The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-11-16
THE MINING OUTLOOK.

Late news from Wallapai Mining District, in Mohave county, is of nature to encour- are all Arizonans and their friends. Deep shafts arc now down upon several iodes, and we have letters from Mir. Samuel Todd, ar. Vim. II. Hardy, Mir. l.. c. Welbourn, aud other gentlemen of good judgment and well known veracity, all saying that the ore is plentifal and rich. Then, MT. II. F. Baker, Is hard at work, erecting his furnace and feels confident of being able to work the ores of the district. L. C. Welbourn and others have formed themselves into a company and arc pitching in.
 The copper miners of Williams Fork are taking out and shipping ore to San Francisco, but as copper has recently fallen in price, we fear they will not make much by shipping at this time
 Yuma county miners are taking out ore from the Castle Dome mines, and shipping it to San Francisco.
 Las PgaRchds la Piata mines, away on the line of Pima county and Sonora, arc still at tracting attention. The lades arc small, but carry nearly pure silver, which is being taken out mostly by Mexican miners, who are work ing for very small pay.
 A friend in Maricopa county informs us that certain persons are and have been buy ing up all feet in the Queen of the West mine, which he thinks, argues we'll for the richness and permanency of the mine.
 Here, is Yavapai county, our quartz min CTS are mostly waiting for something to turn up, and, in this immediate vicinity, it may be quite a while before that something will turn. The Marcus company of Weaver Dis trict, have reduced expenses, and are now laying up money. Their arastra is kept steadily cunning. c. F. Head, of this place, who recently visited the mine, told the miners to keep on and that, if at depth of l00 feet, the lode looked as well as it did at the time he was there, he would purchase and erect mill, for an interest in the mine.
 Messrs. Smith & Taylor are still hard at work, setting their mill up, below Wicken- burg.
 Jackson & Co, are driving away at tho Del Pasco.
 Owners of the Tiger, who have just re- turned from San Francisco, do not feel in the least discouraged, as Mr.-Lent has promised to take hold of their mine, in the Spring. But for the lies that Mir. Chas. Myers has told about the mine, machinery would now be up, and turning out bullion. Mir. Walsh, who is now in San Francisco, and who has had charge of the mine. has convinced AIr, Lent that Myers has lied like fraud.
 We say then, to our mine owners, keep on sinking on your mines, secure Government title to them and thus induce capitalists to take hold of them. ..-- .-.
 The Diamonds.
 Messrs. Cook, Bowers and Lount arc fully satisfied of the existence of diamond field or fields somewhere in or near this Territory. in San Francisco, and have the assurance of leading diamond men that by July next, there will be over 50, 900 men in the diggings. Capt. Buckley, who took to San Francisco o'Sa AOV foohuo VI tASS'oeS SsohSS3 iVN"eSS the diggings along the northern border of this Territory, stretching from Fort Defiance to the Big Colorado, and as far south as Prescott. He gives the location of compa- nies who were out there, at the time he left, from which We see that our Prescott pros- pectors were fifty miles south of Fort Defi- ance.
 The San Francisco Call was still in doubt about the stones taken to its city being dia- monds, while the Chronicle and other papers had no doubts, whatever, upon this point, and despatch of November 2d, to the Los Angeles Express, would seem to settle the question. This despatch is as follows:
 "A. P. Wood, of San Diego, had twelve stones sent here from Eastern Arizona to be examined. They were put into the hands of the best lapidsries in the city, and five of them prove to be diamonds of fine quality"