The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-10-19
MINES AND MINING.

sTbere ;s fine collection of ores to be seen at the office of George Treadwell, Esq, lin Duncan,s building on California street. ; They were brought from the vicinity of Pres lcott. Arizona, by George A. R. Berry and tWiliam Walch. In connection with regular mining occupation, these gentlemen found time to prospect the mountains and the results of their labors make good showing. The specimens are taken from about thirty differ ent mines, all, with the exception of three, being from an area notin any place more than ten miles from Prescott. They are rich in gold and silver, combined with base metals, sulphurets of iron, lead and zinc. Antimony is also largely represented. The country rock is mostly granite. The lodges are mostly from four to twelve feet wide, we'll defined and almost perpendicular. They run little east of north and west of South, being paral- Tel, or nearly so. In that section, they say that noledges are found to cross each other. The work oil these mines Is only in its infan- 1 cy. Some are only surface prospects; some have shafts sunk from 90 to 100 feet deep. The indications of rich mineral district are abundant. Capital Is wanted-this Is the cry all over the Territory.
 1 The Box Elder is one of the mines best prospected, offers promising inducements for i the miner. Assays have been made, showing large returns of free gold and suIphurets. In Ia common working process, without extra care, the rock has given S27 to the ton in free gold. The shaft is down S7 feet, and is being worked by one man, unaidcd by capital. In this collection are also several valuable relics of the implements used by an extinct race. There are two stone hammers taken from old shafts two hundred' and fifty miles apart From the indications of debris and position, it is believed by the miners that the ancient inhabitants of the Territory were either exterminated or driven out of the country suddenly. The old mines are left with the tools remaining where the unknown workers left them. There are many archa logical wonders in the vicinity of Prescott Therfins of houses and what are supposed to have been either fortifcations or temples, are still to be seen. An old stone blow, dug up at Salt River, is now used for door step
 A few specimens of rich ores from the Bradshaw District, are also in this collection. They show native silver in great profusion, and in beautiful forms"
 Mr. Berry, whose name is mentioned in the above article, has written to parties in this place in regard to the prospects of getting assistance to work some of the mines here, and letters have recently been received from Mir. Walch and other gentlemen in San Fran cisco who are interested in mines near Pres cott They all tell the same story, that the ores from this section assay as well as the ores from any other section of the Pacific slope, that there are two obstacles in the way which prevent men of means from taking hold of ing life and property by the Apaches. Sec ond, the distance from the base of supply and consequent.loss of time to those coming here on business, and the great cost of trans, portation as compared with mining bnsiness in Nevada and Utah, near the line of the railroad." Therefore they do not give any en- eouragement that much will be attempted in working our mines by aid- of San Francisco capital this season, or indeed at any time un- til the Indians are pacitied or railroad is built to Arizona. 1t is not wise to deceive ourselves, we must understand that we are to wait and work as best we may until the wheel of fortune takes turn in our favor and that our advancement must be by slow. and sure steps. '
 Colonel H. A. Bigelow, of this town has letter from San Francisco, stating that a proposition has been, or will be made to the owners of the Benjamin which, if accepted, will insure the moving of Noys & Curtis quartz mill from its present location, several miles nearer the Benjamin, and its erection there, with all the necessary gold and silver saving apparatus, for the purpose of working ores from the Benjamin and other mines.
 The project is good one for all parties No one conversant with the adjacent mines can doubt that a good custom mill would pay in that locality, and we hope to see the plan carried out.
 Lynx Creek
 Recent rains on the head of Lynx Creek have afforded water sufficient for working with rockers, and the miners are doing very well with that slow method of working.
 At Antelope Creek, :. The parties running arastras on the Marcus rock are getting, regularly, $1oO to Sllo per ton from quartz crushed, and are happy.
 Mexicans are still working the old Ante lope placers, and several large chispas have been found recently; one weighing over s ounces was taken out by lucky hombrs last week: . We desire to call the attention of our readers to Section ,, of
 The New Mining Law Known as the act of May 10, 1872. Section 5 provides that " On each claim located after the passage of this act and until patent shall have been issued therefor. not less than one hundred dollars worth of labor shall be. performed or improvements made during each year.
 On ali claims located prior to the passage I of this act, ten dollars worth of labor or im- provements made each year for each one hun drcd feet in length along the vein until patent shall have been issued therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such