Arizona republican., 1898-05-11
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

The shaft of the Elkhart at Chloride, Mohave county, is now down BOA feet, and the third station is being cut
 It is reported that some of the high grade copper ore at Bisbee runs as high as 79.4 per cent in copper, l35 ounces silver and few dollars in gold to the ton.
 Six 200 pound bars of bullion depart ed for the San Francisco mint on Sat urday evening from Williams. It was a product of the White Hills com pany's mines.
 The Corda brothers are working their Matchless mine in Pima district of the county of that name, and are said to be extracting ore worth from $350 to s5,O00 per ton.
 A new chute of ore has been struck in the Altata mine of Mohave county, and it is of such high grade that the value of the mine is considerably in- creased by the discovery.
 The Connor and Minnesota mines at Chloride, Mohave county, will be sold in few days, it is thought, to New York parties. John Barry is the pres ent owner of the properties.
 The old Blue Nose mine, near Crit tenden, Pima county, is being oper- ated by Dick" Farrell and Billy" Powers, and under their management will again become a producer. The Blue Nose has paid $1S0,000 in divi- dends.
 The Hardshell mine, at Crittenden, Pima county, is giving wonderful re suits. The ore, which is turned out at the rate of a ton each five minutes is shipped to the Fl Paso smelter and brings extra good prices on account of it's f1ux
 The following good words for Ari- zona appeared in a recent issue of the San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press: Arizona has much reason to be content with her present share of prosperity, and real reason to be cer- tain of the early future development of her latent possibilities"
 There was considerable excitement created at Palomas and in that vicin- ity recently by a rich strike made by the Morris brothers in the bottom of their new thirty-five foot shaft on the Golden Harp, twelve miles from Pa lomas. Three assays made resulted in returns, in round figures of $16, $60 and s11O per ton. Morris Bros. intend to mill their ore at the King Of Arl- zona mill at Mohawk.
 An air of activity and prosperity prevails at Venus, the new name glv- en the old Jaynes camp, in Picacho district, by H. W. Blaisdell, the recent purchaser of the property. Buildings of a substantial and ornamental char acter are being erected, and grounds prepared for a mill and a ffty-ton cyanide plant, by which method the ores of the Jaynes mines will be re- duced. About twenty-five men, under the direction of Superintendent Frank Guerra. are now establishing Venus camp and getting ore out of the mines.
 California and Colorado mining men readily recognize good mineral coun- try when they see it, and for some time the fact has been quite noticeable that large numbers of the more practical and energetic mining men Of these two states have been seeking invest ments in New Mexico. Arizona, Chi huahua and Sonora. It is encouraging to note also that these investors have been very generally successful in their ventures. In fact it could hardly have turned out otherwise, where such prac- tical mining men sought investments in regions so rich in mineral re- sources Southwest Bullion.