The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-04-22
MINES AND MINING.
Bradshaw District


 Arrivals from Bradshaw, this week hnvo bccn icwi departures many Wednesday evening last, we lit upon C. Thomas, who had just arrived. l and "panned out" the following; Norcland Co.,, owners of discovery location | on the Tiger, had their four feet shan down about l seventeen feet, and had struck water Rock rich. CT than ever before. Rich pay streak wider than shalt. Owners In ccstacics. The same company were running cut, and had wadcd through eight. cen feet of good paying ore.
 Riggs X O., south oG discovery, on Tiger, were working away on their cut, and, although they had worked through and across twenty feet of quartz, they had not cut through the entire ledge Rock as rich as they cared ,o have it. The men at work Bean x Cos location. south Tiger, were surrounded by rich rock, and, Of course, felt rich aud happy Their cut was iu on ihe ledge about twenty feet; down upon it about hncen feet, and the ledge was fully twelve feet thick
 We next grappled Wm McCloud, who came from the Eclipse country,-a few miles from the Tiger. He knew all about the Gray Eagle, Eclipse, Lion, Sunset, LOreua and Cougar lcdgcs, said more or les. work was being done upon them all l: that they all looked well, and were turning out
 
 what was being done upon other lodges in the District. Said prospecting Was being prosecuted with good success and told us to state that there "ts show In Bradshaw and her sister districts for thousands oi prospectors all Of which We be- leve as this section of country has never yet been prospccted worth cent, even by ihe eye | process.
 ! Charley Taylor, Peter Harvey < Co. had made calculations 10 sink seventy five ieet on ihe Eclipse and so too had W. B Helliugs X Co. Me&icaus l -profcssing to know all about smelling furnaces 1 bad arrived from Wickcnburg, and were going to erect furnaces A ledge of hrc-clay had been ! found; pieces of which have been subjected To very severe tests, aud stood them we'll Hassayampa District. ! Dr McCaudiess and L. E Jewell returned home from visiting tbe Davis Lode, this week, and feel yubilant over prospects. They ioand the C0npa- ny hard at Ork ID twO place, on ihe ledge, tac thickness of which averaged about l2 feet Rich pay streak, lhaG will certainly yield over siOO 10 Ihc ton !u gold and silver, fully 4l-3 feet thick. Remainder Of iedgv will pay well for mill. ing aud mining Ledge crops out, high above the ground Tor several miles. Company have sent 10 San Francisco for mill, and are going to build road 10 Walnut Grove Plenty oi wood, water and grass ln vicinity Of mine.
 Other Districts
 We have no reports from Black Canyon, Big Bug. Walker and Wickcn5urg districts Have seen very rich silver rock from Turkey Creek dls trici, also piece of alum rock, from ledge just found by D. Marr and others
 The rcceui rain and snow have helped placer miners, and all arc nov searching the bedrock.
 Sales, this week. have been few and uuiEBport ant but some large oues are pending.
 Regarding the mines recently found h . Weaver district, correspondent sends the follow ing;
 MARTISEz Valley, Yavapas County, Arizona, March %y ls7l. To As Editor of nt Ar.-o.a Ms.sr
 Recon, rich discoveries In this part Of Inc eoun " creating considerable stir a. this time. Tw, } rich gold bearing quartz lodes have been found i. one within eight miles ol Martinez creek, du east, on what is known as Antelope creek, discov cred by C. F Stanton sud Dennis May, and th , other Is miles west from Kirkland valley, discoy , cred by frenchman, whose name dIsremembei Tn, former was named by its dscoyerer th Grea, Sexton, ii has been thoroughly prospecie and gives the moot satisfactory results, through out Access 10 thousands of tons can be had wit triniug outlay Of capital Preparations are b, :, Ing made 10 crush some of the ore in aras,ras O c this creek, to which splendid road can De made z The Frenchmau's lode, though notHs large is sal n to be very rich. learn that Vim. Gilsou has sol au interest In ihe latter for $500 10 the origins s discoyerer. William Kirkland, an oli citizen c d the Territory, arrived here a short time ago wit c his family, from California, he Is going 10 crus some ore from lhe Sexton. l will give you fu II ,her details of the mines in my next.