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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1899
Page
3
A charter is taken out for a company planning a narrow gauge railway between Phoenix and Globe. A separate item notes a rich copper mine sale in Sonora valued at 2.2 million dollars and other mining and legal proceedings as reported from Boulder, Tombstone, and surrounding areas.
Arizona observers at Flagstaff and Gila county report seeing Venus in daylight before sunrise and with the moon nearby, confirming clear atmospheric conditions. Lieutenant Charles Drake of the Fifth Cavalry, a West Point graduate, is to be promoted while in San Juan Porto Rico. A Rosarito resident Guadalupe Barrance, claimed 102 years old, living in Santa Fe, is known for charity and ironing for orphans.
The Phoenix Republican reports Osborne of Kansas City in town to study a Grand Canyon power scheme. A Kansas City company plans to develop falls power and feed an electric railway along the canyon rim. Survey parties will be dispatched as Fe lting and others assess feasibility amid railroad construction prospects. Nearby Yuma notes mention an initiation at a lodge meeting with Donald McIntyre sustaining a scalp wound and later joking about the tough candidate.
A laborer named Gregory claimed uncovering a rich silver deposit on Allen Street near the Tough Nut site years ago. He later died but reportedly shared the secret, prompting interest from a local holder who has begun digging between the Bird Cage and Fred tin shop. The incident links to an Arizona education notice in the eighth annual University of Arizona Register. Also noted is a Cuban damages claim of $30,000,000 against Spain in the state department.
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