The Arizona sentinel., 1894-03-24

Secretary of the Picacho Goid
 Mining Co, and J. D. Wallace, a
 placer mining expert of many
 years experience, arrived in
 Yuma Saturday night and left for
 the Picacho gold placer mines Sunday afternoon, where they will put everything into shape to turn out the golden dust, Messrs. Locke and Toppe, examined the mines and pumping plant a few days since. They are satisfied with the machinery, and that the mines are amost valuable property. They will put on a full force of men, working day and night and crowd the work. It is the purpose of the owners of the property to put up stamp mill of sufficient capacity to work the quartz and cement which carries gold, and which is found in the placers.
 ExSenator J. G. Fair, Herbert Clark, B. J. Andrade and J. B. Evans, returned from the Cocopah volcanoes Tuesday. The ex-Sena- tor says: "They are perfectly wonderful. No one could believe what there is on the border of lake Jullula unless he has been there and seen for himself. I bath ed in the lake of ink, and in the hot sulphur, soda and magne8ia springs. I never had anything do me as much good. In time. when better known, that will become one of the great health resorts of the world"
 President Carlson of the San Diego & Phoenix road has inform ation that while 1000 men are en- pioyed on that line from Prescott southward, bids will this week be opened for construction from Phoe- nix northward, and more men will thus be employed. The belief is that when the road is finished to Phoenix construction will be push ed along Salt River valley to Yuma, the place where President Carlson proposes to meet them with his road from San Diego.- San Diegan Sun.
 Orr Legge, H. c. Mentzer and A. H. Gambage, prominent mining men of Denver, Col, and repre- senting capital from that state, ar- rived in town Monday, on an ex- animation trip to the gold mines in this vicinity. They will spend some time in a careful investiga- tion of our gold mining interests. Such men are always welcome and our miners and mine owners are not afraid to have them inspect their mines.
 Sheriff Mel. Greenleaf returned Wednesday from his trip assessing the property of the citizens of the county. He called at the office of the SENTINEL and showed us about $200 of the finest gold nuggets and coarse gold we have had the pleas ure of viewing for many a day. i Mel. says the gold was from the vicinity of Ehrenberg.
 The reports from the new gold mines just discovered east of liar qua Hala, grow more favorable daily. It begins to look as if the prospectors in the field would be amply rewarded for their winters work. Everybody has left Harris burg and that section for the new mines, which are said to be as rich as the Bonanza at Harqua Hala.
 Louis Jaeger has the brick on the ground on his lot on Main street for his new cottage. He has set the grounds out to lemons, Times and oranges and laid out one of the prettiest flower gardens in town. It adds to the beauty of Main street.
 Col. 0. c. Bean, formerly dele gate to Congress from Arizona, an old time miner, passed through town Monday, on his way to Los Angeles. He expects to return soon and spend several days in Yuma. Her rich gold mines are bringing the old timers back again.
 Snow fell on the hills around Beaumont and Banning to the