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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1892
Page
4
In Denver a 25 000 strong Knights Templar parade highlighted a day of regional notes. The Algodonas land grant case returns for a rehearing motion in Santa Fe Monday. Gila and Graham counties lack railroads for tax collection. Arizona politics show term limits talk and bimetallism debate shaping convention plans and public budgets.
Dispatch notes eight member Indian band behind recentHackita outrages led by chief Ki Porttaxp. The item also covers Nebraska politics with Governor Boyd backing Weaver against Harrison. Additional briefs mention General Carr’s departmental shifts, Carnegie mills, Pacific tariff battles, French Dahomey bombardments, and railrobbery aftermath.
A column notes Democrats in Kansas gain interest as prohibitionists rise. The piece mentions various names and ranches and urges a temporary halt in hostilities until Congress reports on potential statehood. It implies tensions linked to alcohol laws and political realignment affecting livelihoods.
The annual superintendent's report details the West Side Sulphuret line, Girard, Toughnut, and Goodenough workings. It notes 2,981 feet of new tunnels, 12,477 tons hoisted, ore shoots in blue limestone belts, cross connections between mines, 894 tons shipped from Girard with $2,682.52 profit, and plans to extend shafts to improve air and ore access. Diamond drilling began at Lucky Cuss with six holes totaling 887 feet and average cost 2.71 per foot.
The report notes 20 satisfactory results in the past and optimism for improvement as development work continues. It warns current ore in sight is less than this time last year while outlining plans to drill into favorable areas of the Gilded Age and Wey-Up claims and to reach Wedge McCann and Hawk-eye Little Wonder from the Toughnut workings.
Stamps at the Descanso mill run continuously with output satisfactory. Ore grade improves as work proceeds and concentrates show higher ounce yields and lead content. Tom Trainor and partner strike 10 tons of ore worth $5 per ton at Mountain Key Golden Rule district. Fitts and Ingram claim near State of Maine sinks 80 feet with cross-cut planned to reach richer ore. An advertisement denounces a twenty cent cure for rheumatism and touts Drummond Lightning Remedy at five dollars a bottle with mail-order availability.
Tax payments to the Territorial Treasury by county are listed for the year ending January 1 1892. Pinal county 13275.22 Yuma 6125.15 Cochise 23527.15 Maricopa 8702.20 Apache 14598.57 Gila 9221.83 Pima 27715.00 Graham 12861.91 Yavapai 37159.01 Mohave 308. The total appears as 19032.10.
The Colorado River nearly reached a record high last Saturday night, rising about fourteen inches and carving a large channel at a crevasse a year ago, fifteen miles below El Rio. Much water drains southwest toward lake Juliain and New River as Carter River and Riley slough are freed by the rise. Salton Lake is unlikely to refill this season, with the water expected to hold for weeks before subsiding. Reports place about 150000 Knights Templars and tourists in Denver.
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