Yaqui prospecting yields little placer gold in Peru Yaqui area
A group led by Ed Starner Oliver Deans and Will McNeil returned from two and a half months along the Yaqui river reporting some gold in a phial but no pay ing placer discoveries. They praised quartz prospects while warning of deluded fortune seekers lured by tales and rail line speculation. Nearby Cattle farming in Argentina promises large growth as 23 million head are expected to rise, with 10 to 12 million annual surplus later.
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Oasis
South
al, Starner
Oliver Deans
Will McNeil
Preston
South Dakota
Yaqui
Kansas
Missouri
St. Louis
el Paso
Argentine
Republic
Expert Heney Probes Missing Clerk Hughes Books Shortage
Expert Heney continues review of the missing ex-clerk Fred Hughes books to determine the shortage amount. Current findings place the shortage between five and six thousand dollars, mostly county funds with over five hundred dollars owned to private holders of warrants. Hughes did not bond for 1895-96 and later posted a two thousand dollar bond with two sureties for the second term. Weather remains dry.
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Heney
Board of Supervisors
Fred Hughes
Usses
Hughes
Star
Jerome To Erect $30,000 Mining Camp Hotel and Opera House
The United Verde Copper Company of Jerome plans a $30,000 hotel an opera house a two story stone building and a three story brick structure. Jerome aims to grow into a major copper gold and silver producer eclipsing Butte and becoming the liveliest mining camp on the Pacific coast as the adjoining mine begins operation.
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United Verde Copper Company
Jerome
Pacific Coast
United Verde
United States
Butte
Montana
Frontier mining grows in Kirkland Valley with new mills
Kirkland Valley rises as four quartz mills go up within five miles while Spring field Mining plans a ten stamp mill to start by the tenth of next month. Backers from Springfield Tennessee drive a modern Arizona operation amid a 150 resident mining camp with ore enough to run five years at about $60 per ton in gold.
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Kirkland Valley
Springfield Mining Company
Arizona
Springfield
Tennessee
Courier
Arizona Canaigre and Anglo American Canaigre Incorporated
The Arizona Canaigre company with capital stock of 1.5 million dollars and the Anglo American Canaigre company with capital of 10 million dollars have been incorporated under Arizona law.
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Arizona Canaigre Company
Anglo-American Canaigre Company
Arizona
Prospective settlers plan march from St Louis to Mexico
An excursion of farmers bound for Mexico departs St Louis in March. They will tour Mexican agricultural districts where land is for sale and English settlers already reside. The San Joaquin Valley road through Bakersfield has right of way, with plans to connect to Santa Fe Pacific at Mojave. Grade advances five miles weekly.
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el Paso
St Louis
Mexico
Republic
San Joaquin
California
Bakersfield
Santa Fe Pacific
Mojave
Inventing Substitutes for Railway Cross Ties Aimed at Forest Preservation
The article notes that 500000 acres of timber are needed annually for railway cross ties and argues that a practical substitute would greatly aid forest conservation by reducing timber demand. It emphasizes the urgency of developing alternatives to wood ties.
Copper King Mine at Bisbee Plans 100-Ton Smelter
The Copper King Mine at Bisbee is erecting ore bins and is believed to soon have a 100 ton smelter in place. The ore is said to yield high gold and silver, enough to cover costs of operation, with copper expected as clear profit.
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Bisbee
Outlaws threaten inspectors amid chase by the gentry
Black Jack and his gang threaten Customs Inspectors Sam King and William Hildreth with death after pursuing the gentry on several occasions. The inspectors declare they fear no bandits and will continue to operate as if Black Jack never existed.
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Black Jack
Sam King
William Hildreth
Williams Prosperity and Local Feuds Stir a Town
The town enjoys bustling industry with 90 workers at a Saginaw box plant split evenly between day and night shifts. A Friday evening shooting on Main and Robson streets involved Jesus Arias and Jose, ending without injuries. Local editorials discuss Arizona statehood, home rule, and the Sandwich Islands annexation debate. Carrington Pomeroy, six, was injured when a wagon wheel ran over him. he is under care as authorities plan electric lighting for the town. Mayor Turman survived a buggy accident near Tempe, and soprano Madame Genevea Johnstone Bishop is billed for a Methodist concert with a possible railcar service. The town sees governance changes with El Bloomer resigning road overseer and a petition urging Oh as Dana’s appointment.
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Jesus Arias
Main
Robson
Jesus
Jose
Carrington Pomeroy
W. E. Pomeroy
Sonora
Genevea Johnstone
First Methodist Church
el. Bloomer
Ohas
Dana
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Farmers’ Exchange
Blue Front
Jennie B. Elliott
Abel & Wilbur
Canton Clipper
Bhoursaker & Stapley
Mesa Free Press
D- Morton
A.p.shewman
Siewman
Yuma
A. J. Dobbs
Mexican Sulphur Co
Pittsburg
Tia Juana
Lower California
Hueriano County
Colo
G. Hughes
Williams
Saginaw
Sandwich Islands
Congress
Hawaii
St. Johns Herald
R. H. Weiler
Pomona
R. H
Weiler
Turman
Tempe
Royal
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