The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-05-20
MINES AND MINING.
Prospects and Developments Better
 than Ever.
IMMENSE YIELDS.

 s,in nr better for us, and the people Of the At- lanuc and Pacific states, is the mineral wealth oi Arizona: which, for countless ages, has lain, lock cd in her rocky vaults, guarded by th'iftless say ages too lazy to make use of il themselves, and too hateful to allow others to do so, until now, when. weak in numbers, and confronted with hundreds of hardy industrious men, of supc- rior race they are forced tO rcinquish their hold upon portions of the mineral bearing section oi the Territory. and seek rest, safety, and living elsewhere The most they can now do, in this section Of the Territory is to make an occasional raid, kill one or two men, and run of some ani- mals; and this, they will not be able to do year hence, when the population Of the country will, mos, assurrdly, be least four times great as it Is today
 IL is but a little over year since the first rich gold ledgcs were found and located, in Bradshaw mountain, and not six months since tho Tiger, the first, best and riches, silver ledge in America | was found and located, and, until the pact two months, all the work performed in the entire dis ! trict would not have tired score of men, in a ! week. What a change, To-day, there numer- ous shafts, cuts, and tunnels displaying lodges of great width, richness and beauty; scores Of tents, | cabins and houses; and at least 200 men,-ail strong lu the faith that the wealth of their district | is all that could be desired.
 ! Mills, furnaces, and other appliances, for cx. ! iractin. the metals from the ores, will soon be | erected, aud a town (perhaps .owns) larger than | Gold Hill, or Virginia City, will spring into ex- i.tencc. Even now, one smeting furnace is in | full operation, and small mill will soon be ere ted.
 Not a week passes that new discoveries are not made, and every foot sunk upon the Tiger, Eclipse, Cougar, Badger, Lion, Del Pasco, Hunter and other lodges, brings to view more rich ore thus proving that the veins arc true, permanent ones.
 The miners Of Bradshaw, must, however, sink deep in their mines before they can expect to re- alze fortunes from them, they must act liberally with capitalists who will be here to proer assist ance, and maKc money by using money; and the same applies with equal force to miners in other districts. Far removed, as Arizona Is from ,he l centres Of capital and the marts Of trade, and feared she is on account Of her Indian incubus, |, is not a very easy task 10 induce capitalists to invest in her mines, and they would not do co at all but for their great richness, and the fact that wood, water and grass are here in abundance, and that the climate of Central and Northern Arizona is the best in the world. Where there is abund. ance of ore that will pay from s20 to Sl,0O0 per ton, there need be fear but that sooner or later ! il will be worked, and all know that rock from several lodges in Bradshaw, have yielded far be. yond these figures.
 Walker District
 The first ever organized in Central Arizona, is keeping up its old and brlian, reputation. It IS scarcely ten days since Mr. Pointer brought to ] fourp ahpuf .OO inc rrpcnads nf to,,. ng ora from the Pointer iode, which he had just worked in an arastra. Then, on Saturday last, C. r. shcl ton, another iudomitabe Walker man, brought down ss40 in dust, and about s2OO in specimens, which he had just taken from about 2, 2,JOO pounds i of Vernon ore. We spent nearly an hour in look | ing through his sack of specimens, and although much fine gold had been shaken out of them on the trip down, they were yet the richest speci- meus ever seen in this town, and the ore contain. ing the gold, is extremely beautiful, 1t being oG a white and red honey comb structure Really shelton's Vernon lode, Is the best poor mans lode VIC know of in this or any other country it hay. ing been tested iH various places, 10 depth ex ceedipg 70 feet and found rich in all Of them He has tunneled upon the ledge distance of lGi feet; and has now a two feet vein, in which the gold can be seen by the light of candle. He thinks some of buying and starting the Eureka mill, or of getting an entirely new mill. He does not care to sell as he is now able to work his ledge, and get all the money he cares to have.
 The Pointer lode is not far behind the Vernon and there are many others in the district nearly II not quite, good as the Pointer.
 The Thunderbolt mill is running to what pur pose we are not advised. Placer miners making fair wages.
 Hassayampa District.
 Davis < Company are working upon their fine lode, which is one of the largest and richest ir the Territory. Philip Rlchardson, the latest ar rival from the mine, and gentleman of consld crable experience in mining matters, has been pleased 10 inform us that when he lcf; there, q few days ago, the vein was twelve feet thick, ey cry inch of which contained plenty of silver and gold. The croppings of this fine vein have been traced and prospeeted for distance of 1000 feet and free gold and silver found everywhere, SO tha il appears 10 be 10 the Hassayanpa whstthe Tigel is to Bradshaw,-the great Mother vein.
 Weaver District
 The owners of the Great Sexton Mine, in Wea yer District, do not care to have the great rich ness and immensity of their mine talked about publicly, but we cannot resist the temptation O "blowing" upon them, and assert, upon the worC of intelligent, reliable gentlemen, that the ore i very rich and that there is enough orc in sight on the surface, to give twenty years' empioymen to a dozen twenty y-stamp mills
 In same district near Rich Hill, where, in 1862 'G3 & Gi, hundreds of pieces of gold, large IA hei