Arizona Silver Belt from Globe, Arizona • Page 1

I THE MINING FIELD A Brief Portrayal of the Mining Industry of Arizona and the Great Southwest VUNE AND MILL SHAFT CHUTE AND TUNNEL PBOGEESS BEING MfDE 15Y PROSPECTOR AND PROMOTER THE MINING INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE COPPER BELT A WEEKLY RESUME OF ING EVENTS TERSELY TOLD LOCAL MINlMi NKWs Supt George Calder of thu Pinto Creek Mining Smelting company is having shipment of ore hauled in from thu Yo Tnmbien mine and car will bo loaded by Friday for olilppin to El Paso Fiuletter Harvey will havo carload of ore from their Oak Springs mines ready for shipment this week It is estimated that this lot of ore will run at least 22per gout copper It goes to El Paso for treatment Edward Fondren will make a shipment of ore to El Paso this week from his property on tho divide between Pinto and Mineral creeks Charles Schulz who is mining near Bloody Tanks will make a shipment of ore to El Paso this week Cant Homier left for his mines The recent rains washed the road out very badly between tho divide and Pinto creek and considerable work will have to be done before a team can haul much of load over it Westbrookloltyustcrday with a man to assist him in doing work on some property near the now old Gulch road which is owned by himself and John Whelan and In which thev have recently found some very rich copper ore Territorial and Ueneral Tho Lordsburg Liberal says The Detroit Copper company is gotting in a hurry to get to work again It lias been shipping in machinery by express A motor weighing some 1800 pounds came in Monday and oven heavier machinery is reported on tho road by express The contract has been let to a Chicago company for tho construction of a cyanide plant at the Phoenix mine near Phoenix Arizona Owing to the dilllculty of getting tho rniteriil on the ground It will bs four or five months before the plant will bo in operation At the Atlantic mine Houghton Michigan- 2 ore is mined carried put through a stamp mill concentrated smelted at a total cost of 110 per ton at the Deadwood Terra mine South Dakota a lOO sUunp mill haft crushed lf000 tons per month of oie averaging 180 per ton ata total cost for mining and milling of 140 per ton The Tennessee mine at Chloride is to resume operations on large scale More men will bo put on at onco and the ground between the 400 and 500 lovel will be exploited in a hurry Hereafter the oro reserves will be iu crpfised as fast us possible and prospecting of new ground will be one of the features of mining on the lode Mohave County Miner Tho Mohave County Miner says Heccntly a cac in the 110 levet of the Merrimac mine at Chloride exposed a largo body of exceedingly rich ore At tho 20 IevoI a bulkheud has been removed and the oro was found to ox tend to that level This gives tho Merrlmao company nearly 200 feet of stoplng ground and arrangements aro now being made to again start the mill in operation Tho Tucson Star state that the mill of tho Mammoth Collins Gold Mining Milling company is crushing tho ores of the company at tho usual rate bout men are idle in view of tho uspension of operations conducted tho two cyanide companies Every me out in camo are in hopes of an arly settlement of affairs in litigation iptween the concerns and tho lonofwork the stoppage of which listurbt business activity at Alain- TlOtll Iho forli itainp mill of the Octavo lining company near Stanton county ha been completed and tarted in operation The Journal liner says fills it without exception ie finest ipill in the territory of Ari ma Tim machinery was made rder from plans and specifications irnished by thu Octavo company and Jht about 81r000 more than the urinary stump mill of tliPhiiinu fixe and ltJZ3Msisdifltt capacity would cost owing to the extra qualitv of the material required by tho company in its manufacture poses of taxes for the year ended March 1 1000 of tho aggregate of 13 856270 compared with 8150043 in 1890 7li9S570 in 1S9S 7 710910 In 1097 and 1031605 in lSOti Tho prin tslpal exhibits weia lotuit Muntanu Comiuuj MU7I1MI Anacundn Company 3SV 0 1 Iurrot Coiiipiiny MUKn Iluttot Huston Compinv ATI 310 A CliirHH properties KtltK0 Montana Oro lurohisIn Company 100000 Colorado Minlnu MnelUui I I2VM Tnf11 llint trM nnmnd In lin nnnn 1 date of tho 22d from tho Ray copper mines that the mines have been temporarily closed down duo to tho failure of the gasoline engines to give tho on Mineral creek Wednesday morning satisfactory power required to operate with a luck train and will shin ore to the large concentrating plant While tho sampling works hero tltli iilliitlMli na ii liof nniiiil mill lin HIV MHVOVIUli lu iMIUf UVMtUI lit i mined promise results equal to tho leading copoor producer of Arizona Arizona star From information obtained trom a reliable source says the Cochise Re- view it has Jieen learned that improvements to the extent of two mil lion dollar uru to be made in Nnco It is said that the Green Consolidated Mining company has formed a combination with eastern capitalitts and that work on their Sonora mines will begin in earnest within short time It is the intention to bulla a railroad from Nuco to the inineh anu all ore extracted by tho company will bo hauled by rail to Naco and treated of his Jerome interests among which is the one referred to The tunnel which was driven into tho mountain over 1000 feet last summer by Mr Dillon will be continued until ore iB struck or it is demonstrated beyond any doubt that there is no ore there Dillon encountered sevn 1 stringers of rich copper ore whih ing the tunnel and several times seemed on the point of striking a body of pay ore Mr Hull with his influence and wealth will organize a company with money enough to tear the old mountain out or find tho immense body of ore that all mining men who have examined tho proporty claim lies buried there Thu tunnel is only a mile from tho center of the town and a force of men employed thore will be of great benefit to Jerome A few days ago says tho Mohave County Miner Henry Lovin and Jobe Joris sold their Billy Bryan group of mines in San Francisco mining Tho mining companies of the Butte trlct to Los Angeles parties for s50 distriet report net earnings for 000 a largo part of the purchase price being paid the balance to be paid within a short time The mines aro wonderfully rich two of tho claims having produced 82000 in sinking the ten feet required for location work This oro was sold to tho samplers A great deal of oro valued at 25 per ton was left on tho dump In tho bottom of the Billy Bryan thero is five feet of ore that will all pay to ship to tho sampler while a big streak of the oro will run over S100 per ton Besides purchasing these mines tile parties have purchased all tho mines owned by tho estate of Dan OLeary and George Miller Tho mines are all good producers havlug largo bodies of milling ores in sight It is tno in- I tention of tho purchasers to install an electric plant on the river ten miles nPil iii fntiir nmuiinv mill la distant from which Dowor will be transmitted to tho mines for the opera- being enlarged to a capacity of 500ton of and hoifu NeaV the tons day Tho mine is looking ex- mines is a fine stream of water ceedinglv well thore is already enough dent for all mining purposes ground opened up to run tho present The hHe or prolwbo hahj of tUo mill for ten years It is generally ad 1 Eaton am PattoriSon KOid mine3 at tnitted by those competent to pass10u in a8in is creating quito a stir judgment on tho subject that the Hay Kiimman Mineral Wealth The grade of these ores and the great quantity have been known for years and the only There is a tinner tone to the market I drawback has been tho water and the and a more actlvo demand for copper process by which the gold could be ex Lake is quoted at WlOj lGc The pro- tracted economically Aftr repeated I duction of copper by United States tests the cvanide process was found to mines for thu six months ended June aavo oveiytbiug in the oro at a small 1900 according to John Stanton expense As the cyanide process ro statleiiui was 178030 long tons against quires very little water this vexed 103170 long tons for the corresponding I question has also been solved as Scan period of last year Tho exports for Una spring will furnish plenty of the first half of tho current yar were water The purchaser Mr Booker t022l tons Thu United fatates pro 1 will bore a deep well in Red Lako duction for the six months shows an where an abundance of water is sup increase of 100W tons orKl percent posed to exist A while water strata of this ISO tons only came from the is found ou two sides of Gold Basin reporting mine and 7W0 tons lroin where water cm be doelopcd for all wtimatedtliat there the outside sources The increase in Pr Mr is 200000 tons of oro sight In these the foreign reporting mines was only mintft tluu can be nlinca at a trlmg 424 tons Tho increase In the United cost as a largo amount of it is on top States exports was tons or 32 I of tho ground The ledges aro of B1 and dPPB Into tlu fonna per cent Our exports this year were fizu tion ilt Bl oI 4 decrees 11 JC1 ICIIUUt bUU MuuUvllUII The report of Houstoa Co of New York says A feature of prime importance to the preservation of a sound copper market has been the remarkably heavy export movement The market owes much of its steady tone and stability to thu continued large European shipments which have been of phenomenal dimensions tho past six mouths Lako copper early in Juno was quoting Kijc but on quiet trade gradually receded to Kile Consumers stocks of copper are running lower every week and their midsummer and fall requiiemuuts A smolter equal in size to tne hi Iaso i 81talo buying freely before yery long smelter will be constructed at the nor- jr0ipecUve domestic and foreign de der town it is estimated that it will mlIul wlu undoubtedly reveal further require at ieait 500 men to properly i enormous need for this metal in tho handle the oro at the smelter If this fiecrici Held and in the other report Is true it mean i that our border I town has a bright future in store No more promising opportunity is presented to the man of means who Is experienced and thoroughly up to date in the mining and i eduction ot avenues of consumption With copper in aiiuh a strong statistical and Iluancial position the future of the malket may be expected to develop into renewed vitality and activity in the months to come when general the precious metals than is afforded largo buying willagain take tho place in ttio reopening of mines which have of Hie recent hand-to-mouth policy been successfully operated and aban doned owing cither to tho supposed exhaustion of ore bodies or tho fact that tho cost of deep mining and the reduction of ores which becamo refractory exceeded the Values contained Toward the close of tho month thero was more Inquiry and some orders from abroad he consumption of couper in England and France for tho lrst live months of this year is re turned at oOSOli tons or an average of in tho ores Nearly every old mining 1 101 2 tons per month which coin district present examples where by pares with 0007 tons per month for reason of greater intelligence and ex- the same period in 1890 The increaso penenco in management coupled with in England and France taking the two Improved methods of reduction re- countries together amounts to 10 per A I suiting in a larger percentage of cent over that during the lirst flvo ing of values mines have been en- months In INtO In Germany the con abled to be worked with great profit sumption ot fmported copper not whieh had been abandoned for tho eluding pyrites for the first four reason that they wero operated at a months of this jear was 27017 tons or loss when tlie conditions were not present Active operations will begin on the properly of the Jerome Copper company ill a month or MX weeks says tho Jerome coriit pondent of tho lie publican i Hull who purchased the iiuirter interest in the company from Ralph Dillon for which it is rjper will keep up Its demand on this Dorted ho uud 520000 is in the east country for copper at an enormous ntpi eseut arrnug 30 per cent more than during tho same months hut year it is expected that foreign consumption during the whole of lOoO will be far lu excess of that In 1M9 In 1800 considerable stock was carried over from 1808 but tho quantity was much less wlion 1000 came in consequently foreign exports and con 1 sumption will show up much larger thlsryoar The prospect is several rate in tho months to come Ing to operate ftiupwilLii PROCEEDINGS Gila County Gioin Gila County ArUona July 2 1000 The board of supervisors of Gila county Arizona met pursuant to tho requirements of law as a board of equalization Thero wore present Barclay chairman Oldlleld and Freeman members and Williams clerk On motion duly carried the board adjourned as a board of equalization and met hs a board ofl supervisors The minutes of the A piil meeting were lead and approved The following claims were then audited and allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the various funds in payment thereof Suter hardware and pipe fur nished county II Hitchcock supplies Shields Collins examining insane Globe Water Works water fur nlshedcounty Tillman furniture William Goswick 1 hear scalp assigned to Bonacker Wesloy Goswick 1 bear scalp assigned to Bonacker Wesley Goswick bear scalps assigned to Bonacker We9cy Goswick 3 bear scalps assigned to Bonacker Ketcherside 1 bear scalp Ketcherside 1 lion scalp David Phlllns 1 hear scalp Brewer 1 bear scalp assigned to Sultan Mcr Co Slack services a watch man assignca to a ii Morehead Wm Sldow meat furnished indigent witnesses Edwards wood furnished county hospital II Morehead money ad vanced indigent Thurmond probate judges salary for quarter Ihurmond for drawing jurors Thurmond examining in sane Harry Temple water cooler for court House Sultan Mer Co sunulies 10290 TTaylor janitor for quarter 12000 1 layior Hospital siowarti for quarter Andy Mayss constable fees It Williams stamps and ex- pressage Sirch electric lights Armstrong money nd vancod indigent witness has Yett meals furnished In dian prisoners 2188 1505 2000 000 1000 1000 1000 J00O 3000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1200 iW35 ttoo 7500 500 1000 soo 7500 870 1550 5350 1500 13500 On motion duly carried the board stood at recess until 1 oclock Pursuant to recess taken tho board reconvened at 130 All members and the clerk present Tho following claims were then audited and allowed has Yett meals furnished prisoners 317S5 Chas Yettmeals furnished witnesses Chas Yett meals furnished jurors Jeff Johnson special ofhoras slgnedtoO Coml Co Globo Times publishing proceedings board of supervisors Mrs Temple beds for jurors A Carlisle Co books and stationery II II McNeill Co blank book and stationery Caseys Restaurant meals for jurors Cbas Martin court comnita sioner Chns Martin district clerk fees Tom Arinerteam hire for county hospital Tom Armer team hire fur county AUum telephones for court house 100 2300 1200 32 IM fyoo 2725 0720 2 50 2100 37025 ioo 2 00 i 30 00 WTArmstrong sheriffs fees 130415 I Armstrong expenses in case Donald waters an Indian Armstrong expenses in case A To Shun Gay an Indian Armstrong sheriffs salary per quarter Armstrong salary as jailor Chas Martin salary as district clerk Ocorge Stoneman salary as district attorney A II Morehead salary as tieasuror RJ Williams salary as re- nnrilftr 21000 20300 K600 30000 5000 25000 25000 25000 On motion board adjourned to meet at 0 oclock si Attest Williams Clerk G10111 Gila County Arizona July 3 1000 Purnuant to adjournment board met at 11 oclock a and met as a board of supervisors All members and clerk present The minutes of previous meeting read and approved Tho board then appointed the following persons registering olllcers Roht Mentor Livingston Clanton Cllne Sam Ilaught Rye JA Stewart Payson Henry Haught Myrtle Sigsby Young Ellison Ellison 1 liough Pine A Peach Strawberry Joseph Stratum San Carina A communication was received from Huffer asking that the board honor tho petition sent in at last meeting to appoint Russell tiiuiirn of thn onaco for Ton to nrecinct that Eu iTnnn innHnii the same was laid on the table Brown was appointed justice of tho peace for Globe Precinct No 1 a rr ARIZONA SILVER BELT VOLUME XXIII No 16 GLOBE GILA COUNTY ARIZONA THURSDAY JULY 26 1900 A petition was received asking that a now road be formed to run over the fVtltnitnrv rrtiif a Hniii mnlinlm nt duly carried request was granted and Henry Ilaught appointed road over seor A petition was received asking that tho school district formerly known as Xo 11 bo reorganized with oounu aries as tollows to wit Commencing at a point where tho tUh parallel of north latitudo crosses the meridian 110 decrees 30 minutes thence north along said meridian to a point due east of tho Narrows on Tonto creek thence west to the Narrows on Tonto creek thence west to tho divide between Rye and Tonto creeks thence north along the western boundary of District No 13 to the northwest corner of District No 13 thence wost to tho western boundary lino of Gila county thenco along said boundary line to the 31th parallel of north latitude thenco east along said parallel to placo of beginning Tho above Eetition having beon recommended the county superintendent of schools on motion the same was granted On motion board took recess until 2 oclock Pursuant to recess taken board reconvened at 2 All members and clerk present Tho report of Road Overseer Bawlings was received and ordered filed The- report of David Devore road oversder Was received and or dorcd filed and same credited as per reports The reports of district attorney treasurer probate judge and recorder wero received and ordered filed Tho following claims were allowed Claypool medical attendance at county hospital 35122 Mrs Allen laundering at county hospital luoo Hinton 2 lion scalps and 1 bear scalp 5000 Mrs Grant Allison beds for witnesses 250 William Whalley justice of the laco fees 21325 Pascoo team hire 2050 Lovo Jonson repairing typewriter and clock 250 it Patterson justice of the peace fees assigned to Fuller 500 Fisher Typewriter Co one machine and freight 14820 Davenport transcript of reporters notes in cases Territory of Arizona vs Buck and Taylor 5100 On motion board adjourned to meet July 5th at 10 oclock a Attest It Williams Clerk Globe Gila County Arizona July 13 1900 The board of supervisors met pursuant to adjournment as a board of equalization aud on motion duly carried the board adjourned as a hoard of equalization and met as a board of supervisors All members and the clerk present The following claims were then audited and allowed George Goswick I lion scalps assigned to 1 Bonacker JSOoo Bartlett presented 3 lion scalps assigned to Bon acker and the same was disallowed Tie Sang Restaurant meals to witnesses 300 1VG NRRCo telegrams 1384 Victor Rolando Interpreting dis trict court iiHi Mrs Cora Cushman taking testimony in Buck and Riley cases 1000 Heseue Lodge iNO ii 1 1 1 rent of hall for jury 4000 Allison telegrams 455 Middleton A Allison blanks and stationery TS5 Armstrong services in Pasqual Nigro case l0 Glob Ico Works ice for court house 1224 William Jackson 1 lion and 2 bear scalps 1000 Globe Coml Co supplies 1370 1 Day and John McCarty 13 lion scalps assigned to Wm Whalley 230no Wm Zimmerman sanitary work county hospital 300 On motion board took recess until 2 oclock Pursuant to recess taken board reconvened nt 2 oclock All members and clerk present The probate judgo then attended in accordance with the requirements of law and allowed the following claims I Barclay supervisor per diem and milcago 20C0 Oldlleld supervisor per diem and mileage 2000 Freeman supervisor per diem and mileage 2720 Tho district attorney was instructed to procure books to complete the county law library on tho basis of the proposition submitted by the West Publishing Co The prices for printing election supplies submitted by tho II II McNeill Co and AmzoNv Silver Belt were oxamlned and compared and tho prices of the Akizona Silver Belt being the lowest the Auizoxa Silver Belt was instructed to print all necessary election supplies for the current year The district attorney was instructed to take tho necessary action to protect county property lying south of the town of Globo from damage arising through construction of VG RRs roadbed presonted to the board by II Bart lett accompanied oy aniuaviis claiming 00 bounty being ns lion scalp On motion duly carried said claim was disallowed and the district attorney notified to investigate claim and take such steps as ho may deem advisable in tho matter On motion duly carried board adjourned to meet on tho 14th at 10 oclock a Attest Williams Clerk than he did ffijfui rfff jaw WW i liili TlttSj mT Established 1878 A Sad Death No recent deatli in Globe has caused more universal regret than that of Of the Board of Superiors I fSl aSKS5I1tS5S SSL 5St wrTUSS SSStKSSSBitl My toncoffm 5L 2lllA early hour last Monday mornlnir The I 1110 imp uioiicu iruiu uiamuuu vjj trinctinii friitn rnlnet the Indian Gardens to Uir itopl er ta Place and to connect with the Heber decelSdh fricmL and lm one num 1 2 On notion bcrc community Will McNeil posscssed a generous Jovial natuie that attracted friends I to him and If lie had an enemy we are not aware of it 1 He had resided in Globe for several ears previous to Ills departure a few months ago for Tenipe where lie expected to remain but finding the at- taclnncnt for Globe and the friends he had made here so strong he returned on July I and re entered the employ or wciiner to He was taken ill last Friday morning and called on Dr Collins who found that lie was suffering from pneumonia and ids condition so alarming that he was put to bed at once and everything possible done to check the course of the disease but heart trouble Intervened to complicate the case and rendered efforts to save him futile Anticipating a fatal termination of the disease Dr Collins telegraphed McNeil of Tempe to come at once but fate had decreed that he should not again see Ills brother alive He reached Bowie on Saturday where he was detiiined by washouts ou the railroad and did not arrive here until Monday evening -Deceased was 28 years of age a native of New York state and had lived in Aiizona since boyhood A brother 1 McNeil and three bisters survive him and to whom his untimely deatli Is a severe blow The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon from Odd Fellows hall under the auspices of Rescue Lodge No 12 1 and Pine Camp No 12 Woodmen of the World and was largely attended by members of those orders and other sorrowing friends The services were conducted by the Odd Fellows and Mr Adolph Jacobs on behalf of the Woodmen delivered ii feeling eulogy at the grave Iayson News From Our Reirular Correspondent William Craig was down from Weber creek last Sunday Mrs A A Gibson and child left last Sunday to spend a few weeks at Pine and Strawberry Murdock was over last Monday from the Mazatzals Several outfits passed through last Sunday on their way to PrescotL Chas Chilson returned last Monday after being absent several days on Salt river Under favorable conditions Salt river even in summer time may be attractive A petition containing over forty signatures was sent last Monday to the agent at San Carlos asking that the Indians In this section be called back on the reservation to prevent trouble Several head of stock have been found shot and arrows still sticking in their sides Dr Maisch is back from Globe came in it handsome new buggy that 110 doubt will see hard service in the future the doctor generally getting a move on liiui when required in sickness which is a strong recommendation Chas II Hill was over from Ids camp in the Mazatzal district Tuesday Fritz Stutz was found dead by Bud Armer last Tuesday evening between here and Arastra gulch Mr Aimer immediately reported the matter and soon after the body was brought to town Wednesday morning a jury was impaneled and brought In a verdict of death caused by aploplexy The remains wcie buried Wedncsdav afternoon Fritz Stutz wis an old tinier In the territory having come in as near as we can learn in 1870 He followed the occupation of brewer and was familiarly known throughout the territory Fur the past tivc years he has resided here doing more or less work Drospcctiug and mining Hand bills have been circulated about Payson stating that there will be a camp meeting old fashioned held August 20 to September 1900 Scveial ministers are expected The meeting will be held near Holders store Angora Payson and vicinity enjoved several showers of rain during the week lev Ely has been reappointed to attend to the spiritual welfare of the good people of Tonto basin Burris left for his home near Phoenix this week after several weeks spent in the mountains Prof Tardy was here Saturday The Morey teams came in Saturday evening Frank Bissig lias been a very sick man during the past week but is better at this date Dr Leonard has returned to the practice of medicine so we uninformed OBrien who has been with us for several months will pull out Monday for He will return late lu the fall A letter received today Sunday iron Dr John 11 King indicates that lie holds the position as superintendent of the Verde Queen Copper Co ot Arizona near Jerome Everybody is pleased to see the announcement of Armstrong in the Silver Belt for the office of sheriff He has been tried and proved to be the correct article something Gila county has lacked heretofore Marshall Curnutt and wife nee Miss Jennie Niberti and Iay In tho matter of three animal scalps I rived from Jasper Tenji last Mon- day Mr II Curnutt was heie to meet the party and took them to his home on rppciSalt river Tuesday morning Marshall had not apprised his Globe friends of the marriage which took place at the home of the bride in llarriman Tenn on Julv 8 but thev are nevertheless pleased to learn of the happy union and that lie and ris unuc nave become residents of Gila county The Belt extends congratuations.