Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

James Shirley brought in a large sized bar of bullion to Prescott, the result of twelve days run of the mill at the Etta mine in Cherry creek dis trict.
 Our promised smelter and the man who promised it have not been heard from for a long time, 1aments the Journal-Miner.
 The steamer Mohave left Tuesday morning on another trip to the sul- phur mines. Mel Greenleaf went along as a guest of Capt. Polhamus and if there is any game left in that prolific country after Mel returns it will be because he did not want it. The clerk who filled Mel's order for am- intuition at Gandolfo & Sanguinetti's store said he thought our sheriff was preparing to declare war against Spain.-Yuma Sentinel.
 The Los Angeles Review, a very creditable publication devoted to min ing matters in the southwest in it's issue of February 26 prints the full text of the mining laws and regula- tions recently issued by the govern ment form the general land office. It required several pages of the paper to publish this, and the Review shows a spirit of interest in the miner and prospector which will no doubt be ap- preciated by them. The Review is an interesting publication and its mining news is fresh from the hills and full of interest to mining men.
 MT. c. Hayden returned Saturday from visit to his Little Johnnie mine in Weaver district
 George Thompson, one of the best known and most highly respected miners of Yuma county, lost his life last Wednesday morning in the For tuna mine by suffocation from gas created by the explosion of blasting powder. He and his partner were working on the fourth level of the mine and had fired number of shots one of which went off prematurely and in his frantic effort to escape the falling rock and danger of the shots that would immediately follow, Thompson ran into drift from which there was no escape from the fumes arising from the powder. His partner, Sullivan, escaped in another direction and thinking Thompson was safe did not pay any attention to his absence for some time. Finally, thinking something was wrong, he began an in vestigation and soon discovered Thompson in an unconscious condi- tion. He died a few hours later
 There is an easy simple way to tell if a diamond is genuine. Make a small dot on a piece of paper with lead pencil and look at it through the diamond. If it shows but single dot the diamond is genuine; if it shows moro fhon npo rr ho rly on pears scattered, it is false, no matter what it cost.
 Copper production in January, as re- ported by the producers, shows but little change from the average of last year, and varfes by only 107 tons from January, 1891 the figures being IT, TAI and 17,637 tons respectively. The exports from the United States con- tinue large, having been 11,O9O tons, or 52.4 per cent of the production. Notwithstanding these heavy ship ments, the stocks in Europe do not increase, and consumption is even lar ger than it has been during the past year. The end of the long strike in England has probably increased the immediate demand, though in most cases consumers had made purchases ahead in anticipation of that event. Our home consumption does not seem to increase as much as had been hoped for; but in spite of this the markets readily take up the copper offered, and the current price is higher than it has been for year past. The stocks of the copper mining companies are selling at very high prices, both here and in Europe.