Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-05-16
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
MINING NEWS FRON THE VARIOUS CAMPS OF YAYAPAI
 COUNTY.

Ira miit on pig Dug on ore Iron
 the Ioland mine.
 Everybody is wishing for rain
 nd none need # worse than the
 armers and miners.
 Miners, it is said, are offering their services for Sl.50 per day at several camps in Southern Yayapai. Mrs. K. R. Blaine will have an
 inviting al. in tomorrow, which
 should be read by all.
 Several Prescott parties are think ing of going to Skull valley soon to engage in dry washing in the foot hills adjacent.
 R. H. Roberts has deedsd the
 Belle of the West and Eclipse
 mines, in Castle creek district Co $.
 W. Haines for $500.
 A deed has been filed for record from G. w Hull to the United Verde Extension, Gold, Silver, and Copper company.
 J. E. Reynolds has deeded one half of the Geronimo mine to Ernest Arnaz.
 The sale of the Big Bug onyx fields seems to be given out as a fact, and that General O'NeilI's trip to New York is for the purpose of finally closing the deal.
 The Dutch may have taken Hol- land at sometime or another. but Colorado men are taking everything in sight in mining claims in Yavapai at the present time.
 Mir. Taylor, a prominent resident Of Aspen, Colorado, and also one of its wealthy mining men, is visiting this section and taking a look at several properties around in the hills.
 Machinery for the twenty stamp mill for the Rod Buck mine is ex- pected to arrive soon. J. P. Bruce has received the contract for freight ing it from Skull valley to the mine III Walnut Grove.
 James Shirley, l.. J. Webber and Sam Hodgdon left this afternoon for Walnut Grove to look at mine Oe- longing to the latter which lays in close proximity to the Red Buck.
 Dave Sinclair brought in two fine gold nuggets today from Weaver. They were washed out by Mexieans. One of them Is valued at $il0and the other at $50. They can be seen at the Bashford- Burmister Com pany's office.
 A deed from s. C.. Mott to the Crowned King Mining Co. has been filed for record, the consideration named being Sl0O. The Roach mine IS the property sold.
 The Red Buck mine is said 10 be looking so we'll from recent develop ment work that a foce of ten or twelve additional miners will be put to work on it right away.
 During the last year Arizona has made greater progress in the output of gold than it has in the previous ten, Now it begins to look as if the l yield for 1894, would amount to S5,000,000. If this be so, We have no hesitation in predicting that the next year it will be double that 1 amount.
 An experimental lot of ore from | the Storm Cloud mine is being run through Clark & Adams mill, on Groom creek. While the ore is not | all through yet, sufficient results | have been obtained to safely count | on S20 per ton. The work of grad | ing for the mill Is in progress, and a portion of the machinery is already 1 on the ground.
 If 1t be true that the coal of the | White Mountain reservation be of a | coking quality, as has been recently | stated, the completion of the Bowie | railroad to San Carlos, will result in supplying Southern Arizona. with | coke at one-third of the rate that it 1 costs at the present time. This | would mean that large quantity of | low grade copper ores, which are now lying idle could be worked at a profit.
 An old time Creede miner who is now in this section says there are enough promising prospects on the surface in the mining districts here abouts to stampede communities | in localities he has lived in. He | predicts that the future will bring to this section the biggest mining center of the union.
 A strike of, what is reported to be very rich silver bearing galena | ore was made recently near Lynx creek by q prospector named Put nam. The claim is located across the wagon road, running from Lynx creek to the Belle mine, and is about two thirds of the way up the hill. It is supposed to be continu- ation of the Amulet vein although there are two or three claims inter vening between 1t and the Amulet mine. W. D. Church has secured a half interest in the claim and it is being developed.
 A few days before leaving Pres colt Judge E. W. Wells spoke very handsomely of mining progress in this section and ventured the asser- tion that more gold has been shipped from Prescott in the last six months than at any time in its history for the same period. Judge Wells Is one of the oldest of old timers who has closely watched the mining progress of this vicinity in its ups aud downs for a generation, so his opinion must be given due credence as a mining operator a4d a keen fnancier.
 c. D. Arms, who arrived on veg terday's train, with President F. NJ. of the $. F. P. * P. railway. Is one of the owners of the famous Smuggler mine at Aspen, Colorado. This mine is one of the few silver producers in Colorado that has not been compelled to close down on ac- ,ouat of the so called depreciation n silver, but in reality the appre-