Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-07-05
MINING INTELLIGENCE  General and Lssal Nsiss From lAe Fieis si Mines and Miaias
 EveyHhers.

WoTk Wili soon be started up
 again on the ZoniA Copper eom-
 pAnys property near KiFkiaad-
 J. H. Hise brought another hAr of
 gold bailiou up from the Moate
 CristO mine yesterday. Mr. Flxkeg,
 of the same company, receatly took
 bar into California The mil has
 been ia operation nOw for about sir
 weeks.
 W. r. Little has been compelled
 to shut down the Red Rock mine
 temporarily oa account of bad air.
 The mine never did look as vel as
 it does At presest AlArgs body of
 ore. above the average la value, was
 recently struck in tbs property. He
 is engaged now in drifting to con-
 meet with . tunnel in order to obtain good air and when this is completed
 he will push work again % the
 property.
 Mr. Gibson, engineer of tue An
 EonA Eastern and Montana con-
 pany, which recently took lease ou
 the Commercial company's shelter on Big Bug, says that on Wsdnesdsy
 be will commence putting the plant
 in repair, and ~ithin the next week
 or two the company will he ready to
 buy and pay cash for all ore oaersd.
 He says be hopes to be able within
 muath to secure enough ore to justify starting the smeltsF.
 A. W. Fisher, of Los Angeles. has
 acquired another gold mine in YaF- apai county, Arizoa. Mir. Fisher. who is president snd general man ager Of the Monte sCnsto Mining Company, recently returned from
 ArizOEs with a brick of bullion from the property tbe company is operating. In order to extend ske operations Mir. Fisher last week se- cured from R. ]. Holmes the Mon- arch mine for . cash consideration of S20,0O0. Los Angeles Expr sss.
 The state board of arbitration, consisting of W. N. Byers, K. Ken ham and W. F. Hayes met at Dee~ yer June 25, ai the request of the 1 smelter mems union for the purpose of establishing wage scale on an 1 eight hour basis. to be operative in 1 the case of the Denver smelteFs now tied up as a result of the differences I between employers and employees. Several days will probably elapse before the board suggests a plan of I settlement. Its recommendations | will not be binding, its powers being merely advisory.
 The amelter condition remains practically unchanged. The men are willing to submit to the decision of the State BoArdsof Arbitration. The smeltaFs do not feel that way, and prefer dictatihg their own aetAods of ssttisanaal. Tha axxixnl of MF. Nash does ncA nseaae to hanru made it any sasief oi eettlemei5. The smelteEs think sheg can arranges a scale, howevtt. that will be accept able to the men. They are evidently waiting for the decision of the su- preme court before they take de cisive action.-Mining Record.
 Late reports from the King of Arizona gold property ia Yuma county are to the efect that the water problem, which has been . serious question there, has been solved, and that operations at the mine are progressing satisfactorily. Water was first struck fourteen miles towards NoFton's ranch at a depth of 5sO feet, but Q further trial ct Eve miles distance only from the mine i'd the direction of the Colorado rives resulted in an abundant How Of water being struck at . depth of 900 feet. This latter supply Is now being piped to the mine and the service is expected to be completed and in operation by the Fist of July next. A reduction plant of one hundred tons capacity per twenty Tour hours is now in course of con struction and will algo be completed and ready for work by the date named. Meanwhile the develop ment work which includes shafts aud tunnels already sunk and driven amounts to upwards of 1900 feet is being continued and the vein throughout is in first rate shape.
 The Tombstone ProspsctoE says: When the Huachuca water pipe line was first laid on Allison stresl, one , of the lAborers named GrsgoEy | be uueaFthed a pocket of , rich silver ore. He kept the secret i To himself expecting some day to { secure Q lease on the Toughnnt, when he would return and unsarth the treasure he had Sccidently dis covered. The find was made some IS or 19 years ago, since which time 1 he Toughnut has not been subject 1, 70 Ieass, and Gregory has since died. l Before passing away be disclosed bis secret to several friends and Ghe , report bearing evidence of authen- ticity a lar hs 0regeFy's revelation s concerned reached the ears of ,hlorideF here who placed enough ,rsdence iE the story that he has secured the necessary lesse and has begun work ou the place supposed 70 be where the discovery was made. Gregory stated be uncovered the ore al a point between the Bird Cage and FredTick's tin shop, and he work of digging a ditch to the i pipe line between the points named s now in progress The outcome of , tbe work will be watched with inter sst.