Arizona republican., 1898-02-03
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS. Articles of incorporation filed a Yuma last week: Lola Mining con- pany, Philadelphia Gold Mining conn pany, Los Angeles; Guadalupe Mi4ing and Milling company, Chicago; Flee tric Iron and Steel company, Oh e. go Boston, Oakland and San Franci e. parties; Dale City Finance company Los Angeles and San BernardiCo DIT ties.
 MT. J. s. Tabbits, manager of the Duquesne Mining and Milling com pany in the Washington dist aic., WIS in Nogales last week. Mir. Tebbits has been sick in Tucson five weeks wi h typhoid fever. He will probably make short trip to the, mines and ! then go to Los Angeles for a mo1I h According to the Mineral Industl y the product of copper in the United States for the year 1897 was 476 33S,- 249 pounds, being al increase of G. 715,367 pounds over the previous year Of this Arizona produced S0,656 ,4Oe pounds, being an increase of her pro- duct over that of 1896 of 6,656 ,4O6. O. chise county furnished her quota oi the increase, and is entitled to a good | share of the credit for the ArZona l showing
 Wells, Fargo & Co.'S annual report | of the production of precious meta | in the various states and telri1aries | credits Arizona with s, ,392, ,991 n geld s143,69S in silver and sS,67S,S21 in ores and base bullion, or 8 total ot 1 SIP ,235, ,505. Californias total outout is given at $1S,S3O, ,S94, and Montana's over $40,000, GOO.
 It is reliably reported that the Col umbia Smelting company at Rollin southeastern Pima county, will s art up again soon and that all the in | debtedness of the present company will be Hquida,ed by the new com. pany.
 Washington camp, north of Mo- gales, is one of the best mining camp: | in Arizona.
 Bob Hughes, an old time Arizona miner, returned last week to Yuma from Klondyke. He says the frozer l north is all right for a man wi t plenty of money to pay the enormous | expenses of prospecting and develop ing mines, but the wage earner ant 1 poor prospector is a great deal bett on in the land of perpetual sunshine He says the pay dirt was all loca eG | when he left uhere in November, ant unless new finds are made the many people now rushing to the new Ell dorado will be disappointed. MT Hughes has accepted a position a: amalgamator at the Senator mill, ant has assumed his duties.
 The twenty stamp mill at the Sena, tor mine in Yuma county was started Saturday for the first time and is run nlng as smoothly as though it hac been in use for months. The Senate IS "a great property and the mill is ( model of perfection in mining machin cry.
 MT. c. E. Eichelberger came in ( l Yuma Sunday from Mohawk and re por;s everything running nicely a the King of Arizona mine and mill.
 George B. Reay of Bisbee has take1 up fourteen pertenencias for the, Dell Reay mine in the Montezuma distr;c in Mexico. It is bounded on the eas and south by the Francisco abou twenty kilometers from Nacosar IL is described as a copper vein. MI Reay has also filed papers for min eral concession for sixteen pertenen cIas of copper vein called the Greg!
 Heay in the same locality.
 H. Hamburg of the Montezuma Mi l Ing company, which has some yer,
 promising claims in the Huachuca
 mas returned from an extended tri
 east.
 Work is progressing as we'll as ca
 De expected on the Copper King shaf
 and it is now down to the dep;h C
 o2o feet. The station on the 5ON i completed and fully timbered. Afte
 the work of sinking the shaft to tn
 6oo root level cross cut will be ru
 on the 800 to determine the extent c
 the ore body on that level The shat being in such hard ground it f, nc
 being sunk as rapidly as was fxpact
 ed--Bisbee Orb.