Arizona republican., 1898-05-01
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.
 Morse Darnell, foreman of the Gold Note company's mine at Richenbar, is visiting Prescott.
 It is reported that the new company which has taken hold of the Vulture mine will soon put up fifty stamp mill.
 Il. W. Romney, a mining man of Seattle, is in Nogales. He is accom- panied by F. A. Johnson of the same place. The gentlemen have mining interests in Sonora.
 It is reported that some of the high grade copper ore at Bisbee runs as high as 79.4 per cent in copper, 1855 ounces silver, and a few dollars in gold to the ton.
 Prof. Blake of the university of Ari- zona was in Tombstone last Tuesday en route to Tucson, havlng made an examination of group of copper claims in the Dragons.
 It is believed that the great success achieved by a small cyanide plant in Big Bug district, will speedily lead to the creation of much larger plant of the same sort
 It is said that the ore body in the United Verde at the 800 foot level is 400 feet wide, all rich in copper and carrying a good percentage of gold and silver.-Pick and Drill
 Word comes from Crittenden that Frank Powers, owner of the famous Worlds Fair mine, is putting in teaching plant. The mill is constantly at work and the teaching plant is to be used in connection with it. He employs about fifteen men,
 W. P. Howle left Globe Monday for Aravaipa to superintend the develop ment of group of copper claims ly- ing adjacent to the Grand Reef mine. The district has come into prominence through the operations of the Grand Reef company, and MT. Howle believes that he has acquired valuable prop erty.
 The legal officers of the Crowned King Mining company are N. C.. Shekels, director and president; Ru- bert Wilkinson, director and vice president; James M. Taylor, director and secretary; George P. Harrington, treasurer; R. H. Hetherington, resi- dent agent; Harrington and Shekels, superintendents.
 The following good words for Ari- zona appeared in a recent issue of the San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press: Arizona has much reason to be content with her present share of prosperity, and real reason to be cer- tain of the early future development of her latent possibilities
 The great demand for copper is ren- dered still greater by the present hos tile complications. The United States and Spain are the greatest copper producers, and war possibilities make copper properties more valuable than ever. There is probably no business of more present profit than copper mining.-Pick and Drill.
 A good sized shipment of silver con centrates came in from the La Casita mine It is reported that James Pen man, who has been managing this property, will go to Lampasos and join James K. Fresh in the manage ment of that property, and that James Brent will return to La Casita and conduct operations there.-Border Vii dette.
 WOlITdH, d rare mln6Tdl, mas been discovered in Cochise county Dep uty Sheriff Moore, O. T. smith, P S. Smith and l.. U. Corneilson are inter ested in group of claims which show a good ledge of the mineral and an alysis given shows a high percentage The owners expect to begin shipping some of the ore at once to the east ern market. But one mine of wolf ran is worked in the United States, the mineral being imported from Germany.
 California and Colorado mining men readily recognize good mineral country when they see it, and for some time the fact has been quite notice able that large numbers of the more practical and energetic mining men of these two states have been seeking investments in New Mexico, Arizona, Chihuahua and Sonora. It is encour- aging to note also that these investors have been very generally successful in their ventures. In fact it could hardly have turned out otherwise, where such practical mining men sought investments in regions so rich