Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-17

l gOou bJrIke III tnClr claim when ll6S about one mile north of the Silver King It consists of twelve-inch streak of high grade mineral, and will probably widen as they do down. The ledge is five feet be- tween the walls and carries more or less mineral all the way across
 The Pinal Consolidated Mining Compa- ny have two million pounds of freight ly- ing at San Francisco, awaiting the com pletion of their road from the river to the mine. It includes the machinery for their reduction and hoisting works, and they will commence to ship it about the first of the new year.
 Another strike of good ore has been made in the Hudson mine, located one mile south of Silver King. It is the prop erty of a New York company, and Is un- der the managemento of Mir Stoughtenburg, superintendent of the Silver Queen. The latter mine is turning out large amount of good ore and is rapidly growing in pub- lie estimation.
 The Pinal Consolidated Mining and Milling Company have laid out town site on the river, where their shelter is to be erected, and have given the new camp the appropriate name of Butte City. It lies about fifteen miles above-Florence. Score one more for the Gila valley, the most beautiful and fertile belt of country within the confines of the Territory.
 Charlie Beckwith paid Mineral Hill & visit this week, and took careful look at the Alice, and like every other practical miner who has examined this property, pronounces it a "big mine The opin- ions of practical men are of far more value than the highhown statements of theoret- ical experts who possess only superficial knowledge of geology and metallurgy
 The boiler connected with Pat Hol- lands threshing machine, sprung a leak tho other day, and the escaping steam made such terrific noise that the men around the machine imagined an explo- sion was occurring and took to their heels instanter. One of the number, Papago Indian, has not been heard of since, and the supposition is that he is still running.
 Little Georgia Louise Dempsey, daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Dempey, of Montezuma, died last Tuesday, and was inferred at Florence yesterday. She was only eighteen months old and bright pre- cocious child. The untimely blighting of this fair young blossom will touch with sorrow many hearts, and the entire com munity will join the ENTERPRISE in ex- tending the sorrowing parents heartfelt sympathy
 New hoisting works are building at the Blk mine, over the shaft which the com pany propose to sink three hundred feet us fast as muscle and giant powder can drive it down. The Blk is the first west extension of the Silver King. The work is under the superintendence of Mir. Ham mond, gentleman who thoroughly un- derstands the mining business. We knew him at Silver Cliff, Colorado, where lis standing as a mining man and gentleman was irst-class
 Mir. Wheeler, one of the parties inter- eIted in the sale of the Goodenough claim, Pioneer district, passed through here Sat urday, on his way east, for & brief visit among old-time friends. He stated that Mir. Coover, who negotiated the sale of the Goodenough, and was instrumental in organizing the company, to which tie property belongs, had been appointed su- perintedent, and would arrive here soon with sufficient money to thoroughly de- velop the mine.
 The first of series of letters on min ing and mining laws in Mexico, written for the ENTrRPRIsE by. MT Wm. Jen- nings, appears in this issue. Mir. Jon nings mined in Mexico for a period of twenty-five years and made special study of their system of mining and mining laws. He is therefore qualified to give correct and complete information on this subject, and his articles will be of inter est and value to the large number of American capitalists who are taking an interest in Mexican mines.
 A bon-bon party will be given at Silver King, on the evening of Dec 26th. It is to be gotten up by the trustees of the school district. and the proceeds will be used towards defraying the expense of finishing the school house. The tickets, entitling the holder to supper and admis sion to the ball. will be sold at S3 each. All Florentines are cordially invited, and knowing the hospitality and sociability of the King people, we can assure our friends that they could not go to better place to spend pleasant evening
 Mir John Tore, of Eureka, Nevada, was here this week and under the guid- ance of Mir. J. J. Stewart, made trip up the river as far as Riverside. The object of his journey was to ascertain the amount of timber along the river suitable for burning charcoal. He found an abund- ance of the kind of timber necessary for that purpose, and has returned to San Francisco to make contract with the Final Consolidated Company to supply their smelter with charcoal He is an expert at the business, having been en- gagged in it for years at Eureka
 We were pleased to receive a call this ] Maek from Mr Thns R Eish of Minaral