Arizona republican., 1898-01-08
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

Col. J. Udell, a prominent California mining man interested in mining properties in the Ono Blanco district, was in Tucson the other day. | Julius Volkert was in Tucson the I other day from the Silver Bell mining district. He reported lots of work being done in that district and the mines all looking well.
 Ccl. Alphens Lewis, father of MT. Bob Lewis, passed through Tucson recently enroute to Gro Blanco via | Nogales, for the purpose of examin- | ing several mineral properties in that district
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel Donnelly and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Clark of Copper i Glance camp in the Huachucas were | in Tucson recently. It was the first visit of Mrs. Donnelly to that town in two years.
 A slab-like block of onyx which weighed $500 pounds was brought into Prescott from the Big Bug quar- l ries Wednesday. Fully $1O0,OOO worth Of the precious stone is going into a 1 big structure for R. G. Dun & Co. in 1 New York city.
 | John Hutchins, the veteran Groom creek miner, left Prescott this week 1 for California where he will take a richly earned vacation. He expects to be gone about three weeks. Mr. Hutchins is one of the owners of the famed Monte Cristo mine of Groom | creek.
 | A mining contract is to be let in a few days on a group of claims below town which were recently bonded to | eastern parties. The contract calls for three shafts of 200 feet each in depth to be timbered in first class shape and to be double compartment. -Bisbee Orb.
 The U. P. mine, owned by HI. D. Aitken and e. III. La Bertue, is said to be looking exceed dingly we'll. A winze sunk from a tunnel shows four feet of ore which samples across the entire face $31J24. There is a streak of sulphide ore which assays still higher. The mine is located near the Senator, and is one of the first loca- tions made in that section-Courier.
 MT. Pritchard the smelter man has gone to Los Angeles to ship his smell ter machinery to Prescott As to who is interested with him our informant did not state, but it is evident that MT. Pritchard has the courage of his own convictions. He has convinced himself that 6 smelter in Prescott will will be -be a paying venture and he pro- poses to put one in here. We all hope that he will succeed and while there are some who are inclined to criticse the Courier rises to remark that it is generally men who are not afraid to take the bovine by the horns who do S1Iao0nd -Prncanff
 Antonio Perlinda and partner named Millet, have just arrived in San Francisco with big party from credited to Perlinda and Millet as their share of gold. Perlinda is known here and is brother of Jack Perlinda, our well known townsman and is expected to come here. The Prospector has published news from Alaska from interesting letters writ ten by Perlinda to his brother and we are pleased to learn that good luck has rewarded his endeavors in the gold fields of Alaska.-Tombstone Prospector
 The Santa Rita Railroad company organized to build a branch of the Santa Fe from San Jose, near Silver City, into the Santa Rita gold-copper district, has been chartered at Santa F'e. B. P. Ripley of Chicago, R. K Palen, J. H. Vaughan, R. c. Gortne1 of Santa Fe. and H. l.. Waldo and R B. Mitchell of Las Vegas are the di- rectors. The capital stock is $5O,O0C This move signals a new departure in Mexico on behalf of the Santa Fe railway management that is most en- couraging TO the mining interests The new roae will be built at once aai it is said several brarch lines into other mining camps will soon be under way.