Arizona republican., 1898-07-09
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

A startling strike of gold is reported from an island in the bed of the Yu- kon called Monte Cristo island. The gold is black, rough, coarse and r7avy, | unmixed with copper or silver, and is perhaps the best gold yet found.
 Modern machinery is a magnificent thing, but, after all, when it comes to the crucial test, it is the men behind the machines that count Science and invention, however wonderful in their results, can never dispense with the final mastery of the human touch. The old Robinson mine, at Robin son, Colo, which has a record of $8,- 900, 900 of ore sales, is now being stead fly worked by Leadvillei people, under lease to Jesse Mcdonald and others ThiAy tons per day is being shipped to the valley smelters. The operations are very hopeful of making as good a record as was made fifteen years ago.
 A mammoth gold ledge, forty feet wide, the ore giving an average assay of $5 per ton, has been found Tt Lone Pine, Inyo county. Cal. The ledge has been prospected for a distance of 2,0O0 feet, while the surface indications show that it is probably about mile in length. The Inyo Mining company has struck a rich body of copper ore on the 700-foot level of it's mine and will put in an additional plant for smelling the new ore. This mine Is now yielding gold, silver. lead and copper.
 The Advocate of Winnemucca, Ne vada, says: Max Sohr arrived here from Battle Mountain Friday and re- turned on No. Sunday. Mr. Sohr has bonded the copper mines belonging to Ed M. Emmons of Lovelock and will commence to work them as soon as possible He has ten men here who expect to leave for the mines tomor- row. These mines are very close to the sulphur mines known as the Wise property, and situated about thirty-ive miles west of this place. MT. Sohr ex- poets to commence hauling sulphur for shipment in about week. w. J. Woolcock is superintendent for MT. Sohr.
 A new mining camp called Colton has been started in the southern end of Nevada, near Death valley. It was discovered only a few weeks ago, but already over 100 men are on the ground. One ledge has been traced for a distance of over 5000 feet that gives assays of $40 per ton in gold and is eight feet thick. An old working has been found not far from this camp with a shaft on the ledge from which the ore averages $50 per ton in free gold, besides rich concentrates. Many of the prospectors think this is the long lost Pegleg mine. Some promis ing turquoise prospects have been found near the camp.
 A body of almost pure copper has been discovered in Alaska The cop per is located between the White and Copper rivers. A few months ago an old prospector went to Robert Duncan, Jr., the superintendent of the Tread we'll mines at Juneau, and showed lim a piece of ore of apparently wonderful richness. It was sent to San Francis co and on being assayed was found to contain 94 per cent copper, $50 in gold 10 the ton and small amount of sil- ver The statements of the old pros pector who brought in the same of copper have been corroborated when he said that the ore is so pure that there is no need to smelt it in the north, but it can be shipped to San Francisco and treated there at a good profit This discovery is considered the most important that has been made in Alaska for long time.