Arizona republican., 1898-06-12
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

1 E. B. Jass of Schultz came in to Tue
 son Thursday. He states the camp i: prosperous and the outlook exceeding
 ly good.
 The Mammoth mine and mill is working thirty-five men and reducins 100 tons of ore daily in a fifty-stamI
 mill.
 MT. Thomas c. Higgins of St. Louis has purchased the interests of Del Pot. ter in his mining claims up the river and is in Clifton looking after them MT. Walter Douglass, metallurgis. and acting superintendent of the De- troit Copper Mining company, Morenci spent Sunday in Bisbee the guest of Superintendent Ben Williams
 James Barrett, one of the owners of | the Golden States company, who have recently erected shelter at their mine in the Dragons is in Bisbee on 8 business trip.
 United States Attorney Robert K Morrison Thursday filed a motion in the Tucson court for a new trial in the case of the United States against the Copper Queen company, which was de- cided in the district court Wednesday in favor of the defendants. Judge Da- wis named June 29 as the day for argu- ing the motion.
 President CoIquhoun of the Arizona Copper company has gone into Cali fornia for month s vacation. Instead of spending his vacation on the beach as he has been in the habit of doing, he will take his family this summer to some mountain rtsort that Is be- fHo ,f .s N firing gun.-Liberal.
 Joe Olney of Solomonville having de- oided to join the volunteers last Satur- day disposed of his interests in a num- Der of mining claims on the coal fields strip where he put in a good part of last year. The purchasers of this prop |erty is Solomonville syndicate organ ized by John Epley including B. B. Ad- ans and Nathan Solomon. Joe OIney has enlisted in Wiley Jones' regiment of infantry.
 Uncle Noah Green of Solomonville took a party to Clifton last Sunday consisting of Mrs. Luther Green, Miss Maude Cochran and Miss Bertha Neese. Miss Cochran is a granddaugh- ter of MT. Green, visiting there from Illinois, and the trip was made spec ia1ly to give her an opportunity to see the workings of great mining camp. Miss Bertha went along to become bet ter acquainted with the camp.
 C. E. Mills, superintendent of the Detroit Copper company, recently re- signed his position and joined the First United States volunteer regiment known as the rough riders. MT. Mills is said to be graduate of West Point and possessing all qualifications of a good soldier or officer. The fact that he surrendered position which paid him several thousand dollars year to serve his country proves his devo- ton to the flag.
 Two miners working in the Lone Star district run short of meat last week, and it is said, went to the range and killed beef, burning the head and hide. or at least attempting to do So by building fire over them. Next day Turner West discovered the head and hide, which had only been partially burned. He found trail of two horses tc the mining camp where he found plenty of fresh beef. The men were arrested and taken before Justice Fonda. The prisoners declared that they were innocent and stated that the fresh beef found at their camp was pur- chased from a Mexican. The exami- nation was continued until Wednesday 7 to give defendants time to procure wit nesSes-Eulletin.