The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-04-19
MINES AND MINING.

Some of our miners have the spring fever, aul old stories of rich placer diggings have been talked oycr and new ones brought for ward uutil interest enough has been created to cause the formation of several parties to prospect for placer diggings.
 One party of about a dozen, left Prescott a week aro, to more thoroughly explore the Pinal country southeast of Prescott This is called the Pierce party, and several of its members were with the Minor expedition, near two years ago, and still have faith that rich diggius- exist there.
 Another party of from ten to fifteen men will leave Prescott to-day or tomorrow, to follow one Mir Jouc, towards the San Juan country, northeast of Prescott some fifteen days travel Some of the best miners and workers in this country are in this party. Mir Jones came here from the "damond fields last fall, and tells some wonderful storie, about rich diggings rvaling those of tho Placcritas and Antelope Hill in lSG3
 Then we learn that Jack W. Swilling, Fred Henry, MT. Lambertson and others are get ting up party to go up the Gila river, aboy, the mouth of the San Pedro, to the old Hal sted diggings believing that now is the tim, to go in for their pile while the Indians ar, quiet, in consequence of the severe whppin. they have had recently.
 Mir. Hugo Reid, who went to Englanc hoping to get aid to dcyelope some of tn, mines in this county, writes to his friend, that the distrust of Americans felt in Europe in consequence of the Fremont El Paso rail road swindle and the credit mobiller scandal is so great that he has been unable to do any thing
 MT. Frink, formerly (and perhaps now confidential agent of the Vuture mining company, was here last week, and it is sur. missed that his visit had some connection with the reported operations in progress for start ing mp the Vulture mill again.
 The Smith mill, below Wickenburg. we expect will be in operation next week In tact, We have expected the same for the last four weeks; but starting a new mill is a work of time and delays will occur.
 There IS no activity among our quartz operators. They are working along quietly preparing to get government titles 10 their mines, and but little other work is going on.
 Mohave County.
 NIT. Wm. \. Mix, of Mineral Park, says. in recent letter to us:
 "Everything in our district is beginning to brighten up more especially on account of the prospects of our little mill. Every one has taken hold with q vim, even the ladies. God bless them and the furnace will be finished before this reaches you. It will. it IS expected, commence pounding on the l4th instant
 "The boys on the Pink-eye are getting out good ore and expect to send it to the mill. The Quaker is also turning out good ore.
 Parker Is busy on the Rosebud and has three arastras running. lie got out some bullion last week, but he says the arastras are too slow for him, so he is going to send a lot of ore to the mill.
 "A few tons of Lone Star ore were shipped to San Francisco this week. The company have between fifty and one hundred tons of ore on the dump, which they intend putting through the mill
 "Wor6 is being prosecuted on the 'G3 and New Era, and their ore will also be worked at the mill, together with ore from many other lodcs; so you may expect to hear of good news from our district before long. We are tired of waiting for others to assist us. and are determined to help ourselves MT. Hardy returned this week, and was surprised at the amount of work done at the mill, and seemed much pleased, as everything betokened success.
 The directors of the Lone Star company held meeting on the 7th inst, when they resolved to rush out the ore and keep things moving. They have enough rich ore in sight ." run tHo Hiill TOT tuc next twelve months.
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 LATE RAILROAD NEws.-Mr. Scott, of the Texas Pacific is expected at San Diego in May next, and there is a rumor to the effect that the work of grading the western end of the road will be commenced within the next 30 days. In Texas the road is being built at a rapid rate. New iron and locomotives are constantly arriving there.
 The Record, of Sacramento, Cal, very good authority, states that Sanford X Go have not sold the Southern Pacific to Scott Company.
 Nothing new and encouraging concerning the Atlantic and Pacific.
 The road whose end is at Pueblo, Colorado Is being graded towards the Rio Grande
 THE BocART AFFAIR.-Mr Bogart was paymaster's clerk in the Navy. He was accused of assertion and robbery arrested.