The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-06-10

Placer miners arc doing the best they can with inc limited supply or water in the upper llnssay. anpa. and are takisg out enough gold to give them a comfortable living.
 Walker District
 The principal mines of this district are at the head Iyux creek, nbout nine miles southeast or Prescott Owing to the scarcity Of water very little work Is now being done In this district. me Thunderbolt mill Is, however, running, and many miners are taking out orc. Lynx creek was the richest in gold oi all the creeks in this vicinity, and thousands, some think, millions, of dollars will yet be washed out of 1t.
 Big Bug District
 The Big Bug mill is idle, waiting for water MT. Gray, one of the company, has gone to San Fran cisco to make arrangements for getting larger mill, and, consequently, for working larger quan. titles ot orc daily. Many and good are the gold hedges of Big Bug.
 Black Hills District
 About l5 miles north of Prescott, is looming in- to importance. Silver ore said to be as rich as any ever found at Bradshaw, woS lately brought to town and exhibited to a favored few. But Inc news spread, and there was rush of prospectors, from whom we have not yet heard. Parties start ed in the night and displayed some smart tactics in trying to get ahead Of other parties. The dis trict is pretty we'll waiered, and well iimbered, and may become q second Bradshaw. As early as 6+ splendid prospects were found tn one or two of its creeks, by Colonel Woolsey and others. God grant that the district may turn out well, as the peopling of it by miners would have the ei- feet of preventing Apaches from using it as rcn- dezvous, and, likewise help the farmers of Wool sey Lonesome Chino and Granite Creek valleys.
 Other Districts.
 Our news, this week, from Wickenburg, Weaver Martinez Walnut Grove and Black Canyon Dis tricts is quite meagrc. All we know regarding Wickenburg is that the Vulture Company's forty stamp mill Is working away, and that the Vulture mine was looking and yielding better than ever before. While at Williamson Valley, week before last, we saw splendid powder from the gold ledge lately discovered near Antelope HilL It weighed about 80 pounds, and was quite heavy with large and small particles of very yellow gold This mine Is receiving some hard knocks from It's owners, who will soon commence to arastra tbe ore. Nothing new from the Great Sexton mine.
 A member of party who arrived here recently from Black Canyon, brought with him some dark pebbles, which he suspicioued of being almonds, but a test proved that they were not.
 J. W. Johnson and others returned here yester- day from the silver region to the northwest ot Skull and Kirkland valleys, and party oi men leit for same destination early this week. The country contains gold and silver bearing lodges, but the richest, 1t appears, Is huge chimney or blowout of quartz, almost, if not quite rich in silver as the Tiger. Tests will soon be made, when we hope to be able to render a good ac- count of those deposits.
 Here, now, are about forty men, awaiting the
 
 to follow the lead of old miner, who says he can take them about 100 miles to the eass Of Pres cott and show them very rich placer diggings, from which he, with others, were driven by Indians.
 Again. this week, E. Pointer, C. Y. shelton, John Shafier, and many others, started for the section of country between Camp Hualpai and Hell Canyon, 10 prospecs for lodes and placers. Some oi the men were there some time ago. and thought very well of the country.
 Mohave county-wallapai District
 Away towards the Colorado river, in Mohave county, and not far from the line of the projected Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Is a district of coun- try that promises to rival all others, and of which a reliable correspondent thus discourses: "The miners arc all, to a man, as busy as bees. Fifteen men are working from break Of day Gill dark, day in and day out, constructing large and expensive turnacc. They have an excellent wagon road from some of their mines to the fur mace, which cost, reckoning their tine at the go- ing price of labor, not less than i've thousand dol lars. They have now on the dump, nt the Key stone Co.'s mine, from five to twenty tons of rock that assays nearly three thousand dollars to the ton, and are only waiting for ore-sacks to ship it to San Francisco. The San Francisco company have good force getting out rock of the same quality and will commence shipping as soon as a pack train now on the way, arrives. The Mohave company and Nevada company will smelt their ores In the district soon the furnace is com. | pleted. The Spear company, Bonnet company, | Five Forks company and other companies en- | gagged in developing mines. The Walkalip com | paDy have already constructed a good substan. | tlal building, to be used a dwellinghousc for the weary and hard-worked miners. The com. pany arc at present opening up two or three promising ledges, and win soon be among the big shippers. We can boast of pretty good popula- ton now, and are receiving endorsements every day. Several large and commodious buildings wifi soon be erected at the town of Cerbat, and lumber | Is now on the way from Prescott for that pur pose. "
 The writer of this communication then goes or to twit us about Bradshaw, and to boast that iu his district plenty of rock has been found that will assay s20,O00 to tue ton to all of which VIC have | to say that we hope bis people may strike pure gold and silver. We arc not at all partial in oul | advocacy of tine interests of Arizona know nc | North, no South, no East and no West and have | fully and freely told all we know about the nd vantages of every district. But we cannot be sup posed to know the minutiae of mining camps l0( | milus away, with most of which we are not ever connected by mall
 | Pima and Yuma counties are as sealed book, to us. Miners don't write about what they are do ing, and the papers which they patronize mos l say least In their favor We cordially invite min ing correspondence from these counties.
 We will finish up, this week, by stating that tho miners, experts and capitalists that have com, here from California, Nevada, and elsewhere tC look at our mines, arc more than pleased. In deed they are delighted, and "make no bones" o proclaimiDg their views and opinions and being | composed Of such men as Messfs Powers, Shepley Curtis and Dunn, of Virginia City and Gold Hill their opinions are worth "their weight in Gold The following safes of feet, on extensions, hay, been filed for record, this week:
 B. c. Bain to A. c. Lnke, G2 2-s feet. Eclipse for S30O ]. s. Garrison to B. c. Bain B feet, 4 ellpse, sl0O J. 6. Garrison to Joe Crane 25 fee, Eclipse, si00; E. c. Peek to Joe Crane, 900 feet Eclipse 5000 J. KEott to A. Graydon, 100 feet il Big Tiger, $i00 c. A. Luke to E. C. Bain, 100 n in Tiger, s4O0 Jno. strode to D. Morgan, 50 fee | in Lorenna, $500 Y. A. Gordon to w. E. Calver,