Arizona republican., 1898-03-24
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

President Ralp Dillon of the Jerome Copper company, returned to Jerome from Denver Tuesday.
 MT H. B. Quick of Chicago, who is interested in certain placer ground near the Peter Verdier ranch, Walnut Grove, is in Prescott from Chicago and has sent down a carload of min ing machinery to be erected on the placer claims.
 There is every prospect of the Crit tenden shelter resuming operations at an early date. The personal property of the company was to be sold under attachment but Col. Martin, the attor- ney for the company. went to Critten- den a week ago and settled all out standing indebtedness.
 The second payment of the bond in the Mccormick group of mines in the Dragons was made at Tucson, the amount being rendered the owner, MT. Robert Mccormick by w. A. Welles. Work is being pushed with vigor and every indication points to the realiz- ation of the expectations of the pro- motors.
 John Palister of Prescott took his friend, Lionel Saltmarsh, out to
 
 gentleman is making quite an eXten sive investigation of the mining re- sources of that section. He has had quite an extensive experience in min ing affairs in South Africa and is con- sidered one of England's very best experts.
 A distinguished party of eastern capitalists arrived in Florence a few drix fn creek, where they are interested in mines now being operated by Mir w. P. Dunham Messrs. G. w. Classen of Topeka, Kan; J. H. Finnegan of St. Louis; James White and c. H. Jones of Springfield, H., and w. B. Nelson of Quincy, comprised the party.
 General Manager Frederick Stock of the Golden States company was in Tucson Tuesday from the mine He states that owing to the delay in the blown in until Monday. MT. Stock reports the opening of a breast of twelve feet of high grade copper ore is elated at the progress and develop ment of this excellent property.
 MT. F. M. Pool came in from Schultz Saturday and returned home this morning. About fifty men are em- ployed at the Mammoth. The tram way works like a charm and the mill was expected to commence dropping it's stamps yesterday morning. The tramway is three miles long and over one canyon there is a span of 750 feet. By it's use the ore is delivered at the mill practically without cost. Before in I1lQ tn the mill by teams and water was ha1l- ed back to the mine. Now the water is sent back in the empty ore buckets Allowing the same price for water as before paid the ore is delivered at the mill for nothing and a margin of profit is still left.-Tucson Star.
 Edison has been considered vision ary in his statements at times, more particularly in regard to the value of the sea as a gold producer. But late dispatch from New York says: About ninety-two ounces of bullion in the proportion of one-third gold to two-thirds silver and valued at about s540, has been received at the assay office in the cones. It came from the Electrolitic Marine Salts company of Boston, and Arthur Ryan, it's presi- dent, claims that the metal was eX- tracted from sea water at North Lu- bee, Maine. Of the economics of the process nothing was said. Assays will be made and upon them will depend what is to be paid for the bullion Should the result prove equal to the claims made we may expect the rush to Klondyke to materially lessen and an army of marine gold miners spring up.-Mining Record.