Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
Weekly OllectiOn of News Nuggets From Our Mining Camps of
 Interest to Miners.
What PrOspectOrs and Miners ar Doing to Increase the Worlds Supply of Precious
 Metals.

A deed was filed for record today from Lawrence Cittadini ct al. to B. Bono, for the Republic mining claim, Martinez district, the consideration being $1,000.
 A Nogales telegram says that Captain Cox, an experienced mining man, has arrived from the Yaqui country, and reports very rich plac- CTS just discovered and quartz lodges with large quantities of free milling high grade ore.
 Mount Tomohoy, locally known as "Tomboy," in the state of Washing ton, is the newest gold seekers Eldo- rado. Gold has been found in pay ing quantities and it is neither so hard nor so dangerous to reach as the Klondike region.
 Two deeds were filed for record to- day from Chas. Rutledge, to E. E. Mcfarland, both of Jerome. One conveys all title and interest of the vendor to the Hog Back mining claim fer $500, while the other con veys ali his right, title and interest in the Copper Chief mine for S10.
 A lease and bond was filed for record today from J. c. Bradbury, A. c. Gilmore ct al. to c. w. Greg ory for the New Jersey mining claim in the Bradshaw mountains. The lease runs for six months and pro- vides for the working of the prop erty by the lessee, while the bond gives the lessee the privilege of buying it during the six months for S12,000.
 A protracted contest, in the courts at Santa Fe, New Mexico, over the ownership of the Washington mine, in Cochiti, has been decided in favor of Henry Lockhart, of Albuquerque, the case being reversed and re- handed. Lockhart had grub staked the original locators, and this decis- ion is of far reaching effect as re- gards the rights of those who stake prospectors.
 Two deeds of considerable i'm portance were filed for record today, although the consideration named iu each was rather insignificant, be- ing only Sl.00. Both were from w. A. Clark of Montana, and were exc cuted to H. c. Elliott, of New York One of them transferred title to one-sixteenth interest in MT. Clark s right, title and interest in and to the lease and agreement held by him in the Equator mine near Je- rome. The other conveyed title tC one-fourth of the West Champion mine also near the same place. The significance of these deeds attaches to the fact that the property in ques- tion is that which has been in litiga tion so long in the courts here.
 D. B. Gillette, superintendent oi the Gold Note Mining Company continues to push operations on the properties owned by that company near Bumblebee. The company re gently leased the mines, mill. electric light plant, water rights, fumes pipe line, etc., of the Cooperative M. & M. Co.,, and are preparing tC start up the mill soon. The pipe line has been injured once or twice by high water, and MT. Gillette i: rebuilding the entire line of five miles, placing it on the west side oi the Agua Fria, and above high water mark. He expects to have this com pleted by the 18th of the present month. He also expects to ado thirty stamps more to the mill. Al present Clark & Stuckey have four freight teams engaged in hauling out ore and hauling in supplies tC the camp. MT. Gillette is very well pleased with the present outlook oi the property. Speaking, incident ally, of his recent purchase at Pino: Altos, New Mexico, MT. Gillette said he believed 1t to be the biggest property he had ever been connected with, and he has been connected with some pretty large ones.
 sc. Miller is in town from the Squaw Peak country, where E. S Thurston is engaged in mining operations. MT. Miller is engaged in freighting 100000 feet of lumber from Hudson's mill on Ash creek to this property, and says that the camp is quite active. Superinten- dent Thnrston is employing about forty men ID the mine and has a force employed grading for the and erecting buildings of various kinds, which are necessary to the success of a mining camp. He l statas hat avervthincr is being done with a view of the permanency oI the camp. A wagon road has been built from Goddard's up to the mill site and the freight is coming via Phenix, ninety-eight head of stock being engaged in this work. MT. Miller says that all of this freight ing would have been done from Prescott if the road between here and that place had been put in con