubt about the hon esty of the conduct of the public insti tutions of Arizona. The directing boards of officers have not enough cash to handle to be otherwise than econo mical. In all of the institutions affairs have been running along smoothly for the biennial period just finished so the reports from many of them will probab ly be commendatory. But at the pententiary, the commit tee was confronted with a serious ques tion. The present penitentiary is lit tle more than an adobe corral, with high walls, its main strength being through the riflles and Gatling guns at the disposal of the guards that patrol the top of the walls. In the center of the jail yard is a stone building, where the prisoners aro stacked for the night, six in a cell. It cannot be said that the manner of their incarceration is bad for their health. A large proportion are second-termers, who return without apparent objection to the torrid bank of the Colorado. But the number of prisoners is growing constantly and something must be done, and at once. The superintendent suggests .that about $40,000 had better be provided for the enlargement of the pen so that it will accomodate 500 guests. This sug gestion will be fought bitterly by Nor thern Arizona if it ever reaches tho shape of a bill. Prescott is handicap ped by her county division fight for the the erection of a new territorial prison at her doors. There are probabilities that Benson, Arizola and a few other southern Arizona localities may get a fighting chance at the new prison, if there be one built. One suggestion is to put it on the onyx beds at Big Bug, south of Prescott, and another is that the lerntory open up a sandstone quar ry on the line of tho Santa Fe. When the legislature reconvenes, the main problem it will have to tackle will be the code. About a wagon load of code was dumped upon it simultan eously with the promulgation of tho Governor's message. It is in typewrit ten or printed and pasted form, and there are only four copies. The first headings, all under the letter A, have been exposed to public view in the council and have been sent to the Judi ciary committee But there is no as surance that the Legislature will really try to wade through the mass of words. About all the Democratic members appear to shy at the sound of the word "Code. " Dr. Ford of Maricopa suggests that the thing be put "under the ice wagon" which is his own peculiar way of expressing the sentiment that it ought to bo turned down. Others pre fer that it be printed and referred to the general public and to the next leg islature. One very amusing feature in connec tion with the code was the experience of the secretary of the code commission on his recent visit to Phemx. Some how Secretary Nave 'has it in" for the newspapers. He is not so very long in the southwest and when he was appoint ed to the place, it is possible that John Dunbar was a little severe in his refer ences, considering tho fact that there were a half dozen struggling young lawyers -in Phenix alono who would have jumped at the chance of $50 a mouth salary in the job. Tho now code, whoever is responsible for the change, cuts tho legal advertising rates in two, in every instance. Navo appeared to think this section the most important in tho bill, so ho did a little lobbying for it. But amusing to relate, among tho first men to whom Iir told hisstm-v how tho newspapers of tho territory were simply "others, were St. Charles, ' ouuor oi uie imnerai-u eanu, anil K. S. Perkins who is editor of tho St. Johns He aid, when he is not a legis lator. Of course this reached the col lective ear of the Press Association and much was tho glee thereof. Several bills have passed the legisla ture already. The Council and House had a little unpleasantness over tho passage of the bill abolishing tho pre requisite of paying poll tax before reg istering. The Council passed the bill and sont it to the house. Instead of concurring, tho house passed its own bill of similar tenor and killed tho Council Bill. When tho House bill wont into the Council, the solons of tho uppor Houso got mad. But they passed the bill. So at least one of tho pledges of the Democratic territorial platform has been carried out. Wood, of Cochise, has introduced a meritorious measure, that calls for u rogular tax lovy for tho support of tho territorial penitentiary, which now, in looso manner, is supported by drafts on tho territorial goneral fund. Kimball of Graham has a bill to cut down tho mileage of peace officers to twelve cents a mile for the one way of a trip. Burns is looking out for the better pro tection of miners, in a couple of bills he has handed the chief clerk, while Ford has put in tho bill that will per mit Phoenix to have the really up-to-date city government. The committees have all been ap pointed. In tho council, Shannon is chairman of the committee on county and county boundaries, and of that on roads and and ferries, having a place also on tho committees on judi ciary claims and printing. Warner, a republican gets off lighter. Ho has a place on the mines, roads and ferries, and rules committees. In the assembly, Gray is chairman of the committee on wiys and means and has a place on those of elections, claims and territorial afiairs. Roemer is on the committees on counties and county boundaries, corporations, public ex penditures and accounts. Woods is chairman of the enrolling and en grossing committee and is on the mines appropriations and education commit tee. Kimball has the important post of chairman of the judiciary committee, but is also found on the education, live stock and rules committees. I jams is at the head ot the printing committee, as well as being a member of the cor porations, enrolled and engrossed bills, agriculture and irrigation committees The legislature is running long on clerks. They have been supposed to be distributed according to location, equitably, the result being that the communities with the best Democratic representation has secured the most plums. Maricopa has about a dozen of the places, including the chaplains, messengers, etc. Pima county has seven. Gila county has four, with a prospect that Jim Parks will have a job as soon as the session reconvenes. Pin al also has four. Graham, thus far, has Chief Clerk Birdno and Committee Clerk Golden to her credit. Cochise has only one, S. A. D. Upton, clerk of the Assembly Judiciary. Altogether there are forty employees, with a few more to be appointed. The council passed a resolution for the appointment of a Republican, Sara Levy, to be leg islative postmaster, but the Assembly flattened it on sight. One assembly man pathetically asked, "Haven't we a man left unappointed in the Democrat ic party competent to fill the place?" The Press Association session was one of the best ever held, in point of number of attendants and in the work accomplished. The Legislature, it was agreed, must be asked to re-establish the printing of the delinquent tax lists, and it was agreed that the finan cial reports of all public boards should be advertised, for the information of the tax payers. The association held its usual banquet at Coffee Al's, only the pressmen being present, and thus polished off an enjoyable and profitable session Jas. H. McClintock. Shooting in Yavapai County. A placer miner named Schaaf is re ported to have been shot, probably fat al, yesterday at Big Bug, by D. Miller. The weapon used was a shot gun, a charge of buckshot having been lodged in the man's body. Tho trouble Is said to have been about a water ditch. An officer went out last night on receipt of the news of the shooting and brought Miller to town and lodged him in jail He has very little to say in regard to the shooting further than that Schaaf in deepening a ditch for placer mining spoiled a road leading into Miller's field and refused to fix it, though asked to do so repeatedly. Schaaf 's wounds aro thought to be fatal, no hopes what ever being entertained of his recovery. Journal Miner. There is no dearth of applicants for offices in the proposed new county of Clark. For sheriff' Ed Tovrea is backed by a number of friends and Joo Camp bell looks with longing on the sumo office, and thinks it now or never with staunch republicans. Frank Movers is mentioned for recorder. Some think Ed Parkinson has tho call for district attorney. A considerable number of tho friends of H. J. Allen want him to take tho chairmanship of tho board of supervisors, tho most important office to taxpayers, in tho county. Jerome B. Hoover and Andy Knoblock have been solicited to to take tho other place on the board. Our republican friends would havo decidedly the best of it politically if Governor Murphy named these mon, but ho would also have a very business-like set of ofiicials Jfor two years at least. Jerome Reporter. A member of tho Arizona council is preparing a bill to bo introduced, whereby a man can voto without going to tho polls. Now if our friend will amend th- bill so that a fellow can get elected without going through the hardship of getting a majority, we will second tho motion. Gazette. Kean St. Charles' paper apoligized last week to Its roadors for not being up to its usual standard. It seems that two Kingman ladies called at his office and offered to pay for a church social notice, and tho man Kean left in charge fainted away. That apology is all right "nuff said." The escapo of tho desporado Stiles from tho sheriff of Cochiso county by the connivance of a constablo at Cask Grande, if true, as reported, should send that constablo to Yuma for tho re mainder of his natural life. Gazette. . VsJ. Mini . ..Urra irofn Globe and Inter esting Items of a Personal! Nature. Justice of the Peace E.J. Latvler died on Monday last after an illness of a few days. S. B. Wittum died of puenmonia last Saturday and was buried on Sunday. Ho was a member of Globo Miners Union No. 00. S. N. Berray arrived in Globo Mon day night and has been engaged in making a detailed examination of the United Globo mines. George Goodwin is working some men on a lead-silver proposition about two miles north of Globe, on the east side of Pinal creek. There are now only ten soldiers and a sergeant stationed at San Carlos and tho agency is a very q'uiet place. Harry Temple of Globe has made money with a dry washer in Dripping Springs district ever since going there and now has an interest in several val uable quartz claims. Married in Globe, Ariz., January 22, 1901, Wm. Carylon and Miss Sarah J. Carlyon, both of Globe, Rev. E. O. Mclnter officiating. The recent purchasers of the Black Copper mine are getting their matters in shape so that there will be but little delay in going to work as soon as their machinery for working the mines ar rives. The Lost Gulch Copper company's property, joining the Black Warrior on tho northwest, under the management of John Langley, of Los Angeles, Cali fornia, will soon become a paying property. H. H. Gaycox, G5 years of age, was found dead in his bed on Salt River. last Sunday. Ho had been working for Mrs. Hocker and slept in a cabin on the premises. Mart Hicks, who had his collar bone broken at the recent steer tying con test, was in town Thursday and has recently recovered from his Injury. J. W. Reed was down from the Pinals a few days ago, where he has been do ing assessment work on some gold claims, and reports the finding of some rich gold ore In one of the veins. John Love, of Siloa, Mexico, former ly master mechanic of the G. V. & G. N. railroad, arrived in Globe Monday evening, on a visit to his son, Charley Lovo our popular jeweler. E. P. Swartz, who was arrested last week, charged with larceny, had his preliminary examination yesterday be fore Judge Rawlins and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury tn the sum of $300. Lou Jordon, Floyd Blevins, Billy Ransom, Ed Stanley, Bob Merritt, Bub Odle, Jake Marks, Tom Shea, Mr. Kelley, Mike Delaney, Bill Quinn and Mr. Dougherty were incoming passen gers on Monday night's train. The boys took in the El Paso carnival and report having had a good time. In response to telegraphic descrip tions sent out by tho sheriff's office, Toy Yett, the Chinese restaurant man who skipped out on tho 10th of this month, was captured at Bowie Monday and brought back to Globo with most of the money. The Black Warrior Copper Co. Amalgamated, have been making a very satisfactory run at their plant. Several parties are expecting to make contracts for the treatment of ore by that company, as there are certain ores in the vicinity that the company can treat to an advantage with their own ores. Thrna teams are employed in hauling ore from tho Geneva mine to tho samp ling works here. Tho Genova is an ex tension of tho Black Warrior mine and is under lease to Bert Haverly, who has shipped about six carloads of ore which is said to averago about 22 per cent copper. Johnson Bros, and John Rano havo put men to work on their gold clam on Mineral crock, one and three quarter miles southeast of Ray. The ledge, which has been opened in thrpe places, shows a pay-streak four to eight inches wide. From parties returning from El Paso it is learned that the "grafter" was very much In evidence in that city dur ing tho carnival. One Arlzonian, while gazing at tho stars through a glass, was touched for a $150 watch, an other was relloved of a $500 diamond nnd $500 in cash. Better stay at home, boys. Tho Indian school at Rico is running with a full compliment of teachers, and with 100 pupils in attendance, 100 of whom aro boys. Tho number of girl scholars is seou to bo increased to one hundred. Tho irrigation ditch taken out from tho San Carlos river abovo will bo completed within two weeks. It will Irrigate a tract of 100 acres at tho Rico school, to be cultivated as a gar den to supply tho Indian school with vegetables, and whero they can bo in structed in farming and gardening. i " : . i b-fKs