Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-01-15

Regular Correspondence - Dear Slr:- The new year has commenced and the BTadshAws bid fair to enter on the most prosperous era of its golden history. Every body con uected with mining universally ex- presses the opinion that the year of VI will be the most lively, most prosperous, and most lucrative that these mountains have ever enjoyed.
 New yeArs night was very quiet around the Old Reliable. few claims were located and but few bOnfireS lit this section of Arizona's clear sky. Her silyery moon shone brightly ou the pines and oaks that grow hereby. giving the mountain an aspect similar to that oi good old Dago land
 The royal biooded Thomas Cat, the Prince of Walls. gave at times, his uneArthly war whoop; at times. came the sound that seemed to con yey these words, Come over Tom and pick mp a row And Tom did come and they did pick up a TOW. The dogs parked at the fuil moon; the mules and Arizona's mockiug birds sounded theiT hoarse trumpets until the old year had sunk into in nOcuous desustude and the new year fresh, bright and promising had passed its first few hours on this great old world of ours.
 Some drunken fellows were out on 8 locating jAmboIee" that moon light night They did not know, or had somehow forgotten that the Crown King had worked thousands of men during the year. had run the ten stamp mill the year round, and had taken thousands and thousands from this mine Notwithstanding all this they had the gall to locate a portion of this now foremost mine of the BrAdshaws. They located several patented claims and, in all, it was locating jamboree' to be read about.
 Bill Zimmerman located a claim near Towers ranch. He thinks he has bonanza and accordingly named IL the "Jersey Lily" m honor of Bashford & Burmister's Jersey Lily He says it will, in time, eclipse that famous mine in magnitude and richness. This was the only claim located by a sober man in this vicin- ity. The claims are mostly located and m a few years from now not even a stringer will be open for lo- cation. ]. A. York, who is running q big tunnel on the Del Pasco mine in order to tap rich chute of ore from which thousands have been taken out already, has just about tapped it. The tunnel Is now in over l,OOO feet. When he does strike IL, he will strike it rich. He deserves success and Samuel Jones, Esq, wishes him that and more.
 The hoist fer the Anaconda is in the course of erection and work will soon be commenced on this, the largest lead of the mountain. IL is a good mine and will surely prove an Anaconda.
 The Admiral Gold Mining Com pany intends to build a ten stamp capacity mill as soon as the roads are in suitable shape to bring m machinery but as the roads are now, they are but poor burro trails.
 J. E. Reynolds will raise water melons this year near the Pine creek saw mill
 Johnie Morning is going to Grip pie Creek.
 Several New Year scraps occurred at the Crown King. Tarantuls juice sometimes puts them ou their metal.
 Bill Zimmerman thinks the Brad shaws are all nght. No lie, Bill, the mines of Pine Grove mining dis trict are warm things and should be pushed along.
 Everybody Is going to the Carni- val at PheniN. l see by the JOURNAL MINER that PheniX boasts of mid winter watermelons. \ que PhG- nic,ta que sandiasl
 Yours truly and respectfully,
 SAN JoNES, Esq,