Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-22

II the Rand drills on the 3d. sth and 7ti levels. The ore chutes and house ar, filled with mineral awaiting shipment. wATERvILLE MINING COMPANY. All the new machinery is enclosed anc the roof of the works completed. The work of setting the machinery up and ir place is progressing as rapidly as possible The chu,es are full of ore and very little is being broken down except on the sth level. The shaft at the new strike on the Rattlesnake is down about 10 feet in geed ore.
 LUCKY CUSs. Nothing particularly new at this mine. The cross cut from the old works to the new shsh is about completed. The cross cut on the and level has been com pleted to the shaft, and a drift started north on the ledge. The south drift on the 300 is in about 500 feet from the shaft the north winze on this level is down about Go feet, leaving abeu, 90 feet yet to sink before the 4th level is reached. The north drift on the md is in about 2IS feet and is being driven ahead as fast as possible. Most of the ore extracted comes from the stopes on the 3d and 5th levels. No work is being done m the shaft at present. The bottom is about 7s feet above the water level and will not be sunk ts that level until the stopes are we'll opened up. The usual amount of ore is being shipped to Fl Paso.
 sULpHURET.
 This mine, worked through the West Side is opened from the surface to the water level, reached at a depth sf 465 feet. Development work is being done on the 2nd, ,d, 4th and 5th levels. Sev- sral winzes are being sunk to connect the levels. The usual amount of ore is being shipped.
 STERLING SILVER MINING COMPANY.
 As the old Vizina IS now known by, will be started up as soon as the diamond drill arrives, which will be about the 10th of January. This company have pur- chased the Head Center mill from the Contention Co, for $7,ooo and will start to move 1t next week to the mill site about half'a mile below town. It is the intention of the company to commence work on the Ground Hog soon after the Ist of the year.
 HERSCHHL
 The winze on the 6e foot level is down about 20 feet in rich ore. The stopes on this level also look remarkably we'll. In fact the mine is full of high grade ore and is one of the most promising for the work done in Southern Arizona.
 About 20 men are at work at the Mamie and Jonathan taking out the usual quantity of ore. That from the latter comes from near the surface and is of fair grade.
 YAvAPAI.
 Courier:
 Frank Ryland has sold his Southern Belle mine to the Boar Company for SIo,ooo He is now developing his Sil- yer State mine near Wickenburg.
 Seven thousand pounds of high grade ere was shipped during the week from the Mollie Starke mine Bradshaw dis trict.
 The dumps on the Dasoris mine are being worked over with satisfactory re- suits.
 Journal-Miner:
 The receipts of ore at the Samplinr works amount to between S3o,ooo and $4o,oos per month now.
 A rich strike of ore is reported to have been made recently on Ash Greek. Judge Akers is in Prescott to secure teams for the shipment of five tons of ore from the Trap Rock mine on Lynx creek The ore will work from $50 to SIoo per ton; and the above amount was taken cut in four days by two men. A sale was consumated at Prescott on the I9th of the Montg group of mines owned by Dan O'Boyle. The pur. chasers are Kansas City capitalists who intend 10 erect a mill. Purchase price, Ss,ooo.
 A shipment of gold bullion. said to weigh i46 pounds, was brought in from the Crowned King mine. Citizen:
 Jas. Finley is putting up extensive machinery on the Hermso mine in the Harshaw district. Bullion will be pro duced carly in the year. A big sale of copper mines is said to be on the tapis. Experts have left here to make final examination of them. As