The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-06-11

arrived here recently, ffom the soutbcrp part of the Territory, xnh drove of beef cattle for Gov. ernment The cattle are now, or were, day or tsoago, ht wiliiamson Valley, We sederstapd that a drove Of sheep, belonging to the atin, are being driven this way from Camp Mcdowell, pia the trail, and We hope that they will not fall into the hands Of the Indians. as did the fret Arove sent here by the firm. It may be well enough to state that Messrs Hines & Hooker arc the con. tractors for supplying the military posts in this Territory with beef and mutton, and that they hold high Tank among our wealthicst and bes, business men. af' aor
 EscAPk or A PRISONER Saturday morning last, frenchy y"-dont know his real name-who had been confined In the comfy jail for several months past awaiting trial for stealing a horse from Capt. J. P. Hargraye, made his escape rom duranee vile, by scaling the high plank fence sur. rounding the jail yard, and travellng with the heetness of an Apache. Tom Hall, Frepehy's partner in the horse enterprise Is the ouly pris- oner now incsrceratcd in our wooden dungeon. house. and, as he cannot be tried until October next, many taxpayers would feel rcjoiced to learn that ie, too, had escaped. But everything con. sidered, the county win be tue gaIncf by keeping the fellow and making an example of him.
 OcR sTREErs.-shouid Mr. Bowers accept the position offered him bythe Board of Supervisors, NC hope he will immediately notify property owners fix tiie streets iD front of tbelg houses The lower end of Gurley street Is in a vcry bad fix, and, 1t being one of our busiest thorough. fares. steps should at once be taken to hsse t placed in good condition According to the law passed by the Fifh Legislative Assembly, the Board of Supervisors and Superintendent of Streets are empowered to compel property own CTS 70 keep the streets fronting thsir houses and lots in good condition
 SABBATH scuooE CEIrpn.noS-;, We learn that the children of tbe Prescott Sabbath School will, on tomorrow, cesebsaie the fourth anniver. sary of the founding of the school The exercises win take place in the Courtroom, and are to commence at 2 o'clock P. s
 To BEEF EATERs-Mannel Martinez. who has just arrived from Sonora Mexico, with a goodly number Of fat beeves, requests us to inform the people of Prescott and vicinity that he will, to- day, open A. c. Dunn's meat market, on the north side of the plaza, and sch beef ju ftom twelve to fftcen cents per pound, currency.
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 MINING MATTERS The bullion recently ex- tracted iron. between @ and sO tons of Box Elder ore, was thss week, melted and run into harsg It amounted to ei 100. Reliable persons, whe took part io sxtrxcting said bullion from the rock, arc confident that the tailipgs contain as much as was saved The owners of the mine are veli pleased with the result. t Thursday morning last, while the outside plates of the Big Bug mill were being ciesmee pp. a bc's was discovered in one of the boilers, and there being no boiler iron on hand to patch sdd hole up, Messrs. Rogers and Monihon came to town tc get some We eonversed with them yesterda, morning. and learned that everything, except th' hole in the boiler, lovely, at Big Bug.
 we have nothing new to rriste r-gssdiET iss!s;s ing mast<rs iD the Hassayampa, Walker. *slne Grove, Martinez, and wickeuburg Districts But of course, work is going on in each and all oi them.
 Manuel Rayena, Of Ls Pas. YumA county. i' gssting ready 70 work he mine--shs Conquest, | INDIAN KiLLEp.-we are indebted to NJ. Tompkins, fof news of the killing Of sn Indian at Date Greek, some five or six days ago. mar | employed by wm Gtison. shot the red biped.
 Tsr prompspess with which Gen. wheston dcspatcheA his troopers Aiser the Indians whe stole Dunn's herd, and the aiacrity with whici Lieutenant Graham and his men mounted tbei' steed. and charged after the ss,sges Is to be rec commended Some Of the men, we are told, did not take time to saddle their animals, SO grea xAA their anxiety to catch up with tbe yohiniss
 Tnrns is said to Dc abos, SO tons of hay Ii Peoples Valley. ag rssara afIIfAa
 TIE White Picacho mine, near Wickenburg, Il said to be four feet wide. and the ore asefssc' sf20 to the ton in silver. s..ts..i lsf raf,5t
 wnEs the sayages 'junped" the herd at cAmI Verde, most of the troops were absent, ~orkin. upon the new road leading 70 Prescott o@ oo' Brown and fieutenant Owen, with ws~s is" ss' diers and citizens they could collect started ou and preyen,ed the sasages from gobbliny Aii si' stock. During 'their absence. the post was hei' hy two ladies (Mrs Brown and Mrs. Arnoid) an'
 ay. soIdiersl But they were brave hiiie gam son.
 GRrkr Loss IN TIE woRyixc or oHrs.- The San Francisco Scieatifc Press of a rccen date. contains letter from Almarin E. Paul dated Centrai City. Colorado Territory, il which the loss in milling ores iu'thst sector is thus described:
 | have the resnlts of a close inyestigaiiou mad' ,y vou,g man of fiIss zzes=.ssssisal skiils asd s,s.s,;c.f ,.xss:!...Is.s ,ntn yf mind. which, n' danhs closely spproserr< sise facts sf the value I Colorado ofes aDd the mechanical effectiveness It Is as follows; By assay. nrst class ore VII dul s.nsa s,s, to slOO: second-ciass ore, from s20 t'