The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-05-12

The Prescott military company meet
 tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock sharI
 for regular drill. The members will re ceive their guns and accoutrements, and
 will be put through the manual of arms
 by competent instructors, Turn out, boysl it's getting down to business.
 The owners of tie old Jackson Fly draulic claim, on Lynx Creek, brought in s4,0OO in gold bullion and deposited it in the Bank of Arizona. This amount of the yellow dust was the result of clean up after six weeks run, and shows what water and skillful management can ac- complish.
 Governor Tritle has left Tucson fol Washington City, on business connected with the Executive Department, and will be absent about thirty days During this period Secretary Van Arman will be the Acting Governor, and Prescott will have the Executive here for that length of time.
 There are no companies of Territorial Militia now in the field at the expense oi the Territory, although it was thought at one time 1t might be necessary to call out the Militia Governor Tritle was ad- verse to saddling the Territory with a debt unless absolutely necessary for the protection of life and property.
 It has been stated by some persons that an eastern ticket could be boug ght cheaper at Winslow or Albuquerque than in Pres colt. We are authorized to say that such is not the case, and guarantee wilt be given to that effect by Major Ingalls,, the agent of the A. x P R. R. in Prescott, who may be found in his new office op- posite the old court house
 A Mexican brought in this week large nugget of gold worth over SlO0, which he found in his placer claim on Antelope Greek. The piece can be seen at the Bank of Arizona, and when viewed by an impecunious pencil driver, causes wild thoughts and an insane notion of rash ing off and getting pick and shovel and starting for the ''diggins" The beds of all the small creeks in these mountains are rich in gold, and only require strong muscle and energy in order to yield up their glittering treasures.
 The Phenix Gazette calls on the citi- zens of the Salt River valley to expend a few hundred dollars in fixing the roads from that town to Prescott, so that busi- ness men and teamsters will cease to dread the bogs of the Sal tRiver valley, and make an effort to keep up the trade with the northern section of the Terri tory. The papers of that valley are alive to the fact that as the A. tE P. road ap- breaches, the residents of Central Ari- zona become more independJnt of Cali fornia and the monopolies she supports.
 We take pleasure in calling the atten- tion of our readers to the beautiful speci- men of wood turning and extra fine car penter work to be seen in the new offices of the A. x P. R. R, and stage company The turning of the railing posts was exc cuted by w. Z Wilson, of Wilson & Has kell. The carpenter work of the ticket office was done by Mir Miles. Major Inealls, the agent of the A. E P agent, says no finer work of carpentry or wood turning can be done in the eastern cities than by Messrs. Wilson & Haskell and Mir. Miles and he thinks these gentlemen are deserving the most liberal patronage by the people of Prescott and vicinity
 The Bank of Arizona has, for the bet ter protection of its funds, purchased a Dalton Dual Time Lock for the steel burglar proof chest in the large vault of the Bank building Through the cour- tesy of the Cashier, w. E. Hazeltine, i Esq, and Mir. J. E. Anderson, the gen tleman wko put the lock in place, we were permitted to inspect this wonderful piece of mechanism. The time device is | a Howard Chronometer movement, very finely and delicately constructed, and can be set so as to hold the steel bolts in their i sockets until any desired hour, thus ma king it impossible for cashier or anyore to get into the money chest before the | hour when ready to commence business of the day. The playful habit indulged | in sometimes by parties hustling the bank officers out of their beds and compelling them to reveal the combination of the ; ordinary lock, is thus effectually blocked, | because nothing will prove the desired "open sesame" except that regulated by the delicate machinery safe within the mass i've steel chest. The lock cost S400 in Cincinnati, and though complicated in its operations, was attached to the safe and put in successful working order by Mir. Anderson.