Arizona weekly miner., 1875-02-12
An Act creating the county of Pinal was approved Feb. fst.

| Wts utlealcu, aud pa>Stu fs DE t"O-tEiEu' majority, and the Governor is sure to ap prove it.
 The Patagonia mine work is increasing | there are now 75 men at work there, with ! fine successes. D. A. Bennett came in to- day and brought samples, weighing 50 lbs, o galena ore that will yield from 50 to 90 pel cent. of metal.
 During the late rains the placer miners ir Canon del Orc, twenty miles north of Tue son, took out several ounces of gold worth ST per ounce.
 The new assayer here has just made twelve assays of ore obtained as far West as Gila Bend and East Aravaipa Canon beyond San Pedro, and to the South and North of here, and all give results from S100 to S250 per ton.
 The ladies have thus far raised Sl ,290 in cash to build public school house in Tue son, and large amount of donations in labor IS assured the plans are prepared and the building will be put up at once.
 Phoenix, February 9th.
 The Touring mills of W. B. Hellings S Co. will resume operations again next week. The cause of the recent suspension was owing to corner in wheat, all in the Valley, some half million pounds, being held by few parties who demanded what Helings Co. deemed an exorbitant price. After several intellectual attempts to compromise matters, II,lI. l- ~ st. chased 100000 pounds of wheat from the h. dian traders, at a much less figure than it could te obtained at here. They claim that the Gila wheat is much superior to that of Salt River, yielding nearly 25 per cent. more four. Judge Hayden has also purchased 150,OOO pounds from the same parties, and it looks now as if the corner will have a rough time of it.
 During the eecent storms the dams across Salt River, used for irrigating purposes, were swept away It will take considerable labor and an expenditure of considerable money to build them again. Nearly everybody who has been depending on the Secas for water HiS Out 'O hoNSi hOh tuc lOWU
 John Ely, who shot ahd almost instantly killed Radclff, on examination was dischag- ed from custody, it having been satisfacto- rily proven that the killing was in self defense.
 Tucson, February 9th.
 Mir. J. A. Moore is expected here by to- days stage and MT. E. s. Mitchell is in the town. The object of their presence is to perfect schedule which will remove all complaints of irregular running in the future From persons lately arrived from Sonora it is understood that the four mnrderers who escaped from the Pima county jail, on Jan. lst, were all there, and some had applied for citizenship to prevent their return here on the requisition of the Governor
 The entertainment of the season comes off next Thursday eve at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A grand concert will be followed by a tip-top ball.
 Phoenix, February 9th. Mir. John George, who has been spending a week at Quaherty mines, returned to town last evening. He says he never saw more perfect formation of quartz bearing ledges The mines are paying good profit and will in little while pay largely in dividends. John is an old Californian and knows where of he speaks. He is so enthusiastic on the subject that he is meditating another trip shortly.
 The employees of the California and Ari- zoua Stage Company gave complimentary hop to the citizens of this place last evening, n the town hall
 Bockelugo's train arrived here early this |. m. heavily loaded with grain. They start d for the Verde this afternoon.
 'Stanwix, February 9th. The Hershaw herd, from the San Predo, of 500 cattle, nearely all Ameri- ,an, left here yesterday en route for South ,rn California
 Tucson, February 9th A bill was introduced in the Council on Saturday last, to remove the Capitol to 'hnnix, which was carried, the vote stand ng to i, and came up before the House his morning and passed, 10 to 8.
 The Ostrich gold mine, about 10 miles outherly from Tucson, is undoubtedly one of he most important discoveries ever made. The vein is from 10 to F feet in thick ess, perfectly well defined and all pay ore. .arkin W. Carr, man with l2 years expe- fence in the California and Nevada mines, avs it is far ahead of any thing he ever saw. interested parties in the Ostrich left here to- ay to look at the machinery of mill at Ipache Pass, and if at all suitable it will at nee be bought and put upon the Ostrich. f it will not do, mill will be obtained oon. Anyhow, nine arrastras are now at -ork on it.
 Yuma, February Sth. Interior freight shipments the past week ave been quite large, Hooper & Co. having lipped upwards of two hundred thousand ouuds of freight.
 Wickenburg, February 7th. ( The Hassayampa is again rising. The pads arc bad. A quicksand crosses the road