Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-24

THE Citizen says that Congressman Da- vis, of Illinois, has introduced in the House of Representatives bill to amend the mining laws so as to provide, "that in any case where, between two locations on the same lode or vein, or between location and any natural object which forms visible or apparent termination of such vein, there shall be remnant or portion of said lode or vein not exceed ing ,500 in length, not located or other
 wise appropriated for the space of one year, and the same shall not be open and visible or readily accessible in any part thereof, by reason of it's being deeply GOV cred or otherwise inaccessible, it shall be lawful for the owner or claimant of either the adjoining ends of said lode or vein, to make claim to such unlocated remnant and to locate it as an extension of the lode held by him, and to obtain patent for it without performing the labor required in case of discovery and location of an orig inal claim" The bill further provides that in case an application has not been made for patent on such original claim, the application for it may include the ex- tension as aforesaid. In all such unap- propriated tracts claim must be made by local agent, or set up notice by filing a certificate of location, indicating the claim to such tract, as an extension of an adja- cent lode, provided, however, that such owner shall apply for a patent on such remnant within two years after such To- cation, or it shall be held as abandoned, and opened for location, as in other cases. 
 MR. NELSON, the gentleman sent hith- CT by Philadelphia capitalists to examine and report on the Alice mine, returned from Mineral Hill Thursday. He spent four or five days in examining the mine and sampling the ore, but is reticent as to the character of the report he shall make. He is one of those men who keep their own counsels, and the most ingenious and persistent inquisition of the news 6end fails to draw out his opinions when he elects to withhold them. However. he went far enough to say that the Alice was good mine, and that he was favorably impressed with the district and should probably return again within few weeks to make further examination there. This indicates that his report will be fa- vorable, and if it is, good results may be safely expected to follow. Those Phil adelphia men have invested largely in Arizona mines, and have been very sue cessful in the management of their prop critics. They seem to understand that g liberal outlay in developments and ma chinery is necessary before dividends can be expected and proceed accordingly. They are seldom given to the penuriou, policy that characterizes the management of many eastern companies, and to this fact may be credited the uniform success of Philadelphia men in this field. They are just the men we want to open the mammoth lodges at Mineral Hill 'and bring them up to bullion-producing con dition. There IS scarcely ledge in the district but would yield the precious met al in sufficient amount to pay a handsome profit above the expense of extraction and reduction. But it will take capital and men not imbued with the idea that the mine must pay from the grass-roots tc handle them successfully.