The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-03-02
MINES AND MINING.

of it's superabundant hope and cheeriu'hess' God. in His mercy, has heard the prayers of the people of this Territory, and, at this writing, Wednesday evening, the mountain ranges south of Prescott, in which our quartz and placer mines are located, hold, on their surface. between three and four feet of snow, and it is showing as we writes Now, this is boon, blessing, for which our people have long prayed, and for which, no matter what others may do, ~e must sincerely thank the Great Jehovah-the good, just and benign Ruler of the Universe!
 For nearly three years have our people had to bear up against drouth, hostile Indians public slanderers, and the rule of an accursed destructive, mis- called Peace" policy, the pressure from all of which had we'll nigh de stroyed all hope in our breasts, when the "beautiful snow" commenced falling iron Heaven, gladdcning all by its presence, and enlivening the dullest citizen with visions o prosperity.
 And why ' some people may ask. Because it will soon melt into water, which water will be used by miners to work auriferous quartz and gravel, the working of which will give employment to great many men, and put plenty of gold in circulation, thus making "times" good for all, and allayIng feeling of discontcnt with the Territory which, from causes heretofore stated, had made croakcrs of about two-thirds of the civilized popula- tion of tho Territory. This, then, is why we so joyfully hail this timely fall of snow.
 Over on Lynx Creek are some 30 or GO placer miners, who, by "raking and scraping" together nearly all of the little water that has flowed down on the bed rock, have been enabled to wash just about as much gravel as yielded each one a living,-perhaps little more. Now, then, as soon as water increases, which it will shortly do, many of those min CTS will use sluices, and, of course, take out more than double the quantity of gold which they have heretofore been enabled to collect Then, Lovejoy and others will go to work in their hydraulic diggings, farther down the creek, and, judging from past results, at least $l0 per diem will be washed out for every man they may employ.
 Black Canon Creek, Big Bug, Turkey, the lIassayampa and other creeks will bristle with picks, and the rich, but dry gulches, in every mining district in this portion of the Territory will not be forgotten. Quartz min ing will also be- helped out by the water, and the prospects for the investment of more cap ital in tkis ssre-paying branch of industry win Dc greatly strengthened. The Del Pasco mill, which has never yet failed to pay, will be run night and day, with results that can not but please the most sanguine. Other mills, now idle in this vicinity, will, we hope, be started up, and so, we feel certain, will several arastras. Yet, but little can or will works for successfully treating all classes of gold and silver ores shall have been erected. It is of but little use to us, at present, to know that the Tiger, Lorenna, Benton and numerous other gold and silver lodes in Brad shaw, Tiger, Pine Grove, Hassayampa, Tur- key Greek, Black Canon, Big Bug, Walnut Grove and other districts in our mountains l arc rich in gold and silver, so long as their owners are unable to treat the ores here, for, rich as they are, owners cannot now get the | ores out of the mountains and ship them to San Francisco, when every ton of ore thus shipped costs, for carriage, at least S200. Yet, they have done 80, when roads were good and dry. This being the case, we call upon the mining capitalists of California and Nevada to come or send here, and learn the fine chances which await them.
 The latest news from the Tiger is to the effect that the tunnel was in distance of lS0 feet, from the bottom of the 100 feet shaft that rich ore was plenty and getting plentier. Yet, there is no mill to work the ore of this | great ledge,-or, rather mine, for mine it is now proven to be.
 The same is true of many other mines, which we could uame.
 In Wickenburg, of all the districts in this county, is good, systematic milling being done-by the yulture mill, and even there the company is laboring under great 8uSohe"eSSt iVt want oi eulllclcnt CaDltal to construct railroad from the mine to the mill, over which ore-rich and poor-coula be hauled for tenth the amount of what is now paid for that service. But, this capital, we learn, has been promised, and the Super | intendent, Mir Nudge, has already gone to San Francisco to see about getting it.
 There may be some hope for the people of Prescott and vicinity in the following, which is copied from the San Francisco Alta of the l4th ult. It is news of the incorporation of the rich and wel-known Benjamin mine:
 Benjamin Gold and Silver Mining Company. Object: to mine for gold and silver ores m the Territory of Arizona. Capital stock S2,- 0O0,Oo0, in 10000 shares. Trustces-George ID. Roberts, c. W. Curtis, James A. Ander- son, John w. Gashwiler, Samuel P. Middle ton. George s. kittredge, Wm. H. Sears.
 Among the incorporators are some of the loiesf, r'cAest and most enterprising mining 'perasors on the Pacific Coast. So it is fair
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