Arizona republican., 1897-12-22
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

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 NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS. The United Verde Copper company h8s made 600.O0O brick at the junction and is now burning them, in order to begin work on i-s Cpa1n house and ! other buildings in Jerome.
 Evans Point, near Clifton, is soon to have a tlliney stamp mill. The pro motors are northern gentlemen, who have leased the ground from the Ev ans-Van Hecke company with guar anltee to greet the mill just as soon ! as the machinery can be placed upon the ground.
 The recent strike at Six Mile Hill, nsar Penrca, is developing into yer itable bonanza. The ore is high grade aId very much resembles the Pearce ore A bond of $100 900 has been of feG'ed but refused. California parties who negotiated for the Penrce mine but failed, are said to be anxious to secure an option on the Six Mile property.
 Nick Gales of the Santa Maria country has returned from his eastern tour and will prosecute the develop ment of his property with renewed vigor. While absent Mr. Gales pur- chased machinery for dry crushing plant which will have daily capac- ity of fifty tons. Amalgamating plates and a cyanide plant will complete the dry crusher process.
 Joe Norton and Ben Bound of Bis bee have consummafed sale of their mine in that locality for $60,0OO, and have gone to Los Angeles to receive the money From the Colorado on the west to the Rio Granlta on the east, from the republic of Mexico on the south to Utah on the north come these cheering mOrsels of nsws, dem oustrating that Arizonn's gold fields are not confined to a limited area, but cover a domain to preside over which morarch would be proud.
 The Mammoth Mining company is having a tramway constructed by the Trenton Thamway company of Tren- ton, N. J. The Mammoth is num- bered Es one of Arizona's excellent producers, a fact that is borne out by the introduction of modern machin- cry an evidence that practical mining men are in charge and an assurance thht Arizona's mining reputation will
 
 ough mining will demonstrate to the world that we have mines of great merit if only handled in the, proper , manner.
 The stamp mill that was erected on the river just below the Etta about two years ago by Watson & Donald son and sold to Dr. Woods and Bert Morton, has been purchased by the hr kx mine in Lonescme valley, about I twelve miles from Jerome. The Elm | melt has long been known to be a | valuable mine only lacking suitable machinery to make it a good paying proposition, and now with the new l five stamp mill, which is complete in every detail, will soon make fer itself a name and place among our bullion | producers Reporter. Considerable mining excitement ex- l ists in the Aravapaf section. A new town has been platted which is known 1 as Klondyke ,a9d there are about two hundred people in the New Eldorado: :: 1 several saloons -;nrepressible adjuncts to a mining excitement doing business in tents, and two general stores are thriving. The Grand Reef company is pushing development to | its utmost, and the Table Mountain | company has 120 men on the pay roll and is preparing to put up extensive machinery Boilers and ether ma chinery have arrived at Willrox and will be transported to the new Klon- 1 dyke Immediately.
 The Crowned King mine is one of the great mines located in Arizona rear Prescott, and produces something | like $1S6,250 per year, which aver ages S2S.S5 per tcm of ore extracted 1 The mill is substantially built and is certainly the best equipped ten stamp mill in the Bradshaw mountains. The officers of the company are: N. c. Shekels of Los Angeles, president J. M. Taylor of Taylorville, H., secre- tary; George P. Harrington superin- Sendent and treasurer. The company is known as the Crowned King Mining company, and has a capital stock of 1 S6,000,000. The mill handles from twenty to twenty-five toms of ore a day.
 The contemplated erection of a large smelter at Barstow, Cal., fur nisheIS renewed incentive to mortimer n Arizona miners to develop their hith- erto non-paying mines, which are of low grade but mammoth deposits, the nom productive ness of which is caused by long hauls and excrbitarr. freight 1 rates. With the erection of the pro- posed smelter at Barstow it is propos- | ed that a rate of $2 per ton will be es- l tablished, which, if true, will cause many mines in Mohave county to re- sume operations. These mines, even with the deprecated quotations of t9-
 day, can be operated advantag ageOus1y
 if only reasonable freight rate were | eXacted.-Yuma Sun.
 Weaver district, west of Peoples
 valley in Yavapai county, is coming
 to the front with its deserved quota
 of prosperity Two stamp mills are
 about to commence operation within
 four miles of each other is only one
 Of the evidences of merit of that | uhH1 Ving SeptfOD Tyhp NOnyn Cr-ictr