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VOL. X.
FLORENCE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1901.
NO. 45.
uivivn A DDI TATinV M !
(Survey No. 1580.)
United Statks Land Office, )
Tucson, Arizona, Oct: 17, 1S01.J
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance f chapter t, title i!2, of the Re
vised Statutes of the Uuited Slates, G.
A. Whiteford, whose post otiice address
i Florence, Pinal couuty, Arizona,
clauuiug the Missing Link Loue turn
ing ctaiiu,bcariug gold, silver aud cop
per, 9U2 feet in length, beiug 038 ft. IN'
U deg 10 min W from the discovery
abaft and 464 ft S, 11 deg 10 min K
therefrom, with surface ground GOO ft
in width, situate in Miueral Creek uiiu
lug district, l'inal county, Arizona, has
made application tor a United States
patent for said mining claim, deseri bed
iu the otlicisl plataud notice posted ou
the claim, and by the held notes ou
:.le in the United States land oth.-e, iu
Tucsou, Arizona, as folio as:
lieginning at corner No 1, identical
with theSW corner of tue location, ai.d
with corners No 1 of the liurbauk auu
Parson lodes, survey No 1244, U S loca
tion monument No 1 bears 6 A2 de; 20
inin E206'J ft (no other bearings avail
able, a pine post 4x4 in. 4 1-2 ft long
set 18 in.iu the ground, scribed Cor No
1, M L No 1580, with mouud of stone
alongside. Thence N 78 de,? 50 uiiu K
(variation 13 deg 45 miu IS) 300 ft to S
nd center of the cluim, identical with
N end center of the Burbauk.a pine post
4x4 iu.41-2 ft long, set 18 inches in the
ground, scribed Si Cr M L 1580, with
wound of stone alongside. A sycamore
tree 10 inches in diameter beribed SE
t'r M L 1580 15 T bears S 70 deg 15 mm
W 115 ft. 310 ft to E bank of Mineral
creek ; 550 ft top of hill ; 6o0 ft to cor No
2, identical with the SEeor of the loca
tion and with cor No 2 of the Uurbatia,
a pine post 4x4 inches 4 1-4 11 loug, set
18 inches iu the ground, scribed Cor
2 M L 1580, with mouud of btouc along
side. Theuce N 11 deg 10 min W (vari
ation 13 deg 45 min E) 115.00 ft inter
sect line 14 of the Vindicator, survey
N'o 1581, at N 71 deg 30 miu E 162.5 ft
from cor No 1; 4'Jbft to Eside liueeeu.
of claim, identical with the location, a
pine post 4x4 inches, 4 1-2 ft (ou, set
18 inches in the ground, scribed hSL
Cr. M L 1580, with mound of stone
alongside; 902 ft to cor. No 3, ideutiai
with the NE cor. of the location, a pine
post 4x4 inches, 4 1-2 ft loo, set IS in.
in the ground, scribed Cor No 3 SI L15S0
with mound of stones alongside ;liiHUce
H 78 deg 50 min W (variation 13 deg 45
win E) 270. 02 ft intersect line 12 of
the Vindicator, surv.-y No 1581, at N 18
deg 30 miu W 904.48 It from cor No 1 ;
S00 ft to N end center of the claim,
identical with the location, on top of
mall bluff, a pine post. 4x4 inches, 4 1-2
ft long, 18 in. in the ground, scribed
NE Cr M L 158 J, with mound of stones
alongside; 600 ft to cor No 4, identical
with location, pine post 4x4 in, 4 1-2 ft
long, 18 inches in the ground, koiibed
CorNo4M L1580, with mound of stones
alongside; thence S 11 eg 10 min E
(var 13 deg 45 min E) 150 ft to E bank
of Mineral creek; 3.(2 ft to cor No 4 of
Parson lode, survey No 1244; 4'.)ti ft to
V side line center of the claim, identi
cal with the location, a pine post 4x4 in
4 1-2 ft long, set 13 in. in the ground,
scribed WSL crM L1580,wiihmounj
of stone alongside ; 602 ft to E end cen.
of the Farsou lode, survey No 1244 ; 9112
ft to cor No 1, the place of beginning.
The Missing Link lode is adjoined on
the E by the Vindicator, sur No 1181 ;
on the N by the Globe, unsorveyed ; on
the W by the Parson, survey No 1244 ;
on the S by the Kurbank, sur. No 1214.
AREA. Acres
The total area of the Missing
Link is 13 6C3.)
Less conflict with Vindicator. 4.404
Net area of the Missing Link
lode is 9.1045
The Missing Link lode claim is locat
ed on nnsurveyed land, approximately
inT3 S, R 13 E, G & S li 15 & M.in Mm
ral Creek mining district, Final Co.,
Arizona Territory, about 6 miles N of
the town of Kelvin and the confluence
of Mineral creek with the Gila river.
The discovery shaft, 5x6 ft. 35 fideep,
bears 8 11 deg 10 min E 6,18 ft from the
N end center of the claim.
The Missing Link lode mining claim
is recorded in book 16, Records of
Mines, Page 802, Records of Pinal
county, Arizona Territory.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of said mining
claim or surface ground thereof are re
quired to file their adverse claims with
the Register of the United States Land
Office at Tucson, Pima county, Arizona,
during the 60 days per'od of publication
hereof, or they will be barred by virtue
of the provisions of the statutes.
MILTON R. MOORE. Register.
First publication Oct. 19, 1901.
MINING APPLICATION No. 755
Purvey No. 1W0.
UNITED S STATE LASU OFFICE, I
Tl-csoH. Arizona. Oct. 17,
Notice, is hereby given that in pursuance
of Chap 6, Title iZ, of the Kevise-I .Statutes of
the United States, G. A. Whiteford. whose
post ofhee address it Florence. Pinal
county, Arizona, claiming the Dunham
lode mining cluim, bearing irold, silver
and copper, lftOO feet iu length, extend
in 750 feet W and and 750 ti from the
discovery shaft, with surface ground fHO
feet in width, situated in Mineral Creek
Mining District, Pinal county, Arizona, has
made application for a United States patent
for said mining claim, described iu the offi
cial plat, and notice posted on the claim, and
by the field notes on file in the United States
Land Omce, In Tucson, Arizona, as follows:
Beginning: at Cor No.l, identical with NE
Cor of the location, a pine post 4x4 inches,
4'. feet long, set IH inches in the ground,
scribed Cor. 1 D. 15W, with mound of stones
alongside from which U. S. Loc. Mon. No.
1590 Br. S5 deg 5 min W, MM feet. Thence
S (var 13 dec 10 min E IKiO feet to li end
center of the claim, identical with the loca
tion, a pine post 4x4 inches. 4' feet lonK, set
IN inches in the ground, scribed h E. Cr. D.
15U0, with mound of stone alongside; 3:ft to
E bank of Mineral Creek ; 600 feet to Cor No. 2,
Identical with SK Cor of location. As this
falls in the bed of the Creek, a Cor Is estali
lished at a point l$j feet E, on high ground,
where a post 4x4 inches, 4 feet. long, is et
IK inches in the ground, scribed W. C. 2 D
15U0, for a witness corner of Cor No. 2. with
mound of stone alongside. Thence W f rom
exact Cor point in led of Mineral Creek. (Var
IS deg 10 min K) 75 feet to W bank of Mineral
Creck;725 feet to small gulch; 750 feet to S
side line center of the claim, identical with
location, a pine post 4x4 inches. 4' feet long,
1M Inches in Kround, Scribed S. S. L. Cr I).
15D0, with mound of stone alongside; 1500
ft, ascending high Mean, to Cor No. (.identical
with SW Cor of location. a pine post 4x4 inches,
4'i feet long, W inches in the kTuunri. scribea
C. 3!), with mound of Btoiie alon-rside.
Thence N (Var lSdeg ll) min ti) 3K) feet to top
of lie-si unrl W end center of tliei'l'tiin.iilctiti
Citl with W end center of locution, a pine
po.ttxt inches, 4'j !cpt ioli', 18 inches in the
Cionnd.Krihert Vt.K.Cr l. ir. ), with mound
of stone ulu'ide;txl0 feet to Cor No 4, identi
cat with NY Cor of location, a pine post 4x1
inches. 4'.j fret limn, set IS inches in the
ground, sc.ihcil Cor. 4 I). 13 .10. with mound of
stone alongside. Thence E ( Vur 13deu 10 min
E) 7M feet to N side line center of the eluini,
lilentieal wit h locution, a pine post 4x4 in-hex,
i't feet lona, set IS inches in the (round,
scribed S S. L. Cr 1 Ml 1), with mound of
stones alongside; USUI feet to W bunk of Min.
erul Creek; Uii feet to K bunk of Mineral
Creek; 15U) feet to Cor Xo. 1, the place of be
rinniiijf. lotul and net Area of Dunham
l:ode is 20.60 Acres.
The Dun hum Lode is loculed on unsur
veyed hind, approximately iu Township 4
S. K 13 K (J. A S. li. B. A M. in Mineral Creek
Mining District, Pinal county. Arizona,
about one mile northerly from the town of
lielvin.
Tiie Dunham lodeminlrt claim is recorded
hi Book li, ut Puire Z'M, of Records of Minei,
Kecords of t'iiwil county, Arizona Territory.
Any and all ersoii claiming adversely any
portion of suid mining claim or surface
ground thereof are required to ii!e their ad
vi rseclaiins with the register of the Uuited
States Land OHoe at Tucsou. Pima county,
Arizona, during the sixty (l0) davs period
of publication hereof, or they will be barred
by virtue of the provisions of the Statutes.
MILTON it. .M.'MlUii, Ketfbter.
First publication Oct. ltt.Wol.
THE HOODOO STICK.
A Magnetic Ore Locator that Is Said to
Have Proven a Success in Jerome.
From the Mining News.
Turing the time siuce mining has
been, attempts to locate ore bodies by
other means tuan that of running tun
nels, drifts and crosscuts, and sinking
shafts and winzes nave been a source
of amusemeut to t ioae engaged in that
business. Toe clairvoyant has reaped
many a rich harvest from the suscep
tible, at,d the man with the "diviuing
rod" lias a place iu the front rank of
what a large in ,j rily of the mining
worlu class, as "fakes." Situy a coa
vert to spiri u Uism has traveled thou
sands of miles to consult his favorite
medium as to where the ore oolies were
locale i withiu t:m bound tries of his
group of claims, nut up to tlieycar 19cl
tnere had bceu but one wiy of disoov
eriugore tiie process of delving intiie
ground that lias at all oroved success
ful. Every other process had proved
but a "f ike", pure and simo.t. With
the coming of the second year of the
present ccutury, siieujo u s cm f r
ward,aui wild tina ,3i ,t iQ;tf jf
tricity, isgraduillj j ioj,-u ir t e au
believer iu tue mi.'ic of au ore locator.
Tue su -e -ss of tie n i m i
tor has not yet been acaoo vled'ed oy
an overwhelming majority of those
closely associated witn mining, but
when mining mm with the siau iiug
Senator vV. A. Clark emp.oy -tue ma
netie process of discovering o e "OUia -,
it is ouly a matter of a snort tune u. n
it will be iu universal use. Dariog
the pist two weeks the Senator Ujs nad
a maguetic ore locator ut ivork ou bis
property in his dutrict, aud altliougii
hiC0uing to Jerome was loiacd uoii
witn riduule uy toe oiimis i t.a
compauy here, au 1 every eilurt
made to m ike ins d in i tra-1 oris ,iif
ticult, he
tDe kuo.vu ore b dics iu toe Uuit -J
Ve-de mines that i e comp-eteiy do
tured the condileucc "if toe superiuten
deut and other oliicials. so aiucu b
that they had himexpi o eso.n -. of lucir
private miue tioldinga iu nis diainct.
We print i eluv a aes ripiiou of tUc
inveutiou takvu ft-o.u tue liate dioe. ,
Seuator Clark's paJ;i-;
Mr. E. J. vVal!-5, n jv iu tue emjloy
of Senator W A. Ciark au 1 J o.c j i iC.
Clark, arrived in i.ic c ty a coajie oi
days ago from toe Coeur d'Aie ie coua
try, where no has bcea les.iu toe
Suuset and other miueso.voed oy luc
Clarks. To day he ivil. leave for J crj.n -,
Ariz. , to inspe.-t some of tue properties
of SeoatorCtark at that place.
"iuhisexauiiaanou 4r .V i.l vce Usjj
a remarkaule instrument, or set of
instruments, depeudiug entirely ueon
the nature of the ore, n I c , u, .vit 10 i
any previous knowledgeoi tue property,
locate the veins aud tell lutsir pucuaoo
trend. The iustruuieut is tne resuli of
years of sciealilie. rXtjeriuleot, aiinoj ; i
it was fur a IoljJ Lunj ridic Jl.-d oy a-
ing men. Us practicaQuily aus i ':
tually uuknovvo u.itil Scu.iior 0- t: a j i
cume iuteresteu aud deoiUeJ t-.ivc i:
Wallace au opportunity.
" 1 he hrsi. expcrim. nt ui .il on
the aoaac. .uiuc, aud lue results were
so satisfactory th is It UaS bceude.idcd
to seud Mr. vVaitace to Arizona.
"i'ne Jnveutiou or discovery was not
originated by Mr. Wallace, aud hedoes
uul claim any credit for it. A sketcu
of Mr. tValiace, uj .v ue Ct.uc iu p isojs
2
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you rti r.i&:t;..ij
when Joll ich:
Ferry's KnU. U t
buy chesy newi vyj, c
bo sure. iar no cliacc
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V' get P erry 6. lcaicrc c
wueru sen ujttu. i :
for 1901 Seed ALU at. -mailed
free.
I -J
D. M. FERRY 4
sionofiiis maguetiu instruments and
ho they do their work will no doubt
be interesting.
"E. J. Wallace w.is born in San
Francisco August 28. 1801,-a'id isagrud
uate of the California, lie has had
many years of experience in the min
ing iudustry. By a mere coincidence
several years ago he formed the ac
quaintance of Mr. .lolm fuotnas, a
scientist from New iiampshire, and
learned that Mr. Thomas had spent
thirty-five years in the east experi-,
mentiog with a compound minei al mag
net as au indicator in the location of
ore bodies, and that hiseacperiinent had
met with ouly partial successes. Yet
he nevtr despaired aud applied himself
stuoiously to his metallic compound and
finally succeeded iu perfecting it to the
extent that he declare I it as perfect in
the location of miueral deposits beneath
tue surface an the maguet is to the
poles. Bat the maguel whieU indicat
ed gold deposits was found to be useless
for silver and lead or for copper bodies,
but when a compound was fouud that
would act successfully ou gold deposits
toe balance was comparatively easy,
"lu 18S7 air. 1'ujinis, rorn out by
years of cooslaut application to his
scientilij efforts, realized tuat his days
were oumuered and t.iat he could not
live to enjoy the Oeuents of " nis dis
covery. Mr. Wallace had become his
confidential friend aud close attendant,
and during the declining nours of his
life he made Mr. Wallace a present of
his invention, and now it is exciting the
wouder of the prospecting fraternity,
and many of the producing properties
are considering its merilsio themiuiug
circle.
"It was thirteen years ago that Mr.
Thomas, as a token of friendship, gave
to Mr. Wallace his entire inveuliou,
aud Mr. Wallace himself claims no per
sonal credit whateverfor it, either for
its mveutioo or its merits. The maguet
is contained in a short piece of hickory
wood about five inches in length, oval
in its circumference and in ore and con-
t.ius two parallel holes to nearly tne
other end of the stick. Iu these two
holes is loaded the solid suostance of
lois mvsterious magnet to within about
half an iuch of toe end. In these two
holes Mr. Wallace inserts to limber
sticks to eu ible hi.a to hoid toe tn tg let
farremivet from his hauls so liiat
tne miueral altruHou of ore body on
tiie magnet will h ivj a mire p isitive
indication upon the hau Is oy resou of
tue loo levcnge. In this- way the
si in test d raft ou theraai net is distinct
ly dicer ta le, a id ue claims to be
able witn it to lu ite mi i Jkily not onl v
tue ore body, but both Wilis of t.ie
dia, iiil tell exiully whether it is
gold, copper or le id and sliver, using.
if course, the diifcr-ut tnauets for
different characters of ores.
Jr. Wallace does not claim that he
Cad locale the distiuc- of an ore body
from tue surface, thitq iestton being a
untter of speculation iu uo wise in
dicated oy the in gnel, but he declares
til it he cm tell whether it is a rich
ore body or a p our one. Asa teslof the
accuracy of ins instrument he offers to
wager any am mat witniu his personal
means that auy peism or numoerof
persousmay take him to a twenty-acre
bit which is barreu of ore bodies, put
him in asccljded pla -e, biiudfoid him
put him under guard, aud theu go any
where in th tweuty-cre lot and push
a $20 g ild picojioto the grouud where
k cannot be seen, and he will forfeit
the wager if witn his instrument he
caunot Bnd it within ten minutes from
the lime h s blind is removed aud he
turned loose to search for the hidden
com.
''In anHwertoq.ie-tiotis, .Mr. Wallace
eclared that capitalists and leading
operator of mines for years ridiculed
nis instrument without testing its
qu-iliu s viiiiil ne became discouraged
and f or iiv, ye trs made no demouslra-
lo s t, 'i, u,t;l ,,ist January be
-v .sa ut jj.ju e .,.,u,'ii ,,f the con
ti .-.e jS o -uatoi- W A. Clark and
JiM-'-po K. Cur of Montana to make a
f lie invention which he
nos-
esses, mid since that time he his ophii
in their employ and has done mucn ex
BARRELS OF MONEY
Are wasted every year by farmers in haul
ing their products to market. Avail your
self of the following opportunity and save
your dollars:
For Sale A fine tract of farming
land (1(50 acres), together with exclusive
water-right, only 21 miles from Tucson.
Terms easy. For particulars address
ANDRES KEBEIL,
Tucson, Arizona.
perting for them. Mr. Wallace de
clares that any person can successfully
operate any of the three instruments he
possesses who has sufficient composure
and delicacy of feeling to minutely
detect the attractions of an ore body
on the magnet. The composition of
the magoet is a mystery which Mr.
Wallace decliues to make public."
Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail.
The little daughter of Mr. J. N.
Powell iumned on au inverted rake
made of ten penny nails, and thrust
one nail eutirely through her foot and
a second one half way through. Cham
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Mr. Powell is a- well known merchant
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antiseptic anl heals such injuries with
out maturatiou and in one-third the
time required by the usual treatment.
For sale by Broekway's Pharmacy.
The Atlanta Constitution declares
that "there is more money pnt in the
annual maintenance of the Tnskegee
Institute alone than is combined in
the efforts of the three leading white
colleges of Georgia." Tuskegee is
Booker T. Washington's institution.
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after taking the second dose of this
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Pharmacy.
Three Territories are going to knock
at the door of Congress next winter for
admission as States Arizona, New
Mexico and Oklahoma. This is in the
line of our natural expansion. New
York World.
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Elder John W. Rogers, a Christian
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her a few dosesof Chamberlain's Cough
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Tli;s remedy not ouly cures croup, but
when given as soon as the first symp
toms appear, will prevent the attack.
It contains no opium or other harmful
substance and may be givea as can
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sale by B.-ockway'a Pharmacy.
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A rich lady cured of her deafness
and noises in the head by Dr. N cool
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unable to procure the Ear Drums may
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When yon, feel that life is hardly
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making you feel like a new man. For
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The editor's better half left us the
other day to teach school ia the San
Pedro valley. We have the edge on
most of our brother editors. We have
a wife who can make a living for us
when we fail to do so ourselves, which
is often the case with the average coun
try editor. God bless our home.
Willcox Range News.
Hot Parallel Cases.
Mamma I really believe you're the
worst boy that ever lived. You keep
me fretting all the time.
Tommy Well, ma, it was ro fault
of mine that I came into this family.
With pa, now, 'twas different. Bos-
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ROOM IH THE WEST.
By Irrigation the Arid West Could Ee
Bade Habitable for 50,000,000
Peeple.
From the Albuquerque Citizen.
It is not generally known that there
are in the United States unutilized land
to the extent of 600,000,000 acres.
There are times when we are apt to
think that the country is getting a trifle
overcrowded and we welcome the open
ing of little tracts of a few hundred
thousand acres as affording opportune
relief to a condition of almost danger
ous congestion . But all Europe does
not possess the area which is included
in the arid region west of the Missis
sippi. There's the rub it is an arid
region. But in these days of vast iu
erase in the employment of irrigation
the solution of the problem of conges
tion appears.
This tremendous territory is capa
ble of supporting a population of 50,000,
000 people. At the iucreasa rate of
only 6ve or six milli ns in a decade, it
will be a lonj tiuw before tha popula
tion of thecountry hts reached 125,000,
000. But the time is coming, aud long
before it arrives preparations must be
made to accommodate a population
roughly estimated by these figures.
Those who foresee the overcrowded
condition of the country must take into
account the fact that a radical
revision of the imtiigratioa laws is
only a question of time and not merely
with the suppression of anarchy in
view. That consideration will have
little numerical effect. Butaspopula
lion increases, congested conditions
will become more and more strenuous,
and relief must come from the west.
Something Worth Knowing About Mua
The alluvial silts which are always
carried, in greater or less quantity, in
river waters, although they detract
from their ageeableoess, are second in
irrigating value only to the water it
self. In wild country, undisturbed by the
operations of man, and still covered
with its natural vegetation, the quan
tity of silt contributed to running
streams is comparatively small, and
consists largely of materials eroded
from steeper slopes. But when forests
and grassy plains are overrun with
sheep and cattle, when the grasses are
destroyed and the surface is ground
to powder by trampling herds, when
the rainfall begius to gully the range
and the debris into the river the
quantity of mud carried in irrigating
streams becomes very much greater.
Its quality, also, most be affected by
the . stock-manure swept into the
drainage from the surface of the ranges.
Now, just as the dep3sit of mud re
sulting from the anuual overflow of
the Nile accouuts for the fertility of
the Egyptian lowlands, ao do the rich
silts deposited upon irrigated lands in
Arizona account, in large part, for their
constantly Increasing productiveness.
The two most valuable constituents
of our river silts are nitrogen and
organic matter, being precisely the
elements of fertility deficient in our
burned out arid region soi's. The ad
dition and incorporation of these
deficient materials is largely respousi
ble for the well known improvement
by irrigation of desert lands.
The fertilizing value of these river
silt to an irrigated district may be
judged when it is stated that, for the
year ending August 1, 1000, the mud
deposited on the irrigated lands of the
Salt River Valley, valued at commer
cial rates for fertilizers, amounted to
about one milliou dollars, or, not far
from eight dollars per acre for the
valley. Considered as an investment,
this eight dollars of value, which is
disregarded in the cos.t of the water,
returns with increase in the resulting
crops.
Flood waters, heavily charged with
siiu, especially after a long seasou of
dry weather, are of course far more
fertilizing in character than the com
puauvely clear low stage waters. An
acre-foot, equal to a 12 hour run of 40
inches, of three sample flood waters
frotd the Colorado, Salt and Gila rivers,
had the commercial fertilizing vaiue,
reckoning to include potash, nitrogen
aud phosphoric acid, shown in the'
following table :
Ql'timi'I A3TD VaLO 0 SILTS IS OBI ACBI
FOOT OF WATER.
Per cent
When Sam- silt by Value.1
pled lisja volatile
Colorado river. Oct. 14-20. 7.88 $8.54
Salt river Sept. 1-C. 12.35 SMS.
Gi la river Sept. 8-15. 1U.9 S6.49'
The value of occasional irrigations
with water of this character should be
considered in connection with artesian
well and irrigation plants which pump
from wells. Such water supplies contain
no fertilizing silts, and, incidentally
to their use for the irrgation of such as
trees, vines and vegetables, it should
pay thegrower to arrange, where possi
ble, for an occasional ran of muddy
water for fertilizing purposes.
Muddy water has its disadvantages.
Ditch cleaning is a serious item of ex
pense to canal companies and farmers,'
amounting, for instance, to about
$3,500 a year for the 50 miles of main
ditch belonging to one of the Salt
river valley canals.
Tender vegetation also, such as young
alfalfa, is quite often destroyed by a
coating of mud on the leaves ; but with
the furrow method of irrigation,
where available, and other precau
tionary measures, the damage from,
this cause may be greatly lessened.
In this connection, the milky sedi
ment in the upper Gila, resaltiog from
the milling operations at Clifton, ia of
inVrest. The irrigating water thua
contaminated is popularly supposed to
be injurious to vegetation ; but samples
examined in the Station laboratories'
show nothing chemically objectionable,'
either in the water or in the sediment.
In agreement with this evidence, Mr.'
Henry Hill, a successful gardener near
Clifton, says: "My large garden has
been a steady producer since 1894, dur
ing all of which time it has taken its'
water direct from the works of the
Arizona Copper company, the water so'
taken baring always been adulterated
with tailings. I have had no'
difficulty in raising fruits and all varie
ties of vegetables."
The only injurious effect to be ex
pected from the use of these tailings,'
which are largely composed of sticky
clay, is in coating the leaves of vgeta-
tiou, as mentioned above.
The failures of potatoes, beans and
other crops attributed to the use of
this water may easily be due here as ia'
other localities, to other causes.
River mud, however, is unquestion-'
ably a menace to storage reservoirs,'
especially so on so murky a 6tream as
the Gila, whose waters we have ob
served to contain as high as 19.6 per
cent, by volume, of well settled mud.
Yet even this fact may be made use of
for 611ing in the depressions of rough
land. Its efficiency for this purposes is
illustrated by the experience of one'
farmer of Thatcher, Ariz., who states
that, having a little water to spare, he
threw an embankment about three feet',
high across the lower end of a piece of
rough land and turned in his muddy
water. In six weeks the embanked
space was half full of mud, and, being .
drained, gives him a valuable Held of
most fertile soil. R. H. tfouBEs, Arl-'
zona Experimental Station.
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