Arizona republican., 1898-01-02
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.
 Hon. J. s. Jones is Tn Prescott from his Little Jessie mine.
 J. c. Udell, the mining capitalist, is in Tucson from Arivaca.
 c. E. Eichelberger of the King of Arizona mine, accompanied by his wife, left Wednesday for Gleason.
 Harry Leonard, who recently arrived in Yuma from an extended prospect ing tour, will leave in few days for the King of Arizona.
 William Hughes has leased a piece of ground from the Queen com pany and is doing considerable work on the same, with good results.
 Judge George U. Holcomb and MT. Hendy, a New York mining man, went to Texas Hill on Sundays train. in which section they intended to spend a week.-Yuma Sun.
 M. F. Shaw, ex-prison superintenh dent, is visiting his family in the Altar district, Sonora, looking after the transportation business of the Plomo Mining company.
 John c. Beatty and wife registered at the Southern, Pacific hotel in Yuma last week from Los Angeles. Captain Beatty is rapidly developing his Buena Vista mine, which has always been pronounced great property
 A gentleman connected with the shelter proposition informs the Jour nal-Miner that it is now an assured fact that it vii be erected. The first shipment of machinery is expected to be made within the next two or three weeks.
 Repairing work is rapidly being done on the Copper Queen smelter and everything will again be running smoothly shortly after New Years.
 D. M. Evans of the Evans Point gold camp in Graham county, has re- turned to his Rolla, Mo-, home ve:y
 E: .Darro, a recent arrival from Rahdsnfg, has opened second hand stare on Main street. Dr. Darro owns valuable mining property in the Randsburg section, which he reports as beng quite lively, and proposss to intfs 'st himself in Yuma cou .ty mines n Yuma Sun.
 ;. C. 2 ones, general manager of the Rio E do Gold Extraction com 2 see Gold -~aaa camp; mp fl. tAe- the Chocolate ountalns, was in Yuma Friday on business. The company's properties are said to be showing up exeellently under the work being done. and will doubtless prove one of the county's greatest producers.
 Max Cohen, who is interested in m ini
 King of Arizona district, and has been there for some time superintending their development, was in Yuma Fri oay. An interest in these properties was owned by W. H. Halbert. who died recently.
 Frank Prothero is in Yuma from the Yellow Log claim, six miles from Adonde, which is being developed by the owners. Messrs. Walker. Stroud. PTothero and McPhaul are the own eT The, shaft is now down eighty feet and the large body of excellent ory the first work showed has in no vii Fe diminished.
 ". B. Dodge of Phelps, Dodge & Co.t of New York city, one of the hea- vieft stockholders of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company. came in on a special from Benson Thursday. MT. Dodge is very pleas ant and affable gentleman and our people are always glad to welcome him. He vii spend several days in- specting various new improvements that have been made since his last visit.-Orb.
 Ed Dunne, one of the best known and one of the best mining men in Arizona, who has been foreman for the past five months at the Grand Canyon copper mines, recently pur- chased by Lombard, Goode & O., has returned to Yuma on a visit to his farBily. He speaks in high terms of the mines in which he has been em- ployed and will probably return there it he finds nothing in Yuma county which the company would like to take hold of.
 Charles Doten. one of the discoy. erers of the rich strike reported in last weeks issue of the Sun, in which Messrs. James Doten, Antonio Con- treras and c. L. Stahl are interested with him, is in from the scene of the find, seven miles north of Tule Wells. He brought specimens of ore from the ledges which are to all appearances capable of upholding the report of the property. The main ledge, carrying quartz ore, is six or seven feet in width.
 Mrs. Mary L. Van Patten has To- cated a mining claim on Big Bug creek which she has named the Lady Bryan.
 Charles R. Wallace has located the Wm. Stewart and Henry M. Teller m,ning claims and Mrs. Louise Wal la4e has located a claim which she hes the Hon. W. J. Bryan. All of .ese are in the Hassayampa district. H. G. Howe of Tombstone has just the survey of the Gus Bar ron copper property in the Huachu- cas forN patent
 From Surveyor General Christ it is learned tlhat an application has been made to the general land office by the bondsmen of the missing Surveyor Logan, for an extension until April Is for the fe4SurVey of the Iina sept