Arizona republican., 1898-01-26
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS

J. W. Payne was at the Hollenbeck in Los Angeles on Sunday. MT. Payne is manager of the Grand Reef Copper company, north of Wilcox
 Frank B. Corbet, an attorney of Butte, Mont, arrived from Arizona at Los Angeles Sunday. He has just finished an inspection of w. A. Clark's copper mines at Jerome
 Capt. Mellon left Yuma Saturday for the Needles with the fourteen ton gasoline boat. He is going up the river for the purpose of handling some mining machinery for Thomas Ewing.
 Two Williams investors are inter ested in Randsburg. M Page Minor, who is interested in the copper mines near the Grand car yon of the Co O. rado river, has been visiting Rands- burg, accompanied by J. c. Brown of the Saginaw Lumber comp3ny's big saw mills and box factories of Will Hams. These gentlemen own, with CHI. Belcher of Garlock, the Dyke mine adjoining the rich Minnehaha and Meteor mines; also the Keweah mine of the Rademacher district. Developments work is now being done on both the Dyke and Keweah and the owners believe they will prove to be "bread winners,' as both mines are showing up well-Williams News.
 Deeds from John and William Nc Murry to J. J. and C. R. Hallums for their interests in the Monte Cristo. Eastern Divide, Black Diamond and New California mines, together with mill and water sites, in the Weaver district, were filed for record Saturday at Prescott. Consideration $5,7OO.
 William Bright, who was in Pres cott Saturday, says that the mill on the Fuller group of properties is now ln successful operation. The machin- cry is run by gasoline engines, one of forty horse power being used. In ad- dltioo to this large one the company mas one or two smaller ones. He says that the use of them has cleared the country there, for an area of sev- eral miles, completely, of mountain lions, as the explosions of gas in the pig engine causes report like a can non, while the smaller ones can be compared to infantry firing. The mines are looking splendidly and the prospect is excellent for the success of the enterprise The engines con- sume 104 gallons of gasoline per day. -Journal-M Miner.
 Jesse Stubbs of Mount Pleasa9t. iowa, mas invented new gold dredge, Wnlcn D1ds fair to revolutionize the placer mining industry. It combines several we'll known principles but Is the first machine of its kind to be put up. An application will be made at once for patent and for the pres ent description of the machine will not De given till it's mechanism is pro- tected by United States patents. MT. Stubbs is an old hand in the way of lnventlng earth moving machinery ana IS surely a genius in that line, as h:s inventions have revolut:onized i the building of railroads and the burning Of clay ballast for the same me inventor claims for the new u[edge that it can be operated at about a. third Of the usual cost, with an equal capacity, and will clean up material where other dredges fail WIT. oluoDs has not the Klondyke fever, but thinks there is as good 2 field in Wyoming, Arizona, Montana l or California for his dredge as in thf land of the midnight sun.
 Mayor O'Neill of Prescott is author.
 
 canyon railroad will be built iron Williams, a thirty miles shorter~Apf easier route than any other. IA sme, ter is being built at that town.
 The following process of mak:ns blasting and mining fuses has jus been patented: A core of nftrocellu lose is impregnated with a solution O nitrate and chloride of potassium con taining either prussiate of potash, pi crate of potassium or carbonate of DO tassium, in addition It is then dr e: for use. The core may be used d; rect or may be insulated As a mod lhcait1on a, core is formed of cellulos boiled in solution of nitrate of DO !, tassium, chlorate of potassium an prussiate of potassium, and after be ing dried it is ready for use.
 A piece of quartz recently ob;aine from the Cortland group, in the Gun nison district, Colorado, contain , wire gold and wire silver, with beau i tiful crystalizations Another ha wire gold and wire silver at both end