The copper era., 1905-04-20
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

The Rich Hill 'placero produced
 over two thousand dollars worth oi
 coarse nuggets during and since the
 recent heavy rains. which uncovered
 the yellow bits of wealth. Lucky
 hunter, picked them up.-News-
 Herald.
 The Congress mine is getting back
 to it, old time prosperity. Recent
 developments have opened up good
 Bodies of rich ore in shaft No. ;. It
 is the opinion of many that it will
 not be many months til the camp is in full operation. again. News
 Herald.
 \ report from Bi,bcc say, that the contract for the new addition to the Southwestern depot ha, been awarded and that work on the practically new depot has begun. The first floor of the present structure will be re- modelled and second story will be added The Moori,h style of archi- lecture will be used with covered ap- breaches on all sides.
 D. J. Saver of the Saver Gold Min ing company. which has recently taken over tine Churchill group. i, expected To arrive shortly from Den yer to look after development work. \ contract of 5o feet of sinking in the bottom of their shaft hd5 recently been completed. This give, q total depth now of 42O feet. The ledge k one of the largest and most highly mincrailcd of any in this section of the country. Ncws-IIcrald.
 John Bradford. the well known pro,pcctor and miner, arrived in this city last week from the White Tanks mountains. where he has bccn doing development work on variOu, mining properties owned by himself and Bruce Wheeler. and d group in the same vicinity which are owned by himself and Fred II. Volz. Jr., of this city. and reports rich strikes on both properties and several others show ing up better with every foot of de vclopmcnt. Assay, on these proper ties show respectively $2O61 and 3l720 m free gold to the ton. Arizona Gazette.
 The l;incon Mines company k still rushing things with their ChardC- tcristic fe--r,slnd everything k look ing vc( iudccd. So good that a nrwN E plant will soon be in- ~tallcd% capacity of 2,ooo feet. \ milling plant with 50 tons capacity has been ordered to work the ores d, they are taken out in the regular de- vclopmcnt of the property. The work k being done mostly on the Dixie ledge. That this company will meet with success k now practically assured, for they do not work few days and then quit. They are stlvcrs and not afraid to give the ! property fair showing. News l Herald.
 Woods is the name of a proSpcCtor ! who claims to have discovcrdd proba- l bly the richest gold ore ever cncoun- tered in the San Francisco district. ! Mohlvc county. In the Shccptrail ! section. about mile north of Camp ! Meyer. the proSpcCtor states that he 1 located q vein seven feet wide. show ing free gold in it's entire width. i while for two feet of the width the ore runs aS high a, S3.7So per ton. The greater portion of the vein goes to S9So per ton. The vein outcropS for several hundred feet. but it's dis Covcry heretofore has been prevented by q coating of lime. which gives it the appearance of d volcanic forma- tion. Arizona Blade
 Frank Barr. of the Thumb Butte Mining company, k in from those which are located in the Thumb Butte section. few miles west of Prescott. He has just com plctcd rctimbcring d tunnel. which waS cavcd by floods. and will com ncncc right away, the erection of d cook house and bunk houses. A force If about fifteen men will he em- ployed on this property, which is near the claims being operated by Geo. |. Young. upon which latter d quatz mill is being erected. Just westward. in Copper Basin, are the properties which Lester Jackson is opening up for strong eastern parties. Courier.
 The first locomotive used in Ari- zona came in by OK team power. 600 miles from Denver. and Henry Ar buckle, who k at the Hollcnbcck hotel. drove it for twenty-five years. 'ivS the Los Angeles Herald. ''NcS. | fancy l am the first man to drive m engine in NriIon1," said Mir. Ar buckle. Tt was on the Coronado rail-