The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-03-22
MINES AND MINING.
Yuma County.

Yuma County.
 We have it from good authority that the Constantia mine, near Ehrcnberg, is good for SiO per ton. lt has paid more than that sum, but, hdt is sure. The new supcrntcu- dent will very soon have matters in good shape, when we shall look for considerable gold dust from mill and mine.
 Mohave County.
 Wonderful arc the riches of this county, and, as "wOndcrs never ccase," new and rich gold, silver and copper ledges are every day being found, m a section of country about seyCnty-Hyc miles in length by about fifty in width, bordering the Colorado river, upon the bosom of which stream, ores that will l pay from Sl00 to Sl2,OO0 per ton are now borne, on steamers bound for the mouth of the Colorado river, from which point this rich freight will go, in vessels, to San Fran cisco. Twelve thousand dollars per ton i, thigh for ore, but, we have letters iron responsible men that give proofs which sup port this assertion.
 Pima County Work on the Enterprise and other mine, south of Tucson is progressing favUrably. Sn too, on mines near Florence.
 Maricopa County.
 Our regular PhGnix correspondent record. the finding of another rich silver ledge.
 Yavapai County.
 Water holds out well in our creeks and placer miner. are making good use of it. On Lynx creek, which stream Is near Prescott. companies and persons are at work, as follows:
 | C. '. Shelton is sluicing. Wm. Pointer Is running arastras, by water power. Messrs. X. NJ. Johnson and Newton Cole, with one hired man, are sluicng. Wm. Crawford is running "string" of sluices. Williams < Co. -three men are sluicing. Charley Wager and another man are siuicing. Mir. Water man and another man are sluicing Messrs. Huddleston & Gldart, with two hired men. are washing gravel in sluices. Below them. three Mcxirans are at work. Next comes a gentleman from Sweden. who is catching much gold Joe. Austin and his partner. A.. E. Smith and two hired men. Two men above Bashford & Bigelow's claims. Three men in said claims. Then several Mexicans. and then Messrs. Lovejoy and others, who are doing considerable hydraulic mining, in their rich and extensive claims. To De brief, there are about fifty men at work in the creek, taking out, on an average. about $500 per day
 Over in Pine Grove and Bradshaw dis tTicts, there are about twenty men working m quartz and placer mines. The mill and arastras of Jackson, Shoup & O., are pull verizing very rich quartz
 On the Hassayampa and it's tributaries. some twenty men are working.
 In Black Hill, Col. Cany has men at work. Poland d Co, are working in recently dis covered ledge, for which, they say. they would not take S2O,OO0.
 Biii Smiths force, are working away, near Nlckenburg. The Marcus company, near Weaver, are now cleaning their arastras. af- | ter long and successful run.
 As, owing to Indian hostilities. isolation. | etc, our efforts, so far, have not enabled US to work many vnartz mines, successfully. or to | prospect all We lay claim to, 1t will, no doubt, relieve the minds of many Arizonans to be 1 told that the following, introduced by Mr. 1 Hamlin, had, at latest dates, passed both i Houses of Congress.
 A Bill 10 amend an act entitled 'An act 10 pro. mote the development of tue mining resources of be United States"
 Be It enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep esentatiyes of the United States Of Americi, i'm Congress assembled, That the provisions of inc iith section Of the act entitled "An act To pro- note the development of the mining resources 'i tbe United States" passed May tenili eighteen hundred and seyenty-tw0, which requires eXpend. lures or labor and Improvements on claims loca. ca prior 10 the passage of said act, are hereby SD inendcd that the time for the first annual cNDen iture on claims located prior to the passage Of 4ld act shall be extended to the tenth day of i une, 1874.