Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-07-21
Weekly Collection of News Nuggets From Our Mining Camps of
 Interest to Miners.
What PrOspeetOrs and Miners ar Doing tO Increase the Worlds Supply of Precious
 Metals.

s. c. Hutchinson for $l.00.
 On Saturday steamer arrived at from St. Miehaels having on board ton of gold.
 Specimens cf rich gold ore from from claim owned by Tom Shultz can be seeu on exhibition in Geo. Fl. Cooks jewelry store.
 A deed has been filed for record from Sam Foran to John Riley for three-eighths of the Jim Crow min ing claim, in Big Bug district.
 The August number of The Engi- neering Magazine (New York and Londonl will contain an illustrated article on "The Mineral Resources of Arizona" written by Thomas Tonge, of Denver,
 The Monte Cristo mine on Groom creek continues to hold its own both in the quality and quantity of ore with development work. Assays of ore taken from the bottom of the shaft gave a value of $267 in gold and $99.S7 in silver.
 The Swallow mining company of Castle creek are oYerhauling their mill at Briggs and will start it up soon on steady run. Mir. Gray, one of he owners, is personally superin tending the work and states that the outlook is very gratifying.
 w. H. Bank, mention of whose ar rival in this section was recently made, left yesterday for Harqua Hala with samples of ore from a mine near Prescott, which hs thinks of purchasing. The assayer of the company represented by Mir. Bank resides in Harqua Hala.
 Supt. E. Randolph, Eugene s. Ives and R. J. Duncan havs secured control of the King of Arizona mines and a stock company has been organized with Mir. Randolph as president. These mines are known as the Gleason mines, situated about fifty miles northeast of Yuma Citizen.
 A deed was filed for record today from F. E. George to E. Webb, trustee, of Wichita, Kansas, Tor the Red Cloud mining claim. located in Black Rock district, the considera- tion named being Sl 900.
 Stories of fabulously rich mines have been received from Alaska. Passengers who arrived in San Fran cisco July Is from that country, were loaded down with gold, eleven of them having from S33, 900 to Sl75,- 000 each.
 The Herald reports five carloads of machinery at Phenix for the Ari- zona onyx company. It says that this machinery will be hauled to the onyx quarries at once and set up as soon as possible, when the work of working the product of those quarries will be actively engaged in.
 A lot of very rich ore from the Etta mine is on exhibition at James Shirley's office on Gurley street. The ore was taken out from a depth of over 200 feet and free gold can be seen sticking out from 1t on all sides. The specimens on exhibition will run into the thousands of dol lars per ton.
 A deed was filed for record today from Mrs. s. E. Newland, of Pheuix, to Mrs. Anna Wisdom, for an un- divided one half of the Eureka mining claim, in Weaver mining dis trict, the consideration being Sl,500. Another deed from John Webber conveys title to Mrs. Wisdom to the Independence mining claim, in Pee ples valley, for $75.
 Two car. loads of machinery have arrived for the onyx company, and the first shipment by wagon was made today. The machinery con sists ol boiler and engine, steam derrick, saws and other appliances for the convenient handling and polishing of the onyx. The opera ton of this property promises to become a great industry.
 Mfr. McNulty, partner of G. C.. Waddell in a mining claim seven miles south of town brought in some very rich samples of ore from that mine on Saturday. It was struck in a new shaft within about ten feet of the surface. 1t goes about $l0O in gold and carries good percentage of lead and is a fine concentrating ore. The mine is being worked under lease at present.
 The Phenix Herald reports the discovery of another lost mine, but fails to state its location, further than in the indefinite location of the southwestern part of the territory. Like all discoverers of. lost mines, the discoyerer of this one tfaveled for days on the desert without water. depending entirely on cactus juIce to quench their thirsb. They were compelled to return without thoroughly Investigating the value of their find.
 Thomas Sedgwick, a mining pros PectOr, is reported to have recently made one of the richest gold strikes ever made in Sonora, in the noun tains near the headwaters of the Yaqui river. The news of the won derful find has spread throughout the state and hundreds of prospec- tors are going to the new camp. Many claims have already been filed and number of other rich strikes are reported. The new district is a considerable distance from railroad transportation and is in the Yaqui Indian country.
 The Sun Dance company while prospecting for water, near the bed of the Hsssayampa river, and close to their mines, yesterday struck strong flow of water at a depth of five feet from the surface. The water came in so rapidly that steam jet throwing at the rate of 5000 gallons of water per day failed to n.aks any impression on it l or to lower it in the least. It is es.