Arizona miner., 1868-03-21
Mining News.

BrG BUG DtsrRICr-Last week, in company with Messrs. Gray, Wundcrch, Allen. and Coul. ter, we made trip to Biz Bug and made q care. fil examination of several of tue mines in that district. The tunnel on the Eugcnic lode run in about lj0 feet on the vein, which in no one place Is less than six feet wide. The amount of rock taken out of this tunnel Is immense, and if t pays fifteen or twenty dollars to the ton, We consider it the biggest thing in the mountains. In some places the Eugcuc k over ten feet wide, all solid quartz and sulphurets. We next visited the Galcua mine and were lowered sixty feet into the lOO feet shat. At the depth of sixty feet, a drifl is run in upon the ledge a distance of about twenty feet, and we were more surprised than ever at behoiding a solid, wclldehned ledge Of quartz and sulphurets six feet in thickness, with nice, smooth clsc-walls Of alcose slate. We had an idea. derived from some source, that this ledge was not over two or three feet in thickness, but we know better now. The sUlphurets in this mine resemble those found in the Sterling lode, and small lots of them, worked in San Francisco, have yielded from three Co four hundred dollars to the ton. There are three shafts upon this mine. For richness of its rock, eyennoss in width of vein, and perpendicularity and beauty of cAse-was, the Galena lode beats any other we have seen in long time. We stayed over night at the mill of Gray (S Co.,, and partook of the excellent fare spread before us by that chief of cooks, Nick Ia- coke. We could not help contrasting the manner in which the employees of Gray < Co. now live with the way in which We used to live upon the same spot on WHICH tutE nict iuifNcr hltHutu ana dining-roOm now stand. In those days, mess of beans. or a YenSOn steak, was the greatest luxury Of the table now, meats and vegetables of all kinds, cggs, pastry and other good things are IS common on their table as beans used to be on our plate NIT. Gray informed that until he could ind a competent mill-mln to take charge of and run his mill he would not again start it to running. He thinks he will find tbc man he wants soon. He has los; thousands Of dollars through the incompetency of one man, and although We yyguld ikp tO inc mill rtupfutr apN work tvOn the lodes progressing, we cannot blame him for not working ore until he can get MT kustel or some other competent man. Thousands of dollars have been run into the creek by the former Super intcndeut Of the mine When the mill starts again, 1t will start to run, not to experiment
 On our way home, passed close to the Diyi- dend mine, and found John A. Rush asserting and hauling rock to the mill It will not be long be. fore a cleanup will be made, and all connected with it are strong in the faith that the Dividend will pay.
 The placer miners at work in the district wer, doing very well Lewis & Thomas have the rich est and best placer claims there.
 Smith X Berry are sinking shaft on their lode The rock is very rich
 HAssArAMPA DIsrRIcT-The shaft on the Chase lode Is now down . feet. The vein is six feel wide, and the rock is very rich Mr Curtis showed us some pieces of the rock, the other day which contained great deal of gold.
 Frank Alters and F. Hammond have been en gagged in slaicing decomposcd matter out of tht Chloride lode. In one days run they took ou S27
 The Colorado company arc doing well-makinl fair wages Jim Anderson, Tom McWilliams ant Chris. Bentle are working bar on the creek be low kirkland's arastras. The bar was ground sluiccd by the winter floods, which len about thre feet of dirt on it, that pays from top to bottom about three cents to tho pan.
 The England gulch near Prescott, continues |, pay fair wages.
 WALKERS DISTRIcI.-Two or three water wheels are now running, and considerable rock l being crushed. Up to the time of the latest new from there, none of the companies had made cleanup; consequently we cannot inform ou readers how much money the miners are making Alfred Shupp, who came to town during the earl part of the week, told us that sn the aTastra me were crushing good rock
 The placer miners are making six and eight do lars day.
 LOWER LYNX CREEK.-Little X Taylor ar piping away We have not learned how they ar doing.
 Some ten or dozen Mexican miners came int town from the diggings this week, and from tl manner In which they flung their gold dust arount we take it that they have been doing extremel we'll
 WICKENBURG.--Man and Griffin, who a rived here from Wickenburg on Thursday evel ing, have told us that both mills were grindr away. night and day. The Wickenburg fve-staru mill was clearing about sl 900 per week