Weekly journal-miner., 1916-06-28

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 From Walker.
 Alvin Stukey, who has mining in terests at Walker. is in the city for : few days on business. He reports th,
 Colonial as among the newest invest
 ments in reOpening the old Milliker
 property. anl that quite large opera ,tions had started with a modern equip
 mcnt in action. This mine has at its
 head ]. II. Shockley. a we'll known
 engineer. recently from Colorado.
 Starts Mining.
 T. Akard left yesterday for Stan ton, near which station he has mines
 on which he will perform annual as
 sessment work as well as develop
 ment. Since retiring from the cattle
 business in this county he has made his home at Monrovia. Cal.
 Range Visitor.
 Wayne Ritter, of the Arizona Cat tie Co.,. which has large interests in the Hillside country. was a business visitor yesterday. and stated the main topic on the range was the coming Frontier Days in which all cowboys of that country are to take part
 Passes Through.
 Henry Weiland, a resident of this city many years ago. when Fort 1 Whipple was garrisoned by the Ninth infantry. where he was civilian em ploye of the regimental quartermas- 1 ter, passed through Prescott yester- day from Fort Apache. for Nogalcs, to report for duty.
 Official Mission.
 County School Superintendent w.. Curtis Miller left yesterday for Pace nix to attend meeting of the State : board of education. He stated that the examination in Prescott for Uni versity of Arizona scholarships. set for today, would be conducted in his office. by person competent to pre- side.
 Good Mine Report. w. H. Doherty. an arrival yester- day from the Crook mine. reported the mill in action day and night. with large tonnage of a good gold orc being exposed. He says the property under the management of John Har- Ian is being successfully operated, and shipments of concentrates are made regularly.
 From Tungsten Camp. (. II. Mcdonald has returned frorl the Camp Wood country, where he recently located two new mines car rying tungsten values, on which de velopment has started. Prescott min ing men arc interested. and McDon- ald states development is to go ahead on a permanent basis. Openings eX- pose ore bodies that warrant shipping to begin at once.
 From the Valinda.
 Major w. w. Midglcy of the Val inda Rancho in Williamson valley. is in the city, on business. and gives the usual report of favorable conditions prevailing on the range, and the tenn porary drouth as yet not having af- fected the industry. He reports also that big cleanup of yearlings has been made in that region, and ship ping has ended for the season with a top-notch price received.
 Home From Coast.
 The many friends in Prescott of Major and Mrs. A. J. Pickrell will be interested to learn of their return few days ago from Los Angeles. where the latter had been visiting for several months. Miss Amrhein. their guest, accompanied them. Major Pickrell again is in harness in his wi1e field of mining operations as a con sulting engineer of the Little Daisy, and in looking after the affairs of the Commercial in Copper Basin and on the Senator iode. Mining Business.
 Mark Murphy is in the city from the First Home mine on Big Bug creek, and reports the retimbering of the old shaft under headway. Later active development will begin. Tucson op- orators have taken over the property from the Merchants Mining Co.,, ana propose to perform large develop ment. Shipments have been made from other zones of lead, zinc and copper product, and from the satis- factory returns an extensive system of mining has been decided upon.
 (From Sundays Daily0 Visiting Daughter.
 Mrs. s. C. Shanker, of Whittier. 1 Cal, has arrived in Prescott and will