Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-02-12
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
SOms Interesting DOlnsS ln the Various
 Districts Surrounding This City,
XhatOld Producers ara Doing aud k6isS
 From EsE Discoveries.

Row.
 Fred. Carrigau, formerly of Je- l rome, has been appointed superiu- tendent of the Stoddard Mining Company, at StOddard.
 Ed. Baker and Dau O'Boyle are reported to have made a rick strike oD Groom creek within three or four miles of town.
 Mir. and Mrs. Herman Oelrich have rented a house in New York at S,jO,- OO0 a year m which they will take up thelr residence.
 Lady Jane Francesca Spernsa Wilde, widow of Sir William Robert Wilde, Nj. D., surgeon and Ocuhst to Her Majesty in Ireland, and mother of Oscar Wilde, is dead.
 There is somewhat ol an excite ment over the discovery of gold near Escondido, San Diego county, California. lt Is not a poor mans proposition though.
 Articles of Association ot the Leland Stanford Gold Mining com pany, an English corporation have been filed in the recorders office. The capital of the company Is tGO. 0OO pounds, or SS00,OOO.
 The Commercial Mining com pauy has recently taken bond on mining claim on Big Bug and has put force of men at work develop ing the property.
 Col. A. J. Fountain, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, prosecuting attorney for the Southwest Cattle mems Association, Is missing, and fears are entertained that he has been murdered by friends of cattle thieves, against whom he has se- cured indictments.
 J. :. Douglas is reported to have discovered an excellent quality ot olyx just in the rear of the Com msrcial Mining Companys store at ! Curtiss. The quality of the onyx and the apparent size ol the deposit were such, that a force of meu have been put at work developing it. I. T. Stoddard has organized another mining company called the
 Lottie Gold Mining company. lt will operate on Big Bug on the 1 Lottie mine. The directors ot the company are A. F. Kent, Nj. :. Taft, l.. J. English and 1. T. Stoddard l The company has purchased the old MockiDgbird mill and will re-
 move it to Big Bug. The mine IS
 pretty we'll opened up.
 The Phenix Gazette says: "Franl Luke recently brought from the
 Eclipse mine a chunk of silver ore
 weighing l60 pounds that runs 8, ! OOO ounces to the ton. This IS without
 q doubt one of the richest silver
 mines in the world, as 1t bring:
 about SI2OO0 a ear load Th'
 above mine is located in this county
 in the Bradshaw mountains.
 The Aspen, Colorado, Times says
 "Fully 10000 people are now Tn lh'
 gold fields of Cripple Creek an'
 vicinity, and the indication IS tna
 by July at least 5000 more Peopl'
 will be seeking to better their con
 dition by going there Parties wh'
 have recently come from that camp
 say that 5000 out of the 4O,OO
 people now there will leave befor July, if they can get away, an' make room for the other fellow who want to come there.
 Sines and Smiths mill on Cherr Creek is kept supplied with or from F. L. Howard and partner
 mine, and there is enough ore re ported in sight in the mine no' to keep this mill running for tw l years. Biffar and Dean own a proT , erty near there, m which they hay
 good ore but are unable to erect
 mill to work it and are also unabl [ To get the use of a custom mill { work it. Another good sized custol i. mill in that district could find plent ef ore to keep 1t m operation. | Later news from New MeXic
 state that a vigilance compau.
 headed by Major Llewellyn, of La
 Cruces, \. NJ, struck receutl
 abandoned camp ol cattle rustiei ten miles from where Col. Fountain l blackboard was discovered. Tracl l of the Conolel, his son and thrt
 men wearing high-heeled boots wei
 found. also one of his horses. Tb pursuers are hot on the trail. It e believed in Las Cruces that Co g Fountain and the boy have bee n killed by the rustlers. Short shrl f will be given the rustlers whe ;, caught.
 Asp cial to the Denver Republ can from Butte, Montana, says tn n a rich gold discovery IS rePorte s from FiLt Creek, in the GeOrg fl town dis!ii,t. Nine weeks ago, Sa . Snyder, d hungry and destitu Butte prospector, trailed deer ov' n the hills and accidentally discoyere @ a fabulously rich ledge, which l e has been working since alone and secret. He came to town few da..
 ago with thousands of dollars wort ' of gold, and the reports of men VI d have since inspected the ProPert h say that Snyder has Sl,0OOOOO
 sight, although his prospect hole
 ohIy about ten feet deep. The ve V is only about eight inches wide ' far as developed, but is yellow wit @ virgin gold. The report has cause !; a stampede into the new district. e Thomas Brown, of the Wins l. hotel, has accepted position fro o D. B. Gillette, as superintendent \, a group of mines in Cherry cree 'l on which MT. Gillette has bon ie The properties are comparatively ,t new find and before accepting q s. superintendency of them, NIT. Brow .. who is an experienced mining ma 'S went out and made personal e n animation of them. He Pronounc Is them the best prospects he has ev Is seen in the country. The ledge
 saveral feet wide and is quite rich