Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

The Red Rock, prospect in Big Bug district, is being fitted out with a steam hoist.
 The greatest depth yet attained in the famous Comstock lode at Virginia City, Nevada, is 3,350 feet.
 w. H. Shoot, ST., and son William, left Williams last week by team to de velop some gold mining prospects they have about twenty-five miles west of Congress.
 In Big Bug district the Providence company is opening the Annie group, The work of development has gone on rapidly. At present the output is measured by the capacity of ten stamp mill.
 Silver bullion still continues to pour into the hints of Mexico through every port along the Rio Grande. This wealth in most eases will be used product of which will come to the United States for mintage.
 Phosphate rock is a rock possessing a good deal of commercial value It is found in beds, like chalk, or clays. Prospectors would do well not to pass by very white, gray and greenish gray beds of clay. Some of them may have considerable value. Fuller's earth is clay which, like phosphate rock, has a good deal of value. It has been found near Parkdale, Colo. Cryolite is another white, chalky appearing rock, which has a good deal of value.
 The Yaqui River Mining company of Milwaukee, Wis, has obtained from the Mexican government a concession for forty miles of the river bed and the ground on each side for a distance of nearly one-third of a mile, and has a large steam dredge at work. An other dredge has been ordered which will be put on the Yaqui river This company is operating in the southern portion of Sonora at San Antonio del Huerto
 Lynx creek, twelve miles southeast of Prescott, has three stamp mills and several properties under development Among them are the Pine Mountain, Favorite, Hidden Treasure, Sheldon Orient, Star and Black Diamond The Favorite was recently sold to Collins & Go. for $15.000. The Pine Mountain is working under lease to Mckinley & McNally. The ores of the district are a sulphide of iron. carrying gold val ues, and in general are concentrating propositions.
 The Copper Queen company at Bis bee recently purchased the copper claims of Gregg and Ohlmier (about fifty pertenencias), situated fourteen miles east of Nacosari. Sonora where the Queen company has been for some time developing a group of copper mines to which the Benson-Bisbee rail road of the same company will soon be extended MT. Gregg one of the vendors, is an old New Mexico pros pector. having taken up his residence in that territory forty years ago. The ores of the mines sold are high grade but the price paid therefor has not transpired. Bulletin.
 The United States circuit court of appeals has decided, in the case of crooked vein," that if the apex of a vein or part of it crosses the end line of claim and then passes out through a. side line, but curves back again into the claim and crosses it's other end line, this gives the owners of the claim no right to any part of the apex which is outside of their lines. It was possibly with view to avoiding the COHoSqucuCcS O1 SuCu d utCISlOu tudC d prospector posted on a round chimney of quartz location paper giving mo- tice that he claimed "this lode or lead of quartz for distance of 1900 feet in wabbling direction from this notice. '
 The Crowned King mine and mill and the Gladiator mine and mill are well equipped properties. near togeth- CT, in the Bradshaw mountains, forty five miles south of Prescott. The Crowned King has three tunnels, one of 1900 feet, one 800, and another 100 feet. Drift work on the five levels ag- gregates $500 feet A new shaft is to be sunk. The present working shaft is down 1,400 feet from the main tun- | nel. The vein walls are slate. The ores are base. being sulDhide of iron. lead, zinc and copper. The ore output for 1897 ran about $26 per ton. A ten stamp mill is in operation. An at tempt was made to cyanide the tail lngs. but without success. The mine produces sufficient water for milling purposes.
 The United Verde Copper company IS operating five furnaces and six con- verters. The Jerome Copper company IS developing some claims south of the
 United Verde properties. Develop ment work has resulted in finding ore which carries good values in copper gold and silver. The Venture mine adjoining this, belongs to the United Verde and is pretty well developed ant runs high in silver. It is claimed thar 800 tons of ore from the latter yielded $7OO per ton in silver. On the west ern slope of the Black range (Jeromt
 being on the eastern slope) the Elm
 nett is producing gold ore, workins a force of twenty-five men and operat
 ing ten stamp mill. In the same To
 cality the Golden Gate is being devel
 oped by Kansas City parties who, i
 IS claimed, will erect a cyanide plant
 The Midget is also being slowly de
 veloped in the same locality. The rare mineral and element, moly
 bdenum, has been discovered in tn
 Grand canyon, where it exists in lib
 eral quantities in vein matter, an un F usual form for this mineral. It ha always ranked, owing to it's rarity
 among the hiph priood minerals b,,