The Weekly Arizonian., 1871-03-11
Mining News.
From the Miner.l

Bless us, that an age and country we live in What stir there is among the mining population, and how cheerful merchants, farmers, teamsters, and even printers appear since the recent discoveries in Bradshaw Dis~ trict, and the fall of "the beautiful snow. " We who had almost 'given up the ghost, J Eow feel like young mule in spring. time, or like the pilot of Mississippi steamboat after winning a race. And why should we not after having lived so leng upon 'short grass and drifted around in a eddy too weak and feeble to get out oft The fact is, our mir CTS have struck richer thing than oil, or gov- ern nieut contracts, and we must be excused for sharing in the joy which fills their de- lighted souls. And these rich diggings are not confined to one spot, as in other mining countries. They are everywhere, in 8 noun tains from fifty to seventy-fve miles in length by about twenty five in width But the richests spot of all IS in Brashaw District, thirty or thirty-dve miles south from Prescott where scores of hardy eager miners, are now digging and prospecting like beavers on nearly as many rich gold and silver lodges, the richest-most popular Of which is the
 Tiger" But, as 'glittering generaIitiea" are not what the public crave, we will give facts, and stick by them as firmly as we have stuck by our rich Territory in her darkesi days, which we firmly believed are ended. These facts are that the Tiger lode crops out of the ground, and is located in claims of 200 feet each, for over hree miles; that the width of the ledge is from four to thirty feet that the ore assays from $500 to $6,000 per ton in silver that native silver is to be seen all through the rock: that before a hole five feet in depth had been sunk upon it, as high as $25 per foot was offered and refused for it, and that, at this writing in various places, the poorest claim owner is not anxious 10 sell for less than from $50 10 $50 per foot Now, when it is known, that heretofore, feet in the richest gold lodges here have never com- manded more than $l5 foot, persons st a distance can form pretty correct idea of the Q1SQ eSJlmdLlOu pldCeu upOu bhO " miners and speculators. And it is not alone upon the Tiger that our people base theirhopess of riches and prosperity Its sister ledges- the Tigress Lion, Hunter. Del Pasco, Espi- nosa, etc., are nearly, if not quite as rich, and all are being worked upon Californians and Nevadans will soon have an opportunity for testing the truthfulness of our remarks, as E. J. Cook, Mr. Riggs, and other well-known gentleman are about to ship several boxes of the ore to San Francisco and Virginia City for assay and inspection.
 Before the excitement reached its highest George ". Bower purchased 100 feet from J. H. Behan for $l 900, and l50 feet from W. c. Collier, for l,500, and would not now take ten times these amounts for his interests, Mir. Bowers has not yet seen the ledge, he however, acted upon the advice of his friend, Mr. Riggs
 an experienced Nevada miner, who has ssssrt-
 ed time and again, that the Tiger Is richer ana better than the Comstock, or any other lode seen by him, and he is backed up n thls opinion by Mr. Clark, practical miner ana assayer, from California, who has just return ed from visiting the mine, also by E. COOK, our resident assayer; F. G. Christie Washing, ton French, MT. Hogle and scores of
 others