Arizona citizen., 1875-06-05
Mining Summary.

| The Papago Indians have for years
 brought here for sale more or less gold
 dust, but we never expected that this class
 of mining could be entered into in this.
 section of the country to any extent Not long ago some very good placer gulches
 were discovered Tn the Santa Rita monp~
 tains, and since that time old California.
 miners have been dropping in there, and
 steadily increasing stream of golG has
 been coming into Tucson, until now it is.
 becoming a very considerable resource.
 and every day mum bers of people are seen
 going in that direction with pack animals | loaded with. provisions and tools. ] Fred Hughes brought in last week seven ounces of gold and says the next
 time he comes in he shall have three pounds. MT. Music. brought in a hand
 some lot and says that he is more than l paying his expenses and has to pack his
 dirt some distance. He is preparing for
 the rains and says when the miners get water they can make from S10 to s2O per i day. Billy Wood took out in two days | lastweek $25, ,sand all who go there seem we'll pleased with the prospects. Southwest Of Tucson in what is called the Papago country, there seem to be quite extensive gold fields also, and it is from this section that the Papagos have obtained most of their gold. To give some
 idea of the gold that is coming into this market, one firm has purchased over SS0OO
 in dust during the last month.
 We were shown this week a nugget about one-half gold and silver, taken from placer claim of Req, Smith & Co.,, just below fine ledge they have, that assays well in both metals. This is rather @ rare com bination to be found in placer mug gets and gives evidence that there is some thing very pure in the way of both these precious metals near at hand.
 We are credibly informed that Mir. Fred Hughes Of the Smith mining district. took out the nice little prospect of Sl0 in one pan of gravel last week He brought in and disposed of six ounces of gold dust at the house of E. N. Fish & Co.,, the result of four days washing. There is great ac- tivity in the camp; boys are preparing for the Summer rains which will soon com mence, which will give them at least two months sluicing. This camp, from the favorable manner il hs,s prospected, will doubtless yield Q handsome product Of dust.
 We have heard that ;l new discovery has been made in the Pinal mountains about ten miles from tie Silver King, that bids fair to be as good as that famous mine, We have been unable so far 10 get any particulars.
 From Warner Buck and Squire Taylor, who arrived on Wednesday from the Os- trich mine, we learn that everything is progressing favorably in that section. The Yellow Jacket mine Is developing re- markedly we'll, and the owners are run- ming arrastrars with good results. MT. Buck had nice ball of pure gold large enough for small cannon, taken out by D. c. Thompson. MT. Thompson has recent ly discovered what they call the lost mine. It is located about six miles from the Os- trich. A good deal of work was done on the mine in olden times; the remains of old arrastrars were found, also stone corral. The ore pospects rich in gold and silver.
 In the Truman District work is being pushed on the Georgia mine with Satis- factory results; vein from six to eight feet solid, with a fine grade of galena ore. At the Lost mine they are sinking new shaft.
 Fully, Ochoa & Co. have been running heir smeIting furnace this week night md day on good looking copper ore. The ,ure copper they are running out IS good @ look at.
 Tom Roderick came in on Monday from he Ostrich mine and brought with him ,54 in gold taken from one ton Of rock worked in an arrastrar. Tom says that here is plenty more of the same sort
 A sTRoNG-MINDED woman in Detroit