The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-06
MINES AND MINING.
Yavspai County.

aay get shipped to San Francisco was being raised out of the mine, Other Iedges in the District were produciug plenty of rich rock aad :; s pity that there As 10 mill or re- duction works in the district. for, rich as the high-grade ores are the cost Of shipping them to San Francisco about 800 per ton) is toe great tO admit of any great margin falling to the owners of the mines in question, which are, without doubt, among the richest eyer discovered, and situate. 100. in a section Ot country where facilities for working them are exceedingly good.
 DEL PAsco.-A note from T. W. Brooks. superintendent Of the Del Pasco mill and mine. assures us that work was progressing very fayorably. The mine vas yielding grea, deal Of high grade milling ore The mill (4 starap.J was being run from i2 to II hours each day, with result Of about s2so for said work. But, (and there E but, .. or an @if" connected with every enterprise If tI,i. sort here. the Indians had stolen four head of work oxen out Of the only team at tbe mill, and it was feared that sufficient rock to keep the mill going could not be de- ] liycred until such time as other animals could ! be procured. Mr. Brooks E making arastras which, in a short time, will bc ready for work.
 VULrueE.-The famous mine and mill of thi, name, at wickenburg, are still yielding plenty of gold.
 BaxJAMrS.-Tbe Benjamin mine, near Prescott, was this week visited by Mr. Walsh, of San Francisco, formerly superintendent Of the Tiger, and he has nought but words of praise and encouragement to say of it and other veins close by. He found about five tons of very rich Benjamin ore on the dump, ready for shipment to San Francisco.
 The mill which Fredcricks & Hammond are setting up on the HassayaInpa, will soon be ready for crushing. They have a plenty of rich free gold ore in the vicinity.
 The news from Walnut Grove and Weaver Districts continues good.
 Mr. Kerr, of Fort Rock, who was in town this week, informed Us that some lodges near his place were being prospected.
 Joe yoshay and others talk of striking out, very soon, on big prospect.
 These is also some talk of raising a com pany to prospect Diamond river, which stream courses through the northwestern portion of this Territory.
 Ex-Lleutenant Vim. Mex. Owen, found, ! one day last week, near the Benjamin, a fine looking ledge of very rich silver rock.
 Mohave County.
 Recent arrivals from Wallapai District, l and they have been quite numerous-have almost excited us by relation of truths re- garding the great mineral wealth of the dis trict and the praiseworthy American efforts that are being made to set free the precious l gold and silver. E. Martin Smith had in vested about S3O.OOO in mines, and was still engaged in buying more mines. A letter from l.. C. Welburn, sheriff of the county, l of March l9, says:
 Everything is lovely here. By the arrival l of \. F.. Davis, yesterday, we learn that the ! road between this place and Los Angeles IS | lined with men and some women, for this . place.
 Several mines here have changed hands. | The Empire, Schuyler and Schenectady have | been sold to capitalists and today hear of the Seventy-Two, No. 2. being sold.
 Coover's furnace, at Chloride, and Elders, at Ccrbat, are going up fast; that is, as fast as men and money can put them up.
 The mill starts in the morning on Lone Star rock We have it bigger and better than ever and will soon ship some more bullion.
 Maricopa County.
 The miners of Pinal District are as hopeful as ever, notwithstanding the fact that the Aprches have stolen every animal out of the district, as will be seen by letter published on the outside of this paper.
 Pima County.
 We see by the Tucson Citizen that party, to prospect for mines, along the southern of the Territory, was being organ ized under direction Of G. Il. 0ury, which locality, as we have often before asserted, offers tempting inducements to prospectors, miners, farmers and stock-ralsers.
 Yuma County.
 Many mines of Castle Dome and other districts bordering the Colorado river. are now being worked upon. We have not a word regarding the movements of Mir. Bor- ger or his mill, near Ehrenberg.
 Colorado River Placers.
 There is now considerable talk about the placer diggings recently discovered on bars 1f the Colorado River, near Black Canon, some 70 or so miles above Hardyvile. All accounts seen by us, agree in stating that the said bars contain sufficient gold to remuner- ate miners for working them.
 AS most of the mining districts mentioned aeove, and many others not mentioned, are on and near the line of the proposed 55th Parallel railroad, the projectors of the said ,