Arizona republican., 1898-07-02
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

 turned to Prescott from a trip to Santa Maria
 Major W. A. Rowe left Prescott for his Lynx creek mining camp Tuesday
 morning.
 George Gibbs, the well known miner
 and mine owner of Wickenbugr, was in Prescott Monday
 Major Sylvester w. Purcell of Tue son spent Monday in the Sierritas
 looking after certain mining matters. A huge granite boulder for the Fourth of July drilling contest at Pres colt has been hauled to the northwest corner of the plaza
 Messrs. Boltz, Freyda and others
 are developing a mine on Turkey creek which gives promise of becom- ing a veritable bonanza E. S. Ives and c. Eichelberger came in from Los Angeles Tuesday and are
 looking after the erection of cyanide plant at the King of Arizona-Senri-s nel
 The jury in the case of King Ussery
 on Saturday evening last brought in a verdict of not guilty. Ussery was
 charged with being one of the Gladi-
 ator mill robbers.
 Don't forget that it will take Pres colt three days to do the right thing by the Fourth. The miners drilling contest promises to be the event. There are several teams in training. Frank c. Earle, the El Paso ore buy
 CT, was prospecting on Mineral creek recently. He was pleased with the
 large bodies of mineral found and saw only one disadvantagethe long dis
 tance to railorad transportation. Philip Richardson has purchased a { blackboard and team to ply between Prescott and his mine in England
 gulch and is equipped to de several thousand dollars worth of work on
 the mine.
 T. J. Boltz, Esq, mining man, law
 yer and orator, who has been. in Pres colt for more than a year, was, on pre- i, sentation of his diploma from an Iowa
 law school, admitted to practice in the courts of Arizona.
 | The drowning of thirty-four Alaska
 pilgrims, added to the long list of casu- alties already recorded, rounds out an
 other chapter in the Klondyke craze.
 It will keep the Spanish-American war
 busy to bring its death rate up to that | now enjoyed by the other crusade for gold.
 The mineral yield of California fer 1897 was $25,142,441, and of Colorado for the same period was $35 1864, ,034 | The fact should not be overlooked that the gold, silver, copper and lead yield | of Montana for that calendar year az gregated in value $42 2,3OS, ,372, figuring silver at the price of 60 cents per ounce.
 John Huess, the old pioneer of Fl Dorado canyon, is in Kingman with | ore from his big gold property. The | ore is valued at eight ounces to the ton. MT. Huess tried milling the ore
 at the canyon, but found it somewhat base, not more than 50 per cent being caught in the battery and on the | plates.
 Advices received from Williams are
 to the effect that the smelter of Eom-
 bard, Goode & Co, being erected there
 is nearly completed and will be started
 up in the near future. The company expects to come into the market to buy
 ore for treatment as they think they
 will be able to offer better inducements than can be offered on longer haul Journal-Miner.
 Once more the case of the United States vs. the Copper Queen company
 was argued in the Pima district court. This was in the form of an argument
 made by United States Attorney Nor
 r1son Wednesday. He moved for l new trial, basing his claim on the grounds that the judy rendered yer dict contrary to instructions handed
 down by the court.
 MT. George J. Rieger of Midland, Texas, who has been operating at Do
 lores in the state of Chihuahua. has
 recently come over from that statesan
 intends extending his operations into Sonora. He has recently bonded for
 S6O,OOO, gold, to Barnes & Furman of
 London the San Pablo mine near Chi | huahua. MT. Rieger has recently
 bought Las Coches, mine with a rec ord near Gablian, and will immediately put up hoist and pumps and work it on an extensive scale HOW TO 11SE WASTE pONEC