Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-01-11
Minlne items.

N. s. Graves has sold one half of the
 President Grant claim to D. M. Frary for $60O
 The mining outlook of this section
 for 1888 is better than it has been for 1 years before.
 The recent heavy snows in the noun tains insures an abundance of water for placer miners for months to come. Parties having copper claims are pre- pairing to go to work on them in the spring, i copper continues at the pres ent quotations.
 John Ehle and his partners are haul ing gravel, in Skull valley, a distance of two miles, and are getting from $S to sll per load out of 1t.
 John s. Jones has taken a lease from Herndon < Hawkins on One-half of the Oriental. and on twO-thirds of the
 Montana mining claims
 The prospect was never so fattering
 for successful run Of the Lynx Creek
 hydraulic works as at the present time,
 when the snows commence to melt.
 MT. Brink is also engaged in
 hauling gravel to Little Kirkland
 creek, distance of five miles,
 which pays him from $9 to $l6 per load.
 Placer miners in the vicinity of
 Weaver continue to wash out all the
 way from $1, 900 to $2 ,50O per month, while quartz mining is more active there than ever before.
 Miners, prospectors and owners of mining claims will not only confer a favor on this office, but will benefit themselves by sending us the mining news from their section.
 Geo. E. Berry has sold to John $. Jones one half interest inthe California mining claim, for l,O0J, and one half of the Oriental claim for $2,O0J. Both claims are in the Hassayampa district.
 Although John Mcdonald has but little to say out the Blue Dick prop erty, other parties who have visited 1t recently say that 1t shows up larger body oi higher grade ore than has ever been disclosed before in 1t.
 A greater amount of assessment work has been done on mining claims during the past season than for several years. The value of claims has o~eA more fully and less chances were a accordingly takelr to have properties relocated.
 Dan O'Boyle keeps six men at work on the Badger and Leopard claims, the Montgomery and Mexican. He arastras the ore taken out He has l a large body of ore opened up, and l from all reports from parties who have 1 seen the mine, has one of the bonanzas of this county.
 Felix Leavick. who recently bonded | some property in this section, tells the Denver Republican that he likes the entire region around Prescott, land be- ieves 1t is destined to become great producer of the yellow metal What it needs is Colorado blood and Colorado energy, but that Is going in and it's ef- ects will be seen before the close of the coming year."
 A greater number of location notices nave been filed during the past i've days han for the same period in several 'ears. Another indication of iEcreas- ng faith of our mines on the part of and claim owners is an in- ;rease in. the number of forfeiture mo- ices being published Parties inter- f ted in claims who reside here have ,een doing assessment work, and ab- ent partners can now come forward, 'ay up their pro rata or lose their titles.
 Joseph Henwood, partner of Geo. I. Curry Tn the Justice, Junl CT, Gold 'Oint, and Morning Star mines, Wea- CT district, is III town. Recent assays f ore from these properties give value f from $50 to $l, lO) in gold There good vein, and MT. Henwood ex- ects to erect an arastra as soon as the torm subsidies and run it day and fight. He has an invention of his own thereby the pulp from the arastra is breed tn Ough screen, the same as rom the battery oi a stamp null, with and concentrating ap- aratus attached. By this process, he laims to be able to run six or seven mes the quantity of ore as through an rdinary aras.ra, and work 1t up to 95 CT cent.