Arizona republican., 1898-02-17
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.


 is operating a forty-stamp mill.
 NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.
 c. w. O'Cenrier and l.. J. Taylor, of SilvertOn, Colorado, prominent. mining men, are spending a few days in Bis bee
 The Spencer boys have sold the Cabriza mine for $5OOOOO A binding sum of $500 being paid down. This is good mine and sold at a fair fig ure.-Tucson Star.
 MT. c. H. Baxter of Pueblo, who has parties opening up an extension on the Congress Gold company's ledge left Phoenix on Tuesday for his Colorado home. He said before leaving that the work is progressing satisfactorily, and the Congress district would be greater by far than it is today.
 This advertisement appears in Prescott paper: The legal officers of the Crowned King Mining Company N. c. Shekels, director and president; Reuben Wilkinson, director and vice president; James M. Taylor, director dent agent; Harrington and Shekles, superintendents.
 A report is afoot of a big copper camp that is to be opened within about 70 miles of Tucson. The enthus- iastic owners declare that they have not less than 600, 1000 tons of pay ore in sight. Shipments are to be made to the Saginaw shelter and it is fur ther said within three weeks not less than IS or 20 big teams will be on the hal inc
 Cedar valley, forty miles south of Kingman, Mojave county, has been thriving mining camp for twenty-f years, and with time the mines grow richer and more productive. The Cedar Valley Mining company is Oper ating a fifteen-stamp mill on ore from the famous Arnold mine, and there are several properties in that vicinity which are coming into prominence by reason of their output of rich gold ore. The Diamond Joe is an old mine with very flattering history, which has produced in years gone by $100,000 in gold, the ore being fabulously rich from the surface down.
 Jim Sheridan has been out in the Barbequivar camp to the new gold find of Wicks, Burrows and Allison and with other parties located several claims. He says the outcrop of the new find is very good and most promising He also reports that there is a troop of U. s. cavalry ont at the Fresnal rounding up the Papago Indians talk ing a census of them. They have sent scouting parties out to all of their villages for the purpose of num- bering them. It is said the Mexican ' Sr ir L0 matter and is numbering the Papa goes on the other side of the line. What the ultimate purpose is, has not been ascertained.
 l In the Baboquivari mountains, about seventy-five miles southwest of Tucson six claims have been located, and they are known as Fresnal No. l., Fresnal No. 2, and so on up to No. G.. The owners are Messrs. Frank and Warren Allison, Wicks and Bur- roughs. It is their intention to de- velop the property. So far as can be learned with any degree of certainty, the vein for nearly two full claims, has an average width of fifteen feet, all pay ore. On the hanging wall is a stringer eighteen inches in width that gives marvellous assays. The re- IuTuS ITOIu tuo SlISdh nave DSSu $900 in gold and $127 in silver, se- cond assay returned $1,200 gold and S4G1, and a third gave over $1, 400 in gold and $247 in silver. For 500 feet along the ledge the en- tire surface croppngs carry free gold Development work has been pushed forward since the discovery two months ago, and thus far the work done evi- dences no weakening of the ledge in |. strength or value. A tunnel is now being run that will crosscut the veir at thirty-five feet in depth, and the re- suit is looked forward ta with muct interest by the fortunate proprietors. NO DOCKS FOR BATTLE SHIFTS } Secretary Long Points out Our Help . lessness in Case of War.