The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-04-02

Owing to a heavy sand storm on the Cal
 itcruia desert, ihe train due At Maricops
 Tuesday evening did not arrive until Wed
 e-day morning, consequently the mail due
 in Prescott this morning failed to put Tn an
 appearance.
 C. R Msrtindell. Agent for the PheniI
 Insurance Company of New York, and
 Star Fire Insurance Company of New York
 City, fled statements with the Territorial
 Treasurer to-day and received permits to do
 business Tn Arizona until March 3l, 1881 ! '. C. Bean and Aaron seeley returned
 from the Antelope copper mines last
 evening. Work is being done on 1 this property with view of making the l necessary developments, which will control ! the putting up of machinery.
 The Iavap.i Mining and Milling Com ! pany, organized under the laws of the Ter
 ritory, with a capital stock of $f 1000, 900, l have commenced building and improvin z | their property on Turkey Creek. They l have a complete five stamp mill winch is to
 be put up soon.
 ! FROM MoHAvE CoUNTY-John Rces, N. ! '. Cushing and James Smith arrived Tn | Prescott last evening frsm Burro Creek, Mohave county, where considerable pros ] pecting has be -n done of late on the mInes ! in that vicinity. Mir. Rees informs us that : the McCrackIn mill is running regularly oa tailings, and that the Signal mill is doing we'll on quartz from some of the lodges in the vicinity of the null.
 Elsewhere in the MINER will be found a letter written in 1866, by Vincent Ryan, who established paper at La Paz in Au- gust, 1866. Mir. Frank Smith, of this town ! assisted Mr. Ryan in putting his press up.
 winch Is the same, we believe, that is now owned by our friend Tucker, of the Demo- crat. If II is the same press, all we have to say is,that it is s mighty unlucky one. ". A. Turail, General Ticket Agent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, and A. McNslly, President of the publishing house of Rand < McNally, Chi cago, caIied at the MINER office yesterday These gentlemen are both quite largely in | tercsted in the Golden Era Mining Com. pany, Cherry Creek. They were favorably i impressed with the country around Cherry Creek and have decided to put up sddi- tional machinery for the purpose of mork- ing the ores of their mines successfully. TaE PARTY LAST EvENING.-One hun drcd of Prescott's best citizens took part Tn the terpsjchoTeda entertainment last evening, given by our fellow -townsman, George W. Chrli,, at his fine hall. The music was by Nogt's string band. The supper, pre- pared under the direction of Mrs. Curtis, was superb. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock and was kept up until three in the morning, not thing happening to mar the joyous occasion. From more than one we heard the expression of What splendid party" and such it was in every sense of t'.c word. May the thing be repeated is the wish ot many in attendance last evening.
 RATHER NovEL-In this enlightened 18th century, the average prospector keeps apace with all other branches of trade and has struck upon the following ingenious plan of advertising his property extensively aud without cost. The prosperous pros- pectoT always carrie. rare specimens of ore
 n his pockets, winch he exhibits at favors- bic opportunities on the sly. He approaches the greedy editor. always in search of late news, with ths following salutation: Have ';urck a way up thing; coat :want single word said about it. but I tell you it's the biggest find on record" The agreeable ed itur bites at the bait; carefully Ina. he stor- c,j away all the notes of the "hardy pros prct1r and so soon as he finds himself alone hastsus tr put hIs notes in shape fer his pa- per and much against (i) the prospcctor's wish the mine has spread eagle advertise mcnt to the world free.