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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1890
Page
3
East and West mail at noon departs three. Hudson arrived Friday. District court convenes next Monday. Numerous residents and officials listed with return dates and travels. Deaths include Ramon Ruiz and Al Richards. upcoming events include masquerade ball and church services. Local council reports, mining updates, and city finances notes.
The Florence canal completion stretches from the head near the Bute to Casa Grande, delivering water through branches to thirty miles of canal. It enables irrigation for over a hundred thousand acres, supporting diverse crops like grapes citrus dates and olives. The system enhances land value, spurs settlement, and promises spring and summer activity as landowners cultivate expected yields.
A private letter reports the Arcade mine owned by William Clark in Owl Head district yielding solid and wire silver ore. Excavation since last visit shows deeper vein, richer ore near the hanging wall, with sulphuret streaks four to six inches wide containing native silver and malleable silver. The writer congratulates Mr Clark on his fortune and notes ongoing drilling with no water encountered yet.
From a Florence Enterprise pamphlet the Pinal County area is given as 3,435,520 acres with one third potentially productive via irrigation. Population about 5,000, could rise to 150,000 agricultural residents plus others in towns. Mean temperature 9, max 113, min 21, rainfall 1028 inches, tax rate 2.69. Fruits, nuts, berries thrive. wheat and barley profitable. alfalfa yields five cuttings yearly. Minerals abound. report foresees a bright territorial future.
The Oro Fino hydraulic works halted during the win d due to cold weather as night frost disrupted operations. A group of mines in oe Vanyon has been sold after prolonged negotiations to an English company for about 510,000, with gold-bearing ore noted.
The Piobe Consolidated Company reports a winze pump recovery and replacement improving mine drainage. Auxiliary pumps were swapped for a larger unit from Tyson Weymond & Ely, boosting water removal and signaling a new phase in mine operations. Debris clearance and facility additions are planned to accelerate progress and curb losses.
Territorial Geologist P Bhaney asks producers across Arizona to complete charts on mineral production for the year. He seeks precise ore shipments, assay values, bullion or gold dust yields, and wants counties properly credited in the final report.
The Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Jus Brash from Pinal District Court after finding no arraignment or plea entered in the Florence assault case. The court held the defect could not be cured by the defendant's trial conduct, with Justice Sloan writing the opinion. Baker and Campbell represented the defendant.
John C. Herndon of Prescott plans to run for the northern district council seat after considering Congress. Mining activity between Phoenix and Prescott surges ahead with the railroad in view, promising vast ore deposits and future prosperity. The Ninth Infantry may move to the Atlantic division, Fort Wayne near Detroit, in early summer, relieving the Twenty third Infantry. Mohave Indians suffer grippe while medicine men face daily beheadings in ongoing conflict. Destherage, a dead-beat, is arrested in Colorado for impersonating newspapers and victimizing New Mexico papers. Rev. Dr. R. W. Pearson is named Arizona representative at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in Baltimore May 17. Acting Governor Murphy approves.
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