Bisbee Jottings Records Daily Life and Arrivals
Local notes from Bisbee dated August 2 1899 cover travel and business movements including Otto Miller leaving for Tucson J B Bickerton buying apples in town J H Cushing headed to Pecos Star wall duties and the Copper Queen company adding a brick ware house. The new water tank ensures steady supply while grounds show green hills and blooming wildflowers. Judge Williams handles minor drunken and disorderly cases with court reporter W W Weed aiding the workload. Improvements at company buildings progress the adobe warehouse replacement with a brick structure and schoolhouse work nears completion.
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Copper Queen Company
Exhumed body of Richard Fisher mourned in Tombstone mining town
A coroner's jury contends Fisher died when the ground collapsed burying him alive while working at a mine. Fisher, 46, a California born miner and Florida lodge member, left brothers and sisters, with funeral to be held at King Solomon lodge F A M hall tomorrow at 1 pm.
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Richard Fisher
Fiacher
Elide J
Fisher
Aurore
Alaska
California
Maronic Order
King Solomon Lodge F. &A
Assessorship Dispute Brought to Supreme Court Review
W A Harwood, after returning from Huachuca, says he appealed to the Supreme Court over the district court ruling on the county's assensorship matter. He argues entitlement to the office and will present citations and proofs. The case delay continues until the court sits in veto, with hopes the high court will settle the title. E B Gage returns to Congress after mining news. Vandermaisen will lead Catholic services. A Wentworth seeks letters of administration for an estate. An event honors Col. O K Hardy’s departure east at Mining Exchange Hall.
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Pucarecrou
W. A. Harwood
Huachuca
Perrim
Agnior
Harwood
Supreme Court
Vatcher Vezi
Mining Exchange Hall
Col. O. KB. Hardy
Verde murderer eludes officers tied to Bisbee arrivals
The Verde murder case remains unsolved as officers face possible shielding by associates. Reports from Bisbee describe arrivals of Major Hargrove and Otto Von Kinel on a mining trip amid local developments including deportation hearings and funeral attendance.
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Major Hargrove
Otto von Kinel
Bisbee
Copper Queen extension to Nacosari eyed in Sonora mining boom
Surveying for a proposed road extension to Nacosari proceeds as the Copper Queen company and Moctezuma Copper engage in heavy development and capital inflows. The project aims to connect to the Gulf of Mexico, with Mexican government approvals secured and vast investment in plant and supplies anticipated.
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Armor Consolidated Copper Company
Capital
New Jersey
Anzona
New Mexico
O. N. Kioy
F. I. Vanderhoof
Isaac Geldervain
C. Tomlin
J. Mulvaney
Orb
Copper Queen Company
Buildi
Nacosari
Biabee
Naco Lt
Senora
Sil Parte
Queen Company
Sonora
Moctecama Copar Company
Pew
Gulf of Mexico
Meeting Minutes and Appointments of August 1899 Board
The August 1 and 2 1899 board sessions record routine work, appoint P A Boyer as road overseer at Dos Cabezas with bond set at 500, cancel tax deeds for William Ohnorsorgen upon payment, hire James Keeilly to assist the district attorney, advertise bids for firewood coal and wood, and note shipment of 209 crates of grapes to California.
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Tombstone
Pam
W. Barr
John Montgomery
M.C. Benton
Beth Hill
McDonald District
Aosa
P. A Boyer
Dos Cabezas and Vicinity
P.A. Boyer
William Ohnorsorgen
William Ohenorsurgen
James Keeilly
Board of
E Uilization
Copper Queen Consolidated Minin
R. W. Barx
Troops Redeploy to Nogales Amid Yaqui Tensions
A Nogales dispatch reports Estling guns and artillery units from Mexico City via El Paso moved south to the Yaqui front. Forces from Durango and Chihuahua are en route, and Yaqui Saborere are departing toward Sonora. Mayor Overton asked Governor Murphy to request cavalry from Fort Huachuca for town protection.
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el Paso
Durango
Chihuahua
Pointe
Arizona
Sonora
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Murphy
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Huschuce
Otto Von Kanel Heads to County Seat on Flying Trip
Otto Von Kanel left today for the county seat and will then proceed to Gasymas on a brief flying trip.
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Otto von Kanel
Gasymas
Funeral Honors for Richard Fisher Draw Large Tombstone Crowd
Richard Fisher rests after a funeral led by King Solomon Lodge No 5 F and M with many local and mining community attendees. The service reflected solemn ritual and respect as mourners lined the procession and offered moral tributes to the deceased.
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Richard Fisher
Tombstone
King Solomon Lodge No 5
O—— Porter McDonald
The
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Reward Offered for Arrest in Ranch House Burglary
3100 reward posted by Eugene P. A. Larriro of Fairbank Arizona for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who entered the Conyer ranch house around July or August 1848 and stole a new set of harness. A second theft on about July 16 this year involved provisions and bedding.
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Conyer Ranch House
Arizona copper wealth touted in mining booster notes
A Williams News summary argues Arizona leads in copper and gold potential with extensive undrawn mineral wealth. It praises prospector effort, notes Alaska comparisons, and urges careful prospecting to attract capital and boost the territory's mining profile.
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