The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-01-27
MINES AND MINING.

l,,., rich ore from it Is being carried on wil
 ,-ore energy and system than ever before. speci
 ,sps of. ore recently brought here from lhe Tiger fv D. 4 Moreland, are astouishingIy rich in sil
 .- and ffeen tons of this rich ore are now ready
 for sbipmont 10 San Francisco, at cost Of $l0f ,.r ,oa And, even at this extraordinary cost superintendent Riggs is confident that he will |, able to make the mine pay well Besides ,ts ricA stratum Of about one foot, near thc wcs ss1 6f tbe mine, they have four and a half feet If good milling oF~ ma, fatcsr dates from tbC r-. 1t gas widening rapidly and changing into ., rich black suiphuTet ore. shaft-4xS feet nos being suuk in the uorth~cst tunnel. u, rorcland has three ounce bar or silver .seh George Hoglc recently fried d' out Of one
 Eornd of Tiger ore.
 r.e Lorruua mine is also producing considerable bgb grade ore.
 Captain Shoup and Jesse and Sol. Jackson arc
 a.ss iu nigh giec over d recent successful run of
 tbgr little 4stamp mill, ou Del Pasco rock, which
 lhough, of a poor quality, yielded at the rate oi ssout s5O per tou,-of good, yellow gold, worth, a least slG per ounce. The mtii ran 8l hours ,rolueing, in that time, 52 Ii ounces.
 The recent suow uiil, no combt, increase inc sgppIy of water SD as to enable them 10 run the ul both day and night.
 The Benjamin, Alcyor, Uncle Joe, and other riaes pear Prescott are producing immensely rch orc, some Of which, we firmly believe, will a..ay as high as 5000 to the ton.
 The yulture, near Wickcnburg, is doing better tAan al any time in the past The mill is running ael1y upOB good ore.
 Placer miners, having had slight incrca of Fsier, are now taking out great deal of gold. In Yuma county, mining is being carried on va g-cat success, near Arizona City and Ehrcn- brs
 The following letter to the Los Angeles Neics, from it. regular correspondent at Wallapai Dis rct, Nohayc county, will give our readers a fair a,4 d matters and things thcrc.
 MINERAL PARK, Dee. 30, 1871. Supposug that many of your readers would bc Interested by brief account of this section, l have undertaken thG task of furnishing the same. will premise ry stating that, in company with oar others, left Los Angeles on the 1tb of De- .sn5cr, and that we arrived here on the 18th. On horseback the trip is generally made in eight lEE t"t one ui our animals being tame We e.ud it necessary 10 take mCrc lIuc Food can
 il obtained for both mlU and tt''r' 70 $
 fja Los Angeles to e. -.uoc Froi5 tbcuce 70
 Hrtyyiir, uIsiaH"c Q! d btJlc more than a buu-
 Hrsd e.lles. there aTe DO stltjCus. The Udrs made
 Us. and the distances, ..- DIV" 9
 8uJQ.tem's. 2S miles, to Fears 50 miles 10 Cot
 aeoods, 70 miles; to Camp Cady, 42 miles; 10
 oalt Lake, 55 uncs; to Mall Springs, go mite, 1;
 30 Gare!uueut slalee 1I miles; 10 Pah Ute biI,
 5 miles to Hardyrills, 2j miles; 10 Mirorai
 1.iA. yJ lsstCs. aE dlleIcpy oranCssca oI bueI-
 aess besides mining, are represented as follows ::
 Rl-es of general merchandise, I saloons, '; res
 agrauts, ,; blacksmith shops, 2; beef stand, l i; hutton stand, l. There are several carpenters
 and masonS, and at present two lawyers. There
 gre two of the latter profession who clam resi-
 deRee here, but they are absent just now. There i enc 6yc-stamp quartz mill bcrc. It commenced rnpnnr on Fairfield rocA To day. ! have visited
 the following nsjn', ail of which are hclng worked Vigorously and are located within eight ot thc town Telegraph MLylOWer. hVystpnt aud air field The first tVG arc owned hy tAc Hualpu Con- u.jIJted GD'1 aEl Silver Mining Company The Telegraph Is turning oUt from shaft twcB- iylNo feet deep, some Of the finest ore l have
 Aecn IL has ass lycd high as Si, ,jOO to the ton
 pe Mayhower shaft Is about fdrty iect deep. IL
 h,s been sunk alongside tAc ledge, exposing only
 nHe side A drift has been made casterly along
 iAe ledge from the bottom of the shaft. The
 ledge has been broken in tbjs drift lt IS about
 0ur feet thick and lhc rock looks excel cnj. The Keystone is one of thc first iGcHtiou> made, ana B owned " 1n incorporated company. Y has tN0 slaitS-urc a40ut hity, aud -tS other aDout forty feet deep EhuE are about l50 feet apart h the deepest, Che water comes i.i at such rate a -c "ampel discontinu1ucc of work unil pumps are procured. This company has located
 anill site just below these shJits IL is sincerely
 hoped Chat good mill will soon be placed upou A, though am not aware that such will be the ease Several tons of this rock were sampled m San Francisco, and sold for over $500 ger ton The Fairfield Is now tbc property Of Mir. Hardy SneDlly known as "alG Hardy the Rusacr.' Mfr.
 Hardy has recently bought oui his three asso-
 c2tes in this mine, paymg Sl5o0o- \ constant
 eoomlaL of blasts issues from this shalt day and
 nlghi. it ia cSimItc1 th;-, since Inc purchase
 more lhan Si5,ooo wOrth'oi rock has been thrown
 on t1e dump. The ledge in this mine is Scrt
 vide and three assays Ot rock nlhdU yesterday, r,
 went from S2l0 Co Si00 per lon. If it VIII mul
 S,j to Inc ton would consider its value iucsti-
 mabic The richest rock, think, comes From
 The K,ystone and Telegraph. But the F1lriciG
 ledg1 S immense ll2 icctl in size; and II The aV,
 craze rock iusI Iifes the assays which know were
 made yesterday 10 use a vulgar phrase, 1t l. thc biggest thing on ice" Some sensation has bceh Created here in tbe following manner A lew
 weeks ago 8 gentleman from San Francisco Vs-
 .ltt1 iit amp, and, although he may have sald
 hoj-iBg r,li'. isssstofy ci the mines, yet his
 epipion was l3t expressed in HaterinE terms
 The Empiyc mine, situated, abont five miles rom
 leFe Vas bonded at that time, for Sl@,O" anu
 lesoiati1ns for it's sale were going on in san
 Francisco The opinion of thc gentleman above
 ieierrcd Go, broke 0d tae negotiations, and me
 .siHu R.S uut sold On last Monday, however, as Lam reliably informed sale vas effected, tut het between the original parties. My lni0rma- 1oa Is to tho effect that Inc gentleman who who pad us visit and placed so small an estimate up- ea the mines and upon thc value of the Empire 70 particular, is now the purchaser. l don't state
 Desc facts for the purpose of critizisiug tho acts Q, any one, 1 am not prcpaied to charge any one with uniarness or ehicanery. IL Is Rnnugh lo khew that the Empire has been sold, after having bsen examined by one of the best experts on the coast
 Rain fell here on the 2ist; light snow fell tho lolloKinG night Raiued again on the 23d and 1sie; t Is raining again now We have Justice si the Peace here, and deputy Sherif, but therc
 ls ao jail in the county, petition Is now before
 see Supervisors, asking aid to build jaii at this pace lt is understood that the county will ap-
 rFopt.ate one half the necessary sntn, and that sSof Mineral Park will be required tV raise tue
 .@sAbee, This seems to meet with general ap-
 nssN, many having protiered liberal sahscrip
 soas, We have 8 very orderly community com
 p~.se With most mining camps. During the past
 - aays, two difficulties occurred in which wea
 as were drawn. but i,o one was injured. One
 ss- r- s.s walked around several days with black
 ~ tie endeayOrea to oct the other one biacked