The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-02-06
Mining Matters.

BLAcK CASyoS-Mr Behmsn. and four other miners. who own bar in Black Can yon Greek, Bradshaw Mining District, left there Sunday last and arrived in Prescott on Tuesday. The news brought by them is highly encouraging. Three Of the seven companies now st work there were sluie.ns when the party left the creek, and making from eight to twelve dolars per day to the man The other companies were cutting di.ches, making sluiees, and otherwise pre- pairing for work. The bar owned by MT. Behmsa and company is on the south side of the creek, or rather river, about one mile be- low Montezuma bar. Before coming here for provisions. etc, the company prOSpccted it thoroughly, and Behman informed us that he would not board a man who could not make ten dollars day in it. We saw scv- eral prospects, which be had carefully kept separate--the poorest of which was IS cents out Of two pans. There is one channel in the bar, the dirt of which. prospects 70 cents to the pan Having mined and prosPccted in Black Canyon, md never having found such fiattering prospects, as these, we were not disposed to beIiere Mr. Brhman's story, but bis partners who are old miners and know all about gold and gold digging, backed bim in his assertions. and we now believe every word be said. Besides the statements Of the Behman company we have the word 0f Dr. J r Aisap, who is now n the mines, for stating that the mines are richer than we had thought them to be. In . letter to Henderson < Co, of this place, Mir. Aisap says: "I am satisfied that there is gold in paying quantities here. Tbe miners here seem to have the most unbounded confidence in the diggings. The largest nugget found yet on the creek weighed two dollsr. The Indians stole two horses from French com paHy below here the other day. l have no; seen any. have just heard that the French company above me have cleaned up ten dol lars per day This is cheering news iron that quarter, and, we seriously believe that there is not on the Pacific coast riehei or more extensive diggings than those of th' Bradshaw District, and now that a wagon road has been found. the cost of living the-' will be reduced; others will go there anC much gold will be taken out.
 LcwrR LYNX CREEx-We have no new from the hydraulic mines on LOwer LynI Greek, further than that Jackson, Loyejoy and company are piping away.
 BIG BCG.--The companies engaged in place mining in Big Bag district, are making fron five to ten dollsrs per day to the man; thos' ol the Hssssy smps are also doing well.
 Al the Placeritas, near Walnut Grove; 6 Weaver, and near the yulturc mine, place mining Is being carried on, and we learn tha those engaged ia the business have been an are doing well.
 Three weeks ago. mipers were fearful tha we were going to have dry winter, bu their fears were groundless. The stream are now fnli to the bnm with water; tL mountain gorges are packed full of snow the foothills are covered with from four { six inches of the watsry element, and th valleys and rnesas resemble swamps. iudgin from which we may safely count on havin plenty of water until the middle of JuE next, when. very likely. placer mining vi have to be suspended until the summer rail set in.