Arizona citizen., 1875-07-31
YavapaI County Matters.

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 Judge Cartier has just completed the school census for this county, and finds 961 between the ages of six and Itwenty-one year. Last year they only numbered 564, showing all in- crease of 396.
 Judge Charles Trumbull Hayden, of Salt river, is about to start com mercial house in Prescott, having purchased his goods ill New York during his recent trip East. Judge Hezekiah Brooks will have charge ot the business.
 The Peck mining company have contracted with Charley Beach for conveying their ores from Prescott to Ehrenberg. Bill Simmons pack train will bring 1t from the mine to Pres Icott.
 A man named Spaulding has dis covered 8 silver ledge one and 8 hall miles west of the Crook mine, which shows width of eight feet, with four feet of rich rock.
 M. V. Davis took walk into the hills week ago, and brought ill his pockets full of rock that showed free gold in every piece. He informs us that 1t Is about three miles southeast of town, and shows 8 good width.
 Frank Shultz has discovered rock that assays from $12, ,OOO to $15,0OO to the ton in silver a short distance from the Peck mine, say half a mile south ard a mile east. Evening Star" is the name chosen for this new discovery. Parties who have visited that section say the parallel lodges at regular intervals resemble the tra1ls in @ buffalo country when viewed from a distance.
 Expressman Ballow informs us that the late rains on Lynx Creek had the effect to start up all the water wheels, and afford the placer miners a sluice- head all along the stream. A gentle man has finished an arrastrar on a new plan, giving more sweep and greater grinding surface, high up on the East fork. An experimental run gave $50 to the ton.
 The Accidental mine has widened out again'and Rice 6 Elliott Bros. are working one and half tons daily with one arrastrar.
 It appearing necessary that 8 con- mittee of three persons be appointed and stationed in the town of Prescott for the purpose of receiving and talk ing charge of such articles as may be furnished for the Centennial Exhibi- tion of 1876, and to supervise the boxing and shipping of the same to the Centennial agent at Yuma, it is therefore ordered by the Board of Supervisors that T. J. Butler, H. A. Bigelow and c. P. Head be appointed as such committee, with T. J. Butler as chairman,
 In pursuance of their appointment, they advertise the fact in The Miner, and thereby invite farmers, miners and all others to contribute specimens. The committees advertisement says ;
 Parties furnishing mineral speci- mems, whether of precious metals, lime. coal, salt, building stone or other natural products of the earth. are requested to select samples of suf- ficient size to fully exhibit the char acter of the material shown.
 Mineral specimens should not weigh less ther ten pounds rnless they are real gems in richness. Grains, seeds, both wild and cultivated, ancient rel ics, such as stone implements, pot tery, petrifactions, etc.; native woods and their products, ill short, samples of anything either useful or rare and curious, will be received and forward ed to Yuma, when Dr. Jones will overhaul and make selections for ex- hibition at Philadelphia.