Arizona republican., 1898-03-10
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

A deed has been filed for record in Prescott from Mrs. M. Ballinger to Mrs. M. L. Henkle for all of her in terest in the Rapid Transit mine; con- sideration s1.
 Alex Mckay is making large ship ments of ore from his mine near Qui- jotoa in Pima county. An ore train of sixty mules arrived in Tucson few days ago and returned to the mine to reload.
 MT. John A. Peck of St. Louis came in a few days ago to spend the su;n- mer at the Crown Consolidated mines near Casa Grande. In company with his nephew, MT. Charles Peck, he left for the mines this morning. g.-Tucson Star
 James Shirley, manager of the Etta mine and mill, brought a bar of gold last week to Prescott weighing thirty pounds. It was the result of twelve days run of the mill. The mine con tinues to improve right along and the prospects grow brighter every day. The Etta is now assured as perma nent and regular bullion producer.
 The Tucson shelter will start up be- fore the close of this week. Quite a number of mine owners will com mence shipping their ore to the smell ter as soon as it resumes operations. A number of mines in the vicinity of Tucson have ore on the dumps which is of such low grade that it would not pay to ship, but can be treated at the local shelter.
 The Bisbee correspondent of the of cur city is estimated at 4,000 and in cessful opening up of many other mines, about this district, which de- velopments tend to indicate, and with the building of the branch rail- road to Nacosari, our population can safely be placed at double what It is at the present time."
 The Tombstone Prospector has some samples of gypsum which is pro nounced by experts to be of fine quail ity and good grade. The property is one of merit and worthy of investiga- tion and but awaits capital to open it and place the mineral on the market. The gypsum when calcined forms plas- ter of paris and is often improperly termed so. The mineral consists of a sulphate of lime and percentage of wa ter. The transparent varieties which are to be found here is called selenite ard in many respects resembles mica No distant day will see these gypsum beds developed.
 The water struck at the King of Ari- zona mine was not such a generous flow as the first reports stated. Drill ing is still progressing and sufficient supply of water for the camp is thought to be within easy reach. J. F. Osenburg says that his gold property near Congress will soon pass out of his hands. Parties have signi- fled a willingness to take bond on the property for S3O,OO0, and MT Osen- burg has written his acceptance of the offer 'I will go out and find an other mine,'' said he. "There are plenty of them waiting to be devel- l oped, and after a man sells one mine it is an easy matter to sell another" i A mining journal that would print the statement that Arizona mines only | paid $4S,000 in dividends last year should be hung to an onion tree unti dead, dead be dad. The Verde at Je rome and Congress alone in Arizona have paid nearly $4,000,000 in divi
 dends, to say nothing about Bisbee Clifton and hundreds of mines tha are shipping and paying dividends. l
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 norant or malicious blatherskites tha