Arizona republican., 1897-11-16

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 THE METAL MARKET. New York Nov. 15.-Silver c2rTtifi- cates. 571@5S1A; silver bars, 577s; Mexican dollars, 451k; copper. dull, s1O75; lead, strong, brokers, S3.5O; exchange, $3.75.
 CHAPPARAL AND BIG BUG. Trips to These IdstIfcts in Yavspai
 Proposed Big Eug R-ilrcad. Big Bug, Yavapai County, Ariz., Nov. 14.-(Special correspondence of The Republican )-While this lett-r may apparently premise scm ] h ng as to mining I ann coneI aired to say that mining is secondary as far as consideration of that sub .eet is con- cerned. My purpose, primarily, is to describe the trip of twenty-six miles and refer incidentally to the prof ctad branch of the S. F. F. & F., the final survey of the rou,e having teen com plete1 a month ago ucder the d:rec- tion of Chief Engineer Drake.
 At o'clock a. m. we left P escotts from Smith & Gregory's) on the Hooker stage which carries mail to various points. Exit is made via the ice factory, half way house and Wlh D. pie Barracks to tihs east, thence to the four mile house on Lynx creek. We pass down this stream observing on the opposite banks fumes that carry water from up the creek to the Massicks hydraulics a few miles be- low, where placer mining has feen carried on by c1mpany for several years cceSsfully-when water is abundant. The plant I did mt see, as we turned to the south towards Chapparal. ! However, we met two mem who were placs- mining. On in quiry it was learned That they Cf en took out $27 "a day The llace' mine $ intimated that there wefe days and days when they could not di cover even a faint susp c on Of god. Some years ago a $700 nuggt was pic ked up in one of the streams in that part of the country and is now to be seen in Cooks window. While on the subject, the story of Jim B-nce's sud- den death on Wolf c1eak l3st Sep tember was related by our driver - Clarence Hooker AS the story goes, Bruce had freighting contract with the Crowned King company and spent much of his tune driving over the route on a blackboard Che day he and Mi J. F. Heringtcn. superin- temdent on the Crowned Kirg, were coming into Prescott on business the superintendent carrying a satchel containing a gold br,ck valued at S2 2,5GO, and duly stamped at the com pany mill. They were proc seding along Wolf creek all night, when a storm came up and filled the stream. The entire outfit was swsp. down the creek some distance. Harrington managed to catch an owl hanging g branch and draw himself cut, but Bruce was not 80 for,u-ate, losing his life in his effctrts to reach the bank The horses and wa9ols were dashed hither and thither, the sa-chel and its contents disappearing. The horse was drowned a d the other died in a few days from the effec. s of being knocked about MT. He,- rington made post haste to Joe May CTS where he reIor.e1 tie affair A
 
 whose body was shortly afte wards recovered Search has been made for the satchel containing that god brick, but up to this hour no hing has been heard of the treasure. It is ,s- sible some one has found it and kept quiet over the matter. Yet it is like ly the brick has gone down to bed rock and will only be found af CT a patient search in the wi3e bad of the creek at some distance below th= scene of the fatal accident. EX-Sher- if James Lowery is in charge of the freighting, representing Widow Bruce
 The route of the Jerome stages goes down Lynx creek, thence across Lonesome valley to the mcu .tain range through which it pass s to the open, beyond which q magnific ent view of the Verde va ly, the snow capped Bill Williams, and San Fran cisco peaks ;back of Flagstaff is pre- sented. Six miles far Ihsr and the terminal reached. thiry miles from PreEcott. Occasionally { ranch is seem and then, eighteen miles out, we stop at a crcss road which leads to the McCabe gold mine with a growing camp in close proxim- ity. Thanks to MT. Hooker, we are permitted to avoid the climb to tn; Little Jessie district. However, a la ter call up that way developed the fact that the Hon. John A. lone: was still on deck, his brother, Jesse filling the palce of receiver and sue cessor to Hon. A. J. Doran, resigned
 MT. Jones is an cid amigo of mint and he was very enthlsias ic over ihs Little Jessie and adjuncts and O which I will speak in the regular min ing letter. There is a boarding house at the mine as well as mill. e. s Kelly runs the saloon above the mil and the postoffice is near Kelly's San Lee quit his chop house and moved t, McCabe camp. Kelly has the field the other dispenser having depaIte for pastures new. After loading III with mining matters, Senator lone. gave me a candle and m tc1eS witl