Arizona republican., 1898-05-08
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.
 The Copper Queen company has been receiving several carloads of slag pots and slag cars during the past few days.
 The Middlemarch Copper com pany in the Pearce district Is eApeIf encing considerable difficulty ln oD- taining suitable fluxing ore. Iney have leased a claim at Turquoise ana will haul the ore to their smelter
 The Monte Cristo mine at Groom creek started I'D the middle of April and is just booming in continuous, large bodies of ore, as rich in gold and silver as ever. The owners, Hutchins & Tolan. intend sinking the nam shaft 250 feet.
 lake Rafael returned yesterday from Bloody Basin, where ne has been developing twenty Ioo1 ledge of gold and silver bearing ore. After procuring supplies ne leiI today for the mine to continue de yelopment work on his bonanza.
 Reports from the discovery Of coal on Fossil creek, twenty-five miles Iron, Fort Verde indicate that vein Of coal from three to five feet thick has been found which has been traced ana To- cated for nearly mile. The locauors of the coal have also found an eight inch vein of very high grade copper ore. upon which they are now Wofklng.
 Reports from Tonto Basin say the old Golden Wonder is being Worheu under a bond. The mine was dlscoV-
 r Ry took several thousand dollars out working the ore in arastras. me mine was sold in 1881 to Burchard Chilson who have produced some Of the richest free gold ore ever taken rom a mine in Arizona, and at its present depth, about 300 feet, is as good as ever.
 Prospecting and mining development in many parts of the territory are much retarded for lack of water. Un- iii the various counties adopt the plan of placing finger boards at all cross roads and trails showing just where water may be found, it will be ever thus. Even with the assistance Of the friendly guide post, prospecting m the foothills and on the mountain des- erts is attended with considerable haz- ard, and many life is lost each year.
 T. V. Rice, a mining man of Butte, Mont, is in Bisbee on mining Duslness. MT. Rice states that although copper mines are still in demand yet the war situation has had the effect of making eastern investors backward in taking hold of properties for the time being. MT. Eice represents prominent Mon tara capitalists and has travelled over the entire western coast exporting copper properties for his people. He left this morning to look at some cooper mines in the Huachucas.
 rich strike was made a few days ago 1n the Monte Cristo mine, Groom creek. The ore carries a large per centage of native silver. Charles Ben- net. formerly of Jerome, has a lease and bond on the Monte Cristo. He with August Thorbocke of Merrill Bros.' mercantile establishment, owns the claim adjoining the Monte Cristo, from which they are taking ore sim liar in character to that found in the Monte Cristo at the same depth. Samnles of ore from both mines can he seen at the office of c. M. Clark.
 M H. Mingay, L. E. Frank and H. L. Price of Canyon City, Colorado, came up from Altar Monday evening. Tuesday evening they continued their tourney northward. These gentlemen, in connection with MT. c. H. Gage, formerly of Texas but now residing at Altar. and MT. w. A. Boyce also of Canyon City, own very valuable min ing property in the immediate vicinity of Altar. They have done a great do,I If deveIoDment work on their mine and are now going east for the purpose of purchasing and shipping the necessary machinery to work the property on a large scale.-Nogales Taxpayer