Arizona miner., 1868-01-11
Mining News.

 Big Bug District.-Mr. F. H. Wunderlich, who has lately visited this district, informs us that he has quite anumber of men engaged in running a tunnel upon the "Eugenie' lode Mir Parrish, of San Francisco, accompanied Mr. Wunderlich, and expresses himself highly pleased with the looks of the country and the richness of the quartz. The upper or new tunnel o( the Eugenie is now run into the ledge a distance of about ninety feet. The ledge is fully six feet thick, and the rock looks better than ever before The several strata of which the ledge is composed arc as follows: Next the foot-waIl there are between eighteen inches and two feet of solid quartz, mixed with small, nea;ly-formcd sulphurets of cop per; next to this stratum, there Is about the same thickness of dccomposed copper-stained rock then there are fully two feet of solid, buish rock. which is also well mixed with sulphurets, and which "breaks out" in large, square pieces We have seen piece of this sulphuret rock, and we must say that it looked to us as though it would pay we'll if properly treated, which it will be, as soon as Mir Kustel arrives.
 A drift, twenty feet in length, has been run into the Galena' ledge, at depth of sev- enty feet, which opened up body of beauti- ful sulphuret ore, four and a half feet in thick ness. Tue sulphurets in this ledge are not quite IS small as those in the Eugenie, yet it is generally believed that they are richer in gold and silver There is a bluish-black rock in this ledge that has assayed as high Us SjOO to the ton.
 Placer mining, on account of an insufficient supply of water, is at stand-stiiI.
 Wqlker's Disirict.-Po Poland X Pearson re- gently worked five tons from the Spur " lode The cleanup established the fact that the Spur is good lode, and will do to tic to Mr Pearson, who in company with Messrs Shelton, and Cole, came to town few day. ago, told us that the rock paid well.
 McCrackin is hauling rock from the "Pay Streak" 8 new ledge.
 Watson, Fredericks and Marsh, are taking rock out of the Shamrock" lode.
 A. French is burrowing in the ''Tie-Tie' ,
 0ll0! "Shamrock " and "Tie-Tie" ores.
 Some placer mining is being done on thC bars of the creek, but there is scarcely enougl water for that purpose, or for running th, water arastras.
 HIssayampa Diariei- Saturday last, Youn, & Roddick were down 46 feet upon tn, "Chance" silver lode. The rock looks first rate and shows lots of native silver. Joe Young, one of the lucky owners, got, recently out of nine pounds of rock, nine ounces O amalgam. They have now several pounds O amalgam on hand.
 The |" Chase lode continues to yiel, plenty of rich rock. Work is progressing steadily, and the energetic citizens who ar having the ledge prospected, Messrs. Noye and Curtis, afe well pi-a>s,i
 Mr. Reed started the !" Sterling" mill o Wednesday evening, upon small lot c Sterling tailings.
 A party of Germans, who have been CT gagged in placer mining on the Hassayamp; recently struck, while working in the bed , the stream, large ledge of finely -graine plumosa. We are informed that after manir ulatihg and reducing the ore, the amalgar is worth S5, an ounce. The owners are Co orado men, and we believe, understand worE ing this kind of ore. We have heard of pal ties in Prescott getting excited over this ma ter. All we have learned in regard to i came to us second handed, but we hope it all true
 Frank Alters, has, We understand, latel found big, rich quartz ledge, and is now ; work upon it.
 We will close our remarks, this week, b stating what is really the fact, that quart mining in Yayapai county is looking up an looming into importance, and we hope tn branch of industry will continue to aouris and prosper until Yavapai shall be as vel known for its riches as is Storey county, N, yada, or Nevada county, California.
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